News in 2019

December, 2019
The dinner party for New Year 2020 of the whole group!
December, 2019
Our project acceptance meeting (the Special Project of Strategic Emerging Industries from Fujian Development and Reform Commission) was held successfully at Xiamen University.
December, 2019
Prof. Toshihiko Yokoyama and Prof. Masahiro Hiramoto from IMS, Japan visited our group and had a nice talk with us.
December, 2019
Prof. Hou was invited by OCT Harbour 2019 Happy Life Festival and OCT Art & Design Gallery D-Talk Series to give Popular Science Lecture in Shenzhen.See details: Click here.
December, 2019
As an outstanding alumni, Prof. Hou was invited to attend the 90th anniversary of Chengdu ShuDe Middle School.See details: Click here.
December, 2019
Prof. Fan from Nanyang Technological University visited our group and had a nice talk with us.
November, 2019
Prof. Jager and Prof. Xu from University of Alberta visited our group and had a nice talk with us.
November, 2019
Professor Hou was invited by Cell Press to be a member of Advisory Board of Cell Reports Physical Science. See details: Click here.
October, 2019
Dr. Zhizhi Sheng gave a report at the progress meeting of the university-enterprise cooperation between our group and Runner Group on the graphene reinforced liquid composite membrane project. Prof. Hou made a summary speech and visited the production workshop of Bailin Water Purification Technology Co., Ltd.. Our group members Yunmao Zhang and Wei Lv participated in this event.
October, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on being selected as a member of 2019 Class of Influential Researchers from Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research of American Chemical Society Publications. This class comprises 32 researchers from across the globe. I&EC Research has been at the forefront of chemical engineering research since 1909, and I&EC Research continue today as the largest and most-cited general chemical engineering research journal in the world. See details: Click here.
September, 2019
Prof. Hou was invited to participate in the joint 6th International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE 2019) and International Symposium on Nature-Inspired Technology 2019 (ISNIT 2019) to give a Keynote presentation and chair a Session during this Symposium. Congratulations to our group members: Jing Liu, Xinwen Xie, Chunyan Wang and Dr. Shuli Wang on winning the International Bionic Innovation Competition 2019 Prize and The Excellent Poster Prize during the Symposium.
September, 2019
Prof. Zettsu from Shinshu University visited our group and had a nice talk with us.
September, 2019
Prof. Hou was recently interviewed by Chengdu Economic Daily. See details: Click here.
September, 2019
Prof. Guy Bertrand from UCSD visited our group and had a nice talk with us.
August, 2019
Prof. Weinan E visited our group and had a nice talk with us.
August, 2019
Prof. Hou had a wonderful talk with Prof. Paul S. Weiss and Prof. Lei Jiang during ChinaNANO 2019 conference.
July, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on being selected to represent 100# Fm in Periodic Table of Younger Chemists of IUPAC. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of IUPAC and the International Year of the Periodic Table, IUPAC and IYCN announce the creation of a Periodic Table of Younger Chemists. Beginning in July 2018 and ending in July 2019 at the World Chemistry Congress and IUPAC General Assembly, IUPAC has unveiled and honored a diverse group of 118 outstanding younger chemists from around the world who in embody the mission and core values of IUPAC. The resulting periodic table highlights the diversity of careers, creativity, and dedication of the young chemists leading us into the next century. Elements of the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists have been revealed over time in order of scientific discovery. See details: Click here.
July, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on winning Young Investigator Award of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Chinese Chemical Society!
July, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on winning Microsystems & Nanoengineering Summit 2019 – Young Scientist Award!
July, 2019
Professor Hou, as the President of Youth Committee of State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, led members of the Youth Committee of State Key Laboratory to visit Shanghai University of Science and Technology.
June, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on being selected to represent 33# As in Periodic Table of Younger Chemists of China.
June, 2019
Our bioinspired dynamic nanochannels work was highlighted as Cover by NEWSLETTER of International Society of Bionic Engineering. (Volume 8, Issue 2, 2019) Follow-up research is in the process of breaking through.
June, 2019
Congratulations to the graduate student Yinglin Zhu on obtaining her Master's Degree successfully. May all go beautifully in the new position for her.
May, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on being engaged as Committee Member in Youth Editorial Committee of Chinese Chemical Letters!
May, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on winning the Excellent Youth Editorial Member Award for his outstanding academic contributions made to the high quality of Chinese Chemical Letters!
May, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on being selected as the current Group Members of Youth Commission of International Society of Bionic Engineering! See details: Click here.
May, 2019
Prof. Jeff Dahn visited our group and had a nice talk with us. Prof. Jeff Dahn is recognized as one of the pioneering developers of the lithium-ion battery that is now used worldwide in laptop computers and cell-phones. Dahn's recent work has concentrated on increasing the energy density, improving the lifetime and lowering the cost of lithium ion batteries.
April, 2019
Prof. Zuowei Xie visited our group and had a nice talk with us. Prof. Zuowei Xie is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Choh-Ming Li Professor of Chemistry in The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
April, 2019
Prof. Zhibing Zhang visited our group and had a nice talk with us. Prof. Zhang has built an international reputation for developing original work on micromanipulation of single micro-/nanoparticles and encapsulation/bioencapsulation with applications in chemical, food, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, household care and human/oral care industries.
April, 2019
Prof. Eric Borguet visited our lab and had a wonderful communication with us. Prof. Eric Borguet is a Professor of Chemistry at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Chemical and physical processes at surfaces and interfaces are the principal focus of his ongoing research program at Temple University.
April, 2019
Prof. M.Ya Bickbau visited our lab and had a wonderful communication with us. Marcel Ya Bickbau, physiochemist, famous scientist in materials science, author of the first discovery in physics and chemistry of silicates registered in the USSR State Register of Discoveries, Founder and Director General of Moscow Institute of Material Science and Efficient?Technologies for 26 years, Academician of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. For his achievements M.Ya Bickbau was nominated for Nobel Prize in 2012.
March, 2019
Our recent work on liquid gating detection was reported by "Science and Technology Daily".See details: Click here.
March, 2019
Congratulations to Prof. Hou on his "Study on Intelligent Gated Multi-scale Porous Film" winning the first prize of the 13th Excellent Academic Paper of Natural Science in Fujian Province!
January, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on being selected as the Standing Director of the Second Council of the National Materials and Devices Network!
January, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on winning the Young Scholar Award in Chemistry of the Chinese Chemical Society!
January, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Hou on being selected into “the 11th Batch of High-Level Talents Project of ‘Double Hundred Program’” in Xiamen!