Professor Wentao Xu
Neuromorphic and Flexible Electronics Laboratory
Research background：
2017~ Nankai University Professor, Doctoral supervisor
2016-2017 Seoul National University, Research associate professor
2016-2016 Stanford University, A visiting scholar
2016-2016 Pohang University of Science and Technology, Research associate professor
2013-2016 Pohang University of Science and Technology, Research associate professor
2012-2013 Pohang University of Science and Technology, Postdoctoral fellow
2011-2012 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, A visiting scholar
Prof. Wentao Xu received his B.S. from Beijing Normal University (2005) and Ph.D from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH, 2012). He was a research associate professor at Seoul National University, and visiting scholar in Prof. John Rogers group in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and in Prof. Zhenan Bao group in Stanford University.
He is currently a distinguished professor in Nankai University, founded by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (NSFC, 2021), the Tianjin Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2019), and Tianjin Haihe Talent Program (Leading Talent, 2018). His current research interests include flexible electronics, neuromorphic electronic devices, and artificial sensorimotor neurons. He has published more than 70 papers in Science, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Matter, Research, Advanced Materials and other journals.
Academic appointment：
Scientific Exploration Award, Nominee
American society of materials, Members
Korea industrialization institute, Members
Chinese Society of Optical Engineering, Senior Member
“Smart Mat”, Young Editorial Board Member
“Chinese Chemical Letters”, Young Editorial Board Member
“InfoMat”, Young Editorial Board Member
Member of the Special Committee of Tianjin Young Science and Technology Workers Association
Honorary titles:
2010 National outstanding self-funded foreign students award
2011 Outstanding doctoral candidate award
2011 Outstanding academic conference award
2017 Nankai University hundred young academic leaders training program
2018 Leading talents of Tianjin Haihe talents action plan
2019 Tianjin Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars
2021 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China
Conference reports：
41. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu，5th "Biological, Organic and Nanoelectronics" Symposium, Neurobionic electronic devices,(January, 2023)
40. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu，The 2022 Flexible Magnetoelectric Functional Materials and Devices Symposium and the second Annual Conference of Lujiassi International Team, Artificial synapses and sensorimotor nerves,(December, 2022)
39. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu， 2022 Cross-Straits and Hong Kong and Macao Young Scientists Intelligent Wearable Technology Innovation Forum, Artificial afferent and efferent nerves based on neuromorphic devices, (November, 2022)
38. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu，4th IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference(IFETC 2022), Artificial Sensorimotor Nerves and Synaptic Devices, (August, 2022)
37. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu，The 4th National Conference on Organic Field-Effect Transistors & The 2nd International Conference on Flexible & Printed Optoelectronic Materials and Devices（OFET-4 & ICFPOE-2），Synaptic Electronic Devices based on Multi-Dimensional Materials, (June, 2022)
36. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu，International Conference on Frontier Materials 2022，Artificial synapses and sensorimotor neurons, （May, 2022）.
