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Mingjun HUANG
OFFICE
Room 310, Building No.2, Science and Technology Park (Wu Shan campus)
EMAIL
huangmj25@scut.edu.cn
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Biography
Professor Huang obtained his BS degree of Chemistry at Peking University in 2010, and PhD degree of Polymer Science at the University of Akron in 2015. He then moved to MIT Chemistry department, working on battery electrolyte material development. He started his independent career in South China University of Technology from 2019. He is currently a professor in School of Emergent Soft Matter. He is the author or co-author of more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Professor Huang mainly focuses on the soft matter functional material (liquid crystals and polymers) development within the scope of optics, electric, and energy storage.
Research Interests
Profess Huang’s emergent soft matter group seeks to develop novel functional soft materials within the scope of optics, electric, and energy storage. The tools of synthetic organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, electrochemistry, polymer physics and material engineering are combined. The main research projects involve: (1) Liquid crystals/liquid crystal polymers with unprecedented structures and properties for applications in optical and electric materials; (2) Design of functional polyimides for applications in flexible display, high-frequency communication or optical lens. (3) Design of polymer materials for energy storage, especially polymer electrolytes for solid-state battery;
Awards & Honors
2024
Emerging Investigator selected by “Journal of Materials Chemistry C” journal
Nomination for 18th ‘Feng Xinde’ Polymer Prize Award
2023
The Innovators under 35 Asia Pacific (MIT Technology Review)
Guangdong Youth May Fourth Medal
2022
Emerging Investigator selected by “Polymer Chemistry” journal
2019
Guangdong “Zhujiang” Top Young Talents
Overseas High-Level Talents Youth Program
Selected Publications
Zou, B.;† Zhao, S.;† Bao, F.; Zhou, L.; He, B.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, J.; Peng, W.; Shen, Y.;* Huang, M.;* Nan, C.‐W. Optimizing the Charge Transfer Complex Structure of Polyimides with Fluorinated Side Biphenyl for Superior High‐Temperature Capacitive Performance. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2505254.
Zhao, S.;† Peng, W.;† Zhou, L.; Dai, S.; Ren, W.; Xu, E.; Xiao, Y.; Zhang,M.; Huang, M.* Shen, Y.;* Nan, C.*Metal-OrganicCage Crosslinked Nanocomposites with Enhanced High-Temperature CapacitiveEnergy Storage Performance. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 769
Yang, J.†; Zou, Y.†; Li, J.; Huang, M.*; Aya, S.* Flexoelectricity-driven toroidal polar topology in liquid-matter helielectrics, Nat. Phys. 2024, 20, 991.
Jidan Yang†, Yu Zou†, Wentao Tang#, Jinxing Li, Mingjun Huang*, Satoshi Aya*, Spontaneous electric-polarization topology in confined ferroelectric nematics, Nat. Comm., 2022, 13, 7806.
(Xiuhu Zhao†, Huaqian Long†, Hao Xu, Junichi Kougo, Runli Xia, Jinxing Li, Mingjun Huang*, Satoshi Aya*. Nontrivialphase matching in helielectric polarization-helices: universal phase matching theory, validation and electric switching. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2022, 119, e2205636119.
Li, J.; Xia, R.; Xu, H.; Yang, J.; Zhang, X.; Kougo, J.; Lei, H.; Dai, S.; Huang, H.; Zhang, G.; Cen, F.; Jiang, Y.; Aya, S.*; Huang, M.* How far can we push the rigid oligomers/polymers toward ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17857.
Zhao, X.†; Zhou, J.†; Li, J.; Kougo, J.; Wan, W.; Huang, M.*; Aya, S.* Spontaneous Helielectric Nematic Fluids: Electric Analogy to Helimagnets. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.2021, 118, e2111101118.
Li, J.†; Nishikawa, H.†; Kougo, J.†; Zhou, J.; Dai, S.; Tang, W.; Zhao, X.; Hisai, Y.; Huang, M.*; Aya, S.* Development of ferroelectric nematic fluids with giant-ε dielectricity and optical nonlinear properties. Sci. Adv.2021,7, eabf5047.
Su, Z.; Zhang, R.; Yan, X.-Y.; Guo, Q.-Y.; Huang, J.; Shan, W.; Liu, Y.; Liu, T.; Huang, M.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.* The role of architectural engineering in macromolecular self-assemblies via non-covalent interactions: A molecular LEGO approach. Prog. Polym. Sci.2020, 103, 101230.
Su, Z.; Hsu, C.-H.; Gong, Z.; Feng, X.; Huang, J.; Zhang, R.; Wang, Y.; Mao, J.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Li, T.; Seifert, S.; Zhang, W.; Aida, T.; Huang, M.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.* Identification of a Frank–Kasper Z phase from shape amphiphile self-assembly. Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 899.
Teaching
Undergraduate courses:
Physical Chemistry Lab I
Advanced Low Dimensional Materials
Graduate courses:
Characterization of Soft Matter IV
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