Prof. WANG Liqiu 王立秋

Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Smart and Sustainable Energy, Chair Professor of Thermal-Fluid and Energy Engineering

Area of Specialization: Nature-inspired and microfluidics-enabled engineering; Soft and smart manufacturing; Soft materials; Thermal-fluids; Energy

FJ607
2766-7821
liqiu.wang@polyu.edu.hk

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Biography

PhD (UA); MEng (SDU); BEng (SDU)

Short Description

Professor Liqiu Wang, Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Smart and Sustainable Energy and Chair Professor of Thermal-Fluid and Energy Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is a globally recognized leader bridging engineering disciplines. Formerly Chair Professor at the University of Hong Kong, his prolific research has yielded over 300 high-impact publications in premier journals like Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Chemical Engineering, and PNAS, alongside 11 books and 40+ patents. His most renowned innovation is the ultra-precise thermal control system for the International Space Station's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, enabling flawless operation (±1°C) amidst extreme orbital temperature swings. Honored with awards like the Geneva Inventions Gold Medal and the OSA Innovation Award, Prof. Wang pioneers nature-inspired microfluidics engineering, creating revolutionary materials and devices—from artificial blood vessels and smart drug-delivery systems to liquid-repellent materials and anti-pathogen coatings—that integrate biotechnology, energy, information, and nano/micro-technology for a sustainable future.

Reveals the mechanism of bio-inspired control of liquid flow, enlightening breakthroughs in fluid dynamics and nature-inspired materials technologies

Selective directional liquid transport on shoot surfaces of Crassula muscosa

Yang, L., Li, W., Lian, J., Zhu, H., Deng, Q., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Yin, X., & Wang, L. 2024, Selective directional liquid transport on shoot surfaces of Crassula muscosa, Science 384, 1344–1349.

