General

Dr. Weiping Wu is a Professor and Doctoral Advisor at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Shanghai, China. He is also the doctoral advisor of Southeast University and Shanghai University. He graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in Material Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2004. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) in 2010. From 2010 to 2013, he was a research associate at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was a Research Fellow at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), the University of Southampton from 2013 to 2015. He was the George Daniels Lecturer at City, University of London in 2015 and worked in the UK till 2020. He has published more than 100 papers with total citations over 6000 and an h-index of 37. He served as the chairman of the Chinese UK Group, Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) from 2015-2020. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) since 2012, a Senior Member of IEEE since 2019 and an OSA Senior Member (The Optica) since 2020.

Research Areas

Metamaterials, metasurface

Microelectronics, transistors, sensors, optical devices

Functional Materials, Polymeric Materials, Smart Materials

2D materials, graphene, Transition metal chalcogenides (TMC)

Printed Electronics, Organic Electronics

Nano Photonics, Plasmonics

Solar energy harvest, solar steam generation

Energy storage degices, batteries, supercapacitors

Education

Shanghai Jiao Tong University     Material Science and Engineering                  B.Eng., 2004

Chinese Academy of Sciences     Physical Chemistry                                           M.Sc., 2006

Chinese Academy of Sciences     Physical Chemistry                                           Ph.D., 2010

Experience

   
Work Experience

2010.3-2013.9   Research Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

2013.10-2015.8   Research Fellow, Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

2015.9-2020.9   George Daniels Lecturer (Endowed Assistant Professor), City, University of London, London, United Kingdom

2020.10-present   Professor, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Publications

