Deng Wei, Professor
Educational Background
2012: Earned a B.Sc. in Natural Sciences from Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China.2017: Obtained a Ph.D. from Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
2016: Awarded a CSC (China Scholarship Council) fellowship for joint doctoral training at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA.
Current Position & Academic Honors
Currently holds the position of Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University. Recognized as an Outstanding Young Scholar (Soochow University). Named to the Young Sci-Tech Talents Cultivation Program by Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology (JAST). Recipient of the First Prize of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award (Ranked 4th).
Research Focus & Key Achievements
Research area: organic semiconductor materials and transistor devices. As first/corresponding author, has published over 70 SCI-indexed journal articles in top-tier publications, including Nature Electronics, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, National Science Review, ACS Nano, and Advanced Functional Materials. Research findings have been featured in highlight articles or commented on by journals such as Nature Materials, Nature Electronics, and National Science Review. Covered by authoritative institutions and media worldwide, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Science Daily, Science and Technology Daily, Bioengineer.org, and Tech Xplore.
Research Projects (PI & Core Participant)
Principal Investigator (PI), Youth Fund Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), General Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Youth Project, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province. Core Participant (Task Lead) Youth Scientists Project, National Key R&D Program of China, Key Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
Awards & Honors
First Prize of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award (4th co-recipient); Selected for the Young Sci-Tech Talents Cultivation Program (Jiangsu & Suzhou Associations for Science and Technology); First Outstanding Young Scholar of Soochow University; Teaching Excellence Awardee (Soochow University); Excellent Graduate Supervisor & Excellent Advisor for Undergraduate Graduation Theses; Guiding Teacher for the National Bronze Award (Challenge Cup National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition); Guiding Teacher for Provincial Key Projects (National College Students’ Innovation & Entrepreneurship Training Program).
Student Recruitment
The research group is recruiting master’s and Ph.D. students in three fields: Physics, Materials Science, and Chemistry. Undergraduates are welcome to join paid research internships or conduct their graduation projects in the lab. Interested students may visit the lab for a tour and discussion at any time.
Contact Information
E-mail: dengwei@suda.edu.cn, Office Phone: +86-512-65882939
Publications:
Wei Deng, Xiujuan Zhang*, Zhenjun Lu, Yujian Zhang, Fengquan Qiu, Yongji Wang, Haoyu Jiang, Xiaobin Ren, Yiming Wu, Xian-Kai Chen, Henning Sirringhaus, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiaohong Zhang*, Nat. Electron. 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01462-7.
Fangming Sheng, Wei Deng*, Xiaobin Ren, Xinyue Liu, Xinghan Meng, Jialin Shi, Souren Grigorian, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiujuan Zhang*, Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2401822.
Yongji Wang, Wei Deng*, Xinmin Shi, Xiaobin Ren, Bingbing Li, Yuan Li, Jiansheng Jie, Xiujuan Zhang*, Xiaohong Zhang*, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2025, 12, nwaf207.
Gan Luo, Jialin Shi, Wei Deng*, Zhizhen Chang, Zhengjun Lu, Yujian Zhang, Rui Pan, Jiansheng Jie, Xiujuan Zhang*, Xiaohong Zhang*, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2301020.
Wei Deng, Hemeng Lei, Xiujuan Zhang, Fangming Sheng, Jialin Shi, Xiali Zhang, Xinyue Liu, Souren Grigirian, Xiaohong Zhang, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2109818.
Wei Deng, Yanling Xiao, Bei Lu, Liang Zhang, Yujian Xia, Chenhui Zhu, Xiujuan Zhang, Jinghua Guo, Xiaohong Zhang, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2005915.
Wei Deng, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiuzhen Xu, Yanling Xiao, Bei Lu, Xiujuan Zhang, Xiaohong Zhang*, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1908340.
Wei Deng, Xiujuan Zhang*, Liming Huang, Xiuzhen Xu, Liang Wang, Jincheng Wang, Qixun Shang, Shuit-Tong Lee, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 2201.
Wei Deng, Xiujuan Zhang*, Liang Wang, Jincheng Wang, Qixun Shang, Xiaohong Zhang*, Liming Huang, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 7305.
Xiaobin Ren#, Minghao Zhou#, Wei Deng*, Shengyu Yu, Xinghan Meng, Fang Wang, Jianchao Qi, Yiming Wu, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiaohong Zhang, Xiujuan Zhang*, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 35, 2503370.
Anyi Dong, Wei Deng*, Yongji Wang, Xinmin Shi, Fangming Sheng, Yulong Yin, Xiaobin Ren, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiujuan Zhang*, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2404558.
Yanling Xiao, Wei Deng*, Jiajing Hong, Xiaobin Ren, Xiujuan Zhang*, Jialin Shi, Fangming Sheng, Xiaohong Zhang*, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2213788.
Xiangkai Luo, Wei Deng*, Fangming Sheng, Xiaobin Ren, Zishen Zhao, Chun Zhao, Ynag Liu, Jialin Shi, Zeke Liu, Xiujuan Zhang*, and Jiansheng Jie*, ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 13726.
Xiaobin Ren, Fengquan Qiu, Wei Deng*, Xiaochen Fang, Yiming Wu, Shengyu Yu, Xinyue Liu,Souren Grigorian, Jialin Shi, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiaohong Zhang, Xiujuan Zhang*, ACS Nano 2023, 17, 25175.
Yanling Xiao, Wei Deng*, Jiajing Hong, Xiaobin Ren, Xiujuan Zhang*, Jialin Shi, Fangming Sheng, Xiaohong Zhang*, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2213788.
Book Chapter:
Wei Deng, Xiujuan Zhang, Jiansheng Jie, Chapter 24 “Organic Nanocrystals as Optical Sensors” in “Organic and Inorganic Materials Based Sensors” (Book Editor(s): Sangita Das, Sabu Thomas, Partha Pratim Das), John Wiley & Sons 2024. DOI: 10.1002/9783527834266.ch24
Edited by Juan Yang