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Selected Publications

Zhu H. J. Deng Q. Y., Li J. Z., Yang L., Li H. G., Zhao Z. P., Wang Z. C., Pang C. L., Zhang Y. Y., Lui V. C. H., Li W., Yin X. B. and Wang L. Q. 2025, Sound-controlled fluidic processor, Science Advances 11, eadv6314.
Deng Q. Y., Zhu H. J., Zhao Z. P., Li H. G., Yang L., Wu X. Y., Zhang Y. Y., Yu P., Tang X., Li W., Yin X. B. and Wang L. Q. 2025, Linear magnet with fluid-solid-switchable cells for flexible devices, Nature Communications 16, 4601.
Zhao Z. P., Li W., Hu X. T., Deng Q. Y., Zhang Y. Y., Jiang S. J., Sun P. C., Zhu H. J., Li H. G., Shi S. Y., Huang Z. D., Li A., Li H. Z., Su M., Li F. Y., Song Y. L., Wang S. and Wang L. Q. 2025, The limit of droplet rebound angle, Nature Communications 16, 5684.
Hu Y., Xu Z. B., Shi H. T., Wang B. L., Wang L. Q. and Zhang L. W. 2025, Understanding ultrafast free-rising bubble capturing on nano/micro-structured superaerophilic surfaces, Nature Communications 16, 3682.
Lian J. Y., Li W., Yang L., Li H. G., Deng Q. Y., Zhu H. J., Zhang Y. Y., Fang N. X. and Wang L. Q. 2025, Directional water navigation and reallocation in Tillandsia capitata, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, e2421589122.
Wu S. M., Sun S. Q., Ye J., Wang L. Q. and Zhang Y. Y. 2025, Capillary-driven 3D open fluidic networks for versatile continuous flow manipulation, Advanced Materials 2025, 2503840.
Zhu P. A. and Wang L. Q. 2025, Thermo-induced reversible nanoemulsification, Matter 8, 102103.
Li H. G., Jiang S. J., Deng Q. Y., Li W., Zhang W. X., Zhu H. J., Zhao Z. P., Zhang Y. Y., Wang L. Q. and Xu L. Z. 2025, Programmable magnetic hydrogel robots with drug delivery and physiological sensing capabilities, Materials Today 87, 66-76.
Deng Q. Y., Li H. G., Zhu H. J., Yang L., Li W., Yin X. B., Zhang Y. Y. and Wang L. Q. 2025, Spatiotemporal modulation of magnetization in magnetic soft materials, Advanced Materials 2025, e06342.
Yang L., Li W., Lian J. Y., Zhu H. J., Deng Q. Y., Zhang Y. Y., Li J. Q., Yin X. B. and Wang L. Q. 2024, Selective directional liquid transport on shoot surfaces of Crassula muscosa, Science 384, 1344-1349.
Zhang Y. Y., Huang Z. D., Qin F. F., Wang H. Z., Cui K., Guo K., Cai Z. R., Cai X. B., Xiao J. F., Carmeliet J., Wei J. J., Song Y. L., Yang J. and Wang L. Q. 2024, Connected three-dimensional polyhedral frames for programmable liquid processing, Nature Chemical Engineering 1, 472–482.
Sun S. Q., Zhang Y. Y. Wu S. M. and Wang L. Q. 2024, In-situ multi-directional liquid manipulation enabled by three-dimensional asymmetric fang-structured surface, Advanced Materials 2024, 2407034.
Zhao H. B., Du H. W., Deng Q. Y., Li W., Guo M. L., Zhang Y. Y., Wang L. Q. and Yu P. 2024, Liquid springs for high-speed contamination-free manipulation of droplets and solid particles, Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 2407654.
Liu L. M., Chen S. L., Hu Y., Pan W., Dong T. Y., Chen Y. F., Lin L. and Wang L. Q. 2024, Anti-/deicing membranes with damage detection and fast healing, Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 2404760.
Jiang S. J., Li B., Zhao J., Wu D., Zhang Y. Y., Zhao Z. P., Zhang Y. Y., Yu H., Shao K. X., Zhang C., Li R., Chen C., Shen Z. J., Hu J., Dong B., Zhu L., Li J. W., Wang L. Q., Chu J. R. and Hu Y. L. 2023, Magnetic Janus origami robot for cross-scale droplet omni-manipulation, Nature Communications 14, 5455.
Hou Y., Yuan S. A., Zhu G. D., You B. H., Ying X., Jiang W. X., Shum A. H. C., Pong P. W. T., Chen C. H. and Wang L. Q. 2023, Photonic crystal-integrated optoelectronic devices with naked-eye visualization and digital readout for high resolution detection of ultratrace analytes, Advanced Materials 35, 2209004.
Li J. Q., Han X., Li W., Yang L., Li X. and Wang L. Q. 2023, Nature-inspired reentrant surfaces, Progress in Materials Science 133, 101064.
Zhu P. A. and Wang L. Q. 2022, Microfluidics-enabled soft manufacture of materials with tailorable wettability, Chemical Reviews 122, 7010-7060 (cover featured).
Zhu P. A. and Wang L. Q. 2022, Microfluidics-Enabled Soft Manufacture, Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, 325p, ISBN 978-3-030-96461-0.
Feng S. L., Zhu P. A., Zheng H. X., Zhan H. Y., Chen C., Li J. Q., Wang L. Q., Yao X., Liu Y. H. and Wang Z. K. 2021, Three-dimensional capillary ratchet-induced liquid directional steering, Science 373, 1344-1348.
Tang X., Li W. and Wang L. Q. 2021, Furcated droplet motility on crystalline surfaces, Nature Nanotechnology 16, 1106-1112 (cover featured).
Zhu P. A., Chen R. F., Zhou C. M., Aizenberg M., Aizenberg J. and Wang L. Q. 2021, Bioinspired soft microactuators, Advanced Materials 33, 2008558.
Han X., Li W., Zhao H. B., Li J. Q., Tang X. and Wang L. Q. 2021, Slippery damper of an overlay for arresting and manipulating droplets on nonwetting surfaces, Nature Communications 12, 3154.
Tang X., Tian Y., Tian X. W., Li W., Han X., Kong T. T. and Wang L. Q. 2021, Design of multi-scale textured surfaces for unconventional liquid harnessing, Materials Today 43, 62-83 (cover featured).
Aguilar M. et al. (AMS Collaboration) 2021, The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the international space station: part II – results from the first seven years, Physics Reports 894, 1-116.
Li W., Tang X. and Wang L. Q. 2020, Photopyroelectric microfluidics, Science Advances 6, eabc1693.
Kong T. T., Stone H. A., Wang L. Q., and Shum H. C. 2018, Dynamic regimes of electrified liquid filaments, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 115, 6159-6164.
Tian Y., Zhu P. A., Tang X., Zhou C. M., Wang J. M., Kong T. T., Xu M. and Wang L. Q. 2017, Large-scale water collection of bioinspired cavity-microfibers, Nature Communications 8, 1080.
Zhu P. A., Kong T. T., Tang X. and Wang L. Q. 2017, Well-defined porous membranes for robust omniphobic surfaces via microfluidic emulsion templating, Nature Communications 8, 15823.
Tang X., Zhu P. A., Tian Y., Zhou X. C., Kong T. T. and Wang L. Q. 2017, Mechano-regulated surface for manipulating liquid droplets, Nature Communications 8, 14831.
Wang L. Q., Zhou X. S. and Wei X. H. 2008, Heat Conduction: Mathematical Models and Analytical Solutions, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 515p, ISBN 978-3-540-74028-5.
Liao X. X., Wang L. Q. and Yu P. 2007, Stability of Dynamical Systems, Nonlinear Science and Complexity 5, Elsevier, London, 718p, ISBN 978-0-444-53110-0.