Principal Education and Working Experience

• September 1995 —— June 1999  Department of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology; bachelor's degree

• September 1999 —— June 2002  Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University; master's degree

• September 2002 —— June 2005  Department of Polymer Science, Fudan University; doctor's degree

• July 2005 —— December 2013  Department of Materials Science, Fudan University; lecturer

• June 2008 —— June 2011  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (research fellow)

• December 2013 ——  Department of Materials Science, Fudan University; associate professor

Principal Research Directions:

• Structural design, synthesis and performance research of new photo-responsive polymers.

Principal Courses Taught:

• Functional Polymer Materials

• Comprehensive Material Experiment

• Materials Chemistry Experiment

Publications:

1. Sun, X.J., Zhang, M.H., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L.*, Multiple Shape Manipulation of Azobenzene-Containing Polyimide by Combining Shape Memory Effect, Photofixity, and Photodeformation, ACS Macro Lett., 2023, 12, 921-927.
   

2. Zhao, X., Chen, Y., Peng, B., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L.*, A Facile Strategy for the Development of Recyclable Multifunctional Liquid Crystal Polymers via Post-Polymerization Modification and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(21), e202300699 (Hot Paper).

3. Sun, X.J., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L.*, Photoinduced Deformation of Amorphous Polyimide Enabled by An Improved Azobenzene Isomerization Efficiency, Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 5447-5452 (Front Cover).

4. Zhang, P.P., Lan, Z.X., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L.*, Photodeformable Azobenzene-Containing Polyimide with Flexible Linkers and Molecular Alignment, ACS Macro Lett., 2021, 10, 469-475.

5. Chen, Y., Liu, Q., Theato, P., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L.*, A Convenient Route to Prepare Reactive Azobenzene-Containing Liquid Crystal Polymers and Photodeformable Fibers, Adv. Intell. Syst., 2021, 3(10), 200054.

6. Han, S.Q., Chen, Y.Y., Xu, B., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L., An Azoester-containing Photoresponsive Linear Liquid Crystal Polymer with Good Mesophase Stability, Chinese J. Polym. Sci., 2020, 38, 806–813.

7. Lan, Z.X., Chen, X.L., Zhang, X., Zhu, C.Y., Yu, Y.L., Wei, J.*, Transparent, High Glass-Transition Temperature, Shape Memory Hybrid Polyimides Based on Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane, Polymers, 2019, 11(6), 1058.

8. Qin, L., Gu, W., Wei, J., Yu, Y.L.*, Piecewise Phototuning of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures, Adv. Mater., 2018, 30(8), 1704941.

9. Qin, L., Gu, W., Chen, Y.Y., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L., Efficient Visible-light Full-Color Tuning of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by Fluorinated Chiral Switches, RSC Adv., 2018, 8 (68), 38935-38940.

10. Qin, L., Liu, J.Q., Pang, X.L., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L., Reversible Dynamic Full-Color Phototuning with a New Chiral Molecular Switch Containing Linking Group between Chiral Center and Photosensitive Group, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2018, 676 (1), 50-58.

11. Pang, X.L., Xu, B., Qing, X., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L.*, Photo-Induced Bending Behavior of Post-Crosslinked Liquid Crystalline Polymer/Polyurethane Blend Films, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2017, 39, 1700237.

12. Liu, Y.Y., Wu, W., Wei, J.*, Yu, Y.L.*, Visible Light Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymers Containing Reactive Moieties with Good Processability, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 782−789.

13. Lv, J.A., Liu, Y.Y., Wei, J., Chen, E.Q., Qin, L., Yu, Y.L.*, Photocontrol of Fluid Slugs in Liquid Crystal Polymer Microactuators, Nature, 2016, 537 (7619), 179-184.

14. Zhan, Y.Y., Zhao, J.Q., Liu, W.D., Yang, B., Wei, J., Yu, Y.L.*, Biomimetic Submicroarrayed Crosslinked Liquid Crystal Polymer Films with Different Wettability via Colloidal Lithography, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7 (45), 25522-25528.

15. Ding, Y.C., Yu, Y.L., Wei, J.*, Synthesis and Self-assembly Behavior of Photo-responsive Diblock Copolymers with Different Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Ratios, Acta Chim. Sinica, 2014, 72, 602-608.

Patents:

• Light-color, transparent and high-temperature-resistant shape memory polyimide film material and preparation method thereof. Jia Wei; Yanlei Yu; Zhongxu Lan. Patent No.: ZL 201910038132.6.

• Side chained liner azobenzene liquid crystal polymer material and preparation method thereof. Yanlei Yu; Jiuan Lyu; Jia Wei; Yuyun Liu. Patent No.: ZL 201310034102.0.

• Method for micro-fluid movement controlling optically. Yanlei Yu; Jiuan Lyu; Jia Wei; Yuyun Liu. Patent No.: ZL 201610623513.7.

• Photo-response three-stable state chiral molecular material and preparation method and application thereof. Yanlei Yu; Lang Qin; Jia Wei. Patent No.: ZL 201710000520.6.

• Method for using fluorinated azobenzene to regulate liquid crystal reflection colour. Yanlei Yu; Lang Qin; Jia Wei. Patent No.: ZL 201810745175.3.

• Method for micro-fluid movement controlling optically. Yanlei Yu; Jiuan Lyu; Jia Wei; Yuyun Liu. International application No.: PCT/CN2017/095435.

• Preparation method of biodegradable nano micelle controlled release formulation. Suming Li; Jia Wei; Liu Yang. Patent No.: ZL 200710036815.5.

• Preparation method for glycolide. Jian Yang; Yanfei Hu; Jia Wei; Suming Li. Application No.: 200710041157.9.

• Biodegradability hydrogel controlled-release preparation and its preparation method and application. Suming Li; Jia Wei; Yan Zhang. Application No.: 200810038574.2.