Education and working experience:

• 2018.03Associate ProfessorDepartment of Materials Science, Fudan University

• 2014.08Postdoctoral research associate Purdue University

• 2008.09Ph.D. Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 2004.09B.S. Shandong University      

Biography：

Dr. Zhao joined Department of Materials Science, Fudan University in 2018 as an Associate Professor. Prior to this, he worked as postdoctoral research associate at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing in 2014, and bachelor degrees in Chemistry from Shandong University in 2008. 

His research focuses on the fabrication, characterization and application of semiconducting polymers in flexible, stretchable and self-healable electronics.

Research Interests:

1. Processing of semiconducting polymers

2. Organic/polymer field-effect transistors: fabrication, characterization and application

3. Flexible/stretchable organic electronics     

Key Publications:

1. Zhao, Y.; Gumyusenge, A.; He, J.; Qu, G.; McNutt, W. Long, Y. Zhang, H. Huang, L. Diao, Y. Mei, J. Continuous Melt-Drawing of Highly Aligned Flexible and Stretchable Semiconducting Microfibers for Organic Electronics, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28 (4), 1705584

2. Zhao, Y.; Zhao, X.; Roders, M.; Gumyusenge, A.; Ayzner, A. L.; Mei, J., Melt-Processing of Complementary Semiconducting Polymer Blends for High Performance Organic Transistors. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29 (6), 1605056.

3. Zhao, Y.; Zhao, X.; Roders, M.; Qu, G.; Diao, Y.; Ayzner, A. L.; Mei, J., Complementary Semiconducting Polymer Blends for Efficient Charge Transport. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27 (20), 7164.

4. Zhao, Y.; Zhao, X.; Zang, Y.; Di, C.-a.; Diao, Y.; Mei, J., Conjugation-Break Spacers in Semiconducting Polymers: Impact on Polymer Processability and Charge Transport Properties. Macromolecules 2015, 48 (7), 2048.

5. Zhao, Y.; Guo, Y.; Liu, Y. 25th anniversary article: recent advances in n-type and ambipolar organic field-effect transistors. Adv. Mater. 2013 25 (38), 5372.