Develop in-situ We design and synthesize new polymers whose backbones are completely made from metal atoms, reveal the impact rules of their components and structures on properties, and achieve excellent electronic and mechanical properties, aiming at the development of a new direction of polymer materials.
We produce new polymer composite fibers through the helical and aligned assembly of carbon nanotubes with an emphasis on the interactions between aligned polymers and carbon nanotubes, then further replace carbon nanotubes with conjugated polymer nanowires and metal-backboned polymers to prepare novel composite fibers, and achieve high electronic and mechanical properties and discover continuous preparation methods for industry productions.
We design new polymer fiber electrons including lithium-ion batteries, organic solar cells, light-emitting devices and sensors with emphasis on charge transports on curved fiber surfaces, investigate new routes to cross-linking polymerizations in situ in confined voids to solve the instable problem of polymer gel electrolytes at interfaces of flexible electronic devices, and figure out continuous fabrication methods of fiber electronics to satisfy real applications that are previous impossible.