Dr. Wei YANG is now Dean and Professor of Polymer Materials and Engineering at Sichuan University (People’s Republic of China). He studied polymer processing at Sichuan University where he earned his doctoral degree and was promoted to be associate professor and full professor in 2006 and 2011, respectively. His current research efforts are focused on processing-structure-performance relationship of polymer composites, especially advanced functional polymer composites. He has published over 300 research papers and book chapters and is coinventor of over 60 filed patents.

Polymer blends and Polymer Composites: Rheology; Processing technologies; Interface design and control; Structure-properties relationship; Morphology evolution and controlling of polymer blends during extrusion, injection molding; Structural characterization.

Advanced Nanocomposites: Processing technologies, Dispersion of nano scale materials in the polymer matrix, Interface; Structure-properties relationship

1.Ya-Jun Fu, Xing Zhao*, Li-Ya Wang, Kai Li, Niu Jiang, Shu-Ting Zhang, Rao-Kaijuan Wang, Yi-Fan Zhao, Wei Yang*, A Gas Therapy Strategy for Intestinal Flora Regulation and Colitis Treatment by Nanogel-based Multistage NO Delivery Microcapsules, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(19), 2309972.

2.Tao Gong, He-Qing Shao, Xiao-Rong Sun, Jia-Xing Guo, Jia-Run Hou, Kai Ke*, Lei Gong*, Yong Cao, Yong-Hui Cao, Rui-Ying Bao, Wei Yang*, Spatial hetero-structured composites with ultrawide linear range for positive-negative pressure sensing and e-skin of bionic fish, Nano Energy, 2024, 120, 109173.

3.Jie Yang, Xi Shen*, Wei Yang*, Jang‐Kyo Kim*, Templating strategies for 3D-structured thermally conductive composites: recent advances and applications, Progress in Materials Science, 2023, 133, 101054.

4.Ya-Jun Fu#, Yi-Feng Shi#, Li-Ya Wang, Yi-Fan Zhao, Rao-Kaijuan Wang, Kai Li, Shu-Ting Zhang, Xiang-Jun Zha, Wei Wang, Xing Zhao*, Wei Yang*, All-natural immunomodulatory bioadhesive hydrogel promotes angiogenesis and diabetic wound healing by regulating macrophage heterogeneity, Advanced Science, 2023, 10(13), 2206771（ESI（ESI Highly cited paper））.

5.Xing Zhao, Li-Ya Wang, Chun-Yan Tang, Kai Li, Yan-Hao Huang, Yan-Ran Duan, Shu-Ting Zhang, Kai Ke*, Bai-Hai Su* and Wei Yang*, Electro-microenvironment modulated inhibition of endogenous biofilms by piezo implants for ultrasound-localized intestinal perforation disinfection, Biomaterials, 2023, 295, 122055.

6.Peng Yu#, Fanyuan Yu#, Jie Xiang, Kai Zhou, Ling Zhou, Zhengmin Zhang, Xiao Rong, Zichuan Ding, Jiayi Wu, Wudi Li, Zongke Zhou*, Ling Ye*, Wei Yang*, Mechanistically Scoping Cell-free and Cell-dependent Artificial Scaffolds in Rebuilding Skeletal and Dental Hard Tissues, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34(46), 2107922.

7.Sen Meng, Chun-Yan Tang, Jin Jia, Jie Yang*, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*,A wave-driven piezoelectric solar evaporator for water purification, Advanced Energy Materials,2022, 12(21): 2200087.

8.Chang-Ping Feng*, Fang Wei, Kai-Yin Sun, Yan Wang, Hong-Bo Lan*, Hong-Jing Shang, Fa-Zhu Ding, Lu Bai, Jie Yang, Wei Yang*, Emerging Flexible Thermally Conductive Films: Mechanism, Fabrication, Application, Nano-Micro Letters, 2022, 14, 127.

9.Jie Yang, Yi-Cun Zhou, Lu-Yao Yang, Chang-Ping Feng, Lu Bai, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*,Exploring Next-Generation Functional Organic Phase Change Composites, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32(28), 2200792.

10.Sen Meng, Zhao Xu, Lu Bai, Jie Yang*, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, A customized kinetic energy harvesting system with multilayer piezoelectric membrane for solar interfacial vapor generation, Nano Energy,2022, 104, 107996.

11.Jun-Hong Liu, Wu-Di Li, Jin Jia, Chun-Yan Tang, Shan Wang, Peng Yu, Zheng-Min Zhang, Kai Ke*, Kai Zhang, Rui-Ying Bao, Zheng-Ying Liu, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, Structure-regenerated Silk Fibroin with Boosted Piezoelectricity for Disposable and Biodegradable Oral Healthcare Device, Nano Energy, 2022, 103, 107787.

12.Jin Jia, Yan Peng, Xiang-Jun Zha, Kai Ke *, Ruiying Bao, Zheng-Ying Liu, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, Janus and Hetero-Modulus Elastomeric Fiber Mats Featured Regulable Stress-Redistribution for Boosted Strain Sensing Performance, ACS Nano, 2022, 16(10), 16806-16815.

13.Lanxiang Feng#, Peng Yu#, Xuewei Fu, Zheng-Min Zhang, Kenneth Davey, Yu Wang*, Zaiping Guo*, Wei Yang*, Regulating Polysulfide Diffusion and Deposition via Rational Design of Core-Shell Active Materials in Li-S Batteries, ACS Nano, 2022, 16(5), 7982-7992.

