溫維佳， 重慶大學物理學院院長、香港科技大學教授、重慶大學特聘教授，軟凝聚態物理專家，主要研究領域涉及凝聚態物理，微米及納米材料的研究，先進功能結構材料，納米電(磁)流變液，微流控制，軟物質物理及光電子功能結構材料等。

Dr. Weijia Wen 溫維佳

Professor

Department of Physics

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Clear Water Bay, Kowloon

Hong Kong 

Professor Wen's main research interests include soft condensed matter physics, electrorheological (ER) and magnetorheological (MR) fluids, field-induced pattern and structure transitions, micro- and nano-fluidic controlling, microsphere and nanoparticle fabrications, thin film physics, band gap materials, metamaterials and nonlinear optical materials. 

Electrorheological (ER) and Magnetorheological (MR) Fluids

ER fluids denote a class of materials consisting of nanometer to micrometer sized dielectric particles dispersed in a liquid, whose rheological properties are controllable by an external electric field. In particular, they can reversibly transform from a liquid to a solid within one hundredth of a second. While in the solid state (with the electric field applied), the strength of that solid, measured by the yield stress, is the critical parameter that governs the application potential of the ER fluids. 

Smart droplet via ER fluid (Soft Matter)

ER fluid and its application in microfluidics (Annual Review: Fluid Mech.) 

Universal Logic Gate by ER fluid (Soft Matter) 

Single-phase ER Effect (Soft Matter) 

Micro-mechanism of ER Fluid (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Electrorheological Fluid Dynamics (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Review Article for ER fluid (Soft matter) 

The Giant Electrorheological Effect (Nature Materials) 

The yield stress of nanoparticles-based ER fluid is more than 250 kPa (Appl. Phys. Lett) 

Dielectric Electrorheological Fluids: Theory and Experiment (Advances in Physics) 

Frequency Dependence of the ER Effect and the Role of Water (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

The Ground State of the MR Fluids (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Field-Induced Structural Transition from BCT to FCC in EMR Fluid (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Microfluidic Devices; Micro- Nano-fabrications

Microfluidic devices are new generation micro-chips which will be widely used in Bio-microchip, Chemical reaction technology, lab-on-a-chip and other research areas. Our microfluidic devices are mostly associated with ER techniques developed recently in our laboratory. The merits of which are its fast response time, digitalization, easily controlling, and good reliability.

Nanofluidic Mixing (Appl. Phys. Lett) 

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism detection (Biomedical Microdevices) 

DNA detection in microfluidic chip-based assays (Microchim Acta) 

Three-dimensional thermal mapping within microfluidic chip (Scientific Reports) 

Micro-reaction with microfluidic chip (Analytical Chemistry) 

Universal logic gate from hybrid divider (Lab on Chip) 

Interchangeable Micro-PCR device (Biomedical Microdevices) 

Cell Micro-patterning (RSC Advances) 

Local Contact Angle on a Heterogeneous Surface (Langmuir) 

Logic gate with smart colloid (Lab on a Chip) 

Wax-bonding Microfluidic Chips (Lab on a Chip) 

"3D microfluidic chips" (Lab on a Chip) 

"Smart Window" (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Smart droplets (Soft Matters) 

Core-shell microspheres (Advanced Functional Materials) 

PDMS Conducting composite ( Advanced Materials) 

Micro thermo-indicator for microfluid (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Micro-heater (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Microfluidic pump (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Hybrid microfluidic mixer (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

ER fluid-based flexible platform (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Microspheres and Nanoparticles

The team in UST initiated the development of techniques to fabricate multiply-coated microspheres with different desired properties. In addition to its utility in ER suspensions, such microspheres also provide a new tool for basic research in condensed matter physics.

Carbon-doped SiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalysis (Nanoscale) 

Honeycomb structural microspheres (Small) 

Hollow Titania microspheres (Chem. Comm.) 

Multi-core microspheres (Langmuir) 

Magnetically responsive microspheres (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Interaction between two magnetic microspheres (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

The Significant Improvement of ER Fluids in 1997 by Using Multilayer-Coated Microspheres (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

A Novel Class of Planar Magnetic Colloidal Crystals (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Functional Materials: Fractal Photonics; Metamaterials 

A specific class of planar conducting fractals possesses a series of self-similar resonances, leading to multiple gaps and pass bands for electromagnetic waves over an ultra-wide frequency range. The important feature of this material is that it exhibits not only the tunable multiple bands but also subwavelength properties in lateral dimensions, as well as simulates the functions usually exhibited by three-dimensional photonic crystals. 

Optical conductivities and signatures of topological insulators (Phys. Rev. B)

Thermal coherence properties of topological insulator (Phys. Rev. B) 

Subwavelength polarization rotators (Optics Letters) 

Resonant waveguide sensing (Biomedical Optics Express) 

Fano Effect --Terahertz extraordinary transmission (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Resonant terahertz transmissions (Optics Express) 

"Fractal THz Antenna" (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

EM wave field rotation effect (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Resonances-induced transmission (Optics Express) 

Acoustic wave transmission through bull's eye structure (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

3D H-fractal and its photonic bandgap properties (Phys. Rev. B) 

Surface resonant-states-enhanced acoustic wave tunneling (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Acoustic and EM wave Metamaterials (Phys. Rev. B) 

Surface electric field determination of hole array (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Fluid-solid composite (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Negative refractive index effect for EM wave tunneling (Appl. Phys. Lett.) 

Resonant transmission of EM wave through a metal plate (Phys. Rev. B) 

Electromagnetic wave tunneling (Phys. Rev. Lett) Movie 

Metallic planar fractal with photonic band gaps in microwave (Phys. Rev. Lett.) 

Optical Materials and Thin films 

Optical materials with large third-order nonlinear susceptibility, χ(3), are essential for light-controlled phase and refractive index modulation for future applications in optical computing, real-time holography, optical correlators and phase-conjugators. The nonlinear composite materials with χ(3) up to ~105esu.

