Dr Jue Hou received his BS degree in Materials Chemistry at Peking University in 2011 and PhD degree in Materials Science at ICCAS in 2016. He worked as a postdoc in Prof. Huanting Wang's group at Monash University from 2017 to 2019 and CSIRO from 2019 to 2022. His research interests include metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), membrane separation, photonic crystals, sensors, and bio-inspired superwettability materials. He joins RMIT as a DECRA Fellow & Senior Research Fellow to keep developing MOF-based membranes for separation applications and MOF-based photonic sensors for intelligent packaging, environmental monitoring, and biosensing.

His research interests include metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), membrane separation, photonic crystals, sensors, and bio-inspired superwettability materials. He joins RMIT as a DECRA Fellow & Senior Research Fellow to keep developing MOF-based membranes for separation applications and MOF-based photonic sensors for intelligent packaging, environmental monitoring, and biosensing.

Correction to: A sunlight-responsive metal–organic framework system for sustainable water desalination (Nature Sustainability, (2020), 3, 12, (1052-1058), 10.1038/s41893-020-0590-x) Ou R, Zhang H, Truong VX, Zhang L, Hegab HM, Han L, Hou J, Zhang X, Deletic A, Jiang L, Simon GP, Wang H 10.1038/S41893-024-01303-Z Composite nanofibrous membranes with two-dimensional ZIF-L and PVDF-HFP for CO2 separation Kim S, Hou J, Roy Choudhury N, Kentish S 10.1016/J.CEJ.2023.148124 Self-assembled two-dimensional metal-organic framework membranes as nanofluidic osmotic power generators Su Y, Hou J, Zhao C, Han Q, Hu J, Zhang H 10.1039/D4TA01350F Unlocking Direct Lithium Extraction in Harsh Conditions through Thiol-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework Subnanofluidic Membranes Zhao C, Feng F, Hou J, Hu J, Su Y, Liu JZ, Hill M, Freeman BD, Wang H, Zhang H 10.1021/JACS.4C02477 Stimuli-Responsive Ion Adsorbents for Sustainable Separation Applications Li N, Hou J, Ou R, Yeo L, Choudhury NR, Zhang H 10.1021/ACSNANO.3C04942 Advanced Methods for Ion Selectivity Measurement in Nanofluidic Devices Hou J, Zhang H 10.1002/ADMT.202201433 Amphoteric metal-organic framework subnanochannels with pH-tuneable cation and anion sieving properties Hou J, Zhang H, Wang H, Thornton A, Konstas K 10.1039/D3TA01901B Bio-Inspired Subnanofluidics: Advanced Fabrication and Functionalization Hou J, Zhao C, Zhang H 10.1002/SMTD.202300278 Construction of angstrom-scale ion channels with versatile pore configurations and sizes by metal-organic frameworks Li X, Jiang G, Jian M, Zhao C, Hou J, Thornton A, Zhang, H., et al. 10.1038/S41467-023-35970-X Enhanced Gating Effects in Responsive Sub-nanofluidic Ion Channels Zhao C, Hou J, Hill M...3 more Flexible UiO-66-(COOH)2 metal–organic framework membranes for salinity gradient power generation su Y, Hou J, Zhao C, Han Q, Hu J, Zhang H 10.1016/J.CEJ.2023.146649 Influence of surface chemistry and channel shapes on the lithium-ion separation in metal-organic-framework-nanochannel membranes Hou J, Zhang H, Lu J, Li X, Zhao C, Wang H, Thornton A, Konstas K 10.1016/J.MEMSCI.2023.121511 Nanofluidic Photoionic Membranes for Light Energy Harvesting and Conversion Zhao C, Hou J, Zhang H 10.1021/ACS.IECR.3C01955 Angstrom-scale ion channels towards single-ion selectivity Zhang H, Li X, Hou J, Jiang L, Wang H 10.1039/D1CS00582K Lithium Extraction by Emerging Metal–Organic Framework-Based Membranes Hou J, Zhang H, Thornton A, Hill A, Wang H, Konstas K 10.1002/ADFM.202105991 Synthetic azobenzene-containing metal-organic framework ion channels toward efficient light-gated ion transport at the subnanoscale Qian T, Zhao C, Wang R, Chen X, Hou J, Wang H, Zhang H 10.1039/D1NR04595D Ultraselective Monovalent Metal Ion Conduction in a Three-Dimensional Sub-1 nm Nanofluidic Device Constructed by Metal-Organic Frameworks Lu J, Zhang H, Hu X, Qian B, Hou J, Han L, Zhu Y, Sun C, Jiang L, Wang H 10.1021/ACSNANO.0C08328 A sunlight-responsive metal–organic framework system for sustainable water desalination Ou R, Zhang H, Simon G, Wang, H., et al 10.1038/S41893-020-0590-X Effect of Anion Species on Ion Current Rectification Properties of Positively Charged Nanochannels Zhao C, Zhang H, Hou J, Ou R, Zhu Y, Li X, Jiang L, Wang H 10.1021/ACSAMI.0C08263 Efficient Gating of Ion Transport in Three-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework Sub-Nanochannels with Confined Light-Responsive Azobenzene Molecules Qian T, Zhang H, Li X, Hou