Biography

Dr. Guodong Zhu is a full professor full professor with the college of smart materials and future energy in Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He received his B.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2005) degrees in condensed matter physics from Tongji University, China. He joined the department of Materials Science in Fudan University in 2005 and was promoted associate professor in 2007. He was a visiting scholar of the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA during 2011. After that he has been a full professor with Fudan University since December, 2012. His research interest focuses on flexible electronic materials and devices. He has published >90 journal papers and given >20 invited talks in both international and national academic conferences. Zhu is member of academic committee of the Chinese National Conference on Electrets and youth members of both electrostatics subcommittee and dielectric physics subcommittee of the Chinese physical society.

Education and Working Experience

• 04/2025-current, College of Smart Materials and Future Energy, Fudan University, full professor  

• 12/2012-03/2025, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, full professor  

• 02/2011-02/2012, University of California, Los Angeles, visiting scholar  

• 05/2007-11/2012, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, associate professor  

• 07/2005-04/2007, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, lecturer  

• 09/2000-05/2005, Condensed Matter Physics, Tongji University, Ph.D  

• 09/1996-07/2000, Applied Physics, Tongji University, B.Sc.

Research Interests

Flexible electronic devices, including

• Ferroelectric/piezoelectric polymers and their applications in nonvolatile memory, micro-energy harvesting and tactile and temperature perception.      

• Organic and amorphous oxide thin film transistors towards multimodal (proximity and contact) sensing.

• Development of micro/nano-scale 3D printing technologies, including near-field electrospinning and electrochemistry-based additive manufacturing of metal materials.

Teaching

• Structures and Properties of Materials, undergraduate course

• Scanning Probe Microscopy: Principles and Applications, undergraduate course

• Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, graduate course

Selected Publications

1. Shixin Liu, Jiawei Xu, Wanyu Zeng, Anthon Qin, Wandi Zhao, Duanyang Liu, Qun Zhang,* and Guodong Zhu*, Perception and Recognition of Proximity and Contact Processes via Parallel Double-Transistor Configuration, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35, 2422733.

2. Wanyu Zeng, Xingsheng Luo, Jiawei Xu, Mengyun Zhang, Shixin Liu, Qun Zhang,* and Guodong Zhu*, Ferroelectric/Electric-Double-Layer-Modulated Synaptic Thin Film Transistors toward an Artificial Tactile Perception System, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17 (2025) 5086−5100.

3. Xingsheng Luo, Jiang Yang, Yirou Feng, Guodong Zhu*, Rapid Microwave Annealing of Ferroelectric Copolymer Films for Multifunctional Perception, Chemical Engineering Journal, 500 (2024) 157066.

4. Jiawei Xu, Wanyu Zeng, Xingsheng Luo, Anthon Qin, Shixin Liu, Mengyun Zhang, Ruochen Liu, Anna A. Guliakova, Qun Zhang,* Guodong Zhu*, Noncontact Perception of Thin-Film Transistors by the Synergy of Both Capacitive and Electrostatic Induction Mechanisms, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 54154–54162.

5.  Jiang Yang, Xingsheng Luo, Shixin Liu, Yirou Feng, Anna A. Guliakova, Guodong Zhu*, Piezoelectric Enhancement in P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Films via Controlled and Template-Induced Epitaxy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 38334−38344.

6.  Wanyu Zeng, Zengchong Peng, Dong Lin, Anna A. Guliakova, Qun Zhang,* Guodong Zhu*, Tungsten-Doped Indium Tin Oxide Thin-Film Transistors for Dual-mode Proximity Sensing Application, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 52754−52766.

7.  Weilin Liu#, Dong Lin#, Wanyu Zeng, Qinhao Wang, Jiang Yang, Zengchong Peng, Qun Zhang*, Guodong Zhu*,A Multifunctional Flexible Ferroelectric Transistor Sensor for Electronic Skin, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8 (2021) 2101166

8. Fan Xu, Jiang Yang, Ruizhi Dong, Hanxiao Jiang, Conghuan Wang, Weilin Liu, Zaixiu Jiang,* Xiaoqing Zhang,* Guodong Zhu,* Wave-Shaped Piezoelectric Nanofiber Membrane Nanogenerator for Acoustic Detection and Recognition, Advanced Fiber Materials, 3 (2021) 368-380.