Photoluminescence from Au nanoparticles (J. Opt. Soc. Am. B) 

Multilayer gold nanoparticle-doped thin film (J. Opt. Soc. Am. B) 

Optical nonlinearity of nanocrystalline Au/ZnO Composite Films (Optics Letters) 

Preparation and characterization of Au/SiO2 multilayer composite films with nonspherical Au particles (Appl. Phys. A )

 

主講課程：

PHYS127 Introduction to Modern Physics Laboratory

PHYS211 Experimental Physics

PHYS 250 Introduction to Materials Science

PHYS251 Materials Science Processing

MASE 512 Advanced Materials Processing

       培養研究生情況：

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研究領域： 

主要研究領域涉及凝聚態物理，微米及納米材料的研究，先進功能結構材料，納米電(磁)流變液，微流控制，軟物質物理及光電子功能結構材料等。 

Research Fields 

1、Soft condensed matter physics and related field-induced phenomena 

2、Microfluidic devices and applications 

3、 Wave functional materials 

4、 Electrorheological (ER) and Magnetorheological (MR) fluid and their mechanisms 

5、 One and three-dimensional phase transitions of Electro-magneto-rheological (EMR) fluids 

6、 Dynamic process of phase transition of suspended microspheres 

7、 Fabrication of magneto-dielectric microspheres (1um----100um in diameter) 

8、 Structural photonic materials 

9、 Nonlinear optical multilayer thin films 

10、 Electroluminescent film 

11、 In-situ wetting and dewetting investigations

承擔科研項目及成果情況：

溫博士于1995年在中國科學院獲得博士學位后加入科大，97年至99年在洛杉磯加州大學從事博士后研究。他是一位軟凝聚態物理專家，已發表的170 多篇論文被SCI收錄，其主要成果發表在：Nature Materials, Nature Communication, Physical Review Letters，Physical Review B/E, Applied Physics Letters,Advances in Physics,Annual Review: Fluid Mechanics，Advanced materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Soft Matter等雜志。 
       近年來，溫教授在香港科技大學所領導的研究團隊，在軟物質材料、電流變液研究等方面取得的成就，在國際上引起了高度的關注。 

      發明專利：

      已獲得 12 項美國專利和 4 項中國專利。

	專利名稱	發明人	申請人	來源數據	申請日	公開日
1	導電圖案的形成方法	溫維佳;曾西平	深圳市華科創智技術有限公司;溫維佳;曾西平	中國專利	2015-03-13	2015-07-15
2	電流變離合器	溫維佳;沈平;陳健倫;藍秋群	中國專利投資公司	中國專利	2004-10-28	2005-05-11
3	光子共振器件、光子共振檢測系統及其檢測方法	克里斯特勒·布戈-羅班;溫維佳	香港科技大學	中國專利	2013-03-25	2013-09-25
4	電流變液	沈平;溫維佳;陳子亭;葛惟昆	香港科技大學	中國專利	2003-09-05	2004-04-21
5	液體－電子混合式分壓器	溫維佳;王力木;王湘;李順波	香港科技大學	中國專利	2011-04-11	2013-01-02
6	聲能吸收超材料	沈平;楊志宇;溫維佳;梅軍;馬冠聰	香港科技大學	中國專利	2012-11-27	2013-06-05
7	包含具有熱感應自組裝性質的非離子表面活性劑的組合物及其在智能玻璃技術中的應用	溫維佳;沈平;李家星;龔秀清	香港科技大學	中國專利	2010-11-30	2013-01-23
8	流體邏輯門及用于控制通道中的 ER流體流動的裝置	溫維佳;王力木;張萌穎	香港科技大學	中國專利	2010-03-29	2012-11-21
9	平面帶隙材料	溫維佳;沈平;陳子亭;葛惟昆;周磊;李贊臣	香港科技大學	中國專利	2002-10-25	2005-02-02
10	利用基于PMDS的導電復合材料構建平面及三維微結構	溫維佳;沈平;牛西澤;劉靂宇	香港科技大學	中國專利	2007-11-16	2009-09-23
11	頻率、電壓、波形連續可調的多功能高低壓電源	溫維佳;陸坤權	中國科學院物理研究所	中國專利	1994-09-14	1996-10-02
12	用于電流變液應用的平行場電極結構	沈平;溫維佳	中國專利投資有限公司	中國專利	2005-03-24	2005-11-09
13	具有負彈性常數的組合材料及其制法	沈平;肖榮福;溫維佳;劉正猷	香港科技大學	中國專利	2000-04-14	2001-10-24
14	聲音衰減結構	沈平;溫維佳;楊志宇;張西祥	桑德科技有限公司	中國專利	2005-03-07	2005-09-07

Selected Publications

2015

1. Bingpu Zhou, Xiao Xiao, Ting Liu, Yibo Gao, Yingzhou Huang, Weijia Wen, “Real-time concentration monitoring in microfluidic system via plasmonic  nanocrescent arrays”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 77,385–392 (2015)

2. Bingpu Zhou, Xinghua Gao, Cong Wang, Ziran Ye, Yibo Gao, Jiao Xie, Xiaoxiao Wu, and Weijia Wen, “Functionalized PDMS with Versatile and Scalable Surface Roughness Gradients for Cell Culture”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 17181−17187 (2015)

3. Cong Wang, Xinghua Gao, Yibo Gao, Wenbin Cao, Jingxuan Tian, Xiaoxiao Wu, Ziran Ye, Xiping Zeng, Bingpu Zhou, Jinbo Wu,a Zhengyu Fang, Jun Wan, Jianhua Qin and Weijia Wen, “Controlled H2O2 release via long-lived electron–hole separation mediated to induce tumor cell apoptosis”, J. Mater. Chem. B,3, 8115 (2015)

4. Xiao Xiao, Bingpu Zhou, Xinke Wang, Jingwen He, Bo Hou, Yan Zhang and Weijia Wen, “An Analog of electrically induced transparency via surface delocalized modes” Scientific Reports  5 : 12251 (2015)

5. Xiping Zeng, Yifan Zhang, Zengzilu Xia, Li Wang, Cong Wang, Yingzhou Huang, Rong Shen & Weijia Wen, “Surface evolution of manganese chloride aqueous droplets resulting in self-suppressed evaporation”, Scientific Reports 5, 13322 (2015)

6. Xiao Xiao, Ho Ming Leung, C. T. Chan and Weijia Wen, “Manipulation of the polarization of Terahertz wave in subwavelength regime”, Scientific Reports 5 : 8306 (2015)

7. Ruo-Yang Zhang, Yan-Wang Zhai, Shi-Rong Lin, Qing Zhao, Weijia Wen & Mo-Lin Ge, “Time Circular Birefringence in Time-Dependent Magnetoelectric Media”, Scientific Reports 5 : 13673 (2015)

8. Shunbo Li, Ziran Ye, Yu Sanna Hui, Yibo Gao, Yusheng Jiang, and Weijia Wen, “On-chip DNA preconcentration in different media conductivities by electrodeless dielectrophoresis”, Biomicrofluidics 9, 054115 (2015)

9. Jingjing Hao, Ting Liu, Yingzhou Huang, Guo Chen, Anping Liu, Shuxia Wang, and Weijia Wen, “Metal Nanoparticle−Nanowire Assisted SERS on Film”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 19376−19381 (2015)

10. Yanna Yang, Shuxia Wang, Zhen Zhang, Yingzhou Huang, Guo Chen and Weijia Wen, Chemical Physics Letter, 639, 47 (2015)

11. Bingpu Zhou, Cong Wang, Xiao Xiao, Yu Sanna Hui, Yulin Cao and Weijia Wen, “Controllable microdroplet splitting via additional lateral flow and its application in rapid synthesis of multi-scale microspheres”,  RSC Adv., 5, 10365–10371 (2015)

