Cheng-Wei Lin, Ph.D.

Alumni and Former Staff

​Postdoctoral Fellow

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Research Interests

Cheng-Wei’s research interests focused on exploring unique properties and applications of conjugated aniline oligomers and carbon materials. He is also interested in solid state physics and chemistry. He involved the synthesis and characterizations of superhard borides, oxides and liquid metals. Currently, he is working on 2D materials, including Janus structure, crumpling, metathesis, and plan to study the interactions between conjugated molecules and 2D materials. 

Selected Publications

  • Highly permeable polyaniline-graphene oxide membranes for CO2 separations
    H. Kweon, C.-W. Lin, M. M. F. Hasan, R. B. Kaner, G. N. Sant
    ACS Applied Polymer Materials, (2019)
  • Next-generation asymmetric membranes using thin-film lift off
    B. T. McVerry, M. Anderson, N. He, H. Kweon, C. Ji, S. Xue, E. Rao, C. Lee, C.-W. Lin, D. ...
    Nano Letters, 19, 5036-5043, (2019)
  • Catalytic effects of aniline polymerization assisted by oligomers
    C.-W. Lin, W. H. Mak, D. Chen, H. Wang, S. Aguilar, R. B. Kaner
    ACS Catalysis, 9, 6596-6606, (2019)
  • Direct grafting of tetraaniline via perfluorophenylazide photochemistry to create antifouling, low bio-adhesion sur...
    C.-W. Lin, S. Aguilar, E. Rao, W. H. Mak, X. Huang, D. Jun, N. He, D. Chen, P. A. Curson, ...
    Chemical Science, 10, 4445-4457, (2019)
  • Synthesis of N = 8 armchair graphene nanoribbons from four distinct polydiacetylene
    R. S. Jordon, Y. L. Li, C.-W. Lin, R. D. McCurdy, J. Brosmer, K. L. Marsh, R. B. Kaner, Y....
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 15878-15890, (2017)
  • Organic dispersion of polyaniline and single-walled carbon nanotube and polyblends with poly (methyl methacrylate)
    T. Farrell, K. Wang, C.-W. Lin, R. B. Kaner
    Polymer, 129, 1-4, (2017)
  • Furthering our understanding of the doping mechanism in conjugated polymers using tetraaniline
    C.-W. Lin, R. L. Li, S. Robbennolt, M. T. Yeung, G. Akopov, R. B. Kaner
    Macromolecules, 50, 5892-5897, (2017)
  • Boosting the capacitance and voltage of aqueous supercapacitors via redox charge contribution from both electrode a...
    J. Hwang, M. F. El-Kady, M. Li, C.-W. Lin, M. D. Kowal, X. Han, R. B. Kaner
    Nano Today, 15, 15-25, (2017)
  • Superhard W0.5Ta0.5B nanowires prepared at ambient pressure
    M. T. Yeung, G. Akopov, C.-W. Lin, D. J. King, R. L. Li, Z. C. Sobell, R. Mohammadi, R. B....
    Applied Physical Letters, 109, 203107, (2016)
  • 3-D freeze-casting of cellular graphene film for ultrahigh-power-density supercapacitors
    Y. Shao, M. F. El-Kady, C.-W. Lin, G. Zhu, K. L. Marsh, J. Hwang, Q. Zhang, Y. Li, H. Wang...
    Advanced Materials, 28, 6719-6726, (2016) 

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, UCLA, CA, USA, 2019
  • M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA, 2012
  • B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2010

Professional Profile

  • ​2019-..: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Awards

  • Materials Chemistry Dissertation Award, UCLA, 2019
  • UCLA Division of Physical Science Mautner Graduate Award, 2018
  • Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA, 2018-2019
  • Hanson-Dow Excellence in Teaching Award, UCLA, 2018
  • Final Round in the Contest of NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, 2015-2018
  • UCLA Research Showcase Travel Award, 2017
  • Finalist in the Contest of UC Carbon Slam at Xerox, Palo Alto, 2016
  • Excellence in Second Year Academic and Research Award, UCLA, 2015

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center(KCC)
  • Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering(PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

​Conjugated polymer 2D Materials solid state physics/chemistry membranes

Former Faculty

  • ​Jorg Eppinger, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
  • Jr-Hau He, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
  • Kazuhiro Takanabe, Ph.D. (Professor)
  • Lain-Jong Li, Ph.D. (Professor)
  • Valentin Rodionov, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
  • Vicent Tung, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
  • Yu Han, Ph.D. (Professor)

 

Former Research Staff

  • Abou-Hamad edy, Ph.D. Research Engineer
  • Douaa Hamed (Lab Technician)
  • Haibo Zhu, Ph.D. (Research Scientist)
  • Isidoro Morales Osorio , Ph.D. (Research Technician)
  • Jeremie Pelletier ( Lab Manager)
  • Jing Fan (Lab Technician)
  • Lu Zhou
  • Lan Zhao (Research Technician)
  • Linjie Su (Lab Technician)
  • Rong-rong Jiang (Lab Technician)

Research Scientist

  • Chen Zhu, Ph.D.
  • Huaifeng Li, Ph.D.
    • Jun Pan, Ph.D.
    • Muralirajan Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D.
    • Pavlo Nikolaienko, Ph.D.
    • Ram Karan, Ph.D.
    • Sergey Kozlov, Ph.D.
    • Xiulin Yang, Ph.D.
    • Yuanlong Shao, Ph.D.
    • Yichen Cai, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellows

