准聘教授，博士生导师

博士和硕士学术型招生专业：软物质科学与工程

博士和硕士专业型招生专业：材料与化工

电子邮件：yanxiaoyun@scut.edu.cn

google学术主页：https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6BhY5EcAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN 

教育背景

2010-2014学士，厦门大学，化学化工学院

2015-2020博士，阿克伦大学，高分子科学系

科研经历

2025-至今准聘教授，华南理工大学，前沿软物质学院

2022-2025博士后，麻省理工学院，机械工程系，合作导师：Xuanhe Zhao

2020-2022研究助理，华南理工大学，前沿软物质学院

2014-2015研究助理，厦门大学，化学化工学院

教学与科研情况

教学：微纳加工（本科生+研究生）、软材料力学（研究生）

科研：课题组聚焦材料的凝聚态结构调控，面向先进制造领域的重要科学问题与技术需求开展基础研究和应用探索。课题组注重功能有机分子的设计与合成，并综合运用分子组装及微纳制造等策略，构筑多尺度结构精确的高分子与超分子材料，并研究其传热、传质、刺激响应性能。依托课题组已建立的材料体系，目前重点开展以下三个方向的研究：1. 高分子合成与结晶行为调控；2. 器件热管理与温度传感技术；3. 纳米图案的高精度、规模化制造。

近期代表论文

#equal contribution, *corresponding author

1.Yan, X.-Y. #*; Li, S. #*; Zhao, X. *; et al. Air-Permeable Hydrogels through Viscoelastic Phase Separation of Aerogels. Nature 2026, 655, 372

2.Liu, C. #; Yan, X.-Y. #; Li, S. #; Zhao, X. *; et al. A Meter-scale Vertical Origami Hydrogel Panel for Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Death Valley, Nat Water 2025, 3, 714.

3.Liu, X.-Y. #; Yan, X.-Y.#*; Kong, X.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; et al. Self-Assembled Soft Alloy with Frank-Kasper Phases beyond Metals, Nat. Mater. 2024, 23, 570.

4.Yan, X.-Y.#; Liu, Y.#; Huang, M.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; et al. Guidelines for Superlattice Engineering with Giant Molecules: The Pivotal Role of Mesoatoms, Phys. Rev. Mater. 2023, 7, 120302.

5.Liu, Y.; Yan, X.-Y.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; et al. Spherical Packing Superlattices in Self-Assembly of Homogenous Soft Matter: Progresses and Potentials. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41 (5), 607-620.

6.Xu, W.; Yan, X.-Y.*; Ni, B.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; et al. A robust platform to construct molecular patchy particles with a pentiptycene skeleton toward controlled mesoscale structures. Polym. Chem. 2022, 13 (15), 2108-2114.

7.Yan, X.-Y.#; Guo, Q.-Y.#; Liu, Y.*; Liu, T.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; et al. Superlattice Engineering with Well-Defined Molecular Building Blocks Superlattice Engineering with Chemically Precise Molecular Building Blocks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (51), 21613-21621.

8.Guo, Q. Y.#; Yan, X.-Y.#; Zhang, W.*; Hsu, C. H.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; et al. Ordered Mesoporous Silica Pyrolyzed from Single-Source Self-Assembled Organic-Inorganic Giant Surfactants. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (33), 12935-12942. 

9.Yan, X.-Y.#; Guo, Q.-Y.#; Lin, Z.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; et al. Geometry Directed Self‐Assembly of Polymeric Molecular Frameworks. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2024-2029. 

10.Yan, X. Y.; Lin, Z.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; et al. Magnifying the Structural Components of Biomembranes: A Prototype for the Study of the Self‐Assembly of Giant Lipids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (13), 5226-5234.

11.Lu, R.-Q.#; Yan, X.-Y.#; Lan, Y.*; Weng, W.*; Cao, X.-Y.*; et al. Unveiling How Intramolecular Stacking Modes of Covalently Linked Dimers Dictate Photoswitching Properties. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10 (1), 1-8.

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