Ph.D, Associate Professor (Tenured)
Email: yongxiang.gao@szu.edu.cn
Address: Room 311, Zhizhi Building, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China, 518060
Education
2002.08 – 2008.11 PhD, Physics, McGill University, Canada
1998.09 – 2002.07 B.S., Physics, Jilin University, China
Research Experience
2017 – present Principal Investigator (Tenured), Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University
2016 – 2017 Associate Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University
2013 – 2016 Marie-Curie Fellow, University of Oxford
2012 – 2013 Postdoctor, University of California Santa Barbara
2010 – 2012 Postdoctor, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
2008 – 2010 Postdoctor, The Australian National University
Awards and Qualifications
2022 Elite graduate supervisor of Shenzhen University
2021 PhD supervisor of Shenzhen University
2020 Supervisor of 100 excellent Undergraduate thesis of Shenzhen University
2019 Shenzhen Nanshan District Linghang Talent (Level C)
2018 Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent (Peacock Plan; Level C)
2017 ‘One hundred youth talents’ of Shaanxi Province
2016 “Young Talent Support Plan” of Xi'an Jiaotong University (B level)
2013 Marie-Curie Fellow
Research Interests
Through colloid design and bulk synthesis, we develop active systems and investigate a range of interesting phenomena emerging in the bulk and under confinement. We employ a variety of advanced techniques, such as optical tweezing, structured light, electric/magnetic field, microfluidics, and intelligent feedback setup, aiming for precise control over structure, dynamics and transportation of matter at the micro/nanoscale. Our research focuses on uncovering the mechanisms of self-propulsion and the principles of mutual interactions in active colloids, understanding and controlling self-organization, collective dynamics and odd flow properties of active matter. Active colloids are classic micro/nanorobots that show biomimetic functions such as locomotion, transportation, communication, cooperation and assembly, which have great promises in applications ranging from lab on a chip, medicines, sensing to environment.
Research tools and skills
Colloidal synthesis and functionalization, electric/magnetic field, optical microscopy, optical tweezing, structured light control, particle localization and tracking, rheology and micro-rheology, soft lithography and microfluidics, theory on diffusiophoresis, computer simulations and finite element analysis.
Research grants
Ongoing
2022-2023 The General Program of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province
2020-2022 The Innovation Program of Guangdong Provincial Department of Education
Completed
2018-2021 The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China
2019-2021 Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent Startup Fund
2018-2020 The Free Exploration Program of Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen
Invited talk
The 18th Chinese Conference on Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Xi’an, date to be determined
Title：to be determined
Chinese Physics meeting
Micro-Nano Technology and Advanced Material Innovation Conference, Chongqing, 2022.10.22-24
Title: Fabrication and Dynamic Assembly of Highly efficient Ag-based micromotors
Soft matter day, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2022.08.20
Title: Direct observation of microscopic mechanisms for normal grain coarsening kinetics
Xiamen Soft Matter Forum 2021 & ICAM-China 2021 Autumn Workshop, 2021.12.10-12.13
Title: Ionic Diffusiophoresis and Self-organization in Chemically Driven Active Colloids
Center for complex flows and soft matter research at Southern University of Science and Technology, 2021.09.29
Title：Self-propulsion mechanism and self-organization of chemically active colloids
Summer school on active matter, Westlake University, 2021.07.21
Title: Colloidal self-organization in and out of equilibrium
The 11th Liquid Matter Conference, Prague, the Czech Republic (online；Oral talk) 2021.07.18-23
Title：Self-organization of colloidal rotors
Active soft matter workshop for the 10th anniversary of Southern University of Science and Technology, 2020.11.21
Title：Synthesis and active dynamics of silver-based Janus colloidal motors
Summer school of active matter, Wenzhou University, 2020.05.18
Title：Self-organization of colloidal rods in and out of equilibrium
The 16th Pacific Polymer Conference, Singapore, 2019.12.08-12
Title: Directed self-assembly into low-density colloidal liquid crystals
Active Soft Matter Symposium, Hangzhou, 2019.09.26
Title: Synthesis of efficient silver-based micromotors
Soft Matter Day, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2019.1.8
Title: Engineering colloidal rods for self-assembly and self-propulsion.