35. (Invited talk, Moderator) Wentao Xu, The 25th Nankai Chemistry Youth Forum, Neuromorphic Electronic Materials and Devices, (February, 2022)
34. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, YONSEI-CBE International Workshop Series: Nano Electronics 2022 (online), Artificial Synapses and Sensorimotor Neurons, (February, 2022)
33. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1st Youth Symposium of the Department of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Beijing, (October, 2021)
32. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, Artificial Synapses and Sensorimotor Nerves, National Symposium on Flexible and Printed Electronics Technology, Suzhou Jinji Lake International Conference Center, (October, 2021)
31. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, The 2nd International Conference on Flexible Printing Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Changsha, (September, 2021)
30. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, Artificial synapses and sensorimotor neurons, Materials, Devices, and Packaging Technologies for Soft Bioelectronics, (online), (August, 2021)
29. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, Design of Artificial Synapses and Sensorimotor Neurons, The 16th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered & Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS 2021), Xia Men, (April, 2021)
28. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, Synaptic Devices and Sensory/Motor Nerves, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei National Technology Innovation Center First Optoelectronic Technology Innovation Conference, Beijing Collaborative Innovation Research Institute, (April, 2021)
27. (Invited talk, Chapter Chair) Wentao Xu, Artificial synapses and sensorimotor nerves, 5th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM) Conference, Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center, (April, 2021)
26. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, Design of synaptic devices using multi-dimensional materials, the Special International Symposium on Hybrid Materials and Processing (HyMaP 2020-Special), Busan, South Korea (online), (November, 2020)
25. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, International Conference on Electronic Materials Leading the Future (ICE-MLF2019), Kyung Hee University, Korea (November, 2019)
24. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, From Device to System, Meeting of the 5th International Symposium of Flexible & Stretchable Electronics 2019, Southern University of Science and Technology, (June, 2019)
23. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, China Robotics Annual Conference & Top Journal Forum, Wuhan, Hube, (December, 2018)
22. (Invited talk, Chapter Chair) Wentao Xu, 2018 International Conference on New Functional Materials, Anshan, Liaoning, (September, 2018)
21. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, 2018 Glass-Nano Functional Materials Symposium, Wuhan, Hubei Province, (June, 2018)
20. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, Synaptic Electronic Devices and Their Applications. 4th International Symposium of Flexible & Stretchable Electronics, 2018 (ISFSE 2018), Wuhan, China, (June, 2018)
19. (Invited talk) Wentao Xu, Materials for artificial synapses, The 1st International Conference on Frontiers of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, China (May, 2018)
18. (Oral) Wentao Xu, Sung-Yong Min, Hyunsang Hwang, Tae-Woo Lee, “Printed organic nanowire synaptic transistors” SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, San Diego, California, USA (August 2015)
17. Dong-Wook Kim, Sung-Yong Min, Su-Kyoung Kim, Wentao Xu, Tae-Woo Lee, “Correlation between Morphology of Conjugated Polymer and Ion Diffusion in Ion Gel-gated Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Organic Electrochemical Transistor and its application to Synaptic Transistor” International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment 2014 (ENGE2014), Jeju, S. Korea (November 2016)
16. S.-K. Kim, S.-Y. Min, D.-W. Kim, Wentao Xu, Tae-Woo Lee, “Effects of ionic liquids on synaptic behaviors in organic nanowire-based artificial synaptic transistor” International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment 2014 (ENGE2014), Jeju, S. Korea (November 2016)
15. Hong-Kyu Seo, Tae-Sik Kim, Sang-Hoon Bae, Wentao Xu, Rishi Raj, Hee-Cheul Choi, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Tae-Woo Lee, “Practical Electronics Applications of Graphene Films Converted from Cheap Solid Carbon Sources” The 2nd Korean Graphene Symposium, Buyeo, Korea (March 2015)