12. Hong Xiang, Yan Meng , Qiang Zhang, Fei Fei Qin, Jun Jun Xiao, De zhuan Han, Weijia Wen, “Spoof surface plasmon polaritons on ultrathin metal strips with tapered grooves”, Optics Communications, 356, 59–63 (2015)

13. Lixin Ge, Li Wang, Meng Xiao, Weijia Wen, C. T. Chan, and Dezhuan Han, “Topological edge modes in multilayer graphene systems”, Opt. Express, 23, 21585 (2015)

14. Xinghua Gao, Yeung Yeung Chau, Jiao Xie, Jun Wan, Yanxiao Ren, Jianhua Qin and Weijia Wen, “Regulating cell behaviors on micropillar topographies affected by interfacial energy”, RSC Adv.,, 5, 22916–22922 (2015)

15. Bingpu Zhou, Wei Xu, Ahad A Syed, Yeungyeung Chau, Longqing Chen, Basil Chew, Omar Yassine, Xiaoxiao Wu, Yibo Gao, Jingxian Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Jürgen Kosel, Xi-Xiang Zhang, Zhaohui Yao and Weijia Wen, “Design and fabrication of magnetically functionalized flexible micropillar arrays for rapid and controllable microfluidic mixing”, Lab Chip, 15, 15, 2125–2132 (2015)

16. K. Bougot-Robin, W. Cao, S. Li, H. Benisty, W. Wen,  “A multispectral resonant waveguide nanopatterned chip for robust oilquality monitoring” Sensors and Actuators B, 216 221–228 (2015)

17. Bingpu Zhou, Wei Xu, Cong Wang, Yeungyeung Chau, Xiping Zeng, Xi-Xiang Zhang Rong Shen, Weijia Wen “Generation of tunable and pulsatile concentration gradients via microfluidic network”,  Microfluid Nanofluid 18, 175–184 (2015)

18. C. Wang, B. P. Zhou, X. P. Zeng, Y. Y. Hong, Y. B. Gao and W. J. Wen, “Enhanced photochromic efficiency of transparent and flexible nanocomposite films based on PEO–PPO–PEO and tungstate hybridization”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 177–186 (2015)

19. Siu Yeung Cheung, Weijia Wen, Ping Gao, “Disentanglement and Micropore Structure of UHMWPE in an Athermal Solvent”, Polym. Eng. Sci., 55, 1177 (2015)

20. Yaying Hong and Weijia Wen, “Influence of carrier liquid on nanoparticle-based giant electrorheological fluid”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures DOI: 10.1177/1045389X15596623 (2015)

21. Yin Chen, Wenbin Cao, Junli Zhou, Bidhari Pidhatika, Bin Xiong, Lu Huang, Qian Tian, Yiwei Shu, Weijia Wen, I-Ming Hsing, , and Hongkai Wu, “Poly(L‑lysine)-graft-folic acid-coupled poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PLL‑g‑PMOXA‑c‑FA): A Bioactive Copolymer for Specific Targeting to Folate Receptor-Positive Cancer Cells”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 2919−2930 (2015)

      2014

22. Ziran Ye, Shunbo Li, Bingpu Zhou, Yu Sanna Hui, Rong Shen, and Weijia Wen, “Nanofluidic mixing via hybrid surface”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 105, 163501 (2014)

 23. Xiao Xiao,  Yu Liu, Weijia Wen, “Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida interaction in silicone”,  J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26,  266001 (2014)

24. Zhen Zhang, Bingpu Zhou, Yingzhou Huang, Zhongwei Liao, Zhipeng Li, hunbo Li, Shuxia Wang, and Weijia Wen, “Gold crescent nanodisk array for nanoantennaenhanced sensing in subwavelength areas”, Appl. Opt. 53 7236 (2014)

25. Zhongwei Liao, Bingpu Zhou, Yingzhou Huang,Shunbo Li, Shuxia Wang, and Weijia Wen, “Fano resonance properties of gold nanocrescent arrays”, Appl. Opt, 53, 6431 (2014)

26. Xinghua Gao, Xu Zhang, Hui Xu, Bingpu Zhou, Weijia Wen,and Jianhua Qin,” Regulation of cell migration and osteogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells under extremely low fluidic shear stress”, Biomicrofluidics, 8, 052008 (2014)

27. Kristelle Bougot-Robin, Rimantas Kodzius, Weisheng Yue, Longqing Chen, Shunbo Li, Xi Xiang Zhang, Henri Benisty & Weijia Wen, “Real time hybridization studies by resonant waveguide gratings using nanopattern imaging for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism detection”, Biomed Microdevices 16, 287–299 (2014)

28. M Li, W H Li, J Zhang, G Alici and W Wen, “A review of microfabrication techniques and dielectrophoretic microdevices for particle manipulation and separation”,  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47  063001 (2014)

29. Darius Virzonis,  Gailius Vanagas, Almira Ramanaviciene, Asta Makaraviciute, Dovydas Barauskas,,Arunas Ramanavicius, Weijia Wen & Rimantas Kodzius, “Resonant gravimetric immunosensing based on capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers”, Microchim Acta, 181, 1749 (2014)

30. Bingpu Zhou, Wei Xu, Cong Wang,  Yeungyeung Chau, Xiping Zeng, Xi-Xiang Zhang , Rong Shen, Weijia Wen, “Generation of tunable and pulsatile concentration gradients via microfluidic network” Microfluid Nanofluid, DOI 10.1007/s10404-014-1432-9, (2014)

31. Shunbo Li, Wenbin Cao, Yu Sanna Hui and Weijia Wen, “Simple and reusable picoinjector for liquid delivery via nanofluidics approach”, Nanoscale Research Letters, 9, 147 (2014)

32. ZENG XiPing, WU JinBo, LI ShunBo, CHAU YeungYeung, HE GuangHong, WEN WeiJia & YANG GuoZhen, “Perspectives on water science: transport and application of confined water”, SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 57, 829 (2014)

33. Yusheng Jiang, Hui Wang, Shunbo Li and Weijia Wen, “Applications of Micro/Nanoparticles in Microfluidic Sensors: A Review”,  Sensors, 14, 6952 (2014)

34. Siu Yeung Cheung, Weijia Wen, Ping Gao, “Disentanglement and icropore Structureof UHMWPE in an Athermal Solvent”, Polymer Engineering and Science, DOI 10.1002/pen.23989 (2014)

35. Wei Qiua,∗, Yaying Hongb, Yosuke Mizunoa, Weijia Wenb, Kentaro Nakamura, “Non-contact piezoelectric rotary motor modulated by giantelectrorheological fluid” Sensors and Actuators A 217 124–128 (2014)

36. Jiao Xie, Li Wang, Zhongwei Liao, Yingzhou Huang, Shunbo Li, Shuxia Wang, Weijia Wen, Selective plasmonic trapping in periodic gold polygon tetramers”, Superlattices and Microstructures 75 593–600 (2014)

