1. Yin FANG
Fangyin123@ufl.edu ♦ +1-352-281-1699 299 ♦ Diamond VLG APT 13, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
32603
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Aug 2013-present
University of Florida Gainesville, FL, US
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Aug 2011-May 2013
University of Florida Gainesville, FL, US
Bachelor of Engineering in Polymer Science and Engineering Sep 2005-June 2009
Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology Beijing, China
PATENT
Yin, F; Phillips, B. M.; Askar, K.; Peng, J. “Pressure Sensitive Macroporous Photonic Crystals
for Tunable Diffractive Optical Devices, Iridescent Finger Printing Films, and Anti-glaring
Coatings and Method for Producing”, International Patent #PCT/US2014/063172
Yin, F; Askar, K.; Peng, J. “Smart Light-Regulating Coatings and Methods of Making” US
Patent Application# 62/065336
Yin, F; Beverly, G; Peng, J. “Sensitive Chromogenic Vapor Sensors Enabled By Shape Memory
polymers” US Patent Application# 62/158566
Yin, F; Luping, L; Cheng, X; Yang, Z; Peng, J; Kirk, Z. “Method for Fabricating Silicon Nanowires
with Controllable Spacing and Diameter” US Patent Application# 62/181468
SKILLS
Self-assembled photonic crystals, anti-reflection coating, tunable photonic crystals, shape memory
polymer, self-healing materials ,polymer thin film fabrication process, nanocomposite materials
Microfabrication: Sputtering Deposition, Wet etching, Dry etching
(plasma etching), photolithography, soft lithography, clean room working experience,
Thin film characterization technique: Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM),Atomic Force
Microscope (AFM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Ellipsometry, reflectometery and UV-Vis
Spectrometer, Film metrics (F-20, F40), Conformal microscope, Rame-hart contact angle.
Polymer characterization technique: Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Dynamic
Mechanical Analysis(DMA), Thermogravimetric analysis(TGA)
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Prof. Jiang’s Group, University of Florida Gainesville FL
Research Assistant 2011 Fall-present
Designed a new macro-pores pressure-sensitive elastic photonic crystals enabled by shape
memory, which was broadly used as fingerprint identification, anti-counterfeited film and toxic
vapor sensor
2. Designed a tunable Macro-pores structure for filtration
Fabricated macroporous membrane which has uniform dispersed quantum dots
Exploited optically bistable macroporous photonic crystal enabled by thermoresponsive shape
memory polymers
Designed a new light-regulating and self-supporting smart windows, facilitating cost and
energy-saving;
Developed scalable bottom-up fabrication of colloidal crystals
Developed self-assembly self-cleaning broadband anti-reflect coating
Effectively self-assembled large scale colloidal crystal by Doctor Blade Coating
Exploited new materials for directly writing 3D crystals, which can be used as novel written
WordPad
Applied dry etching tool to make nano-pillar, pyramid and ring structures to enhance surface
sensitivity
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Advanced chemical and biological LAB, University of Florida
Teaching Assistant
Designed and set up spin coating related to self-assembled photonic crystals in graduate level
experiment
Taught and guided undergraduate students in design of experiments
Ran pilot plants of several unit operations, including preparing self-assenbled colloidal
suspension
Calibrated photonic crystals by spin coating, film thickness and viscosity of colloidal suspension
Developed skills in teaching and presentation, calculation and engineering-design
wrote and updated the manuals for the experiments
WORK EXPERIENCE
Feb. 2010- 2011, Chemist, Changyuan Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
Detection of nitrogen composition in nitrogen amino acid, amino acid and soluble saltless solids
in food products using Kjeldahl determination or formaldehyde method
Experienced in analytic chemistry detections according to national standard
June 2009 – Dec. 2009, Chemist, Omar Import & Export Trading Company
Performed tests for raw materials
Quantified the Al, Ca, Mn, Cr, P, S, and C’s composition in final products and confirmed the final
output of ferrosilicon compliance in line with industry standards
HONORS AND AWARDS
Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Award 2015
Graduate Student Council Travel Award, AICHE Conference 2015
Outstanding TA of Advance Chemical and Biological LAB 2013.1-2013.5
Second- class scholarship from Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology 2005-2008
3. Second prize in Henan Province chemistry competition 2004
PUBLICATIONS
Fang, Y.; Ni, Y.; Leo, S.; Taylor, C.; Basile, V.; Jiang, P.* Reconfigurable Photonic Crystals Enabled by
Pressure-Responsive Shape Memory Polymers. Nature Communication, 2015, 6, 7416.