14. Himchan Cho, Su-Hun Jeong, Sung-Yong Min, Tae-Hee Han, Min-Ho Park, Young-Hoon Kim, Youngjun Lee, Wentao Xu, Tae-Woo Lee, “Simple Large-Area Pixel Patterning for Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Electro-Hydrodynamic Organic Nanowire Printing” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (December 2014)
13. (Oral) Wentao Xu, Sung-Yong Min, Tae-Sik Kim, Tae-Woo Lee, “Ion-gel Gated E-nanowire Synaptic Transistors” International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment 2014 (ENGE2014), Jeju, S. Korea (November 2014)
12. Hong-Kyu Seo, Tae-Sik Kim, Sang-Hoon Bae, Wentao Xu, Rishi Raj, Hee-Cheul Choi, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Tae-Woo Lee, “Graphene Films Converted from Cheap Solid Carbon Sources for High-performance Electronic Devices” Recent Progress in Graphene Research 2014 (RPGR 2014), Taipei, Taiwan (September 2014)
11. Tae-Hee Han, Sungjoo Kwon, Wentao Xu, Tae-Woo Lee, “Air-Stable Solution-Processed Chemical Doping for Graphene Electronics” The Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry Spring Meeting, Jeonju, S. Korea (October 2014)
10. Wentao Xu, Tae-Seok Lim, Hong-Kyu Seo, Sung-Yong Min, Himchan Cho, Min-Ho Park, Young-Hoon Kim, and Tae-Woo Lee, “N-DMBI-doped graphene field-effect transistors with enhanced electron mobility and air-stability”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (December 2013)
9. Hong-Kyu Seo, Tae-Sik Kim, Sang-Hoon Bae, Wentao Xu, Sung-Young Lee, Hee-Cheul Choi, Jong-Hyun Ahn, and Tae-Woo Lee, “Electronics Applications of Graphene Films Converted from Coal Tar Pitch” The 5th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics, Pohang, S. Korea (November 2013)
8. Wentao Xu, Shi-Woo Rhee, “Low-temperature curable copolymer gate insulator for hysteresis-free organic field-effect transistors and metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitors”, FAPS polymer congress 2011, Beijing, China (May 2011)
7. Wentao Xu, Chang Guo, Shi-Woo Rhee, “Flexible organic transistors functioned at low-temperature cross-linked high-k polymer cyanoethylated pullulan as a gate insulator on stainless steel substrates”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (November 2010)
6. Wentao Xu, Shi-Woo Rhee, “High performance pentacene field-effect transistors by using CEP/Al2O3 bilayer gate insulator”, Korea-Japan Symposium on Materials & Interface, Yeosu, S. Korea (October 2010)
5. Wentao Xu, Chang Guo, Dongjin Yun, Shi-Woo Rhee, “A low-voltage operated organic field-effect transistor with high mobility and steep subthreshold slope via leakage current suppression”, International Union of Materials Research Society-International Conference on Electronic Materials (IUMRS-ICEM), Yeosu, S. Korea (August 2010)
4. Wentao Xu, Chang Guo, Shi-Woo Rhee, “Hysteresis-free organic field-effect transistors with a polymer gate insulator cross-linked by Michael addition reaction”, International Symposium on Advanced Display Materials and Devices (ADMD), Daegu, S. Korea (June 2010)
3. (Oral) Wentao Xu, Sanghoon Lim, Shi-Woo Rhee, “Hysteresis-free organic field-effect transistors with a high dielectric strength cross-linked polyacrylate copolymer gate insulator”, Material Research Society of Korea Fall Meeting, Pohang, S. Korea (November 2009)
2. Wentao Xu, Chanhong Chung, Younghwan Kwon, “Living ring opening polymerization (ROMP) to systhesize novel diblock copolymers”, The Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry Spring Meeting, Daegu, S. Korea (May 2007)
1. Wentao Xu, Chanhong Chung, Younghwan Kwon, “Synthesis of novel amphiphilic diblock copolymers containing polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) using ring opening metathesis copolymerization” The Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry Spring Meeting, Jeonju, S. Korea (May 2006)
Projects hosted：
1. National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (2022-2026, 4,000,000)
2. National Key R&D Program of China (2022-2025, 1,000,000)
3. Tianjin Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (2019-2023, 1,000,000)
4. Leading talents of Tianjin Haihe talents action plan (2018-Now, 500,000)
5. Tianjin Surface Project (2018-2021, 100,000)
6. National research project of South Korea: flexible reverse organic light-emitting diode with graphene anode (2016-2019, completed in advance, 1,800,000)
Projects participated：
1. Guangdong provincial key research and development program (2019-2021, 800,000)
2. National research project of South Korea: flexible graphene cathode organic light-emitting diode (2015-2016, 3,000,000)
3. National research project of South Korea: research on flexible nano-electronics based on organic/inorganic nanowires (2014-2020, 5,400,000)
4. National research project of South Korea: artificial neural morphological system, highly integrated artificial neural synapse devices and integration engineering (2011-2018, 1,800,000)
