Prof. DU Huifeng 杜匯豐

Assistant Professor, Presidential Young Scholar

Area of Specialization: Solid Mechanics; Surface Engineering; Numerical Modeling and Simulation; Additive Manufacturing; Architected Materials; Indoor Air Quality and Contaminant Transport

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Biography

BSc (PKU); MSc (MIT); PhD (MIT)

Short Description

Prof. Du received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also earned his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at MIT and his B.S. in Theoretical Mechanics from Peking University (PKU). Prior to joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT (2022–2024).

His research focuses on the development and application of advanced materials and technologies for health and engineering. This includes creating deployable biosensors for both in vitro applications and environmental health monitoring. He also investigates the mechanical design and characterization of microarchitected materials with multifunctional applications in structural engineering, acoustics, photonics, and biology. In addition, his work explores the design and fabrication of soft composites through additive manufacturing techniques, such as stereolithography and material extrusion.

Prof. Du welcomes applications from strong candidates with an excellent track record for Ph.D., Research Assistant, Postdoctoral, and other positions in his group.

Selected Publications/ Research Projects

(# equally contributed; * corresponding author)

Huifeng Du#, Simone Bruno#, Kalon J. Overholt#, Sebastian Palacios#, Hsin‑Ho Huang, Carlos Barajas, Ben Gross, Cindy Lee, Haley K Evile, Nuno Rufino de Sousa, Antonio Gigliotti Rothfuchs, Domitilla Del Vecchio*. A fieldable process for sensitive detection of airborne viruses via electrophoresis‑based RNA enrichment. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X (2024): 100488.
Lei Zhang#, Huifeng Du#, Xin Sun, Feng Cheng, Wenhan Lee, Jiahe Li, Guohao Dai*, Nicholas Xuanlai Fang*, and Yongmin Liu*. 3D Printing of Interpenetrating Network Flexible Hydrogels with Enhancement of Adhesiveness. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, no. 35 (2023).
Xiaoyi She#, Huifeng Du#, Yang Shen, Rihui Xin, Nicholas X. Fang*, Chongjun Jin*. In situ wide‑field visualization of palladium hydrogenation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, no. 36 (2022): 41531‑41541.
Pang Zhu#, Huifeng Du#, Xingyu Hou#, Peng Lu, Liu Wang, Jun Huang, Ningning Bai, Zhigang Wu, Nicholas X Fang*, Chuan Fei Guo*. Skin‑electrode iontronic interface for mechanosensing. Nature Communications 12.1 (2021): 4731.
Huifeng Du#, Emmanuel Virot#, Liying Wang, Sam Kharchenko, Md Arifur Rahman, David A. Weitz, Shmuel M. Rubinstein*,Nicholas X. Fang*. Intersonic Detachment Surface Waves in Elastomer Frictional Sliding. arXiv preprint:2110.13425 (2021).
Shanshan Chen#, Zhiguang Liu#, Huifeng Du#, Chengchun Tang#, Chang‑Yin Ji, Baogang Quan, Ruhao Pan, Lechen Yang, Xinhao Li, Changzhi Gu, Xiangdong Zhang, Yugui Yao, Junjie Li*, Nicholas X Fang*, Jiafang Li*. Electromechanically reconfigurable optical nano‑kirigami. Nature communications 12.1 (2021): 1299.
Huifeng Du, Chu Ma, and Nicholas X. Fang*. Echoes of fluid spin. National Science Review, 7, no. 1 (2020): 2‑3.
Zhiguang Liu#, Huifeng Du#, Jiafang Li#, Ling Lu, Zhi‑Yuan Li*, and Nicholas X. Fang*. Nano‑kirigami with giant optical chirality. Science Advances 4.7 (2018): eaat4436.
Chang Liu, Zhiguang Liu, Sang‑Hoon Nam, Huifeng Du, Xuanhe Zhao, Nicholas X Fang*. Broadband thermal management using smart cooling films. SSRN 4315402 (2023).
Chen Shen, Charles Rohde, Colby W. Cushing, Junfei Li, Zheng Jie Tan, Huifeng Du, Xiuyuan Peng, Preston S. Wilson, Michael R. Haberman, Nicholas X. Fang, Steven A. Cummer*. Anisotropic Metallic Microlattice Structures for Underwater Operations. Advanced Engineering Materials 25, no. 6 (2023): 2201294.
Colby W Cushing*, Preston S Wilson, Michael R Haberman, Chen Shen, Junfei Li, Steven A Cummer, Zheng Jie Tan, Chu Ma, Huifeng Du, Nicholas X Fang. 2021. Characterization of an underwater metamaterial made of aluminum honeycomb panels at low frequencies. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149(3), pp.1829‑1837.
Yu Zhang#, Zhichao Dong#, Chuxin Li, Huifeng Du, Nicholas X Fang, Lei Wu*, Yanlin Song*. 2020. Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet. Nature communications, 11(1), pp.1‑10.
James Utama Surjadi, Libo Gao, Huifeng Du, Xiang Li, Xiang Xiong, Nicholas Xuanlai Fang*, Yang Lu*. 2019. Mechanical metamaterials and their engineering applications. Advanced Engineering Materials, 21(3), p.1800864.
Lei Wu#, Zhichao Dong#, Huifeng Du, Chuxin Li, Nicholas X Fang*, Yanlin Song*. 2018. Bioinspired Ultra‑Low Adhesive Energy Interface for Continuous 3D Printing: Reducing Curing Induced Adhesion. Research, 2018.
Zhiguang Liu, Huifeng Du, Zhi‑Yuan Li*, Nicholas X Fang*, Jiafang Li*. 2018. Nano‑kirigami metasurfaces by focusedion‑beam induced close‑loop transformation. APL Photonics, 3(10), p.100803.
Oraib Al‑Ketan, Rachid Rezgui, Reza Rowshan, Huifeng Du, Nicholas X Fang, Rashid K Abu Al‑Rub*. 2018. Microarchitected stretching‑dominated mechanical metamaterials with minimal surface topologies. Advanced Engineering Materials, 20(9), p.1800029
Daniela Espinosa‑Hoyos#, Anna Jagielska#, Kimberly A Homan, Huifeng Du, Travis Busbee, Daniel G Anderson, Nicholas X Fang, Jennifer A Lewis, Krystyn J Van Vliet*. 2018. Engineered 3D‑printed artificial axons. Scientific Reports, 8(1), pp.1‑13.
Daniela Espinosa‑Hoyos, Huifeng Du, Nicholas X. Fang, and Krystyn J. Van Vliet. ”Poly (HDDA)‑based polymers for microfabrication and mechanobiology.” MRS Advances 2, no. 24 (2017): 1315‑1321.