Our research is highly interdisciplinary and lies at the interface of materials chemistry, analytical chemistry, and biomedical engineering. We develop manufacturing methods (e.g., 2D patterning and 3D printing) from the chemistry perspective to bridge colloidal nanocrystals and other "new" materials to optoclectronics, sensing, and biomedical applications.

We start from the synthesis, assembly, and surface chemistry of inorganic colloidal nanocrystals (Nature 2017, ACS Nano 2023) and other solution-processable, inorganic or organic materials. To integrate these materials in optoelectronic/analytical/biomedical device platforms, we design the surface photochemistry and develop a series of methods for their direct 2D patterning (Sci. Adv. 2022, Angew 2022, Nat. Commun. 2024, Angew 2025) and 3D printing (Science 2023, Science 2022). The combination of advanced materials and patterning strategies leads to 1) high-performance, pixelated QLEDs (JACS 2024, Nano Lett. 2023, ACS Nano 2024, with implications in QD displays) and other optoelectronic devices; and 2) flexible/implantable bioelectronics for in-vivo sensing (Sci. Adv. 2019, Sci. Adv. 2021), neuromodulation (ACS Nano 2024, ACS Nano 2025), and therapy (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021) at cell or tissue levels, and even in living animals.