International Symposium on polymer and condensed matter physics, Shenzhen, 2017.11.9-11
Title: Structural disorder, filament growth, and self-poisoning in short rods confined onto a flat wall.
Playing Colloidal Mikado Symposium, Eindhoven, Netherland, 2016.2.17-18.
Title: Directed self-assembly into low-density colloidal liquid crystal phases.
Group member
Postdocs
Nan Yu, PhD in Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Phys Rev Lett, 2022, under revision
Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 408.
Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 1319.
Muhammad Ikram, PhD in Physical Chemistry, Heilongjiang University
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 51799
J Mater Chem A, 2021, 9, 14722.
Chem Mater, 2020, 32, 7215
Salah Eddine Ghellab, PhD in Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
Small, under revision
Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 2726-2730
Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 2017, 160, 697.
Qadeer ul Hassan, PhD in Physics, Shaanxi Normal University
Chemosphere, 2022, 288, 132668
Inorg. Chem. Front, 2020, 7, 356
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 45531
Shah Zeb (Excellent Postdoc of SZU), PhD in Chemical Engineering, Jinan University
ACS Appl Mater Interface, 2022, 14, 13836
Sensors and Actuators B: Chem, 2021, 334, 129584
Sensors and Actuators B: Chem, 2020, 321, 128439
Tayiba Ilyas (Excellent Postdoc of SZU), PhD in Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Journal of Materials Science & technology, 2022, 103, 59
Applied Surface Science, 2021, 543, 148726
Materials and Design, 2021, 204, 109674
Ahmed Uddin, PhD in Environmental Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021, 602, 261-273.
Journal of Alloys and Compound, 2020, 845, 156206.
Chemical Physics Letters, 2020, 753, 137604
Muhammad Imran, PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University
Applied Surface Science, 2021, 566, 150721.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Fahmeeda Kausar, PhD in Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Macromol. Rapid. Commun. 2021, 2100036
Chem. Res. Chinese Universities. 2021, 37, 177-182
PhD students
Aaranda Arooj, 2022
James Obed Nketsiah, 2022
Mehrnoush Mehrarya, 2022
Ivan But, 2022级
Graduate Students
Xinyuan Zhang, 2019
Yurou Li, 2020
Jiayu Zhang, 2022
Ruiyao Li, 2022
Sazia Tonmoy, 2022
Undergraduate students
Shengjie He, 2019
Yiyang Zhang, 2019
Yicheng Yang, 2019
Publications (*corresponding author)
2022
14. M Imran, A Islam, F Ismail, P Zhang, M Barsharat, M Ikram, A Uddin, S Zeb, Q Hassan* and Y Gao*, submitted
13. Y Zhang, J Wu, Y Yang, Y Li, X Zhang & Y Gao*, to be submitted
12. G Lin, Z Wang, X Zhou, Y Li, X Zhang, S Wang, T Ilyas, L Lei and Y Gao*, to be submitted
11. ZH Shah, N Yu, S Wang, X Zhou, G Lin, SA Edwards, M Yang* and Y Gao*, PRL under revision.
10. M Basharat, T Ilyas, M Ikram, SE Ghellab, Q Hassan, Y Zhang, A Uddin, S Zeb and Y Gao*, submitted
9. J Mecke, Y Gao*, CA Ramirez-Medina, DGAL Aarts, G Gompper and M Ripoll*, under review
8. SE Ghellab, X Zhang, Y Yang, S Wang, M Basharat, X Zhou, L Lei, Y Zhou, Y Wang, H Fang and Y Gao*, Small, under revision.
7. Y Li, S Wang, X Zhang and Y Gao*, JCIS open, 2022, 100061.
6. S Wang, L Zhou, Y Gao*, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2022, 24, 10626-10627 (IF 3.94).
5. Y Mu, L Lei, J Zheng, W Duan, Z Wang, J Tang, Y Gao* and Y Wang*, ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 6801 (IF 18.02).