14.Sen Meng, Chun-Yan Tang, Jie Yang*, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, A Wave-Driven Piezoelectrical Film for Interfacial Steam Generation: Beyond the Limitation of Hydrogel, Advanced Science,2022, 9(33), 2204187.

15.Zhengmin Zhang, Jiangyang Mo, Peng Yu, Lanxiang Feng, Yu Wang, Yuyuan Lu*, Wei Yang*, High-Performance Flexible Sulfur Cathodes with Robust Electrode Skeletons Built by a Hierarchical Self-Assembling Slurry, Advanced Science, 2022, 9(26), 2201881.

16.Lanxiang Feng, Yuan Ji, Zhiwei Zhu, Peng Yu, Xuewei Fu, Mingbo Yang, Yu Wang*, Wei Yang*, Rational design and superfast production of biomimetic, calendering-compatible, catalytic, sulfur-rich secondary particles for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries, Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 40, 415-425.

17.Peng Yu, Lan-Xiang Feng, Xiao-Rong Sun, Jing-Ke Pei, Xiang-Jun Zha, Rui-Ying Bao, Dai-Chuan Ma, Yu Wang, Ming-Bo Yang, Zai-Ping Guo*, Wei Yang*, Template-Free Self-Caging Nanochemistry for Large-scale Synthesis of Sulfonated-Graphene@Sulfur Nanocage for Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31(13), 2008652.

18.235.Chun-Yan Tang, Xing Zhao, Jin Jia, Shan Wang, Xiang-Jun Zha, Bo Yin, Kai Ke*, Rui-Ying Bao, Zheng-Ying Liu, Yu Wang, Kai Zhang, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, Low-entropy structured wearable film sensor with piezoresistive-piezoelectric hybrid effect for 3D mechanical signal screening, Nano Energy, 2021, 90, 106603.

19.Xing Zhao, Li-Ya Wang, Jia-Meng Li, Li-Mei Peng, Chun-Yan Tang, Xiang-Jun Zha, Kai Ke, Ming-Bo Yang, Bai-Hai Su*and Wei Yang*, Redox-Mediated Artificial Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant MXene Nanoplatforms for Acute Kidney Injury Alleviation, Advanced Science, 2021, 8(18), 2101498.

20.Shan Wang, He-Qing Shao, Yong Liu, Chun-Yan Tang, Xing Zhao, Kai Ke*, Rui-Ying Bao, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, Boosting Piezoelectric Response of PVDF-TrFE via MXene for Self-powered Linear Pressure Sensor, Compos Sci Technol, 2021, 202, 108600（ESI Highly cited paper）.

21.Jie Yang, Wei Yang*, Wei Chen*, Xiaoming Tao*, An elegant coupling: Freeze-casting and versatile polymer composites, Progress in Polymer Science, 2020, 109, 101289.

22.Jun-Hong Pu, Xing Zhao, Xiang-Jun Zha, Wu-Di Li, Kai Ke, Rui-Ying Bao, Zheng-Ying Liu, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, A Strain Localization Directed Crack Control Strategy for Designing MXene-based Customizable Sensitivity and Sensing Range Strain Sensors for Full-Range Human Motion Monitoring, Nano Energy, 2020, 74, 104814.

23.Xing Zhao#, Li-Ya Wang#, Chun-Yan Tang#, Xiang-Jun Zha, Yong Liu, Bai-Hai Su, Kai Ke*, Rui-Ying Bao, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, Smart Ti3C2Tx MXene Fabric with Fast Humidity Response and Joule Heating for Healthcare and Medical Therapy Applications, ACS Nano, 2020,14(7),8793–8805（ESI Highly cited paper）.

24.Xing Zhao, Xiang-Jun Zha, Li-Sheng Tang, Jun-Hong Pu, Kai Ke, Rui-Ying Bao, Zheng-ying Liu, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*,Self-assembled core-shell polydopamine@MXene with synergistic solar absorption capability for highly efficient solar-to-vapor generation, Nano Res, 2020, 13(1): 255-264（ESI Highly cited paper）.

25.Jie Yang, Li-Sheng Tang, Rui-Ying Bao, Lu Bai, Zheng-Ying Liu, Wei Yang*, Bang-Hu Xie, Ming-Bo Yang, Largely Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Polyethylene Glycol/ Boron Nitride Composite Phase Change Materials for Solar-thermal-electric Energy Conversion and Storagewith Very Low Content of Graphene Nanoplatelets, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 315, 481-490（ESI Highly cited paper）.

26.Guoqiang Qi, Jie Yang, Ruiying Bao, Dongyun Xia, Min Cao,Wei Yang*, Mingbo Yang, Dacheng Wei*, Hierarchical graphene foam-based phase change materials with enhanced thermal conductivity and shape stability for efficient solar energy-to-thermal conversion and storage, Nano Research, 2017, 10 (3), 802–813（ESI Highly cited paper）.

27.Jie Yang, Guo-Qiang Qi, Yang Liu, Rui-Ying Bao, Zheng-Ying Liu, Wei Yang*, Bang-Hu Xie, Ming-Bo Yang,Hybrid Graphene Aerogels/Phase Change Material Composites: Thermal Conductivity, Shape-stabilization and Light-to-Thermal Energy Storage, Carbon, 2016, 100, 693-702（ESI Highly cited paper）.