37. LIAO Zhong-Wei, HUANG Ying-Zhou, WANG Xiao-Yong, CHAU Irene Yeung-Yeung, WANG Shu-Xia, WEN Wei-Jia, “Near-Infrared Properties of Hybridized Plasmonic Rectangular Split Nanorings”, Chin. Phys. Lett., 31 067803 (2014)

      2013

38. Jinbo Wu, Tsz Yan Kwok, Xiaolin Li, Wenbin Cao, Yu Wang, Junying Huang, Yaying Hong, Dongen Zhang and Weijia Wen, "Mapping three-dimensional temperature in microfluidic chip", Scientific Reports, 3 : 3321 | DOI: 10.1038/srep03321, (2013) PDF

39. Dongen Zhang, Jinbo Wu, Bingpu Zhou, Yaying Hong, Shunbo Li and Weijia Wen, "Efficient photocatalytic activity with carbon-doped SiO2 nanoparticles",  Nanoscale, 5, 6167 (2013) 

40. Xiao Xiao and Weijia Wen, "Optical conductivities and signatures of topological insulators with hexagonal warping" Phys. Rev. B, 88, 045442 (2013) 

41. Xiao Xiao, S. Li, K. T. Law, Bo Hou, C. T. Chan, and Weijia Wen, "Thermal coherence properties of topological insulator slabs in time-reversal symmetry breaking fields", Phys. Rev. B, 87, 205424 (2013) 

42. Guo Chen, Peng Tan, Shuyu Chen, Jiping Huang, Weijia Wen and Lei Xu, Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, 064502 (2013)  

43. Zhaojian He ,2, Shasha Peng, Manzhu Ke, Jing Shi, Ke Deng, Heping Zhao, Zhengyou Liu, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng "Acoustic surface-guided modes in phononic crystals", EPL, 104, 34005 (2013) 

44. Jingyun Ma , Yu Sanna Hui , Min Zhang , Yue Yu , Weijia Wen , and Jianhua Qin "Facile Synthesis of Biomimetic Honeycomb Material with Biological Functionality" Small, 9, 497(2013)  

45. Ming Li, Shunbo Li, Wenbin Cao, Weihua Li, Weijia Wen and Gursel Alici, “Continuous manipulation and separation of particles using combined obstacle-and curvature-induced DC dielectrophoresis” Elelctrophoresis,34, 952 (2013)

46. Shunbo Li, Ming Li, Kristelle Bougot-Robin, Wenbin Cao, Irene Yeung Yeung, Weihua Li and Weijia Wen, Biomicrofluidics, 7, 024106 (2013) 

47. Ming Li, Shunbo Li, Wenbin Cao, Weihua Li, Weijia Wen and Gursel Alici "Improved concentration and separation of particles in a 3D dielectrophoretic chip integrating focusing, aligning and trapping" Microfluid Nanofluid, 14,527 (2013)  

48. Jiaxing Li, Xiang Wang, Cheng Cheng, Limu Wang , Eric Zhao, Xiangke Wang, and Weijia Wen "Selective modification for polydimethylsiloxane chip by micro-plasma" J Mater Sci 48, 1310 (2013)  

49. Shunbo Li, Ming Li, Yu Sanna Hui, Wenbin Cao, Weihua Li, Weijia Wen "A novel method to construct 3D electrodes at the side wall of microfluidic channel" Microfluid Nanofluid 14, 499 (2013)  

      2012

50. Jinbo Wu, Mengying Zhang, Xiaolin Li, and Weijia Wen, “Multiple and High-Throughput Droplet Reactions via Combination of Microsampling Technique and Microfluidic Chip”, Analytical Chemistry, 84,9689 (2012)  

51. Limu Wang, Rimantas Kodzius, Xin Yi, Shunbo Li, Yu Sanna Hui and Weijia Wen "Prototyping chips in minutes: Direct Laser Plotting (DLP) of functional microfluidic structures" Sensors and Actuators B 168 214 (2012) 

52. X. Xiao, Y. Li, B. Hou, B. Zhou, and W. Wen "Subwavelength polarization rotators via double-layer metal hole arrays" Optics Letters, 37, 3594 (2012) 

53. Bingpu Zhou, Limu Wang, Shunbo Li, Xiang Wang, Yu Sanna Hui and Weijia Wen "Universal logic gates via liquid-electronic hybrid divider" Lab Chip 12, 5211 (2012)  

54. Jinbo Wu, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng "Smart electroresponsive droplets in microfluidics" Soft Matter 8,11589 (2012)  

55. Bo Hou, Xiao Xiao and Weijia Wen, "Photonic bands from cascaded metallic plates with subwavelength slits" J. Opt. 14 055102 (2012) 

56. Ming Li, Shunbo Li, Wenbin Cao,Weihua Li,Weijia Wen, and Gursel Alici1"Continuous particle focusing in a waved microchannel using negative dc dielectrophoresis" J. Micromech. Microeng. 22  095001 (2012)  

57. Shunbo Li, Xiao Xiao, Bo Hou, and Weijia Wen "Green Function Formulism for Electromagnetic Wave Generated in Nanostructured Metamaterial of Finite Thickness: Isotropy and Anisotropy", International Journal of Optics, 2012, 532316 (2012) 

58. K. Bougot-Robin, W. Wen, and H. Benisty, "Resonant waveguide sensing made robust by on chip peak tracking through image correlation" Biomedical Optics Express, 3, 2436 (2012)  

59. Kristelle Bougot-Robin, Shunbo Li, Yinghua Zhang, I-Ming Hsing, Henri Benisty and Weijia Wen, "'Peak tracking chip' for label-free optical detection of bio-molecular interaction and bulk sensing" Analyst,  137, 4785 (2012)  

60. Ping Sheng and Weijia Wen, “Electrorheological fluids: Mechanisms, Dynamics, and Microfluidics Applications”, Annual Review: Fluid Mechanics, 44: 143-174 (2012)  

61. Jun Mei, Guancong Ma, Min Yang, Zhiyu Yang, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, “Dark acoustic metamaterials as super absorbers for low-frequency sound”, Nature Communication, 3 756 (2012) 

62. Lei Jiang , Min Zhang , Jiaxing Li , Weijia Wen and Jianhua Qin, “Simple Localization of Nanofiber Scaffolds via SU-8 Photoresist and Their Use for Parallel 3D Cellular Assays”, Advanced Materials, 24, 2191 (2012) 

63. Ming Li, Shunbo Li, Jinbo Wu, Weijia Wen, Weihua Li, Gursel Alici, “A simple and cost-effective method for fabrication of integrated electronic-microfluidic devices using a laser-patterned PDMS layer”, Microfluid Nanofluid, 12, 751 (2012) 

64. Rimantas Kodzius, Kang Xiao, Jinbo Wu, Xin Yi, Xiuqing Gong, Ian G. Foulds, Weijia Wen, Inhibitory effect of common microfluidic materials on PCR outcome, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 161, 349 (2012)   

