Principle Investigator
Satoshi Aya
South China University of Technology (SCUT)
School of Emergent Soft Matter
Tel: +86-13826107240
Education and employment
He received his Ph.D. degree in materials engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Hideo Takezoe and Prof. Ken Ishikawa. He has been a professor at South China University of Technology in China since 2019. His principal interests are the physicochemical properties of soft matter, particularly in traditional liquid crystals, polar liquid crystals, colloids, and applications of liquid crystals, etc.
He is a member of The International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS), The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), The Physical Society of Japan (JPS) and The Chinese Physical Society (CPS).
2019.3-, SCUT, Professor
2017.4-2019.1, RIKEN CEMS, RIKEN SPRD researcher
2015.9-2017.3, RIKEN CEMS, Special researcher
2014.4-2015.8, Hitachi High-tech. Corp., R&D researcher
2012.4-2014.3, Tokyo Tech., JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)
2011.10–2014.3, Tokyo Tech., PhD candicate in Prof. Hideo Takezoe's lab
2010.4–2011.9, Tokyo Tech., Master in Prof. Hideo Takezoe's lab
2006.4–2010.3, Tokyo Tech., Bachelor in Prof. Hideo Takezoe's lab
Hobby: soccer, bicycle touring, reading ...
Postdoc
Subramani Kathick
Research: Investigations on second-order nonlinear optical effects in ferroelectric nematic liquids
Hobby: playing chess, travelling, movies
PhD student
Jiandan Yang (杨吉丹)
Research: topology and electrooptics of ferroelectric nematc liquid crystals
Huaqian Long (龙华倩)
Research: Nonlinear optics of ferroelectric nematc liquid crystals
Hobby: skating, bicycle, volunteer, cat
Yu Zou (邹宇)
Research: Ferroelectric liquid crystal (LC) topology and free energy theory. Many unusual polar topologies may be produced by ferroelectric LCs in specific spatial confinements. From the perspective of free energy, by revealing the relationship between physical properties and polar topologies in ferroelectric fluids systems, it promotes the understanding of the fundamental physical laws of the polar LC systems and promotes the ferroelectric LC materials toward further development and application.
研究：铁电液晶拓扑结构与自由能理论。铁电液晶在一定的空间受限中能产生许多奇特的极性拓扑结构。从自由能的角度出发，通过揭示铁电液晶体系中的物理性质与极性拓扑结构之间的关系，促进人们对电极化液晶体系的基础物理规律的理解，并推动铁电液晶材料面向进一步的开发与应用。
Hobby: soccer, music, movies, chinese literactures
Minghui Deng (邓明慧)
Research: Nonlinear optics of ferroelectric nematc liquid crystals
Hobby: foodaholic, writing fanfiction，batman (all media type)
Graduate student
Qiong Ning (宁琼)
Research: Flexoelectric effect of liquid crystals
Hobby: running, swimming, reading fiction
Zihua Chen (陈子华)
Research: Investigating the physics of liquid crystal phases through simulation techniques, including but not limited to nematic phases, smectic phases, ferroelectric nematic phases, etc.
研究：运用模拟手段深入探讨液晶相态物理，包括向列相、近晶相、铁电向列相等
Hobby: soccer, traveling, hiking, photography, cooking
Li Ding (丁莉)
Research: Nonlinear optical properties of ferroelectric liquid crystals, and development of 3D polarization structures based on ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
研究：铁电液晶材料的非线性光学性能及基于铁电向列型液晶的三维电极化结构开发
Hobby: gym, mahjong, yoga, hanging out with friends
Muhan Yiliu (伊刘慕涵)
Research: A Study on Reconfigurable Topological Structure of Solitons in Frustrated Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals
研究：关于解旋的螺旋铁电向列相液晶中孤子的可重构拓扑结构的研究
Hobby: cooking, keeping pets, traveling,
reading
Yuan Zhang (张源)
Research: The influence of smectic liquid crystal topology on surface configuration
研究：近晶相液晶拓扑对受限空间表面的影响
Hobby: reading, amine, table Tennis
Miaoguo He (何苗光)
Research: Flexoelectric effect of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
研究：关于解旋的螺旋铁电向列相液晶中孤子的可重构拓扑结构的研究
Hobby: taking photos, calligraphy, playing games
Undergraduate student
Enjun Ling (林恩俊)
Research: Electric polarization structures of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
研究：铁电向列相液晶的电极化取向结构
Hobby:basketball, anime, PC games, swimming
Former menbers
【2023】
Postdoc: Junichi Kougo
PhD: Xiuhu Zhao (赵秀虎), Junchen Zhou (周俊琛)
Master: Hao Xu (徐豪)
【2022】
Master: Zhe Wan (万喆), Wentao Tang (唐文滔)