Fang, Y.; Ni, Y.; Choi, B.; Leo, S.; Gao, J.; Ge, B.; Taylor, C.; Basile, V.; Jiang, P *Chromogenic
Photonic Crystals Enabled by Novel Vapor-Responsive Shape-Memory Polymers. Advanced Materials,
2015, 27, 3696-3704.
Fang, Y.; Ni, Y.; Leo, S.; Wang, B.; Basile, V.; Taylor, C.*; Jiang, P.*, Direct Writing of
Three-Dimensional Macroporous Photonic Crystals on Pressure-Responsive Shape Memory Polymers.
ACS Appl, Mater, Interface, 2015.
Fang, Y.; Leo, S.; Ni, Y.; Yu, L.; Qi, P.; Wang, B.; Basile, V.; Taylor, C.; Jiang, P.*, Optically Bistable
Macroporous Photonic Crystals Enabled by Thermoresponsive Shape Memory Polymers. Advanced
optical materials, 2015. (Cover article).
Fang, Y.; Phillips, B. M.; Askar, K.; Choi, B.; Jiang, B.; Jiang, P.* Scalable Bottom-Up Fabrication of
Colloidal Photonic Crystals and Plasmonic Nanostructures. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013, 38,
6031-6047. (Invited review article) (Selected for 2013 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Hot Papers)
Li, L.; Fang, Y.; Xu, C.; Zhao, Y.; Wu, K.; Limburg, C.; Jiang, P.; Ziegler, J.* Using spin coating to
precisely control diameters and spacing of chemically etched Si nanowires. Submitted to Nanoscale,
under review.
Fang, Y.; Askar, K.; Leo, S. Y.; Ni, Y. L.; Basile, V; Taylor, C; Jiang, P.*, Tunable Nanoporous
Antireflection Coatings Enabled by Chemoresponsive Shape Memory Polymers. Submitted to ACS
Nano.
Fang, Y.; Basile, V; Leo, S.Y; Ni, Y.; Talylor, C; Jiang, P. * Developed surface buckling-based coatings
for smart windows by exploring the tunablity between a highly transparent and an opaque state of a
self-assembled particle system. Submitted to Advanced Materials.
Yang, H. T.; Gozubenli, N.; Fang, Y. & Jiang, P.* Generalized Fabrication of Two-Dimensional
Non-Close-Packed Colloidal Crystals with Controlled Lattice Spacing. Langmuir, 2013, 25, 7674-7681.
Yang, H. T.; Dou, X.; Fang, Y. & Jiang, P.* Self-Assembled Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Hierarchical
Arrays. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2013, 405, 51-57. (Cover article)
Askar, K.; Phillips, B. M.; Fang, Y.; Choi, B.; Gozubenli, N.; Jiang, B. & Jiang, P.* Self-Assembled
Self-Cleaning Broadband Anti-reflection Coatings. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and
Engineering Aspects, accepted for publication, 2013, 439, 84-100. (Invited review article)
4. PRESENTATION
Yin Fang and Peng Jiang. “Tunable Macroporous Photonic Crystals Enabled By Shape Memory
Polymers” AICHE Annual meeting 728 (2013)
Yin Fang and Peng Jiang. “Self-Assembled Superhydrophilic Polymer Membranes for Size-Exclusion
Separation.” AICHE Annual meeting 822 (2013)
Yin Fang and Peng Jiang. “Novel pressure-responsive shape memory polymers.” AICHE annual
meeting 732 (2014)
Yin Fang and Peng Jiang. “Reconfigurable Self-Assembled Photonic Crystals Enabled By Novel
Stimuli-Responsive Shape Memory Polymers.” AICHE Annual meeting 716 (2014)
Yin Fang and Peng Jiang. “Nanostructured Shape Memory Polymers for Reconfigurable Nanooptics.”
AICHE Annual meeting 251A (2015)
Yin Fang and Peng Jiang. “Chromogenic Vapor Sensors Enabled By Novel Shape Memory Polymers.”
AICHE Annual meeting 254B (2015)
Yin Fang and Peng Jiang. “Reconfigurable Nanooptics Enabled by Novel Stimuli-Responsive
Shape Memory Polymers.” MRS Fall meeting (2015)
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Selected Journal Reviewer: Sensor and Actuator B, Optical Materials, Materials Research Bulletin,
Applied Surface Science, Optical Letters, Optical Materials Express, Applied ceramic Technology. ACS
applied materials and interface. RSC Advances, Angewandte Chemie, Smart and nano materials, Journal
of the American Ceramic Society.