Mingjun Huang

Soft matter generally refers to complex condensed matter between solids and ideal fluids, including macromolecules, liquid crystals, surfactants, colloids, emulsions, granular substances, etc. Soft matter materials play an indispensable role in our daily life as commercial products. The introduction of novel structural orders is expected to produce a series of unique effects and new laws of matter states, realize unprecedented properties and applications, and lead the future development of soft matter materials.

Mingjun Huang mainly focuses on chemistry, physics, and material study of condensed soft matter. He seeks to understand the fundamental principle of macromolecular self-assembly and develop novel functional soft materials within the scope of optics, electric, and energy storage.

For the first time, Huang discovered some liquid crystals/liquid crystal polymers with unprecedented structures and properties for optical/electric applications. His works enable both the switching and memory of the polarization field, thus opening the door towards realizing liquid-matter ferroelectric memory devices.

Huang proposed an original "macromolecular LEGO" strategy and developed a series of rigid nano-building blocks with precise chemical structures. He identified the first axial decagonal quasicrystal (DQC) superlattice, comprehensively with meso-atomic accuracy, expanding the superlattice engineering of soft matter into a new dimension.

Huang is also strongly interested in functional soft material design for specific needs in energy storage and optical films. He synthesized a series of novel Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonimide Tagged (FAST) salts, which is effective for improving the ion conductivity of polymer solid-state electrolytes. In addition, he developed a series of sulfonamide-based electrolytes for improving the stability or cycling of high-voltage lithium battery and lithium-air battery.

Huang is also working on colorless polyimides development, for applicants in flexible OLED substrate and low dielectric substrate materials for 5G communication.