Under the invitation of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre, Prof. Wang Zhiming from the Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China delivered a talk on “Nano-micro Materials Science and Engineering for Optofluidics” on 25 September 2023, attracting around 50 lecturers and students.

In this public lecture, Prof. Wang briefed on the use of light to control the flow of fluids with numerous applications such as drug delivery and lab-on-chip devices, as well as the recent advancement on how to manipulate fluids through nano-micro materials and engineering in both experiments and simulation.

Addressing the students, Prof. Wang shared his team's experience on how they developed photoacoustic driving materials and light-induced deformation liquid materials based on the photoacoustic laser streaming and thermocapillary technique. He also reported how a series of novel phenomena were discovered, revealed the physical principles behind them, and paved the way for a wide range of applications.

The insightful session concluded with a Q & A session and a vote of thanks to the speaker.

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Prof. Wang Zhiming (the fifth from the left) received the souvenir from Prof. Wang Huiqiong, the Assistant President of XMUM

Prof. Wang Zhiming is a National Distinguished Expert at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He received a B.S. in Applied Physics from Qingdao University (1992), an M.S. in Physics from Peking University (1995), and a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1998). He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of American (OSA), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP), Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IMMM), and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). His research interests include the rational design of low-dimensional semiconductor nanomaterials for optoelectronic applications.