Assistant Professor

BS, Chemistry, 2000
University of Science and Technology of China

PhD, Chemistry, 2004
University of California, Los Angeles

Contact

Huang Research Group Website

Functional Materials by Controlled Assembly

Assembly is a fundamental issue in materials science at all length scales.  The property of a material is dictated by how its individual functional units are assembled together.  Our research program focuses on creating functional systems by the rational assembly of material building blocks over a broad range of length scales from small molecules, polymers to nanoparticles.  We are interested in the fundamental aspects – synthesis and processing – of nanomaterials and how they will impact on the performance and application.

1. Inorganic nanomaterials: Shaped and size controlled synthesis, colloidal dispersion, surface chemistry directed assembly and functionalities.

2. Organic nanostructures: Shape and size dependent properties, conducting polymers, polymer colloids and hybrid nanostructures

3. Processing and patterning of both inorganic and organic nanomaterials.

Associations and Awards

Miller Research Fellowship (Miller Research Institute, UC-Berkeley, 2004-2007)

National Starch & Chemical Award (POLY/PMSE, American Chemical Society, 2006)

MARCO Inventor Recognition Award (Microelectronics Advanced Research Corporation, 2006)

IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists (The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2005)

Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award (Chemistry, UCLA, 2001)

Selected publications

Jiaxing Huang, Rong Fan, Stephen Connor and Peidong Yang “One Step Patterning of Aligned Nanowire Arrays by Programmed Dip Coating”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2007), 46, 2414
Also see: Nature Nanotechnology, “Dip coating: A new line-up”
 
Jiaxing Huang, Andrea R. Tao, Stephen Connor and Peidong Yang “A General Method for Assembling Single Colloidal Particle Lines”, Nano Lett. (2006), 6, 524
 
Jiaxing Huang, Franklin Kim, Andrea R. Tao, Stephen Connor and Peidong Yang  “Spontaneous Formation of Nanoparticle Stripe Patterns via Dewetting”, Nature Mater. (2005), 4, 896
 
Jiaxing Huang “Syntheses and Applications of Conducting Polymer Polyaniline Nanofibers”, Pure & Appl. Chem. (invited review article), (2006), 78(1), 15
 
Jiaxing Huang and Richard B. Kaner “The Intrinsic Nanofibrillar Morphology of Polyaniline”, Chem. Comm., (invited Feature Article, cover article), (2006), (4), 367
 
Ricky J. Tseng, Jiaxing Huang, Jianyong Ouyang, Richard B. Kaner and Yang Yang “Polyaniline Nanofiber/Gold Nanoparticle Non-Volatile Memory”, Nano Lett. (2005), 5, 1077
 
Jiaxing Huang and Richard B. Kaner “Flash Welding of Conducting Polymer Nanofibers” Nature Mater., (2004), 3, 783
Also see: Nature Materials, “Welding and Patterning in a Flash”, (2004), 3, 753
Chemical & Engineering News, “Films in a Flash”, Oct 25, (2004)
Materials Today – Nano Today, “Welding polymers in a flash”, (2004)
 
Jiaxing Huang, Shabnam Virji, Bruce H. Weiller and Richard B. Kaner “Polyaniline Nanofibers: Facile Synthesis and Chemical Sensors” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2003), 125, 314
Also see: Science, “Synthesizing at the Interface”, Jan. 3, (2003)
Chemical & Engineering News, “An Easy Route to Polyaniline Nanofibers”, Jan. 6, (2003)
 
Jiaxing Huang, Veronica M. Egan, Hailan Guo, Jeong-Yeol Yoon, Alejandro L. Briseno, Iris E. Rauda, Robin L. Garrell, Charles M. Knobler, Feimeng Zhou and Richard B. Kaner “Enantioselective Discrimination of D- and L-Phenylalanine by Chiral Polyaniline Films” Adv. Mater. (2003), 15, 1158