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Career：Professor
Department：FUNSOM
Degree：Doctor of Natural Science
Email：sbji@suda.edu.cn
Office Location：909-3217
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2013-2018 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China.
Supervisor: Prof. Huaping Xu.
2014.07-09 Exchange student, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Supervisor: Prof. Mario Smet.
2011.08 Visiting student, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Germany.
Supervisor: Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo.
2009-2013 B.S., Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University.
2022.08- Professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, China
2018-2022 Research Fellow, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Co-Supervisor: Prof. Xiaodong Chen.
Shaobo entered the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University in 2009 and got his bachelor's degree in 2013. He stayed in the department and earned his doctoral degree in 2018, under the supervision of Prof. Huaping Xu. There Shaobo carried out research on dynamic selenium chemistry and visible light-responsive polymer materials. Then he started his postdoctoral research in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in Prof. Xiaodong Chen’s group. He used polymer materials and chemistry in the applications of flexible sensors.
In 2022, Shaobo joined FUNSOM, Soochow University as the beginning of his independent academic career. His research interest is the applications of polymer chemistry and materials engineering in stretchable sensor fabrication and integration, specifically to address the interfacial connection issues in stretchable devices manufactured from different materials.Till the end of 2023, Shaobo has published 36 journal papers, including Nature, Nat. Electron., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Nano, his articles have been cited more than 2100 times with an H-index of 23.
ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6333-3561
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wniXAhIAAAAJ&hl=en
There are a lot of materials used in the fabrication of flexible electronics and sensors, such as stretchable rubbers, hydrogels, bendable plastics, and rigid conductive metals and semiconductors. Manufacturing them into flexible and stretchable device units is well-developed, however, there still isn’t a universal and facile method to integrate them into multifunctional stretchable devices. The distinct chemical and mechanical properties among the various materials used in the fabrication of stretchable devices lead to poor strength at the hetero-material interfaces, especially between the stretchable sensors and rigid electronic circuits (including the bendable but unstretchable plastic-based circuits).
We hope to utilize polymer chemistry and materials engineering to enhance the binding among different materials, thus realizing reliable and facile stretchable connections.
1. Directly increase the interfacial binding strength through surface modifications
By surface modifications, introduce various supramolecular interaction groups, covalently reactive sites, or micro/nanostructures to enhance the interfacial binding between different materials, thus realizing improved stretchable connections.
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwac172
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05579-z
2. Fabrication of stretchable functional nanocomposites
By designing and modifying the polymer backbone or sidechain of rubbers, improve the affinity of polymers to inorganic functional materials. Control their dispersion to produce stretchable polymeric composites with both the excellent electrical properties of inorganic nanomaterials and the high stretchability of rubbers.
Full publication list:
ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6333-3561
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wniXAhIAAAAJ&hl=en
Selected publications: (# Co-first authors, * Corresponding authors)
Enhancing The Interfacial Binding Strength between Modular Stretchable Electronic Components. S. Ji, X. Chen*, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2023, 10, nwac172. (Review)
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwac172
A universal Interface for Plug-and-play Assembly of Stretchable Devices. Y. Jiang, S. Ji, J. Sun, J. Huang, Y. Li, G. Zou, T. Salim, C. Wang, W. Li, H. Jin, J. Xu, S. Wang, T. Lei, X. Yan, W. Y. X. Peh, S.-C. Yen, Z. Liu, M. Yu, H. Zhao, Z. Lu, G. Li, H. Gao, Z. Liu,* Z. Bao,* X. Chen*, Nature 2023, 614, 456. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05579-z
Self-Reporting Joule Heating Modulated Stiffness of Polymeric Nanocomposites for Shape Reconfiguration. S. Ji, X. Wu, Y. Jiang, T. Wang, Z. Liu, C. Cao, B. Ji, L. Chi, D. Li,* X. Chen*, ACS Nano 2022, 16, 16833-16842. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c06682
Rapidly Reprogrammable Actuation of Liquid Crystal Elastomers. C. Liu, S. Ji,* H. Xu*, Matter 2022, 5, 2409-2413. (Preview)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.05.009
Unconstrained 3D Shape Programming with Light-induced Stress Gradient. C. Liu, Y. Tan, C. He, S. Ji,* H. Xu*, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2105194. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202105194
Water-Resistant Conformal Hybrid Electrodes for Aquatic Endurable Electrocardiographic Monitoring. S. Ji, C. Wan, T. Wang, Q. Li, G. Chen, J. Wang, Z. Liu, H. Yang,* X. Liu, X. Chen*, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2001496. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202001496
Adhesive Biocomposite Electrodes on Sweaty Skin for Long-Term Continuous Electrophysiological Monitoring, H. Yang,# S. Ji,# I. Chaturvedi, H. Xia, T. Wang, G. Chen, L. Pan, C. Wan, D. Qi, Y.-S. Ong,* X. Chen*, ACS Mater. Lett. 2020, 2, 478. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00085
Wavelength-Controlled Dynamic Metathesis: A Light-Driven Exchange Reaction between Disulfide and Diselenide Bonds. F. Fan,# S. Ji,# C. Sun, C. Liu, Y. Yu, Y. Fu, H. Xu*, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 16426. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201810297
Visible Light-induced Plasticity of Shape Memory Polymers. S. Ji, F. Fan, C. Sun, Y. Yu, H. Xu*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 33169. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b11188
Selenium Containing Macrocycles: Transformation between Se-N/Se-S/SeSe Bonds. S. Ji, H. El Mard, M. Smet, W. Dehaen, H. Xu*, Sci. China Chem. 2017, 60, 1191. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-017-9059-4
Dynamic Chemistry of Selenium: Se-N and Se-Se Dynamic Covalent Bonds in Polymeric Systems. S. Ji, J. Xia, H. Xu*, ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 78. (Viewpoint)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00849
Visible-Light-Induced Self-Healing Diselenide-Containing Polyurethane Elastomer. S. Ji, W. Cao, Y. Yu, H. Xu*, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 7740. (Article)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201503661
Dynamic Diselenide Bonds: Exchange Reaction Induced by Visible Light without Catalysis. S. Ji, W. Cao, Y. Yu, H. Xu*, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6781. (Article)
