Biography
Jinyao Tang is Associate Head (Research) and Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, at The University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD degree from Columbia University.
Professor Tang's research focuses on the study of novel nanorobots and artificial nanomotors, as well as the development of new energy nanomaterials and nanodevices. His achievements have been recognized through several awards and honours, including the Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong (2016/17), the Early Career Award from the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (2014/15), the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (2022); BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize (New Material and New Energy) (2023); Outstanding Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong (2024/25); NSFC National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2024).
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Selected Publications
- Y. Huang, Z. Du, C. Wu, B. Zeng, Y. Cao, M. Li, L. Zhang, Q. Guo, C. Huang, C. Li, J. Tang. Optoelectronic Nanofluidic Neural Networks for Ionic Computing.” Adv. Mater. 38, 47, e74080 (2026)
- B. Zeng, J. Lai, J. Chen, Y. Huang, Q. Guo, C. Huang, X. Li, C. Wu, S. Li, J. Tang, Photothermal Cavitation-Driven Micromotor to Penetrate Cell Membrane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 10, 8906–8916, (2025)
- Y. Huang, C. Wu, Y. Cao, J. Zheng, B. Zeng, X. Li, M. Li, J. Tang, Scalable integration of photoresponsive highly aligned nanochannels for self-powered ionic devices. Sci. Adv. 10, eads5591, (2024)
- J. Zheng, J. Chen, Y. Jin, Y. Wen, Y. Mu, C. Wu, Y.F. Wang, P. Tong, Z. Li, X. Hou, J. Tang. Photochromism from wavelength-selective colloidal phase segregation, Nature, 617, 499–506 (2023)
- M. Li, J. Zheng, X. Wang, R. Yu, Y Wang, Y Qiu, X. Cheng, G. Wang, G. Chen, K. Xie*, J. Tang, Light-responsive Self-Strained Organic Semiconductor for Large Flexible OFET Sensing Array. Nat. Commun. 13, 4912 (2022)
- C. Wu, J. Dai, X. Li, L. Gao, J. Wang, J. Liu, J. Zheng, X. Zhan, J. Chen, X. Cheng, M. Yang, J. Tang*, Ion-Exchange Enabled Synthetic Swarm. Nat. Nanotechnol. 16, 288 (2021)
- J. Wang, Z. Xiong*, M. Liu, X. Li, J. Zheng, X. Zhan, W. Ding, J. Chen, X. Li, X. D. Li, S.P. Feng, J. Tang*. Rational Design of Reversible Redox Shuttle for Highly Efficient Light-Driven Microswimmer. ACS Nano 14, 3, 3272-3280 (2020)
- X. Zhan, J. Wang, Z. Xiong, X. Zhang, Y. Zhou, J. Zheng, J. Chen, S. Feng, J. Tang*. Enhanced Ion Tolerance of Electrokinetic Locomotion in Polyelectrolyte Coated Microswimmer. Nat. Commun. 10, 3921. (2019)
- B. Dai, J. Wang, Z. Xiong, X. Zhan, W. Dai, C. Li, S. Feng, and J. Tang, Programmable artificial phototactic microswimmer. Nat. Nanotechnol. 11, 1087–1092(2016)