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Fluorine-free strongly dipolar polymers exhibit tunable ferroelectricity ↗
J. Huang, G. Rui, Y. Yan, E. Allahyarov, M.-H. Kwok, et al.
Science 389, 69-7204
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Selected journal articles spanning ferroelectric polymers, dynamic networks, supramolecular assembly, and soft-matter structure.
Featured · Science 2025
Fluorine-free strongly dipolar polymers exhibit tunable ferroelectricity.
This work demonstrates a new mechanism for polar ordering in brush-like polymers and a molecular design route beyond fluorinated ferroelectrics.
View publication ↗Vitrimers
Synthesis and induction heating-induced self-healing of epoxy vitrimer nanocomposites
J. Huang, S. Zhang, Q. Wang, and L. Zhu
Frontiers in Materials 12, 1709367Perspective
Emerging polymer ferroelectrics with liquid crystalline order ↗
J. Huang, M.-H. Kwok, B. Zhao, and L. Zhu
Giant 18, 100257Self-assembly
Diverse superlattices constructed via perylene bisimide type of giant shape amphiphiles ↗
H. Lei, X.-H. Li, Y. Liu, X.-Y. Liu, W.-Y. Li, et al.
Thermochimica Acta 719, 179411Dielectrics
Achieving high permittivity paraelectric behavior in mesogen-free sulfonylated chiral polyethers ↗
M.-H. Kwok, J. Huang, G. Rui, C. A. Bohannon, R. Li, et al.
Macromolecules 56, 1863-1874Front cover
Soft alloys constructed with distinct mesoatoms via self-sorting assembly of giant shape amphiphiles ↗
Y. Wang, J. Huang, X.-Y. Yan, H. Lei, X.-Y. Liu, et al.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61, e202200637Quasicrystals
Constituent isomerism-induced quasicrystal and Frank-Kasper sigma superlattices ↗
Z. Su, J. Huang, W. Shan, X.-Y. Yan, R. Zhang, et al.
CCS Chemistry 3, 1434-1444Soft matter
A rational route toward the Frank-Kasper Z phase ↗
J. Huang, R. Zhang, Y. Wang, Z. Su, X.-Y. Yan, et al.
Macromolecules 54, 7777-7785Self-assembly
Spherical supramolecular structures constructed via chemically symmetric perylene bisimides ↗
J. Huang, Z. Su, M. Huang, R. Zhang, J. Wang, et al.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59, 18563-18571Nanostructures
Supramolecular self-assembly of perylene bisimide-based rigid giant tetrahedra ↗
J. Huang, R. He, R. Zhang, L. Wu, Y. Zhai, et al.
ACS Nano 14, 8266-8275Featured
Identification of a Frank-Kasper Z phase from shape amphiphile self-assembly ↗
Z. Su, C.-H. Hsu, Z. Gong, X. Feng, J. Huang, et al.
Nature Chemistry 11, 899-905Foundational
Geometry-induced sequence of nanoscale Frank-Kasper and quasicrystal mesophases in giant surfactants ↗
K. Yue, M. Huang, R. Marson, J. He, J. Huang, et al.
PNAS 113, 14195-14200