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Prof. ZHANG Yiyuan 張藝媛
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization: Structuring of Fluids, Soft and Smart Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Microfluidics, 3D Manipulation of Fluids, Flexible Electronics, Nonlinear Computation and Optimization
- FG636
- 2766-6664
- yi-yuan.zhang@polyu.edu.hk
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PhD (UWO); MEng (CUG); BEng (CUG)
Short Description
Professor Yiyuan Zhang earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from the University of Western Ontario, following Master of Engineering (ME) and Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degrees from the China University of Geosciences. She is currently an SHS Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Prior to this appointment, Prof. Zhang served as an SHS Research Assistant Professor in the same department and as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong.
Prof. Zhang’s research primarily focuses on fluid structuring, metamaterials, soft and smart manufacturing, and interfacial processes. Her significant contributions have been published in numerous prestigious journals, including Nature- and Science-family journals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, and Materials Today. She also actively serves as a reviewer for leading peer-reviewed publications such as Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and PNAS.
Prof. Zhang’s research primarily focuses on fluid structuring, metamaterials, soft and smart manufacturing, and interfacial processes. Her significant contributions have been published in numerous prestigious journals, including Nature- and Science-family journals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, and Materials Today. She also actively serves as a reviewer for leading peer-reviewed publications such as Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and PNAS.
Selected Publications
- Wu S., Sun S., Wang L., Zhang Y. 2025, Capillary-driven three-dimensional open fluidic networks for versatile continuous flow manipulation, Advanced Materials, 2503840.
- Zhang Y., Huang Z., Qin F., Wang H., Cui K., Guo K., Cai Z., Cai X., Xiao J., Carmeliet J., Wei J., Song Y., Yang J., Wang L. 2024, Connected three-dimensional polyhedral frames for programmable liquid processing, Nature Chemical Engineering 1, 472–482.
- Sun S., Zhang Y., Wu S., Wang L. 2024, In-situ multi-directional liquid manipulation enabled by three-dimensional asymmetric fang-structured surface, Advanced Materials 36, 2407034.
- Zhang Y., Zhang T., Huang Z., Yang J. 2022, A New Class of Electronic Devices Based on Flexible Porous Substrates, Advanced Science 9 (7), 2105084.
- Zhang Y., Huang Z., Cai Z., Ye Y., Li Z., Qin F., Xiao J., Zhang D., Guo Q., Song Y., Yang J. 2021, Magnetic-actuated “capillary container” for versatile three-dimensional fluid interfaces manipulation, Science Advances 7 (34), eabi7498.
