Carbon nanomaterials, including the synthesis and application of graphene, carbon nanotubes and other low-dimensional nanomaterials;
Intelligent polymer materials and devices, including self-healing materials, intelligent driving materials, sensors, etc.;
Electromagnetic functional materials, including electromagnetic shielding materials, stealth materials and functional composite materials.
Yi Huang, Dr., professor, doctoral tutor, associate dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of Carbon Nanomaterials Research Center, 2020 Tianjin Innovative Talents Promotion Plan for Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Innovation Leaders.
Mainly engaged in the research of carbon nanomaterials, electromagnetic functional materials, polymer smart materials and devices.
Undertaken more than ten projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 973, 863, international cooperation, national defense, and Tianjin, etc. in recent years.
Won the second prize of National Natural Science Award (R3) in 2018, the first prize of Tianjin Natural Science Award (2015, 2010), the third prize of Sichuan Science and Technology Progress Award, and the first prize of Chengdu Science and Technology Progress Award.
More than 110 academic papers were published in Nat. Photonics, Nat. Commun., Adv. Mater., Nano Lett., ACS Nano, Adv. Funct. Mater., and other journals, including more than 60 papers with IF > 6, 22 ESI highly cited papers, more than 21,000 times other-citations, and H factor of 52.
Selected as a Global Highly Cited Scientist by Clarivate Analytics in 2018-2020.
More than 20 patents were applied and 10 have been authorized. 2 papers were selected as China's 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers, and the research results have been publicized and reported by important international journals and media as highlights for many times, including C&E News of the American Chemical Society, Nature China and Asia Materials of Nature Publishing Group, Materials Views and Materials Views China of Wiley Group, etc.
Guanghao Li, Suping Ma, Zhuo Li, Yawen Zhang, Jianglin Diao, Lun Xia, Zhiwei Zhang, Yi Huang*, High-Quality Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 for High-Efficiency Electromagnetic Wave Absorption and Shielding with Wideband Radar Cross Section Reduction, ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 7861-79.
Zheng Cheng, Ruofeng Wang,Yishu Cao, Zhihao Cai, Zhiwei Zhang, Yi Huang*, Intelligent Off/On Switchable Microwave Absorption Performance of Reduced Graphene Oxide/VO2 Composite Aerogel, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 2205160.
Zhiyu Huang, Honghui Chen, Yi Huang*, Zhen Ge, Ying Zhou, Yang Yang, Peishuang Xiao, Jiajie Liang, Tengfei Zhang, Qian Shi, Guanghao Li, Yongsheng Chen, Ultra-Broadband Wide-Angle Terahertz Absorption Properties of Three-dimensional Graphene Foam, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1704363.
Peishuang Xiao, Ningbo Yi, Tengfei Zhang, Yi Huang*, Huicong Chang, Yang Yang, Ying Zhou and Yongsheng Chen*, Construction of a Fish-like Robot Based on High Performance Graphene/PVDF Bimorph Actuation Materials, Adv. Sci., 2016, 3, 1500438.
Yi Zhang, Yi Huang*, Tengfei Zhang, Huicong Chang, Peishuang Xiao, Honghui Chen, Zhiyu Huang, Yongsheng Chen, Broadband and Tunable High-Performance Microwave Absorption of an Ultralight and Highly Compressible Graphene Foam, Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 2049-2053.
Lu Huang, Ningbo Yi, Yingpeng Wu, Yi Zhang, Qian Zhang, Yi Huang*, Yanfeng Ma, Yongsheng Chen*, Multichannel and Repeatable Self-Healing of Mechanical Enhanced Graphene-Thermoplastic Polyurethane Composites, Adv. Mater., 2013, 25, 2224-2228.
Jiajie Liang, Lu Huang, Na Li, Yi Huang*, Yingpeng Wu, Shaoli Fang, Jiyoung Oh, Mikhail Kozlov,Yanfeng Ma, Feifei Li, Ray Baughman, Yongsheng Chen*, Electromechanical Actuator with Controllable Motion, Fast Response-Rate and High-Frequency Resonance Based on Graphene and Polydiacetylene, ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 4508-4519
Jiajie Liang, Yi Huang*, Jiyoung Oh, Mikhail Kozlov, Dong Sui, Shaoli Fang, Ray H Baughman, Yanfeng Ma, Yongsheng Chen*, Electromechanical Actuators Based on Graphene and Graphene/Fe3O4 Hybrid Paper, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2011, 21, 3778-3784.
Yan Wang, Yi Huang*, You Song, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yanfeng Ma, Jiajie Liang, Yongsheng Chen*, Room temperature ferromagnetism of graphene, Nano Lett., 2009, 9, 220-224.
Jiajie Liang, Yi Huang*, Long Zhang, Yan Wang, Yanfeng Ma, Tianyin Guo, Yongsheng Chen*, Molecular-level Dispersion of Graphene into Poly(vinyl alcohol), and Effective Reinforcement of Their Nanocomposites, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2009, 19, 2297-2302.