   
Papers
  1. W. Wu, Y. Liu, and D. Zhu, π-Conjugated Molecules with Fused Rings for Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Design, Synthesis and Applications, Chemical Society Reviews, 39, 1489-1502, 2010. Citation: over 600
  2. F. Torrisi, T. Hasan, W. Wu, Z. P. Sun, A. Lombardo, T. S. Kulmala, G. W. Hsieh, S. J. Jung, F. Bonaccorso, P. J. Paul, D. P. Chu, and A. C. Ferrari, 'Inkjet-Printed Graphene Electronics', ACS Nano, 6, 2992-3006, 2012. Citation: over 1000
  3. W. Wu, H. L. Zhang, Y. Wang, S. H. Ye, Y. L. Guo, C. A. Di, G. Yu, D. B. Zhu, and Y. Q. Liu, 'High-Performance Organic Transistor Memory Elements with Steep Flanks of Hysteresis', Advanced Functional Materials, 18, 2593-2601, 2008.
  4. W. Wu, Y. Q. Liu, Y. Wang, H. X. Xi, X. K. Gao, C. G. Di, G. Yu, W. Xu, and D. B. Zhu, 'High-Performance, Low-Operating-Voltage Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Low Pinch-Off Voltages', Advanced Functional Materials, 18, 810-815, 2008.
  5. F. Liu, B. Zhao, W. Wu, H. Yang, Y. Ning, Y. Lai, R. Bradley, Low Cost, Robust, Environmentally Friendly Geopolymer-Mesoporous Carbon Composites for Efficient Solar Powered Steam Generation, Advanced Functional Materials, 28, 1803266, 2018. (Front Cover)
  6. S. H. Ye, Y. Q. Liu, K. Lu, W. Wu, C. Y. Du, Y. Liu, H. T. Liu, T. Wu, and G. Yu, 'An Alternative Approach to Constructing Solution Processable Multifunctional Materials: Their Structure, Properties, and Application in High-Performance Organic Light-Emitting Diodes', Advanced Functional Materials, 20, 3125-3135, 2010.
  7. H. Zhou, X. Zhang, X. Xue, Y. Yang, S. Wang, D. Su, Z. Yang, Y. Wang, Y. Song, J. Wu, W. Wu, T. Zhang, Nanoscale Valley Modulation by Surface Plasmon Interference, Nano Letters, 22 (17), 6923-6929, 2022.
  8. R. Chen, T. Zhao, W. Wu, et al.,Free-Standing Hierarchically Sandwich-Type Tungsten Disulfide Nanotubes/Graphene Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Nano Letters, 14, 5899-5904, 2014.
  9. B. Wu, H. Tuncer, A. Katsounaros, W. Wu, M. Cole, K. Ying, L. Zhang, W. I. Milne, Y. Hao, Microwave absorption and radiation from large-area multilayer CVD graphene, Carbon, 77, 814-822, 2014.
  10. L. Wang, F. Liu, A. Pal, Y. Ning, Z. Wang, B. Zhao, R. Bradley, W. Wu, Ultra-small Fe3O4 nanoparticles encapsulated in hollow porous carbon nanocapsules for high performance supercapacitors, Carbon, 179, 327-336, 2021
  11. S. H. Ye, Y. Q. Liu, J. M. Chen, K. Lu, W. Wu, C. Y. Du, Y. Liu, T. Wu, Z. G. Shuai, and G. Yu, 'Solution-Processed Solid Solution of a Novel Carbazole Derivative for High-Performance Blue Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes', Advanced Materials, 22, 4167-4171, 2010.
  12. B. Liu, W. Wu, B. Peng, Y. Q. Liu, Y. H. He, C. Y. Pan, and Y. P. Zou, 'A Polythiophene Derivative with Octyl Diphenylamine-Vinylene Side Chains: Synthesis and Its Applications in Field-Effect Transistors and Solar Cells', Polymer Chemistry, 1, 678-684, 2010.
  13. L. Yan, Y. Zhao, X. H. Wang, X. Z. Wang, W. Y. Wong, Y. Q. Liu, W. Wu, et. al, 'Platinum-Based Poly(Aryleneethynylene) Polymers Containing Thiazolothiazole Group with High Hole Mobilities for Field-Effect Transistor Applications', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 33, 603-609, 2012.
  14. A. Karvounis, J. Ou, W. Wu, K. MacDonald, N. Zheludev. Nano-optomechanical nonlinear dielectric metamaterials. Applied Physics Letters, 107, 191110, 2015.
  15. Wu, F., Qian, J., W. Wu, Ye, Y., Sun, Z., Xu, B., Yang, X., Xu, Y., Zhang, J., Chen, R. Boron-doped microporous nano carbon as cathode material for high-performance Li-S batteries. Nano Research, 10, 426-436, 2017.
  16. S. Iqbal, L. Zhang, X. Fu, D. Su, H. Zhou, W. Wu, T. Zhang, Highly-efficient low cost anisotropic wet etching of silicon wafers for solar cells application, AIP Advances, 8, 025223, 2018.
  17. K. Dissanayake, W. Wu, H. Nguyen, T. Sun, K. Grattan. Graphene oxide-coated Long Period Grating-based fibre optic sensor for relative humidity and external refractive index. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 36, 1145-1151, 2018.
