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Zhiwei LIN

Biography

  • Professor Zhiwei Lin obtained his Ph.D. degree in Polymer Science from The University of Akron in 2016, and then conducted postdoctoral research at Columbia University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In early 2022, he joined School of Emergent Soft Matter at South China University of Technology as a professor and the principal investigator of his research group. His research focuses on transformative hybrid materials and applications involving carbon nanotubes, DNA, and polymers. In recent years, as the first/corresponding author, he has published over 15 research articles in high-profile journals, including Science, Science Advances, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (4), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (3), ACS Nano (2), among others.

Research Interests

  • Prof. Zhiwei Lin’s research focuses on 1) development of efficient methods for the chirality separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) based on DNA, 2) chemical modification of SWCNTs and their application in transformative materials, 3) application of DNA-SWCNTs hybrids in molecular sensing and disease diagnosis, 4) precise assembly of polymers/DNA and device applications.

Awards & Honors

2023
Xiaomi Young Talent Scholars

Selected Publications

  • Li, Y.; Wen, Y.; Beltran, L.; Zhu, L.; Tian, S.; Liu, J.; Zhou, X.; Chen, P.; Egelman, E. H.; Zheng, M.*; Lin, Z.* Understanding DNA-encoded Carbon Nanotube Sorting and Sensing via sub-nm-resolution Structural Determination, Science Advances 2025, 11, eadt9844.

  • Zhou, X.; Wang, P.; Li, Y.; Han, Y.; Chen, J.; Tang, K.; Shi, L.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, R.*; Lin, Z.* Accurate DNA Sequence Prediction for Sorting Target-Chirality Carbon Nanotubes and Manipulating Their Functionalities, ACS Nano 2025, 19, 2665-2676.

  • Lin, Z.*; Beltran, L.; De los Santos, Z. A.; Li, Y.; Adel, T.; Fagan, J. A.; Hight Walker, A. R.; Egelman, E. H.; Zheng, M.*; DNA-guided Lattice Remodeling of Carbon Nanotubes, Science 2022, 377, 535-539 (Highlighted by Science, Science Daily, 科技日报，中国科学报等).

  • Lin, Z.*(#); Yang, Y.(#); Jagota, A.; Zheng, M*. Machine Learning-Guided Systematic Search of DNA Sequences for Sorting Carbon Nanotubes, ACS Nano 2022, 16, 4705-4713.

  • Yan, X.; Guo, Q.; Lin, Z.*; Liu, X.; Yuan, J.; Wang, J.; Wang, H.; Liu, Y.; Su, Z.; Liu, T.; Huang, J.; Zhang, R.; Wang, Y.; Huang, M.; Zhang, W.; Cheng, S. Z. D.* Geometry Directed Self-assembly towards Polymeric Molecular Frameworks, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2024-2029 (Featured on cover).

  • Lin, Z.; Emamy, H,; Minevich, B.; Xiong, Y.; Xiang, S.; Kumar, S.; Ke, Y.; Gang, O.* Engineering Organization of DNA Nano-chambers through Dimensionally Controlled and Multi-sequence Encoded Differentiated Bonds, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17531-17542 (Featured on cover).

  • Yan, X.; Lin, Z.*; Zhang, W.; Xu. H.; Guo, Q.; Liu, Y.; Luo, J.; Liu, X.; Zhang, R.; Huang, J.; Liu, T.; Su, Z.; Zhang, R.; Zhang, S.; Liu, T.; Cheng, S. Z. D.* Magnifying the Structural Components of Bio-membranes: a Prototype for the Study of the Self-assembly of Giant Lipids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 5226-5234.

  • Lin, Z.; Xiong, Y.; Xiang, S.; Gang, O.* Controllable Covalent-Bound Nanoarchitectures From DNA Frames, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6797-6801.

  • Zhang, R.; Feng, X.; Zhang, R.; Shan, W.; Su, Z.; Mao, J.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Huang, J.; Yan, X.; Liu, T.; Li, T.; Huang, M.; Lin, Z.*; Shi, A.-C.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.* Breaking Parallel Orientation of Rods via Dendritic Architecture toward Diverse Supramolecular Structures, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 11879-11885.

  • Lin, Z.; Yang, X.; Xu, H.; Sakurai, T.; Matsuda, W.; Seki, S.; Zhou, Y.; Sun, J.; Wu, K.; Yan, X.; Zhang, R.; Huang, M.; Mao, J.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Aida, T.; Zhang, W.;Cheng, S. Z. D.* Topologically Directed Assemblies of Semiconducting Sphere-Rod Conjugates, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18616-18622.

  • Lin, Z.; Sun, J.; Zhou, Y.; Wang, Y.; Hu, H.; Yang, X.; Su, H.; Cui, H.; Aida, T.; Zhang, W.*; Cheng, S. Z. D.* A Non-crystallization Approach Toward Uniform Thylakoids-like 2D Nano-coins and Their Grana-like 3D Suprastructures, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5883-5889.

Teaching

Undergraduate courses:

Biomacromolecular Nanotechnology

Polymer Chemistry Laboratory

Graduate courses:

Carbon Nanomaterials

Contact

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For Study at SCUT  Tel: +86-20-81182580/2585   Email: sieinfo@scut.edu.cn

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