Biomaterials

Nanomaterials

Cellulose

Bio-inspired photonics

2012 - 2016              Ph.D.,  McGill University                                            

2009 - 2011              M.Sc.,  McGill University                                 

2005 - 2009              B.Sc.,  University of Science and Technology of China                           

2021 - present          Associate Professor, Doctoral supervisor

                                 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2018 - 2021              Marie Curie Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Associate

                                 Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

2016 - 2018              Postdoctoral Scholar 

                                 Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago 

(32) Ji, C.; Wang, T.; Sun, X.; Wang, Y.; Tang, B.; Ding, Q.; Yang, H. Decoupling Efficiency and Scale in Solar Evaporation by Alternating-Temperature Array Design for Humidity Regulation. Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, e29156. https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202529156

(31) Wang, T; Wang, Y.; Ji, C.; Ding, Q.; Yang, H. Hydroxypropyl cellulose-based photonic actuators coupling structural color and programmable deformation. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2026, 378, 124941.

(30) Wang, Y.; Wang, T.; Ji, C.; Tang, B.; Sun, X.; Sun, Z.; Ding, Q.; Liu, S.; Yang, H. Bioinspired All-Cellulose-Based Highly Scattering Films for Sustainable Radiative Cooling. Advanced Optical Materials, 2025, e02045.

(29) Wang, Y.; Sun, X.; Tang, B.; Yang, H. Recent Progress on Bio-Inspired Highly Scattering Polymeric Materials, ACS Macro Letters, 2025 （DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5c00570）

(28) Xu, Z.; Ji, C.; Wang, T.; Ding, Q.; Wang, Y.; Yang, H. Architecting spent coffee grounds for highly efficient solar water evaporation. Desalination 2025, 606, 118798.

(27) Wang, T.; Wang, Y.; Ji, C.; Xu, Z.; Ding, Q.; Yang, H. All‐Cellulose‐Based Photonic Glitters. Advanced Functional Materials 2025, 2423210.

(26) Ji, C.; Zeng, F.; Xu, W.; Zhu, M.; Yu, H.; Yang, H.; Peng, Z. Hydrogen bond‐mediated self‐assembly of carbon dots enabling precise tuning of particle and cluster luminescence for advanced optoelectronic applications. Advanced Materials 2025, 37 (4), 2414450.

(25) Ji, C.; Wang, T.; Wang, Y.; Ding, Q.; Yang, H. Nanoparticle‐Functionalized Cellulose Through Biosynthesis‐Only Approach. Advanced Science 2025, e11965.

(24) Ji, C.; Wang, T.; Wang, Y.; Ding, Q.; Xu, Z.; Peng, Z.; Yang, H. One-step conversion of waste sawdust into bitter melon-like particles for efficient solar-driven water evaporation. Desalination 2025, 601, 118536.

(23) Ding, Q.; Ji, C.; Wang, T.; Wang, Y.; Yang, H. Hairy chitin nanocrystals: Sustainable adsorbents for efficient removal of organic dyes. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2025, 298, 139948.

(22) Wang, T.; Wang, Y.; Ji, C.; Li, Y.; Yang, H. All‐Cellulose‐Based Flexible Photonic Films. Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34 (48), 2408464.

(21) Ji, C.; Wang, T.; Wang, Y.; Yang, H. Highly efficient solar water evaporation by wood through one-step in-situ synthesis of carbon dots. Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 479, 147680.

(20) Ding, Q.; Xu, Z.; Yang, H. Recent research progress on hairy cellulose nanocrystals: Preparation and applications. Cellulose 2024, 31 (17), 10087-10113.

(19) Chua, S. T.; Smith, A.; Murthy, S.; Murace, M.; Yang, H.; Schertel, L.; Kühl, M.; Cicuta, P.; Smith, A. G.; Wangpraseurt, D. Light management by algal aggregates in living photosynthetic hydrogels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024, 121 (23), e2316206121.

(18) Yang, H.; Jacucci, G.; Schertel, L.; Vignolini, S. Cellulose-based scattering enhancers for light management applications. ACS nano 2022, 16 (5), 7373-7379.

(17) Tang, Y.; Yang, H.; Vignolini, S. Recent progress in production methods for cellulose nanocrystals: leading to more sustainable processes. Advanced Sustainable Systems 2022, 6 (3), 2100100.

(16) Jaramillo‐Fernandez, J.; Yang, H.; Schertel, L.; Whitworth, G. L.; Garcia, P. D.; Vignolini, S.; Sotomayor‐Torres, C. M. Highly‐scattering cellulose‐based films for radiative cooling. Advanced Science 2022, 9 (8), 2104758.

