5.2.2025
Our work on antimicrobial nano-architectures is published on Small. Congratulations to Shuaidong and Decui!
5.2.2025
Our work on antimicrobial nano-architectures is published on Small. Congratulations to Shuaidong and Decui!
12.12.2023
Our group received Key Project from Ministry of Education to study de-icing technologies. Congratulations!
8.25.2023
Our group received General Project from NSFC to study anti marine fouling and sustainability. Congratulations!
3.12.2023
Our group received "Deep Blue" Project Award from SJTU to study renewable energy and sustainability. Congratulations!
6.24.2022
Our work on breaking the nanoparticle’s dispersible limit has published in Nature Communications. Congrats on our collaborator Prof. Shikuan Yang and the team!
6.14.2022
Thanks for the invitation from Prof. Mingjun Huang at South China University of Technology! I gave my first in-person talk titled "Anti-Solid-Fouling Novel Surfaces: Mechanics, Design, and Scalable Manufacturing" after COVID pandemic.
5.9.2022
Our work on durable surface design for preventing liquid and solid fouling has published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
11.9.2021
Thanks for the invitation from Prof. Abdon Pena-Francesch at University of Michigan. I gave an in-person lecture about Surface Coatings and Sustainability.
7.16.2021
Our review on surface design for controlling the accretion of matter has published in Science.
8.31.2020
Our work on sensitive and quantitative SERS platform (AEF-SERS) for selective molecule detection has published in Nano Letters.
7.26.2020
Our work on rational design of nanowire architectures for preventing marine fouling has published in Advanced Materials Interfaces. The work has also been highlighted by Advanced Sci News Twitter.
7.17.2020
Our work on bio-inspired pressure stable superhydrophobic surface design has published in Science Advances. The work has also been featured worldwide in international media. See for example: The Scientist Magazine, Science Daily, Phys.org, NSF News, and more.
5.22.2020
Our work on a fast diagnostic device for kidney stones with self-cleaning and self-powering has published in Science Advances. The work has also been featured worldwide in international media. See for example: Science Daily, Medical Express, Notizie scientifiche.it, UK Space Force, Penn State News, Materials Today, and more.
11.19.2019
Jing's Ph.D. dissertation work on slippery viscoelastic solid repellent coating for global sanitation has been published in Nature Sustainability. The work has also been featured worldwide in many prominent international media. See for example: BBC, BBC Radio 5 (1:55:00), The Economist (17:07), CBC Radio, The Guardian, The Times, Scientific American, NPR, Fast Company, the Verge, Le Monde, Daily Mail, XinHua, Gizmodo, Popular Mechanics, C|NET, BYU Radio: Top of Mind (37:40), and more.
4.6.2019
Our team won big in the Rice Business Plan Competition! Our team, spotLESS Materials, has won the 3rd place out of >300 competing teams, and have received over $360k investment prize from the competition. Proud to be in a great team! See Penn State news.
3.21.2019
Our work on the use of slippery rough surface for water harvesting has been featured by Nature Materials. Please check it out here.
3.21.2019
Our work on the use of slippery rough surface for water harvesting has been featured by Nature Materials. Please check it out here.
9.13.2018
Jing Wang joined University of Michigan as a postdoc fellow in Prof. Neil Dasgupta's group, co-advised by Prof. Anish Tuteja.
8.24.2018
Our work on liquid membranes as unusual particle filters is now published on Science Advances and is featured in Science!
5.30.2018
Jing Wang successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Committee chair: Prof. Tak Sing Wong; Committee members: Prof. Donghai Wang, Prof. Pak Kin Wong, and Prof. Seong H. Kim.
3.30.2018
Our work on directional slippery rough surfaces has been published in Science Advances!
11.4.2017
Our work on synthetic brochosomes has been published in Nature Communications!
9.26.2017
Our team, Jing Wang, Birgitt Boschitsch, Nan Sun, and Tak Sing Wong have been selected as MRS iMatSci Innovators!
3.29.2016 - 4.5.2016
Our work on X-SLIPS has been featured in Chemistry in Pictures by Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) and Gizmodo!! Please check it out!
3.3.2016
Our work on a cross-species bioinspired thermal repairable slippery coating (X-SLIPS) has been published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces!
6.9.2015
Jing and Birgitt have won the 3rd place in the PPG Industries Research Pitch Competition!!