Qing Wang

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Summary

The research programs in Dr. Wang’s laboratory are centered on using chemical and material engineering approaches towards the development of novel functional polymers and polymer nanocomposites with unique physical properties. The projects aim to improve fundamental understanding of polymers and polymer nanocomposites by investigating how molecular, macromolecular and multiple-scale assembled structures influence macroscopic physical properties. The research is highly multidisciplinary at the interface of several fields, including polymer and materials chemistry, structural characterization, materials processing, physical property measurement, and device engineering.

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Recent Publications

Interfacial origin of dielectric constant enhancement in high-temperature polymer dilute nanocomposites

Chen, X., Qin, H., Liu, Y., Lin, Y. T., Zhang, B., Lu, W., Kim, S. H., Bernholc, J., Wang, Q. & Zhang, Q. M., May 22 2023, In: Applied Physics Letters. 122, 21, 212901.

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Ladderphane copolymers for high-temperature capacitive energy storage

Chen, J., Zhou, Y., Huang, X., Yu, C., Han, D., Wang, A., Zhu, Y., Shi, K., Kang, Q., Li, P., Jiang, P., Qian, X., Bao, H., Li, S., Wu, G., Zhu, X. & Wang, Q., Mar 2 2023, In: Nature. 615, 7950, p. 62-66 5 p.

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Multilayer nanocomposites with ultralow loadings of nanofillers exhibiting superb capacitive energy storage performance

Cheng, Y., Feng, Y., Pan, Z., Wang, P., Liu, J., Liang, L., Yu, J., Zhai, J. & Wang, Q., Oct 13 2023, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 16, 12, p. 5881-5890 10 p.

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Photoluminescent Humidity Sensors Based on Droplet-Enabled Porous Composite Gels

Cheng, Y., Li, L., Meredith, C. H., Balaj, R. V., Wang, D., Pan, M., Han, T., Yang, J., Wang, Q., Dong, L. & Zarzar, L. D., Aug 7 2023, In: ACS Materials Letters. 5, 8, p. 2074-2083 10 p.

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Scalable Polyimide-Organosilicate Hybrid Films for High-Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage

Dong, J., Li, L., Qiu, P., Pan, Y., Niu, Y., Sun, L., Pan, Z., Liu, Y., Tan, L., Xu, X., Xu, C., Luo, G., Wang, Q. & Wang, H., May 18 2023, In: Advanced Materials. 35, 20, 2211487.

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3D Highly Stretchable Liquid Metal/Elastomer Composites with Strain-Enhanced Conductivity

Fang, R., Yao, B., Chen, T., Xu, X., Xue, D., Hong, W., Wang, H., Wang, Q. & Zhang, S., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Functional Materials.

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Microstructures and Ferroelectric Properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-ter-trifluoroethylene-ter-vinyl fluoride) Terpolymers

Han, Z., Qin, H., Chen, X., Xu, W., Liu, Y., Bernholc, J. & Wang, Q., Jun 13 2023, In: Macromolecules. 56, 11, p. 4065-4074 10 p.

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Electro-thermal actuation in percolative ferroelectric polymer nanocomposites

Liu, Y., Zhou, Y., Qin, H., Yang, T., Chen, X., Li, L., Han, Z., Wang, K., Zhang, B., Lu, W., Chen, L. Q., Bernholc, J. & Wang, Q., Jul 2023, In: Nature Materials. 22, 7, p. 873-879 7 p.

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Tailoring Poly(Styrene-co-maleic anhydride) Networks for All-Polymer Dielectrics Exhibiting Ultrahigh Energy Density and Charge–Discharge Efficiency at Elevated Temperatures

Pan, Z., Li, L., Wang, L., Luo, G., Xu, X., Jin, F., Dong, J., Niu, Y., Sun, L., Guo, C., Zhang, W., Wang, Q. & Wang, H., Jan 5 2023, In: Advanced Materials. 35, 1, 2207580.

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Energy conversion and storage in functional dielectrics

Wang, H., Hao, J. & Wang, Q., Sep 11 2023, In: Applied Physics Letters. 123, 11, 110401.

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Reinforced energy storage performance of poly(vinylidene fluoride) composite films by filling with surface fluorinated one-dimensional barium titanate nanofibers

Wang, J., Xin, Z., Wang, Y., Hao, H., Liu, S., Wang, Q. & Zhai, J., Dec 5 2023, In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 966, 171601.

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Ho-Ion-Polymer/Graphene Heterojunctions Toward Room-Temperature Ferromagnets

Xia, W., Li, C., Zhang, S., Wang, X., Wang, S., Yang, Q., Li, W., Xiong, C., Huang, J. & Wang, Q., Jun 21 2023, In: Small. 19, 25, 2300385.

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Cephalopod-inspired polymer composites with mechanically tunable infrared properties

Yao, B., Xu, X., Han, Z., Xu, W., Yang, G., Guo, J., Li, G., Wang, Q. & Wang, H., Dec 15 2023, In: Science Bulletin. 68, 23, p. 2962-2972 11 p.

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Enabling High-Performance Polypropylene Nanocomposites With Interfacial Deep Traps

Zhou, Y., Zhu, Y., Yuan, C., Li, Q., Xu, X., Serdyuk, Y., Wang, Q. & He, J., Feb 1 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 30, 1, p. 484-487 4 p.

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Molecular Trap Engineering Enables Superior High-Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage Performance in All-Organic Composite at 200 °C

Zhou, Y., Zhu, Y., Xu, W. & Wang, Q., Mar 17 2023, In: Advanced Energy Materials. 13, 11, 2203961.

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