      2011

66. Jinbo Wu, Mengying Zhang, Longqing Chen, Vivian Yu, Joseph Tin-Yum Wong, Xixiang Zhang, Jianhua Qin and Weijia Wen, “Patterning cell using Si-stencil for high-throughput assay”, RSC Advances, 1, 746 (2011) 

67. M. Zhang, L. Wang, X. Wang, J. Wu, J. Li, X. Gong, J. Qin, W. Li, and W. Wen, “Microdroplets-based Universal Logic Gates by electrorheological fluid”, Soft Matter, 7, 7493 (2011)  

68. G. Zhao, S. Chen, W. Wen, F. Miyamaru, M. W. Takeda, J. Yu and Ping Sheng, “Single-phase Electrorheological Effect in Microgravity,” Soft Matter, 7, 7198 (2011) 

69. L. Wang, X. Gong and W. Wen, “Electrorheological Fluid and Its Applications Microfluidics” Top Curr Chem Vol. 305 1-25, (2011) 

70. J. Li, X. Gong, X. Yi, P. Sheng, Ping, W. Wen, Facile fabrication, properties and application of novel thermo-responsive hydrogel, Smart Materials and Structures, 20,075005 (2011)   

71. Z. Xu, J. Miao, N. Wang, W. Wen and P. Sheng, Maximum efficiency of the electro-osmotic pump, Phys. Rev. E, 83, 066303 (2011)

72. J. Wu, M. Zhang, X. Wang, S. Li and W. Wen, A Simple Approach for Local Contact Angle Determination on a Heterogeneous Surface, Langmuir, 27, 5705 (2011)  

73. S. Chen, X. Huang, W. Wen, P. Sheng and N. F. A. Van Der Vegt, Microscopic mechanism of the giant electrorheological effect,” Int. J. of Mod. Phys. B, 25, 897 (2011).

74. Xu, Zuli, Miao, Jianying, Wang, Ning, Wen, Weijia, Sheng, Ping, Digital flow control of electroosmotic pump: Onsager coefficients and interfacial parameters determination, Solid State communication, 151, 440, (2011) 

75. Jiaxing Li, Mengying Zhang, Limu Wang, Weihua Li, Ping Sheng and Weijia Wen, “Design and fabrication of microfluidic mixer from carbonyl iron–PDMS composite membrane”, Microfluid Nanofluid,  (2011)  

76. Xiao Xiao, Jinbo Wu, Fumiaki Miyamaru, Mengying Zhang, Shunbo Li, Mitsuo W. Takeda, Weijia Wen, and Ping Sheng “Fano effect of metamaterial resonance in terahertz extraordinary transmission”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 98, 011911 (2011) 

      2010

77. Shuyu Chen, Xianxiang Huang, Nico F. A. van der Vegt, Weijia Wen, and Ping Sheng, “Giant Electrorheological Effect: A Microscopic Mechanism”, Phys.  Rev. Lett., 105, 046001 (2010)  

78. Limu Wang,  Mengying Zhang, Jiaxing Li, Xiuqing Gong and Weijia Wen, “Logic control of microfluidics with smart colloid”, Lab Chip, 10, 2869 (2010)

79. Mengying Zhang, Jinbo Wu, Limu Wang, Kang Xiao and Weijia Wen，”A simple method for fabricating multi-layer PDMS structures for 3D microfluidic chips” , Lab Chip, 10, 1199 (2010) 

80. Xiuqing Gong,  Xin Yi, Kang Xiao,  Shunbo Li,  Rimantas Kodzius,  Jianhua Qin  and Weijia Wen, “Wax-bonding 3D Microfluidic Chips” Lab Chip, 10, 2622 (2010)  

81. Xiao Xiao, Wu Jinbo, Yuki Sasagawa, Fumiaki Miyamaru, Mengying Zhang, Mitsuo W. Takeda, Chunyin Qiu, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, “Resonant terahertz transmissions through metal hole array on silicon substrate”, Optics Express, 18, 18558, (2010) 

82. Liu, Fengming, Ke, Manzhu, Zhang, Anqi, Wen, Weijia, Shi, Jing, Liu, Zhengyou, Sheng, Ping, “Acoustic analog of electromagnetically induced transparency in periodic arrays of square rods”, Phys. Rev. E, 82, 026601 (2010) 

83. Xin Yi, Rimantas Kodzius,  Xiuqing Gong,  Kang Xiao,  and Weijia Wen, “A simple method of fabricating mask-free microfluidic devices for biological analysis”, Biomicrofluidics 4, 036503 (2010) 

84. Kang Xiao, Mengying Zhang, Shuyu Chen, Limu Wang, Donald Choy Chang and Weijia Wen, “ Electroporation of Micro-droplet Encapsulated HeLa Cells in Oil Phase”, Electrophoresis, 31, 3175, (2010)  

85. Jiaxing Li, Xiuqing Gong, Shuyu Chen, Weijia Wen  and Ping Sheng, “Giant Electrorheological Fluid Comprising Nanoparticles-Carbon Nanotube Composite” J. of Appl. Phys. 107 093507 (2010) 

86. X. W. Zhang, T. X. Yu and W. J. Wen, “Electro-rheological cylinders used as impact energy absorbers” J. of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 21, 729-745 (2010)  

87. Weijia Wen and  Ping Sheng, “Electrorheology: Statics and dynamics” Solid State Communications 150, 1023 (2010)  

88. Xiao Xiao, Xin Yi, Bo Hou, Weijia Wen, Zhengyou Liu, Jing Shi and Ping Sheng, “Subwavelength waveguiding and imaging with a one-dimensional array of metallic H-fractals” New J. Phys., 12, 073021(2010)    

89. Fumiaki Miyamaru, Yu Saito, Mitsuo Wada Takeda, Bo Hou, Weijia Wen, and Ping Sheng, “Characteristics of Terahertz Radiation Emitted From Fractal Photoconductive Antennas” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 49, 070205 (2010)  

      2009

90. H Chen, B. Hou, S. Chen, X. Ao, W. Wen and C. T. Chan, “Design and Experimental Realization of a Broadband Transformation Media Field Rotator at Microwave Frequencies”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 183903  (2009)  

91. Xiuqing Gong, Jiaxing Li, Shuyu Chen, and Weijia Wen，Copolymer solution-based “smart window”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 251907 (2009) 

92. F. Miyamaru,Y. Saito, M. W. Takeda, L. Liu, B. Hou, W. Wen, and Ping Sheng, “Emission of terahertz radiations from fractal antennas”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 221111 (2009)  

93. Xiuqing Gong, Limu Wang and Weijia Wen, “Design and fabrication of monodisperse hollow titania microspheres from a microfluidic droplet-template”, Chem. Commun., 31, 4690, (2009) 

94. Xiuqing Gong, Weijia Wen, Ping Sheng, “Microfluidic fabrication of porous polymer microspheres: Dual reactions in single droplet” , Langmuir, 25, 7072 (2009)  

