Scholars

Fang, Lei

Associate Professor

Positions:

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

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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fang@tamu.edu

1 979 845 3186

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Lei Fang group

ORCID

0000-0003-4757-5664

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

overview

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.

education and training

B.S. in , Wuhan University - (Wuhan, China)
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Northwestern University - (Evanston, Illinois, United States) 2010

selected publications

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

Che, S., & Fang, L. (2020). Porous Ladder Polymer Networks. Chem. 6(10), 2558-2590.
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.