  18. F. Liu,Y. Lai, B. Zhao, R. Bradley, W. Wu, Photothermal Materials for Efficient Solar Powered Steam Generation, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 13, 636–653, 2019.
  19. F. Liu, L. Wang, R. Bradley, B. Zhao, W. Wu, High Efficient Solar Seawater Desalination with Environmentally Friendly Hierarchical Porous Carbons Derived from Halogen-containing Polymers, RSC Advances, 9, 29414-29423, 2019.
  20. L. Wang, F. Liu, Y. Ning, R. Bradley, C. Yang, K.Yong, B. Zhao, W. Wu, Biocompatible Mesoporous Hollow Carbon Nanocapsules for High Performance Supercapacitors, Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 4306, 2020.
  21. S. Fazil, Y. Cui, I. Zafar, F. Liu, L. Wang, W. Wu, A Wireless-controlled 3D printed Robotic Hand Motion System with Flex Force Sensors, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 309. 112004, 2020.
  22. T. Zhang, S. Iqbal, X. Zhang, W. Wu, D. Su, H. Zhou, Recent advances in highly efficient organic-silicon hybrid solar cells, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 204, 110245, 2020.
  23. L. Wang, F. Liu, B. Zhao, Y. Ning, L. Zhang, R. Bradley, W. Wu, Carbon Nanobowls Filled with MoS2 Nanosheets as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3, 6448–6459, 2020.
  24. F. Liu, L. Wang, R. Bradley, B. Zhao, W. Wu, Graphene–Carbon Composites for Solar and Low‐Voltage Powered Efficient Interfacial Evaporation, Advanced Sustainable Systems, 4, 1900122-1900122, 2020. (Front Cover)
  25. L. Zhang, Y. Song, W. Wu, R. Bradley, Y. Hu, Y. Liu, S. Guo, Fe2Mo3O8 nanoparticles self-assembling 3D mesoporous hollow spheres toward superior lithium storage properties, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 15, 156–163, 2021.
  26. W. Wu, X. Fan, Y. Li, R. Dong, Growing collaborations between Chinese and UK young scholars on chemical science and technology. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 15, 1–3, 2021.
  27. T. Yao, K. Wang, H. Yang, H. Jiang, J. Wei, W. Wu, H. Liu, Q. Wang, W. Ding, Heat Treatment-Induced Microstructure and Property Evolution of Mg/Al Intermetallic Compound Coatings Prepared by Al Electrodeposition on Mg Alloy from Molten Salt Electrolytes. Materials, 2021, 14, 1407.
  28. L. Wang, F. Liu, A. Pal, Y. Ning, Z. Wang, B. Zhao, R. Bradley, W. Wu, Hierarchical Structured Multidimensional Nano Carbon Bowl@ MoS2/Graphene Electrodes with Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitance Performances, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 887, 161401, 1, 2021
  29. F. Liu, D. Lou, E. Liang, Y. Gu, Z. Wang, X. Shi, R. Bradley, B. Zhao, W Wu. Nanosecond Laser Patterned Porous Graphene from Monolithic Mesoporous Carbon for High‐Performance Solar Thermal Interfacial Evaporation, Advanced Materials Technologies, 6 (12), 2101052, 2021
  30. Z. Xu, Y. Zhang, W. Zhou, L. Wang, G. Xu, M. Ma, F. Liu, Z. Wang, Y. Wang, T. Kong, B. Zhao, W. Wu, C. Yang, NIR-II-activated biocompatible hollow nanocarbons for cancer photothermal therapy, Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 19 (1), 1-11, 2021
  31. Y. Hu, L. Zhang, J. Bai, F. Liu, Z. Wang, W. Wu, R. Bradley, L. Li, H. Ruan, S. Guo, Boosting High-Rate Sodium Storage of CuS via a Hollow Spherical Nanostructure and Surface Pseudocapacitive Behavior, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4 (9), 8901-8909, 2021
  32. P. Palla, H. Ansari, G. Raina, W. Wu, Improved logic performance with semiconducting graphene nano mesh double gate field effect transistor, International Journal of Nanotechnology, 18 (5-8), 751-762, 2021
  33. F. Salman, Y. Cui, Z. Imran, F. Liu, L. Wang, W. Wu, A Wireless-controlled 3D printed Robotic Hand Motion System with Flex Force Sensors, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 309, 112004
  34. F. Liu, Y. Gu, Y. Hu, Z. Wang, Y. Ning, R. Bradley, D. Lou, B. Zhao, W. Wu, Freestanding Ultrathin Precisely Structured Hierarchical Porous Carbon Blackbody Film for Efficient Solar Interfacial Evaporation, Solar RRL, 2200803, 2022 (cover).
