Fang-Cheng Liang

Dr. Fang-Cheng Liang is a Lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), joining in 2024. Previously, he served as a Research Assistant Professor at the Research and Development Center for Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan, where he advised PhD and Master’s students. He holds dual Ph.D. degrees in Organic Chemistry and Polymer Science & Engineering from Université Grenoble Alpes and NTUT (2019). His interdisciplinary research focuses on sustainable self-healing soft materials, reconfigurable liquid crystal elastomers, and metal particle applications for 3D-printed micro/nanostructures, soft robotics, and wearable electronics.

Key research interests include:

• Self-healing polymers tailored for electronic skin and underwater devices
• Functional liquid metal composites for soft wearable electronics
• Perovskite-based optoelectronics with enhanced stability
• MXene-reinforced piezoelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting

Notable achievements include:

• Featured journal cover articles in Advanced Materials (2023) and Advanced Science (2021)
• Member of the Materials Horizons Community Board
• Over 20 peer-reviewed publications in top journals like Advanced Functional Materials and Chemical Engineering Journal

His research group emphasizes synergistic material design, with recent breakthroughs in underwater self-healing polymers for soft electronics and laser nanophotonics applications. Projects often bridge polymer science, nanotechnology, and device engineering to address challenges in environmental sustainability and wearable technology.