4. S Zeb, Y Cui, H Zhao, Y Sui, Z Yang, ZU Khan, SM Ahmad, M Ikram, Y Gao* and X Jiang*, ACS Appl Mater Interface, 2022, 14, 13836 (IF 10.38).
3. L Lei, S Wang, X Zhou, SE Ghellab, G Lin and Y Gao*, Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022, 10, 803906 (IF 5.54).
2. M Basharat, ZH Shah, M Ikram, SE Ghellab, Q Hassan, T Ilyas, L Lei, G Lin & Y Gao*, Small, 2022, 18, 2107621 (IF 15.15).
1. QU Hassan, AI Channa, Q Zhai, G Zhu, Y Gao, N Ali, M Bilal, Chemosphere, 2022, 288, 132668 (IF 8.94).
2021
8. M Ikram, F Hu, G Peng, M Basharat, N Jabeen, P Ke and Y Gao*, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2021, 13, 51799 (IF 10.38).
7. X Zhou, S Wang, L Xian, Y Li, ZH Shah, G Lin & Y Gao*, PRL, 2021, 126, 168001 (IF 9.18).
6. S Wang, L Zhou, Y Gao*, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2021, 23, 16501 (IF 3.94).
5. A Rastmaneh, MT Yaraki*, J Wu, Z Wang, P Ghoderao, Y Gao* & YN Tan*, Mol Syst Des Eng, 2021, 6, 566 (IF 4.92).
4. M Ikram, H Lv, Z Liu, K Shi*, Y Gao*, J Mater Chem A, 2021, 9, 14722 (IF 14.51).
3. S Wang, L Zhou, X Wang, J Hu, L Pan, G Lin, Y Gao*, L Zhang*, C Wang*, Langmuir, 2021, 37, 7986 (IF 4.33).
2. L Lei, S Wang, X Zhang, W Lai, J Wu & Y Gao*, Chin Phys B, 2021, 30, 056112 (IF 1.65).
1. S Wang, Y Chen, X Zhou, L Lei, ZH Shah, G Lin & Y Gao*, Langmuir, 2021, 37, 1429 (IF 4.33).
2020
3. ZH Shah, S Wang, L Xian, X Zhou, Y Chen, G Lin & Y Gao*, Chem Comm, 2020, 56, 15301 (Cover article; IF 6.06).
2. G Lin, L Xian, X Zhou, S Wang, ZH Shah, SA Edwards & Y Gao*, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2020, 15, 50512 (IF 10.38).
1. C Zhou, N Suematsu, Y Peng, Q Wang, X Chen, Y Gao & W Wang, ACS nano, 2020, 14, 5360 (IF 18.02).
Earlier representative publications
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2015, 115, 248301.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2007, 99, 078301.
Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 2042.
PRMaterials, 2018, 2, 015601.
Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 7119.
Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 8678.
Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 6360.
Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 5739.
Opt. Express, 2014, 22, 10046.
Opt. Express, 2009, 17, 4685.
J. Chem. Phys., 2012, 136, 054902.
Phys. Rev. E, 2009, 79, 051406.
Polymer, 2019, 177, 91.
Alumni
Majid Basharat (2020.10-2022.09), Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Postdoc at Zhejiang University
Lijie Lei (2019.09-2021.12; Overseas Incoming Fellow of Guangdong), National University of Singapore, Lecturer at Civil Aviation Flight University of China
Xuemao Zhou (2019.04-2021.09; Overseas Incoming Fellow of Guangdong), Edinburg University, Associate Professor at Guangxi Science & Technology Normal University
Shuo Wang, Postdoc (2019.01-2020.12; Winner of Postdoc Research Fund of China), Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, now Associate Research Fellow of Shenzhen Technology University
Zameer Hussain Shah, Postdoc (2017.11-2020.10), Dalian Technology University, Postdoc at Delaware University
Recruitment
We are always keen in recruiting highly motivated students and postdocs.