95. Xiuqing Gong, Suili Peng, Weijia Wen, Ping Sheng, and Weihua Li, “Design and Fabrication of Magnetically Functionalized Core/Shell Microspheres for Smart Drug Delivery”, Adv. Funct. Mater.  19, 292 (2009)

96. Xiuqing Gong and Weijia Wen, “Polydimethylsiloxane-based conducting composites and their applications in microfluidic chip fabrication” , Biomicrofluidics 3, 012007 (2009) 

97. Xize Niu, Mengying Zhang, Jinbo Wu, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, “Generation and manipulation of ‘‘smart’’ droplets”, Soft Matter,  5, 576, (2009)  

98. Jinbo Wu, Wenbin Cao, Weijia Wen, Donald Choy Chang, and Ping Sheng, “Polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic chip with integrated microheater and thermal sensor”, Biomicrofluidics, 3, 012005 (2009) 

99. Mengying Zhang, Xiuqing Gong and Weijia Wen, “Manipulation of Microfluidicroplets by electrorheological fluid” Electrophoresis, 30, 3116 (2009) 

100. Limu Wang, Mengying Zhang, Min Yang, Weiming Zhu, Jinbo Wu, Xiuqing Gong, and Weijia Wen, “Polydimethylsioxane-integratable micropressure sensor for microfluidic chips” Biomicrofluidics, 3, 034105 (2009) 

101. Xiao Xiao, Bo Hou, Weijia Wen, and Ping Sheng, “Tuning birefringence by using two-dimensional photonic band structure”, J. Appl. Phys., 106, 086103 (2009)  

102. Yun-Yang Ling, Yechi Zhang, Weijia Wen,  Patrick Tabeling, Yi-Kuen Lee, “Integrated microgiant electrorheological fluid valves for microflow cytometry” , J. Micro/Nanolith. MEMS MOEMS 8, 021103, (2009)  

      2008

103. Mengying Zhang, Jinbo Wu, Xize Niu, Weijia Wen, and Ping Sheng, “Manipulations of microfluidic droplets using electrorheological carrier fluid” Phys. Rev. E, 78, 066305 (2008) 

104. Jianwei Zhang, Xiuqing Gong, Chun Liu, Weijia Wen, and Ping Sheng, “Electrorheological Fluid Dynamics” Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 194503 (2008)  

105. Bo Hou and Weijia Wen “ Transmission resonances of electromagnetic wave through metallic gratings: phase and field characterizations” Optics Express, 16, 17098 (2008)  

106. Bo Hou, Jun Mei, Manzhu Ke, Zhengyou Liu, Jing Shi, and Weijia Wen, “Experimental determination for resonance-induced transmission of acoustic waves through subwavelength hole arrays”, J. of Appl. Phys., 104, 014909 (2008) 

107. Liyu Liu, Wenbin Cao, Jinbo Wu, Weijia Wen, Donald Choy Chang, and Ping Sheng, “Design and fabrication of an All-in-One biomicrofluidic chip”, Biomicrofluidics, 2, 034103 (2008)  

108. Jun Mei, Bo Hou, Manzhu Ke, Shasha Peng, Han Jia, Zhengyou Liu, Jing Shi, Weijia Wen, and Ping Sheng, "Acoustic wave transmission through a bull's eye structure", Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 124106 (2008)  

109. X. W. Zhang, C. B. Zhang, T. X. Yu and W. J. Wen, “Characterization of electro-rheological fluids under high shear rate in parallel ducts”, Inter. J. of Mod. Phys. B,, 22, 6029 (2008)  

110. Xianzhou Zhang, Suili Peng, Weijia Wen and Weihua Li, “Analysis and fabrication of patterned magnetorheological elastomers” Smart Mater. Struct. 17, 045001, (2008) 

111. Bo Hou, Hang Xie, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, "Three-Dimensional Metallic Fractals and Their Photonic Crystal Characteristics”, Phys. Rev. B, 77, 125113 (2008)  

112. Xiuqing Gong, Jinbo Wu, XianXiang Huang, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, “Influence of Liquid Phase on Nanoparticle-based Giant Electrorheological Fluid” Nanotechnology, 19, 165602 (2008) 

113. Weijia Wen, Xianxiang Huang and Ping Sheng, “Electrorheological fluids: structures and mechanisms”, Soft Matter, 4, 200, (2008)  

114. Suili Peng, Mengying Zhang, Xize Niu, Weijia Wen, Zhengyou Liu, Jing Shi and Ping Sheng, “Magnetically Responsive Elastic Microspheres”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92，012108, (2008)  

115. F. Miyamaru, Y. Saito, M. W. Takeda, B. Hou, L. Liu, W. Wen, and P. Sheng, “Terahertz electric response of fractal metamaterial structures”, Phys. Rev. B,  77, 045124 (2008) 

      2007

116. Xize Niu, Mengying Zhang, Suili Peng, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, Real-time Detection, Control and Sorting of Microfluidic Droplets, Biomicrofluidics, 1, 044101, (2007)  

117. Liyu Liu, Suili Peng, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, “Micro Thermo Indicators and Optical-Electronic Temperature Control for Microfluidic Applications”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 093513 (2007)  

118. Huang, X., Wen, W., Yang, S., Sheng, P., “Formation of polarized contact layers and the giant electrorheological effect”, Inter. J. of Mod. Phys. B, 21, 4907 (2007)  

119. X. Niu, S. Peng, L. Liu, W. Wen and P. Sheng, “PDMS-based conducting composite and its application in micro-fabrications” Advanced Materials, 19, 2682 (2007) 

120. Bo Hou, Jun Mei, Manzhu Ke, Weijia Wen,1, Zhengyou Liu, Jing Shi, and Ping Sheng, “Tuning Fabry-Perot resonances via diffraction evanescent waves” Phys. Rev. B 76, 054303 (2007) 

121. Manzhu Ke, Zhaojian He, Shasha Peng, Zhengyou Liu, Jing Shi, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, “Surface Resonant-States-Enhanced AcousticWave Tunneling in Two-Dimensional Phononic Crystals” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 044301 (2007)  

122. Liyu Liu, Suili Peng, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, “ Paperlike thermochromic display”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 213508 (2007) 

123. B. Hou, H. Wen, Y. Leng and W. Wen, “Enhanced transmissions of electromagnetic waves through metamaterials”, Appl. Phys. A, 87, 217 (2007) 

124. Ke M, Liu ZY, Pang P, Qiu CY, Zhao DG, Peng SS, Shi J, Wen WJ, “Experimental demonstration of directional acoustic radiation based on two-dimensional phononic crystal band edge states”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 90  083509 (2007) 

125. Sheng, P., Mei, J., Liu, Z., Wen, W. , “Dynamic mass density and acoustic metamaterials”,  Physica B: Cond. Mat. 394,  256, (2007) 

126. P. Sheng, J. Mei, Z. Liu and W. Wen, “ Dynamic mass density and acoustic metamaterials” Wuli, 36, 1 (2007) 

      2006

       127. H. Liao, W. Wen and G. K. L. Wong, “ Photoluminescence from Au nanoparticles embedded in Au:oxide composite films”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 23, 2518 (2006)  