  35. F. Liu, H. Zhou, Y. Gu, Z. Dong, Y. Yang, Z. Wang, T. Zhang, W. Wu, Solution Processed Photodetectors with PVK-WS2 Nanotube/Nanofullerene Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Films, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (38), 43612-436204, 2022.
  36. F. Liu, H. Pang, Y. Gu, Y. Ning, R. Bradley, B. Zhao, W. Wu, Electrically powered artificial black body for low-voltage high-speed interfacial evaporation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10 (43), 22992-23000, 2022.
  37. Z. Wang, F. Liu, Y. Gu, Y. Hu, W. Wu, Solution-processed Self-powered Near-Infrared Photodetectors of Toxic Heavy Metal-Free AgAuSe Colloidal Quantum Dots，Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10 (3), 1097-1104, 2022.
  38. H. Dong, H. Yang, Y. Ning, F. Liu, R. Bradley, B. Zhao, W. Wu, Large-scale facile green synthesis of porous silver nanocubes on monolithic activated carbon for room-temperature catalytic oxidation of formaldehyde, Applied Physics A, 128 (11), 1-12, 2022.
  39. F. Liu, H. Zhou, Y. Gu, Z. Dong, Y. Yang, Z. Wang, T. Zhang, W. Wu, Solution Processed Photodetectors with PVK-WS2 Nanotube/Nanofullerene Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Films, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (38), 43612-436204, 2022.
  40. Y. Yang, D Su, NX Jin, F Liu, XY Zhang, P Xia, YJ Song, HL Zhou, W. Wu, T Zhang, Boost Organic‐Silicon Hybrid Solar Cell Performances with a Facile and Cost-Effective Sub-3 nm Interface Control Method, Solar RRL, 7 (24), 2300627, 2023.
  41. Z. Wang, Y. Gu, F. Liu, W. Wu, Facile synthesis of wide bandgap ZrS2 colloidal quantum dots for solution processed solar-blind UV photodetectors, Chemical Communications, 59 (92), 13771-13774, 2023.
  42. F. Liu, Y. Gu, Y. Hu, Z. Wang, Y. Ning, R. Bradley, D. Lou, B. Zhao, W. Wu, Freestanding ultrathin precisely structured hierarchical porous carbon blackbody film for efficient solar interfacial evaporation, Solar RRL, 7 (2), 2200803, 2023.
  43. Y. Liu, Y. Gu, J. Bao, F. Liu, H. Xie, W. Wu, Synthesis, characterizations and colorimetric pH sensors of freestanding Janus conjugated Covalent Organic Framework (COF) films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 963, 171138, 2023.
  44. K. Zhang, W. Wu, J. Shao, J. Sun, Q. Yan, J. Nie, Substrate-thickness dependence of negative-index metamaterials at optical frequencies, Applied Physics Letters, 124 (10), 2024
  45. X. Xu, F. Liu, H. Zhou, Y. Wang, Y. Gu, W. Wu, Solar‐Photoactivated Nanoporous Graphene Aerogel Flowers for High‐Performance Supercapacitors, Solar RRL 8 (3), 2300846, 2024.
  46. S. Du, X. Li, M. Raza, C. Mao, F. Yao, Y. Yuan, W. Wu, Multi-parameter terahertz metamaterial sensors based on single-layer quarter ring patterns, Optics & Laser Technology, 177, 111085, 2024.
  47. L Zhang, Y He, J Bai, F Liu, R Bradley, W. Wu, X Kong, S Guo, Simultaneous hierarchical regulation and surface coating of MoTe2 based sodium-ion battery anodes with high capacity and long cycle stability, Ceramics International 50 (18), 32138-32146, 2024.
  48. M Raza, X Li, C Mao, F Liu, H He, W. Wu, A polarization-insensitive, vanadium dioxide-based dynamically tunable multiband terahertz metamaterial absorber, Materials 17 (8), 1757, 2024.
  49. J Bao, L Huang, Y Liu, F Liu, H Xie, W. Wu, Solution-processed IGZO field-effect transistors with a three-step laser annealing process, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 35 (12), 872, 2024.
  50. M Raza, X Li, C Mao, F Liu, W. Wu, Broadband reflective terahertz metalens employing Bessel beams for enhanced efficiency and depth of focus, Optics Letters 50 (3), 784-787, 2025.
  51. F Yao, C Mao, Y Wang, F Liu, W. Wu, Plasmon-enhanced all-organic ultraviolet photodetectors with high sensitivity and long-term stability, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 13 (4), 1728-1736, 2025.


