Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-2015 PhD, Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013 ME, Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2008 BS, Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, 2005

Our research focuses on innovating nanotechnologies through the design, nanomanufacturing, and integration of functional materials with controlled composition and architecture across multiple length scales. We carry out groundbreaking trans-disciplinary research to generate hierarchical materials and structures with applications in sensing, renewable energy, electronics, and wearable devices.

Engineered and laser-processed chitosan biopolymers for sustainable and biodegradable triboelectric power generation Wang, R. X., Gao, S. J., Yang, Z., Li, Y. L., Chen, W. N., Wu, B. X., Wu, W. Z. Adv. Mater., 2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201706267.​ Large area direct laser shock imprinting of 3D biomimic hierarchical metal surface for triboelectric nanogenerator Jin S. Y., Wang, Y. X., Motlag, M., Gao, S. J., Xu, J., Nian, Q., Wu, W. Z., Cheng, G. J. Adv. Mater., 2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705840.​ Controlled Growth of a Large-Size 2D Selenium Nanosheet and Its Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications Qin, J. K., Qiu, G., Jian, J., Zhou, H., Yang, L. M., Charnas, A., Zemlyanov, D. Y., Xu, C. Y., Xu, X. F., Wu, W. Z., Wang, H. Y., Ye, P. D., ACS Nano, 2017, 11 (10), pp 10222–10229 One-Dimensional van der Waals Material Tellurium: Raman Spectroscopy under Strain and Magneto-Transport Du, Y., Qiu, G., Wang, Y. X., Si, M., Xu, X., Wu, W. Z., Ye, P. D., Nano Lett., 2017, 17 (6), 3965-3973. ​ Piezotronic effect in 1D van der Waals solid of elemental tellurium nanobelt for smart adaptive electronics Gao, S. J., Wang, Y. X.G, Wang, R. X., Wu, W. Z., Semicond. Sci. Technol., 2017, 32, 104004. ​Lignin biopolymer based triboelectric nanogenerators Bao, Y., Wang, R. X., Lu, Y. M., Wu, W. Z., APL Materials 5 (7), 074109. ​Piezo‐Phototronic Effect on Selective Electron or Hole Transport through Depletion Region of Vis–NIR Broadband Photodiode Zou, H. Y., Li, X., Peng, W. B., Wu, W. Z., Yu, R. M., Wu, C. S., Ding, W., Hu, F., Liu, R., Zi, Y. L., Wang, Z. L., Adv. Mater., 2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201701412 Self-electrochemiluminescence of CdTe nanocrystals capped with 2-diethylaminoethanethiol Han, T. T., Dong, H., Ren, L. L., Bao, N., Wu, W. Z., Ding, S. N., Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 5388-5391.