128. X. Huang, W. Wen, S. Yang and P Sheng,  "Mechanism of the giant electrorheological effect" , Solid State Communications, 139, 581 (2006) 

129. B. Hou, Z. Hang, W. Wen, C. T. Chan and P. Sheng, “Microwave transmission through metallic hole array: Surface electric field measurements” Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 131917, (2006) 

130. L. Liu, S. Peng, X. Niu and W. Wen, “Microheater fabricated from a conducting composite”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 223521 (2006) 

131. H. Wen, B. Hou and W. Wen, “ Subwavelength electromagnetic shielding by resonant surface”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 191905 (2006) 

132. L.L iu, X. Chen, X. Niu, W. Wen,_ and P. Sheng, “Electrorheological fluid actuated microfluidic pump”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 083505 (2006)  

133. X. Niu, L.Liu, W. Wen and P. Sheng, “Hybrid Approach to High-Frequency Microfluidic Mixing” Phys. Rev. Lett., 97, 044501 (2006) 

134. M. Ke, Z., Liu, P. Pang, W. Wang, Z., Chen, J. Shi, X. Zhao and W. Wen, “Highly directional acoustic wave radiation based on asymmetrical two-dimensional phononic crystal resonant cavity” Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 263505 (2006) 

135. C. Shen, W. Wen, S.Yang and P. Sheng, “Wetting-induced electrorheological effect”, J. of Appl. Phys., 99, 106104 (2006) 

136. L. Liu, X. Niu, W. Wen and P. Sheng, “Electrorheological fluid-actuated flexible platform”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 173505 (2006) 

137. X. Niu, L. Liu, W. Wen and P. Sheng, “Active microfluidic mixer chip”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 153508 (2006) 

138. J. Mei, Z. Liu, W. Wen and P. Sheng, “Effective Mass Density of Fluid-Solid Composite”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 024301 (2006) 

139. X.. Zhang, L. Liu, Y.Qi, Z. Liu, J. Shi and W. Wen, “Frequency-controlled interaction between two magnetic microspheres” , Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 134107, (2006)  

140. Wen WJ and Sheng P, “Microfluidic chips”, Wuli, 35, 907 (2006)   

      2005

141. X. Niu, W. Wen and Y. Lee, “Electrorheological-fluid-based microvalve”  , Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 243501 (2005) 

142. B. Hou, H. Wen, Y. Leng, and W. Wen, “Electromagnetic wave transmission through subwavelength metallic meshes sandwiched between split rings” Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 201114 (2005)  

143. B. Hou, G. Xu, H. Wong, W. Wen “Tuning of photonic bandgaps by a field-induced structural change of fractal metamaterials” Opt.  Express 13 (23): 9149 (2005)    

144. W. Wen, L. Zhou, B. Hou, C. T. Chan and P. Sheng, "Resonant transmission of microwave through subwavelength fractal slits in a metallic plate", Phys. Rev. B, 72. 153406 (2005)  

145. L. Liu, X. Huang, C. Shen, Z. Liu, J. Shi, W. Wen and P. Sheng, “Parallel-field electrorheological clutch: Enhanced high shear rate performance”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 104106 (2005) 

146. H. Wen, B. Hou, Y. Leng and W. Wen, “Resonance-induced wave penetration through electromagnetic opaque object”, Opt. Express, 13, 7005 (2005) 

            147. H. Liao, W. Lu, S. Yu, W. Wen and G. K.L Wong, “optical characteristics of gold nanoparticle-doped multilayer thin film”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 22, 1923 (2005)  

148. M. Ke, Z. Liu, C. Qiu, W. Wang, J. Shi, W. Wen, and Ping Sheng, “ Negative-refraction imaging with two-dimensional phononic crystals” , Phys. Rev. B, 72, 064306 (2005) 

149. Zhou Lei, Wen Weijia, Chan C.T., and Sheng Ping "Electromagnetic wave tunneling through negative-permittivity media with high magnetic fields", Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 243905 (2005) 

150       150. W. Wen, , Claude Weisbuch , Do Mai Phuong, G Lu, W. Ge, C. T. Chan and P. Sheng, "Neutral Nanoparticles-Based Display", Nanotechnology, 16 598, (2005)  

151. H.B. Liao, W. Wen, and G.K.L. Wong, "Preparation and characterization of Au/SiO2 multilayer composite films with nonspherical Au particles", Appl. Phys. A: Materials Science & Processing, 80, 861(2005)  

152. Y. Qi, B. Hou and W. Wen, ''Band gaps from ring resonators and structural periodicity'', J. of Phys D: Appl. Phys. 38, 590 (2005)   

153. Weijia Wen, Wuli, 34, 787 (2005) 

154. Z. Wang, R. Shen, X. Niu, G. Sun K. Lu, B. Hou and W. Wen," Dielectric dependence of field-induced interspherical force" J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 38 1325 (2005) 

      2004

155. B. Hou, G. Xu, W. Wen and G. K. L. Wong, ''Diffraction by an optical fractal grating", Appl. Phys. Lett., 85, 6125 (2004)  

156. W. Wen, X. Huang and P.Sheng, “Particle Size Scaling of the Giant Electrorheological Effect”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 85, 299 (2004)  

157. B. Hou, G. Xu and W. Wen, “Tunable Band-gap Properties of Planar Metallic Fractals”, J. Appl. Phys. 95, 3231 (2004)   

      2003

158. H. Liao, W. Wen, G. K. L. Wong, Guozhen Yang “Optical Nonlinearity of Nano-crystalline Au/ZnO Composite Films”, Optics Letters, 28, 1790 (2003)   

159. W. Wen, X. Huang, S. Yang, K. Lu and P. Sheng, “The giant electrorheological effect in suspension of nanoparticles”, Nature Materials,  2, 727 (2003)  

160. H. Ma, W. Wen, W. Y. Tam and P. Sheng, “Dielectric electrorheological fluids: theory and experiment”, Advances in Physics, 52, 343 (2003) PDF 

161. L. Zhou, W. Wen, C.T.Chan and P. Sheng, “Multi-band sub-wavelength magnetic reflectors based on fractals”, Appl. Phys. Letts., 83, 3257 (2003) PDF 

162. W. Wen, Z Yang, G Xu, Y. Chen, L Zhou, W Ge, C T Chan and P.Sheng, "Infrared pass band from fractal slit patterns on a metal plate”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83, 2106 (2003) PDF 

161. L. Zhou, W. Wen, C.T.Chan and P. Sheng, “Multi-band sub-wavelength magnetic reflectors based on fractals”, Appl. Phys. Letts., 83, 3257 (2003) PDF 

162. W. Wen, Z Yang, G Xu, Y. Chen, L Zhou, W Ge, C T Chan and P.Sheng, "Infrared pass band from fractal slit patterns on a metal plate”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83, 2106 (2003) PDF 