Conferences

1.  W. Wu, Low Cost and Efficient Production of 2D materials for Semiconductor Applications, Materials Research Exchange 2020, London, 19-20 February 2020.

2.  W. Wu, R. Bradley, F. Liu,Y. Lai, B. Zhao, Novel Materials and Devices for Sustainable Energy Applications, The 50th IUPAC General Assembly and the 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Paris, France, 5-12 July 2019.

3.  R. Bradley, F. Liu, H. Yang, B. Zhao, W. Wu, A Novel Biomass Derived Low-Cost Mesoporous Carbon, CARBON 2019 World Carbon Conference, UKY Lexington KY, 14-19 July 2019.

4.  F. Liu, L. Wang, H. Dong, Y. Lai, Y. Ning, B. Zhao, R. Bradley, W. Wu, Mesoporous And Nano Carbon Materials for Photo Thermal Energy Harvest and Sea Water Purification, The 26th Annual SCI-CSCST Conference, SCI, London, 4 - 5 September 2019.

5. W. Wu, Printed Sensors: The Evolution of Materials, Invited Keynote Talk; Graphene & 2D Materials Europe 2016, 27-28 April 2016. (Invited and Conference Chair).

6. W. Wu, Sensor with graphene and 2D materials, Graphene and emerging 2D materials, a world of opportunities – 2016, PHOTONEX 2016, Coventry, UK, 12-13 October 2016. (Invited).

7. W. Wu, “Nano Materials and Inks for Printed Electronics”, The 20th Joint Annual Conference of CSCST-SCI, Imperial College London, 14 Sep 2013. (Invited)

8. W. Wu; T. Hasan; F. Torrisi; M. Zelazny; G. Privitera; F. Bonaccorso; A.C. Ferrari, “Gold decorated graphene flakes for large area transparent conductive films”, Graphene 2012 International Conference, Brussels Belgium, 10-13 April 2012.

9. W. Wu, Kai Ying, “Graphene hybrid electrodes for high performance energy storage applications”, Cambridge Carbon Society Conference, 2012, Cambridge, UK.

10. F. Torrisi, T. Hasan, W. Wu, Z. Sun, A. Lombardo, T. Kulmala, G. W. Hshieh, F. Bonaccorso, P. J. Paul, D. Chu, A. C. Ferrari, “Ink-jet printed graphene electronics”, E-MRS Spring 2012 - Symposium R. Science and technology of nanotubes, graphene and 2D layered materials, Strasbourg, France, 14-18 May, 2012.

11. F. Torrisi, T. Hasan, W. Wu, Z. Sun, A. Lombardo, T. Kulmala, G. W. Hsieh, F. Bonaccorso, D. Chu, A. C. Ferrari, “Ink-Jet Printed Graphene Electronics”, NT11 International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 10-16 July 2011.

12. F. Bonaccorso, F. Torrisi, G. Privitera, V. Nicolosi, W. Wu, T. Hasan, G. Savini, N. Pugno, A.C. Ferrari, "Exfoliation and sorting of graphite flakes by preparative ultracentrifugation" in 2011 Proceedings of: UK-JAPAN WORKSHOP, 3-4 February 2011, Lancaster, (UK).

13. G. Privitera, F. Bonaccorso, F. Torrisi, V. Nicolosi, W. Wu, T. Hasan, G. Savini, N. Pugno, A.C. Ferrari, "Sedimentation-based and Isopycnic Separation of Liquid Phase Exfoliated Graphene Layers", GRAPHENE 2011, 11-14 April 2011, Bilbao, Spain.

14. W. Wu, T. Hasan, F. Torrisi, F. Bonaccorso, G. Privitera, A.C. Ferrari, “Functionalized graphene for transparent conductive films”, UK-Japan Graphene Workshop, Lancaster, UK, 3-4 February 2011.

15. T. Hasan, A. Dyadyusha, Z. Sun, G. Privitera, F. Bonaccorso, F. Torrisi, W. Richards, T. Kulmala, W. P. Wu, O. Trushkevych, D. P. Chu, A. C. Ferrari, “A graphene based electrically switchable, flexible smart window” Nature Graphene Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA, 11-13 May 2011.


Students

已指导学生

李筱曼  博士研究生  080300-光学工程  

徐星宇  硕士研究生  085400-电子信息  

张恺馨  博士研究生  080502-材料学  

姚富龙  硕士研究生  080300-光学工程  

现指导学生

毛辰路  博士研究生  080300-光学工程  

胡一谷  博士研究生  080300-光学工程  

Honors & Distinctions

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Young Observer for IUPAC 47th Congress, 50th General Assembly and Centenary                                                                                                                         2019

1st Place Prize as “Technology Startup of the Year”, Cambridge University Entrepreneurs Competition        2012

1st Place Prize of High-tech for the CSSA-UK High-Level Entrepreneurship Challenge                                       2012

1st Place Prize for the Cambridge Carbon Nanotechnology Society poster enterprise competition                   2012

Zhu Li Yuehua Outstanding Doctoral Award                                                                                                         2009