- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
- Associate Professor, Chemistry, College of Science
- Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
The multi-disciplinary research programs in the Fang Group will focus on the bottom-up synthesis and processing of novel organic polymer materials -- namely, ladder and coplanar polymers, as well as microporous polymer networks -- for the applications on electronics and energy conversion/storage. Our thrust will be to gain profound understanding on the structure-property relationship of these materials at both the molecular and the macroscopic levels by employing the toolboxes of synthetic chemistry and device engineering. With this knowledge, we aim to establish a series of synthetically feasible, high performing, processable organic carbon-based material systems for field effect transistors, light emitting diodes, solar cells, supercapacitors, and batteries, and to be at the forefront in the enhancement of their efficiencies.
- B.S. in , Wuhan University - (Wuhan, China)
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Northwestern University - (Evanston, Illinois, United States) 2010
Academic Articles92
- Cao, Z., Leng, M., Cao, Y., Gu, X., & Fang, L. (2022). How rigid are conjugated non‐ladder and ladder polymers?. Journal of Polymer Science. 60(3), 298-310.
- Chen, P., Zheng, H., Jiang, H., Liu, J., Tu, X., Zhang, W., ... Zou, J. (2022). Oxygen-vacancy-rich phenanthroline/TiO2 nanocomposites: An integrated adsorption, detection and photocatalytic material for complex pollutants remediation. Chinese Chemical Letters. 33(2), 907-911.
- Li, C., Lee, B., Wang, C., Bajpayee, A., Douglas, L. D., Phillips, B. K., ... Fang, L. (2022). Photopolymerized superhydrophobic hybrid coating enabled by dual-purpose tetrapodal ZnO for liquid/liquid separation. Materials Horizons. 9(1), 452-461.
- Yu, K., Ji, X., Yuan, T., Cheng, Y., Li, J., Hu, X., ... Fang, L. (2021). Robust Jumping Actuator with a Shrimp‐Shell Architecture. Advanced Materials. 33(44), 2104558-2104558.
- Zhang, W., Ji, X., Al-Hashimi, M., Wang, C., & Fang, L. (2021). Feasible fabrication and textile application of polymer composites featuring dual optical thermoresponses. Chemical Engineering Journal. 419, 129553-129553.
Chapters2
- Zhou, Y., Lee, J., & Fang, L. (2014). n-Type Electron-Accepting Materials for Organic Solar Cells (OSC). Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells. 97-119. Springer International Publishing.
- Zhou, Y., Lee, J., & Fang, L. (2014). N-type electron-accepting materials for organic solar cells (OSC). Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells. 97-119.
Conference Papers7
- Fang, L., Belowich, M. E., Olson, M. A., Grzybowski, B. A., & Stoddart, J. F. (2010). Harnessing mechanical energy from artificial muscle-like materials. 7th Annual Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, FNANO 2010. 47-48.
- Coskun, A., Grzybowski, B. A., Stoddart, J. F., A Olson, M., Fang, L., Klajn, R., & Wesson, P. J. (2010). Molecular-mechanical switching at the nanoparticle-solvent interface. 7th Annual Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, FNANO 2010. 116-117.
- Fang, L., Coskun, A., Klajn, R., Grzybowski, B. A., & Stoddart, J. F. (2010). Template-directed nanoparticulate assemblies. 7th Annual Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, FNANO 2010. 5-6.
- Zheng, Y. B., Yang, Y., Jensen, L., Fang, L., Juluri, B. K., Flood, A. H., ... Huang, T. J. (2009). Molecular active plasmonics: controlling plasmon resonances with molecular machines. SPIE Proceedings, SPIE NanoScience + Engineering. 7395, 73950w-73950w-10.
Patents1
- Fang, L., Guo, Z., Wang, C., Zhang, Q., & Zhou, H. (2020). Methanesulfonic acid mediated solvent free synthesis of conjugated porous polymer networks.
Principal Investigator7
- Young Investigator Award conferred by American Chemical Society - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) - Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering 2017
- CHEM227 Organic Chemistry I Instructor
- CHEM228 Organic Chemistry Ii Instructor
- CHEM234 Org Syn & Analysis Instructor
- CHEM234 Org Syn & Analysis Iv Instructor
- CHEM466 Polymer Chemistry Instructor
- Yuan, Tianyu (2018-08). Harnessing Non-Covalent Interactions for Functional Organic Materials. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Lee, Jongbok (2018-08). Thermodynamic Synthesis of Ladder-Type Functional Organic Materials. (Doctoral Dissertation)