Xie Hui, Ph.D, Associate Professor.

From 2009 to 2013, Prof. Xie studied in the Chemistry at Sichuan University. Starting in 2011, Prof. Xie conducted scientific training at the National Engineering Laboratory for Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan). Subsequently, Prof. Xie pursued his doctoral studies at Sichuan University from 2013 to 2019, focusing on the development of shape-memory polymers. Funded by the China Scholarship Council, Prof. Xie participated in a joint PhD training program at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, from 2018 to 2019, where he researched biomedical shape-memory polymer composites. Prof. Xie joined Southwest Jiaotong University in 2019, specializing in smart/biomedical polymer research.

Currently, Prof. Xie leads multiple projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Sichuan International Science and Technology Cooperation Project, and the University's Medical-Engineering Integration Special Project. The researches cover the structural design, advanced processing, and preliminary biomedical applications of smart polymers. Prof. Xie has been published papers in top-tier polymer and materials science journals as first/corresponding author, such as Progress in Polymer Science, Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials, Materials Horizons, and Macromolecules.

Selected Publications:

[11] Jin-Hui Huang, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. Shape-Programmable Lamellar Aerogel Enabling 3D Wireless Point-of-Care Electronics for Assistance in Pressure Injury Prevention. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 202418037.

[10] Jing Guo, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou, et al. Light-Encoding of a Supramolecular Hydrogel for Assembly-Free Soft Machines Capable of Sequential and Multistage Shape-Morphing. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 202412222.

[9] Jin-Hui Huang, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. Bioinspired thermadapt shape-memory polymer with light-induced reversible fluorescence for rewritable 2D/3D-encoding information carriers. Nature Communications, 2023,14, 7131.

[8] Shan-Shan Wu, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. Biodegradable Shape-Memory Ionogels as Green and Adaptive Wearable Electronics toward Physical Rehabilitation. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 202303292.

[7] Yi-Lei Wang, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. An Autofluorescent Hydrogel with Water-Dependent Emission for Dehydration-Visualizable Smart Wearable Electronics. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 202213545.

[6] Jing Guo, Shan-Shan Wu, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. A salt-triggered multifunctional smart window derived from dynamic polyampholyte hydrogel. Materials Horizons, 2022, 9, 3039-3047. (入选Materials Horizons 2022 Most Popular Articles)

[5] Jin-Hui Huang, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. Anisotropic conductive shape-memory aerogels as adaptive reprogrammable wearable electronics for accurate long-term pressure sensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022, 10, 3933-3943.

[4] Shi-Rong Jing, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. A Solvent-Templated Porous Liquid Crystal Elastomer with Tactile Sensation beyond Reversible Actuation toward Versatile Artificial Muscles.ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 25404-25414.

[3] Yi-Lei Wang, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. Micropatterned shape-memory polymer substrate containing hydrogen bonds creates a long-term dynamic microenvironment for regulating nerve-cell fate. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024, 10.1039/d4tb00593g.

[2] Shan-Shan Wu, Hui Xie*, Shao-Bing Zhou*, et al. Cryopolymerized Polyampholyte Gel with Anti-Dehydration, Self-Healing and Shape-Memory Properties for Sustainable and Tunable Sensing Electronics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 37, 42317-42327.

[1] Hui Xie, Ke-Ke Yang*, Yu-Zhong Wang*. Photo-cross-linking: A powerful and versatile strategy to develop shape-memory polymers. Progress in Polymer Science, 2019, 95, 32-64.