Vision and Mission
The goal of our research is to use bio-inspired interfacial and material science and engineering approaches to develop sustainable solutions to global problems related to water, health, and energy.
Biological Inspiration
Plants, insects, and animals have developed various smart strategies of living through evolution, which provide us numerous solutions for engineering challenges. Examples include how to keep a surface clean, how to avoid rain drops for micro-drones, how to prevent COVID virus spreading, and more. My research has only investigated a small piece of this huge iceberg of inspirations from nature.
1. Abhishek, Dhyani†, Jing Wang†, Alex Kate Halvey†, Brian Macdonald†, Geeta Mehta, Anish Tuteja, "Design and Applications of Surfaces that Control the Accretion of Matter", Science, Vol. 373, 6552, eaba5010 (2021). (†equal contribution)
Water Harvesting from Air and Water Saving from Households
Water scarcity is becoming a global crisis with the growth of population and the global warming. To address this issue, I have used surface science and engineering approaches and created multiple functional surfaces for reducing household water consumption and collecting water from thin air. My future research will continue focusing on finding solutions for fresh water management, and securing water resources for our next generations.
1. Jing Wang, Lin Wang, Nan Sun, Ross Tierney, Hui Li, Margo Corsetti, Leon Willams, Pak Kin Wong, and Tak-Sing Wong, “Viscoelastic Solid Repellent Coatings for Extreme Water-Saving and Global Sanitation ”, Nature Sustainability, doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0421-0 (2019).
2. Xianming Dai, Nan Sun, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Jing Wang, Shikuan Yang, and Tak-Sing Wong, “Hydrophilic Slippery Rough Surfaces for Water Harvesting”, Science Advances, 4: eaaq0919 (2018).
3. Yu Huang, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Nan Sun, Jing Wang, Shikuan Yang, and Tak-Sing Wong, “A Switchable Cross-Species Liquid-Repellent Surface”, Advanced Materials, vol. 29, 1604641 (2017).
4. Jing Wang, Keiko Kato, Alexandre Blois, and Tak-Sing Wong, “Bioinspired Omniphobic Coatings with Thermal Self-Repair Function on Industrial Materials”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 8, pp. 8265 – 8271 (2016).
Health Monitoring: Fast and Accurate Diagnostic Tools
The life expectancy of human has increased from <40 years to >70 years in the past century with the development of modern biomedical technologies. Recent demands focus on fast diagnostic tools, low-cost surgical technologies, and wearable health monitoring devices. In my past research, we have developed new fast diagnostic lab-on-the-chips for kidney stones, liquid membranes for potentially open surgery, and new biomolecule detection platforms with high sensitivity and quantification. My future research will continue focusing on using surface science and engineering to develop new technologies for improving the health of human.
1. Qianqian Ding†, Jing Wang†, Xueyan Chen†, Wanlin Li, Yanling Wang, Min Zhou, Shikuan Yang, “Quantitative and Sensitive Analyte Identification in Complex Environments”, Nano Letters (2020).
2. Hui Li, Eugene Shkolyar, Jing Wang, Alan C. Pao, Joseph C. Liao, Tak Sing Wong, and Pak Kin Wong, "SLIPS-LAB – A Bioinspired Bioanalysis System for Metabolic Evaluation of Urinary Stone Disease", Science Advances, Vol. 6, no. 21, eaba8535 (2020).
3. Lin Wang, Francesca Wang, Jing Wang, Tak Sing Wong, "Compact nanoscale textures reduce contact time of bouncing droplets", Science Advances, Vol. 6, no. 29, eabb2307 (2020).
4. Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Luke Gockowski, Hannah Feldstein, Houston Claure, Jing Wang, and Tak-Sing Wong, “Free-standing liquid membranes as unusual particle separators”, Science Advances, eaat3276 (2018).
Energy Conversion and Management
One of the world's most urgent missions is to reach carbon neutral by 2050. Before all industrial and household energy consumption transits to renewable energy, improving the efficiency of current energy usage is critical. In my past research, we have developed multiple novel coating technologies for reducing energy consumption in maritime industry and enhancing phase-change heat transfer processes. My future research will continue focusing on improving the current energy usage efficiency (particularly in maritime industry) and exploring new renewable energy resource. Examples include artificial photosynthesis, water splitting, biofuels, and more.
1. Jing Wang, Sudarat Lee, Ashley R. Bielinski, Kevin A. Meyer, Abhishek Dhyani, Alondra M. Ortiz-Ortiz, Anish Tuteja, Neil P. Dasgupta, "Rational Design of Transparent Nanowire Architectures with Tunable Geometries for Preventing Marine Fouling", Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2000672 (2020).
2. Xianming Dai, Nan Sun, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Jing Wang, Shikuan Yang, and Tak-Sing Wong, “Hydrophilic Slippery Rough Surfaces for Water Harvesting”, Science Advances, 4: eaaq0919 (2018).
3. Shikuan Yang, Nan Sun, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Jing Wang, Yu Huang, and Tak-Sing Wong, “Ultra-antireflective Synthetic Brochosomes”, Nature Communications, vol. 8, 1285 (2017).
4. Xinjun Liu, Jing Wang, Weiyang Yu, JinHua Wu, “Analysis and optimum design of rider-bicycle mechanisms: Design of bicycle parameters for a specified rider”, Science China Technological Sciences 54 (11) (2011).