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Jianhui XIA
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422B (Wu Shan campus)
EMAIL
xiajh@scut.edu.cn
Biography
Professor Jianhui Xia joined SCUT’s faculty in 2018 after spending 18 years working as a senior research scientist at the 3M company in its US headquarter. He led cross-functional & multi-national teams and helped to position 3M as the leading company in the world in the field of optically clear adhesives. He developed new technologies and successfully launched products with combined sales over one billion dollars. For his outstanding technical contributions, he is the recipient of seven 3M company's Golden Step award and six 3M's Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation award. Before working at 3M, his graduate research was on atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) under the supervision of Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. His work of homogeneous ATRP was published in the journal of Science where he reported the first well-controlled radical polymerization with polydispersity as low as 1.05. He developed readily available ATRP catalyst which is now widely used by researchers all over the world. He is the author or co-author of over 40 US patents/patent applications and more than 20 peer-reviewed scientific publications, including a seminal review on ATRP with over 11000 citations.
Research Interests
Prof. Jianhui Xia’s research focus is on developing advanced materials for applications of practical importance. Specific areas include adhesives for display and electronics, advanced visco-elastomers with designed structures, and novel photo-curing materials and applications. A variety of industry-relevant materials (acrylics, silicone, urethane, epoxy) are prepared and studied. Advanced synthetic methods such as controlled /living radical polymerization are utilized to prepare novel materials and help explore the structure-property relationship.
Awards & Honors
2022
Gangzhou High-Caliber Talent
2021
Sixth National Innovation Challenge Program – First place in Guangdong province
2003-2018
Seven 3M company's Golden Step award and six 3M's Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation award
Selected Publications
Zhu Wu, Jianhui Xia. Transparent, Impact-Resistant Urethane-Siloxane Hybrid Coating with High Hardness and Exceptional Flexibility for Flexible Cover Windows. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2025, 7, 5034.
WeiZhong Xiang, Jianhui Xia. Influence of Hydrogen Bonding Interactions, Entanglement, and Chemical Crosslinking on the Viscoelasticity of Acrylic Viscoelastomers Containing Urea Group. European Polymer Journal 2024, 113567.
Yunzhen Zeng, Jianhui Xia. Preparation of UV-Cured Silicone Elastomer Reinforced by SH-POSS Crosslinker for LED Encapsulant. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2024, e56327.
Ban Qin, Jianhui Xia. Impact of Diisocyanate, Chain Extender, Soft Segment Molecular Weight, and Hard Segment Contents on Silicone-Polyurea based Clear Viscoelastic Films for Flexible Displays. European Polymer Journal 2024, 113392.
Zhu Wu, Jianhui Xia. Rational Design of Clear POSS Coatings with High Hardness, Excellent Flexibility, and Multifunctionality for Foldable Displays. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2024, 6, 7621.
Yunzhen Zeng, Jianhui Xia. UV-Cured Silicone Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive with Adjustable Adhesion and Viscoelastic Properties via Thiol-Ene Chemistry. Progress in Organic Coatings 2024, 108545.
WeiZhong Xiang, Jianhui Xia. Synthesis of Novel (Meth)acrylates with Variable Hydrogen Bond Interaction and Their Application in Clear Viscoelastic Film. ACS Omega 2024, 9, 13644.
Ban Qin, Juncheng Wang, Jianhui Xia. Clear Viscoelastic Film Based on Low-Hard-Segment Silicone Polyurea Elastomers for Flexible Display Applications. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2024, 6, 1674.
Yuwei Fang, Jianhui Xia. Highly Stretchable, Soft, and Clear Viscoelastic Film with Good Recoverability for Flexible Display. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14 (33), 38398.
Teaching
Undergraduate courses:
Polymer Chemistry
Graduate courses:
Soft Matter Chemistry II
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