    • Abdesslem Jedidi, Ph.D.                                                     
    • Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury,Ph.D.
    • Akshaya K Samal, Ph.D.
    • Anatoly Peshkov, Ph.D.
    • Athira Cheruvelil, Ph.D.
    • Chaochao Yue, Ph.D.
    • Chaojie Cui, Ph.D.
    • Changguang Yao, Ph.D.
    • Chinmoy K. Hazra, Ph.D.
    • Dandan Zhang, Ph.D.
    • Diego Zapater Bes, Ph.D.
    • Eleonora Fava, Ph.D.
    • Eva Pump, Ph.D.
    • Fazal Raziq, Ph.D.
    • Gabriel Buchel, Ph.D.
    • Gangaiah Mettela,Ph.D.
    • Hong Wang, Ph.D.
    • Hassan Ait Ahsaine, Ph.D.
    • Ida Autiero, Ph.D.
    • Janet Chakkamadathil Mohandas, Ph.D.
    • Jung-Hyun Park, Ph.D.
    • Jinsong Hu, Ph.D.
    • Jie Chen, Ph.D.
    • Kwangjae Lee, Ph.D.
    • Karthik Peramaiya, Ph.D.
    • Kushal Deepak Bhatte​,Ph.D.
    • Luis Miguel Azofra Mesa
    • Liangjin Xu, Ph.D.
    • ​Manbo Li, Ph.D.
    • Michael Kelly, Ph.D.
    • Mannathan Subramaniyan, Ph.D.
    • Manas Bhunia, Ph.D.
    • Niladri Maity, Ph.D.
    • Olga Gladkovskaya, Ph.D.
    • Raju Dey, Ph.D.
    • Sai Vikrama Chaitanya vummaleti, Ph.D.
    •  Somphonh Peter Phivilay, Ph.D.
    • Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Ph.D.
    • Shao-Chi Lee, Ph.D.
    • Stefania Evoli, Ph.D.
    • Shixiong Min, Ph.D.
    • Srikanth Pedireddy, Ph.D.
    • Shashank Sakleshpur Nagaraja, Ph.D.
    • Tunc Deniz, Ph.D.
    • Tianyou Chen, Ph.D.
    • Wei Zhao, Ph.D.
    • Won Suk Juang, Ph.D.
    • Xuechao Liu, Ph.D.
    • Xiufang wang, Ph.D.
    • Yuan Wang, Ph.D.
    • Yunfei Cai, Ph.D.
    • Yupeng Pan, Ph.D.
    • Yuri Lebedev, Ph.D.
    • Yogesh Raghunath Patil, Ph.D.
    • Zhaolai Chen, Ph.D.

    Ph.D. Students

    • Adrian Hol, Ph.D
    • Arwa Makki, Ph.D.
    • Adrian Hohl, Ph.D.
    • Amal A. Baqais, Ph.D.
    • Abdullah Dakhi, Ph.D.
    • Azimet Karluk, Ph.D.
    • Baraa Werghi, Ph.D.
    • Batian Chen, Ph.D.
    • Bilel Hamzaoui, Ph.D.
    • Bedour E. Al-Sabban, Ph.D.
    • Chao Guan, Ph.D.
    • Dalal Noureldine, Ph.D.
    • Duanxing Li, Ph.D.
    • Ding-Jier Yuan, Ph.D.
    • Eleanor Ang Pei Ling, Ph.D.
    • Gabriel Jeantelot, Ph.D.
    • Hind Al-Johani, Ph.D.
    • Haleema Alamri, Ph.D.
    • Hsin-Hua Huang, Ph.D. 
    • Israa Salem Al-Rowaihi, Ph.D.
    • Ibrahim Dursun
    • Keisuke Obata, Ph.D.
    • Liliana Panarone, Ph.D.
    • Miguel Dinis Veloso Guerreiro, Ph.D.
    • Maha Al Haddad, Ph.D.
    • Muhammad Qureshi, Ph.D.
    • Muhammad Naufal Lintangpradipto, Ph.D.
    • Nawal alhajri, Ph.D.
    • Nazeeha Alkayal, Ph.D.
    • Noor Almana, Ph.D.
    • Nouf Al Jabri, Ph.D.
    • Nikita Kolobo, Ph.D.
    • Oleksii Pustovarenko, Ph. D.
    • Quaid Johar Samun Virpurwala, Ph.D.
    • Reem Al-Shareef, Ph.D.
    • Reem Alshumrani, Ph.D.
    • Sarah Almahdali, Ph.D.
    • Sheikha Lardhi, Ph.D.
    • Stefan Grotzinger, Ph.D.
    • Tatsuya Shinagawa, Ph.D.

    Master Students

    • Abdulaziz Khan
    • Abdulelah Qahtan
    • Amer Alabd
    • Alexandra Vancea
    • Ali Hamieh
    • Khalid F. Alahmadi
    • Kanav Kalra
    • Mram Alyami
    • Mohammad Al Rebh
    • Salha E. Alotaibi


    Former Administration

    • Ann Bauwens (Executive Secretary)
    • Jiao Qiu (Business Administrator)
    • Wenwen Zhu(Administrative Assistant)
    • Xijun Deng(Administrative Assistant)
    • Xianzheng Meng(Business Administrator)
    • Yi-Cing Li (Business Administrator)