Zehuan Huang

Zehuan Huang

Principal Investigator

Peking University

Zehuan Huang is a Principal Investigator at Peking University, focusing on “precise construction and biomedical application of high-performance supramolecular biomaterials”. Research within the Zehuan Group are mainly delicated to exploiting dynamic and reversible molecular interactions to design and construct functional supramolecular gels/elastomers/plastics with controlled structures and comprehensive mechanical properties, thus serving biomedical applications in reparative and replacement therapy of soft tissues. Art is I, Science is We, we sincerely welcome enthusiastic, creative, and self-motivated individuals to join us!

Interests
  • Supramolecular materials science
  • Biomedical engineering of soft tissues
  • High-performance dynamic polymers
Education & Experience
  • Principal Investigator, 2023-

    Peking University, School of Materials Science and Engineering

  • Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2022

    University of Cambridge, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Advised by Prof. Oren A. Scherman

  • PhD in Chemistry, 2013-2018

    Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry, Supervised by Prof. Xi Zhang

  • BSc in Chemistry, 2009-2013

    Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry

Highlights

Advancing Flexible Sensors through On-Demand Regulation of Supramolecular Nanostructures
Supramolecular chemistry fostered advancements in flexible sensors by manipulating nanoscale and molecular structures within soft materials. ACS Nano (2024)
Advancing Flexible Sensors through On-Demand Regulation of Supramolecular Nanostructures
Biomimetic Entropy-Dominant Molecular Hinges with Picomolar Affinity
Supramolecular ‘retinal-opsin’: host-induced entropy-dominant molecular hinges with ultrahigh binding affinity are devised to mirror the natural retinal-opsin cycle. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2024)
Biomimetic Entropy-Dominant Molecular Hinges with Picomolar Affinity
Highly stretchable dynamic hydrogels for soft multilayer electronics
Stretchable power source:supramolecular poly (ionic) networks with excellent mechanical properties and conductivity enable the soft multi-layer hydrogel devices for integrated bioelectronic platforms. Sci. Adv. (2024)
Highly stretchable dynamic hydrogels for soft multilayer electronics
Tissue-mimetic supramolecular polymer networks for bioelectronics
Stand-alone bioelectrode: achieving tissue-like mechanical properties within conducting supramolecular networks enables fabrication of metal-free, intrinsically-stretchable bioelectrodes. Adv. Mater. (2023)
Tissue-mimetic supramolecular polymer networks for bioelectronics
Recent advances in MXene-based aerogels: fabrication, performance and application
A comprehensive review on the recent advances of MXene-based aerogels is provided. Adv. Funct. Mater. (2023)
Recent advances in MXene-based aerogels: fabrication, performance and application
Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks
Slow means strong: retarding crosslink dissociation kinetics within supramolecular networks enables fabrication of glass-like soft materials with ultra-compressibility. Nat. Mater. (2022)
Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks