CCET seminars
Topic: Understanding the Pathways from Research to Innovation
The benefits of research—particularly interdisciplinary research—include not only innovation but also contributions to a new knowledge and to the infrastructure that enables further research and the use of scientific discoveries. Before any innovation achieved, however, how to explore a research direction and identify systematic correlations between “known” and “unknown” domains are the challenge to PhD students and early career researchers. Through this talk I will share my experiences in research topic selection and organisation, in the form of implicational methodologies in reference crosschecking, results analysis, data presentation and manuscript. It is expected to answer the questions on how to make research successful.
Bioinspired Super-wettability System and Beyond Quantum-confined superfluid: energy conversion, chemical reaction and biological information transfer
Superfluid was originally discovered in 4He below 2.17 K, which allows liquid to flow without loss of kinetic energy. A new concept of "quantum-confined superfluid (QSF)" has been proposed for ultrafast ions and molecules transmission in biological ion channels, which are in a quantum way of single molecular or ionic chain with a certain number of molecules or ions.[1-2] The biomimetic systems also exhibit QSF phenomena, such as ultrafast ions transport in artificial ion channels (106ions per second), and liquid super-spreading on the super-amphiphilic silicon wafer surface.[3-4] The introduction of QSF concept in the fields of chemistry and biology may create significant impact.[5] As for chemistry, the QSF effect provides new ideas for accurate synthesis in organic, inorganic, polymer, etc.[6]The implementation of the idea of QSF will also promote the development of QSF biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, biomedical science, and even quantum ionics.[7-8]
References:
[1] L. Wen, X. Zhang, Y. Tian, L. Jiang*, Sci. China. Mater., 2018, 61, 1027.
[2] X. Zhang, H. Liu, L. Jiang*, Adv. Mater., 2019, 31, 1804508.
[3] K. Xiao, L. Wen*, L. Jiang, et. al. Adv. Mater., 2016, 28, 3345.
[4] Z. Zhu, Y. Tian*, L. Jiang, et al. Angew ChemInt Ed, 2017, 56, 5720.
[5] Y. Hao, X. Zhang*, L. Jiang*. Nanoscale Horiz.,2019, 4, 1029.
[6] S. Liu, X. Zhang*, L. Jiang*. Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 6, 1900104.
[7] X. Zhang, L. Jiang*. Nano Res., 2019, 12, 1219.
[8] X. Zhang, M. Antonietti, L. Jiang*. Sci. China. Mater., 2019, doi: 10.1007/s40843-019-1208-9
About the speaker
Prof Lei Jiang (Beihang University, China)
Professor Lei Jiang received his B.S. degree in solid state physics (1987), and M.S. degree in physical chemistry (1990) from Jilin University in China. From 1992 to 1994, he studied in the University of Tokyo in Japan as a China-Japan joint course Ph.D. student and received his Ph.D. degree from Jilin University of China with Prof. Tiejin Li. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Akira Fujishima’s group in the University of Tokyo. In 1996, he worked as researcher in Kanagawa Academy of Sciences and Technology, Prof. Hashimoto’s project. In 1999, he joined Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 2015, he moved to the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS. Since 2008, he also served as the dean of School of Chemistry and Environment in Beihang University. He was elected as members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences in 2009 and 2012. In 2016, he also elected as a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He has published over 800 peppers,the works have been cited more than 114000 times with an H index of 158.