Bioinspired Multi-Scale Pores and Channels System - Prof Xu Hou
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Professor Xu Hou
Director of Institute of Electrochemical Science and Engineering and Associate Director of the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University
Bioinspired Multi-Scale Pores and Channels System
Nature has evolved a vast array of biological materials with smart functions over millions of years, inspiring the development of biomimetic materials. A key inspiration comes from pros and channels structures in living organisms. Mimicking these, smart artificial micro/nano pore and channel systems have been developed for a wide range of applications in materials science, membrane technology, biomedical, environmental, and energy fields. These systems explore multi-scale pores and channels, contributing to advances in energy efficiency, anti-fouling, anti-corrosion, and anti-blocking functionalities, alongside improved switchability, controllability, and stability. Hou’s group research focuses on bioinspired smart porous systems, particularly in Liquid Gating Technology and Bioinspired Nanofluidic Iontronics.
Biography
Prof. Xu Hou has a multidisciplinary study and research experience in physical chemistry, interface science and bioinspired porous systems. He received his B.S. degree (2006) from Sichuan University. He completed his Ph.D. (2011) at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. He did postdoctoral research at Harvard University (2012–2015). He joined Xiamen University as a full professor in 2016. In 2018, he became a Chief Scientist of National Key Research and Development Program of China. In 2022, he became the director of Institute of Electrochemical Science and Engineering and the associate director of the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University. He proposed the original concept of liquid gating mechanism, and he invented liquid gating technology that can be applied at air purification, emulsification, sensing, chemical detection, energy conversion, and other related fields, and the related papers were published on Nature, Science, PNAS, NSR, etc. In 2020, his leading "liquid gating technology" was selected as the 2020 Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). In 2024, he was elected as a Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society.