(15) Lettow, J. H.; Yang, H.; Nealey, P. F.; Rowan, S. J. Effect of graft molecular weight and density on the mechanical properties of polystyrene-grafted cellulose nanocrystal films. Macromolecules 2021, 54 (22), 10594-10604.

(14) Jacucci, G.; Schertel, L.; Zhang, Y.; Yang, H.; Vignolini, S. Light management with natural materials: from whiteness to transparency. Advanced materials 2021, 33 (28), 2001215.

(13) Zhang, Y.; Yang, H.; Naren, N.; Rowan, S. J. Surfactant-free latex nanocomposites stabilized and reinforced by hydrophobically functionalized cellulose nanocrystals. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2020, 2 (6), 2291-2302.

(12) Hostler, S. R.; Peswani, M.; Yang, H.; Paul, H.; Rowan, S. J.; Abramson, A. R. Stretching-induced thermal conductivity change in shape-memory polymer composites. Journal of Heat Transfer 2020, 142 (8), 081401.

(11) Yang, H.; Y Zhang, Y.; Kato, R.; Rowan, S. Preparation of cellulose nanofibers from Miscanthus x. Giganteus by ammonium persulfate oxidation. Carbohydrate Polymers 2019, 212, 30-39.

(10) Sheikhi, A.; Yang, H.; Carreau, P. J.; Van De Ven, T. G. Colloidal nano-toolbox for molecularly regulated polymerization: chemorheology over 6 decades of viscoelasticity. Materials Horizons 2017, 4 (6), 1165-1170.

(9) Yang, H.; van de Ven, T. G. Preparation of hairy cationic nanocrystalline cellulose. Cellulose 2016, 23 (3), 1791-1801.

(8) Yang, H.; van de Ven, T. G. A bottom-up route to a chemically end-to-end assembly of nanocellulose fibers. Biomacromolecules 2016, 17 (6), 2240-2247.

(7) Yang, H.; Sheikhi, A.; Van De Ven, T. G. Reusable green aerogels from cross-linked hairy nanocrystalline cellulose and modified chitosan for dye removal. Langmuir 2016, 32 (45), 11771-11779.

(6) Sheikhi, A.; Yang, H.; Alam, M. N.; Van de Ven, T. G. Highly stable, functional hairy nanoparticles and biopolymers from wood fibers: Towards sustainable nanotechnology. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) 2016, (113), e54133.

(5) Yang, H.; Chen, D.; van de Ven, T. G. Preparation and characterization of sterically stabilized nanocrystalline cellulose obtained by periodate oxidation of cellulose fibers. Cellulose 2015, 22 (3), 1743-1752.

(4) Sheikhi, A.; Safari, S.; Yang, H.; Van De Ven, T. G. Copper removal using electrosterically stabilized nanocrystalline cellulose. ACS applied materials & interfaces 2015, 7 (21), 11301-11308.

(3) Yang, H.; Alam, M. N.; van de Ven, T. G. Highly charged nanocrystalline cellulose and dicarboxylated cellulose from periodate and chlorite oxidized cellulose fibers. Cellulose 2013, 20 (4), 1865-1875.

(2) Yang, H.; Tejado, A.; Alam, N.; Antal, M.; van de Ven, T. G. Films prepared from electrosterically stabilized nanocrystalline cellulose. Langmuir 2012, 28 (20), 7834-7842.

(1) Tejado, A.; Alam, M. N.; Antal, M.; Yang, H.; van de Ven, T. G. Energy requirements for the disintegration of cellulose fibers into cellulose nanofibers. Cellulose 2012, 19 (3), 831-842.

[1] YANG Han, IACUCCI Giovanni, HONORATO-RIOS Camila, SCHERTEL Lukas, VIGNOLINI Silvia. CELLULOSE PARTICLES. WO/2023/135261, 2023-07-20.
[2] ROWAN Stuart J., YANG Han. PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS FROM MISCANTHUS X. GIGANTEUS AND COMPOSITES THEREFROM. WO/2020/096854, 2020-05-14.

已指导学生

丁倩  硕士研究生  081704-应用化学  

纪春雨  博士研究生  081704-应用化学  

现指导学生

王婷  博士研究生  081704-应用化学  

王溢丰  博士研究生  085600-材料与化工  

刘思影  硕士研究生  081704-应用化学  

孙志华  硕士研究生  085600-材料与化工  

唐彬  硕士研究生  081704-应用化学  

黄至成  博士研究生  081704-应用化学