Shaoning Zhang

PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: zhangshaoning@@gdiist.cn

Research interests:

Thermal interface materials

Advanced thermal management technologies

Personal Profile

Received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017. Worked as a Research Assistant at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2018 to 2019. Earned a Ph.D. from ShanghaiTech University in 2025, jointly trained with the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Joined the Thermal Engineering Research Group at the Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology in September 2025, focusing on thermal interface materials and advanced thermal management technologies.

During the Ph.D. program, research primarily involved flexible electronic devices, colloidal chemistry, polymer network design, electrocatalysis, etc. He has published 6 papers as first author or corresponding author in journals such as Nature Communications, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, along with 31 co-authored papers, and granted 3 invention patents.

Representative publications (Co-first authors‡, Co-corresponding authors*):

[1] S. Zhang, D. Ren, Q. Zhao, M. Peng, X. Wang, Z. Zhang, W. Liu, and F. Huang. Observation of Topological Hydrogen-bonding Domains in Physical Hydrogel for Excellent Self-Healing and Elasticity, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 2371

[2] L. Wang, D. Ren, S. Zhang* and F. Huang*. Interfacial Vulcanization from NbS3 Nanowire for Tough and Elastic Silicone Elastomer, Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 519, 165089.

[3] S. Zhang‡, Y. Gao‡, S. Xing‡, Q. Zhao, W. Liu, F. Huang. Autonomously Self-healing and Elastic Hydrogel Sensor with Long-chain Colloidal Scaffold, J. Colloid Interface Sci. (Accepted)

[4] Y. Gao, S. Zhang* and F. Huang*. Redox Molecular Sieve Enables Room-temperature Polymerization of Elastic and Crack-resistant Hydrogel Sensor, Polymer. 2025, 332, 128583

[5] Y. Wan‡, S. Zhang‡, C. Zhao, M. Deng, D. Ren, and F. Huang. A Flexible Humidity Sensor with Wide Range, High Linearity, and Fast Response Based on Ultralong Na2Ti3O7 Nanowires, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2023, 15, 16865

[6] S. Zhang‡, C. Dong‡, Z. Wan and F. Huang. Complex-derived Fe2N Anchored on Conductive Few-layer Graphene for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction, ChemNanoMat 2022, 8, e202100531.