Research Field

H&MGroup

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Our Vision

New materials are the basis of the scientific and technological revolution. The development of new materials has gradually transitioned from simple materials to a wide variety of multi-element and multi-phase complex material systems, such as high-entropy alloys etc.. The traditional experimental trial-and-error paradigm is no longer effective in developing a large number of new but powerful complex functional materials; therefore, it is urgent to develop a new research paradigm in materials science.

The Zhao Group @UESTCis mainly engaged in the development of "High-throughput Experiment + Machine Learning" intelligent experimental platform and the applications of complex semiconductor materials and electronic devices. High-throughput experiments can realize the preparation and characterization of complex materials and devices, while machine learning provides the capability of real-time analysis, optimization and interpretation of big data produced by high-throughput experiments. The core tools of high-throughput experiments include automated multi-channel pipetting systems, drop/spin coating methods, fluorescence detection, UV-vis-IR absorption spectroscopy, photoelectric detection, expectation-maximization-based spectroscopy analysis, Gaussian-Process Regression algorithm, SHAP explainer etc.. Our devices include novel metal-halide perovskite semiconductors, organic semiconductors and colloidal quantum dots for photovoltaic, sensing and detection applications.

Our Tools

High-speed multi-channel pipetting system|Solution-processed films viadrop-casting spin-coating

High-throughput spectroscopic analysis|Machine learning and model explainer

Our devices

Solution-processed solar cells|Molecule-specific sensors|Low/high-energy photodetecto

We arehiring!Positions for PhD sutdents, Postdocs, Ms students who are interested incomplex semiconductors, optoelectronic devices, high-throughput experiments, machine learning, big data, statistics,optical spectroscopy

Location:Qingshuihe Campus:No.2006, Xiyuan Ave, West Hi-Tech Zone, 611731 | Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R.China