J, Zhao C, Gu Q, Wang H 10.1002/ANIE.202004657 Efficient metal ion sieving in rectifying subnanochannels enabled by metal–organic frameworks Luo J, Zhang H, Hou J, Li, X., et al 10.1038/S41563-020-0634-7 Polycrystalline Advanced Microporous Framework Membranes for Efficient Separation of Small Molecules and Ions Hou J, Zhang H, Simon G, Wang H 10.1002/ADMA.201902009 Sulfonated Sub-1-nm Metal-Organic Framework Channels with Ultrahigh Proton Selectivity Li X, Zhang H, Hou J, Ou R, Zhu Y, Zhao C, Qian T, Easton C, Selomulya C, Hill M, Wang H 10.1021/JACS.0C03554 Unidirectional and Selective Proton Transport in Artificial Heterostructured Nanochannels with Nano-to-Subnano Confined Water Clusters Li X, Zhang H, Yu H, Wang, H., et al 10.1002/ADMA.202001777 Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework Materials for Efficient Ion Adsorption and Sieving Hou J, Wang H, Zhang H 10.1021/ACS.IECR.0C02683 A General Layer-by-Layer Printing Method for Scalable High-Resolution Full-Color Flexible Luminescent Patterns Zhao C, Li H, Wang Y, Li K, Hou J, Ma Y, Li M, Song Y 10.1002/ADOM.201900127 Bioinspired Self-Gating Nanofluidic Devices for Autonomous and Periodic Ion Transport and Cargo Release Zhao C, Lu J, Hou J, Zhang, H., et al 10.1002/ADFM.201806416 Fast and selective fluoride ion conduction in sub-1-nanometer metal-organic framework channels Li X, Zhang H, Wang P, Hou, J., et al show fewer 10.1038/S41467-019-10420-9 Recent advances in colloidal photonic crystal sensors: Materials, structures and analysis methods Hou J, Li M, Song Y 10.1016/J.NANTOD.2018.08.008 Carbon Nanotube Networks as Nanoscaffolds for Fabricating Ultrathin Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes Hou J, Zhang H, Hu Y, Li X, Chen X, Kim S, Wang Y, Simon GP, Wang H 10.1021/ACSAMI.8B04481 Bioinspired Micropatterned Superhydrophilic Au-Areoles for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Trace Detection Li H, Yang Q, Hou J, Li Y, Li M, Song Y 10.1002/ADFM.201800448 Patterned Colloidal Photonic Crystals Hou J, Li M, Song Y 10.1002/ANIE.201704752 Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanosheets: A Thermally Rearranged Polymer Nanocomposite Membrane for Hydrogen Separation Wang Y, Low Z-X, Kim S, Zhang, H., et al 10.1002/ANIE.201809126 Highly permeable thermally rearranged polymer composite membranes with a graphene oxide scaffold for gas separation Kim S, Hou J, Wang Y, Ou R, Simon GP, Seong JG, Lee YM, Wang H 10.1039/C8TA02256A Single Nanochannel-Aptamer-Based Biosensor for Ultrasensitive and Selective Cocaine Detection Wang J, Hou J, Zhang H, Tian Y, Jiang L 10.1021/ACSAMI.7B16539 Ultrafast selective transport of alkali metal ions in metal organic frameworks with subnanometer pores Zhang H, Hou J, Hu Y, Wang P show fewer 10.1126/SCIADV.AAQ0066 Periodic oscillation of ion conduction of nanofluidic diodes using a chemical oscillator Zhang H, Hou J, Ou R, Hu Y, Wang H, Jiang L 10.1039/C7NR01343D Oscillatory Reaction Induced Periodic C-Quadruplex DNA Gating of Artificial Ion Channels Wang J, Fang R, Hou J, Zhang H, Tian Y, Wang H, Jiang L 10.1021/ACSNANO.6B08727 Healable green hydrogen bonded networks for circuit repair, wearable sensor and flexible electronic devices Hou J, Liu M, Zhang H, Song Y, Jiang X, Yu A, Jiang L, Su B 10.1039/C7TA03100A Four-Dimensional Screening Anti-Counterfeiting Pattern by Inkjet Printed Photonic Crystals Hou J, Zhang H, Su B, Li M, Yang Q, Jiang L, Song Y 10.1002/ASIA.201600433 Bioinspired Smart Gate-Location-Controllable Single Nanochannels: Experiment and Theoretical Simulation Zhang H, Tian Y, Hou J, Hou X, Hou G, Ou R, Wang H, Jiang L 10.1021/ACSNANO.5B05542 Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Patterned Molecularly Imprinted Photonic Crystal Sensors for High-Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Tetracycline Hou J, Zhang H, Yang Q, Li M, Jiang L, Song Y 10.1002/SMLL.201403640 Synthetic asymmetric-shaped nanodevices with symmetric pH-gating characteristics Zhang H, Hou X, Hou J, Zeng L, Tian Y, Li L, Jiang L 10.1002/ADFM.201403693 Bio-inspired double-layer structure artificial microreactor with highly efficient light harvesting for photocatalysts Yang Q, Liu J, Li H, Li Y, Hou J, Li M, Song Y show fewer10.1039/C4RA15943H Bio-inspired photonic-crystal microchip for fluorescent ultratrace detection Hou J, Zhang H, Yang Q, Li M, Song Y, Jiang L 10.1002/ANIE.201400686 Efficient luminescence of long persistent phosphor combined with photonic crystal Shi X, Shi L, Li M, Hou J, Chen L, Ye C, Shen W, Jiang L, Song Y 10.1021/AM501420W