Introduction:

Name: Xiufang Wen

Title: Research Professor

E-mail: xfwen@scut.edu.cn

Personal homepage:https://yanzhao.scut.edu.cn/Open/ExpertInfo.aspx?zjbh=cD6iNOB0d14BvvvvbNjKTQ==

Supervisor: Master’s ＆ PhD Supervisor

Area: 

Structural Regulation of Super-Wetting Interfacial Materials and Their Applications; 

Environmentally Friendly Waterborne Coatings and Bionic Anti-Fouling Coatings

Education:

1997/09 - 2002/06， Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering， South China University of Technology

1992/09 - 1996/07， Bachelor of Engineering in Electrochemical Engineering， Harbin Engineering University

Research interests:

(1) Investigating the fundamental mechanisms underlying the structural regulation of super-wetting interfacial materials

(2) Exploring new synthetic routes and methods for fabricating super-wetting materials with enhanced performance

(3) Developing innovative applications of super-wetting materials in areas such as oil-water separation， self-cleaning， etc

(4) Studying the biological principles of anti-fouling in nature and applying them to the design of bionic anti-fouling coatings

(5) Research on the formulation and optimization of environmentally friendly waterborne coatings with low volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions

Representative publications :

(1) Yang KQ， Zhong HX， Yan YY， Pi PH， Wen XF*. Enhancing the Janus membrane demulsification and antifouling capacity via piezoelectric effect for oil-in-water emulsions separation， Journal of Membrane Science， 2025， 734， 124466

(2) Yan YY， Zhou PZ， Zhou YH*， Zhang W， Pi PH， Qian Y， Wen XF*， Jiang L. Boosting Demulsification and Antifouling Capacity of Membranes via an Enhanced Piezoelectric Effect for Sustaining Emulsion Separation， Journal of the American Chemical Society， 2024， 146 (19): 13306-13316

(3) Liu LY， Zhang M， Yan YY， Zhou YH*， Wang SF， Pi PH， Wen XF*， Qian Y， Jiang L， Transparent self-cleaning coatings repellent to ultralow surface tension liquids in extreme environments， Chem. Eng. J.， 2024， 482， 148921

(4) Yin XY， Yan YY， Zhang XN， Bao B， Pi PH， Zhao YH*， Wen XF*， Jiang L. Designing Robust Superhydrophobic Materials for Inhibiting Nucleation of Clathrate Hydrates by Imitating Glass Sponges. ACS. Central. Sci. 2022， 9， 318-327

(5) Yan YY， Zeng XJ， Yang KQ， Zhou PZ， Xu SP， Pi PH， Li H， Fang J， Wang SN， Wen XF*. Janus sand filter with excellent demulsification ability in separation of surfactant-stabilized oil/water emulsions: An experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study. J. Hazard. Mater. 2021， 418， 126346

(6) Zeng XJ， Qian L， Yuan XX， Zhou CL， Li ZW， Cheng J， Xu SP， Wang SF， Pi PH*， Wen XF*. Inspired by stenocara beetles: from water collection to high-efficiency water-in-oil emulsions separation. ACS Nano 2017， 11(1)， 760–769