9. Jiang Yang, Qiusong Chen, Fan Xu, Hanxiao Jiang, Weilin Liu, Xiaoqing Zhang, Zaixiu Jiang,* Guodong Zhu*, Epitaxy Enhancement of Piezoelectric Properties in P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Films and Applications in Sensing and Energy Harvesting, Advanced Electronic Materials, 6 (2020) 2000578.

10. Hanxiao Jiang, Jiang Yang, Fan Xu, Qinhao Wang, Weilin Liu, Qiusong Chen, Conghuan Wang, Xiaoqing Zhang, Guodong Zhu^*,VDF-content-guided selection of piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE) films in sensing and energy harvesting applications, Energy Conversion and Management, 211 (2020) 112771.

11. Weilin Liu, Yixue Niu, Qiusong Chen, Hanxiao Jiang, Fan Xu, Guodong Zhu*, High-performance proximity sensors with nanogroove-template-enhanced extended-gate field effect transistor configuration, Advanced Electronic Materials, 5 (2019) 1900586.

12. Wei Xia, Qiusong Chen, Jian Zhang, Hui Wang, Qian Cheng*, Yulong Jiang*, Guodong Zhu*,Removable polytetrafluoroethylene template based epitaxy of ferroelectric copolymer thin films, Applied Surface Science, 437 (2018) 209–216.

13.  Wei Xia, Christian Peter, Junhui Weng, Jian Zhang, Herbert Kliem,* Yulong Jiang,* Guodong Zhu*, Epitaxy of Ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) Films via Removable PTFE Templates and Its Application in Semiconducting/Ferroelectric Blend Resistive Memory, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(13) (2017) 12130-12137.

14. Zongyuan Fu, Wei Xia, Weibo Chen, Junhui Weng, Jian Zhang, Jianchi Zhang, Yulong Jiang*, Guodong Zhu*, Improved Thermal Stability of Ferroelectric Phase in Epitaxially Grown P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films,Macromolecules, 49(10) (2016) 3818–3825.

15. Jinghang Hu, Jianchi Zhang, Zongyuan Fu, Junhui Weng, Weibo Chen, Shijin Ding,* Yulong Jiang,* and Guodong Zhu*, Fabrication of Electrically Bistable Organic Semiconducting/ Ferroelectric Blend Films by Temperature Controlled Spin Coating, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7 (2015) 6325−6330.

16. Jinghang Hu, Jianchi Zhang, Zongyuan Fu, Yulong Jiang, Shijin Ding,* and Guodong Zhu^*, Solvent Vapor Annealing of Ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6 (2014) 18312−18318.

17. Shaosong Fu, Hao Yu, Jinghang Hu, Shijin Ding, Qian Cheng, Yulong Jiang*, and Guodong Zhu*. Ultraviolet irradiation induced polarization restoration in electrically fatigued ferroelectric polymer films. Journal of Applied Physics. 113 (2013) 114102.

18. Guodong Zhu*, Y. Gu, H. Yu, S.S. Fu, Y.L. Jiang.^*Polarization fatigue in ferroelectric vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene copolymer thin films. Journal of Applied Physics, 110 (2011) 024109.

19. Guodong Zhu*, Z.G. Zeng, Q. Zhang, R. Liu, and X.J. Yan. Observation of Asymmetric Ferroelectric Switching in Fatigued Ferroelectric Vinylidene Fluoride and Trifluoroethylene Copolymer Films.Journal of Applied Physics103 (2008) 084125.

20. Guodong Zhu*, Z.G. Zeng, L. Zhang and X.J. Yan. Polarization Fatigue in Ferroelectric Vinylidene Fluoride and Trifluoroethylene Copolymer Films.Applied Physics Letters89 (2006) 102905.