163. Z.. Wang, Z. Peng, K. Lu and W. Wen, “Experimental inverstigation for field-induced interaction force of two spheres”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 82, 1796 (2003) PDF 

164. L. Zhou, W. Wen, C.T.Chan and P.Sheng, “Reflectivity of planar metallic fractal patterns”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 82, 1012 (2003) PDF 

165. Wang, S. W, Lu, W, Chen, X. S, Li, Z. F, Shen, X. C and Weijia Wen, "Two-dimensional photonic crystal at THz frequencies constructed by metal-coated cylinders", J. Appl. Phys., 93, 9401 (2003) PDF 

166. Z. Wang, R. Shen, X. Niu, K. Lu,and W. Wen, “Frequency dependence of a field-induced force between two high dielectric spheres in various fluid media”, J. Appl. Phys. 94, 7831 (2003) PDF 

167. H. B. Liao, W. Wen, G.K.L Wong, “Preparation and optical characterization of Au/SiO2 composite films with multilayer structure”, J. Appl. Phys., 93, 4485 (2003) PDF 

168. Y. Qi, L. Zhang and W. Wen, “Anisotropy properties of magnetic colloidal materials”, J. of Phys D: Appl. Phys. 36, L10 (2003) PDF 

      2002

169. Yabing Qi and Weijia Wen, “Influences of geometry of particles on electrorheological fluids”, J. of Phys D: Appl. Phys. 35, 2231 (2002) PDF 

170. A.Q.Jiang, Weijia Wen, G.K.L Wong, Z.H.Chen and Y.L.Zhou, “ Second-harmonic generation study of domain walls in xBi2Ti4O11-(1-x)Bi4Ti3O12 films with large dielectric permittivity”, J. Appl. Phys., 91, 3172 (2002) PDF 

171. Weijia Wen, Lei Zhou, Jensen Li, Weikun Ge, C.T. Chan and Ping Sheng, “Subwavelength Photonic Band Gaps from Planar Fractals”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, 223901 (2002) PDF 

      2001

172. F. Kun, Weijia Wen, K.F.Pal and K. N. Ku, “Breakup of dipolar rings under a perpendicular magnetic field”, Phys. Rev. E, 64, 061503 (2001) PDF 

      2000

173. Weijia Wen, Lingyun Zhang and Ping Sheng, “Planar Magnetic Colloidal Crystals”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 5464(2000) PDF 

174. Weijia Wen, Hongru Ma, Wing Yim Tam and Ping Sheng, “Frequency-induced tructure Variation in Electrorheological Fluids”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 77, 3821(2000) PDF 

175. Kun, K.F Pal, Weijia Wen, and K. N.Tu, “Break-up dipolar ring under an external field”, Phys. Lett., A 277, 287 (2000) PDF 

      2000以前的論文

176. Weijia Wen, F. Kun, F. Kal, D. W. Zheng and K. N. Tu, “ Aggregation kinetic and stability of structures formed by magnetic microspheres”, Phys. Rev. E, Rapid Communication, 59, R4758 (1999) PDF 

177. Weijia Wen, Ning Wang, Hongru Ma, Zhifang Lin, Wing Yim Tam,C.T. Chan, and Ping Sheng, ”Field induced structural transition in mesocrystallites”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 82, 4248 (1999) PDF 

178. Weijia Wen, D. W. Zheng, and K. N. Tu, “Chain/column evolution and corresponding electrorheological effect”, J. Appl. Phys., 85, 530 (1999) PDF 

179. Weijia Wen, Ning Wang, D. W. Zheng, C. Chen, and K. N. Tu, “Two- and three dimensional arrays of magnetic microspheres”, J. Mater. Res., 14, 1168 (1999) PDF 

180. Weijia Wen, D.W. Zheng and K.N. Tu, “In situ time response measurement of the microspheres dispersed in electrorheological fluids”, Phys. Rev. E, 57, 4516 (1998) PDF 

181. Weijia Wen, D.W. Zheng and K.N Tu, “Fractal-chain transition of field-induced colloid structure”, Phys. Rev. E, 58, 7682 (1998) PDF 

182. D.W.Zheng, Weijia Wen, K.N. Tu, “Reactive wetting- and dewetting-induced diffusion-limited aggregation”, Phy. Rev. E .57, Rapid Communication, R3719 (1998) PDF 

183. Lei Zhou, Weijia Wen and Ping Sheng, “Ground states of magnetorheological fluids”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 81,1509 (1998) PDF 

184. Weijia wen, Hongru Ma, wing Yim, and Ping Sheng, “Anisotropic dielectric properties of structured electrorheological fluids”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 73, 3070 (1998) PDF 

185. Weijia Wen, Wing Yim Tam, Ping Sheng, “Electrorheological fluids using bidispersed particles”, J. Mater. Res., 13, 2783 (1998) PDF 

186. Weijia Wen, D. W. Zheng, K. N. Tu, “Experimental investigation for the time-dependent effect in electrorheological fluids under time-regulated high pulse electric field”, Rev. Sci. Instru., 69, 3573 (1998) PDF 

187. Wing Yim Tam, Guang Hua Yi, Weijia Wen, Hongru Ma, M.M.T.Loy, and Ping Sheng, “New electrorheological fluid: theory and experiment", Phys. Rev. Lett., 78, 2987 (1997) PDF 

188. Weijia Wen, Ning Wang, Wing Yim Tam, Ping Sheng, “Magnetic materials-based electrorheological fluids”, Appl. Phys. Lett, 71, 2529 (1997) PDF 

189. Weijia Wen and Kunquan Lu, “Electric-field-induced diffusion-limited aggregation”, Phy. Rev. E, 55, Rapid Communication, R2100 (1997) PDF 

190. Weijia Wen, Shouqiang Men, and Kunquan Lu., “Structure-induced nonlinear dielectric properties in electrorheological fluids”, Phys. Rev. E, 55, 3015 (1997) PDF 

191. Weijia Wen, Hongru Ma, Wing Yim Tam, and Ping Sheng, “Frequency and water content dependencies of electrorheological properties”, Phys. Rev. E, 55, Rapid Communication, R1294 (1997) PDF 

192. Weijia Wen, Kunquan Lu, “Pattern transitions induced by the surface properties of suspended microspheres in electrorheological fluid”, Phys. Fluids, 9,1826 (1997) PDF 

193. Weijia Wen and Kunquan Lu, “A new net-like structure formed by a metal/oil electrorheological fluid”, Phys. Fluids, 8, 2789 (1996) PDF 

194. Hongru Ma, Weijia Wen, Wing Yim Tam, Ping Sheng, “Frequency dependent electrorheological properties: origin and bounds”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 77, 2499 (1996) PDF 

195. Weijia Wen and Kunquan Lu, “Experimental investigation of dipole-dipole interaction in a water-free glass particle/oil electrorheological fluid", Appl. Phys. Lett., 68,:3659 (1996) PDF 

196. Weijia Wen and Kunquan Lu, “A primary X-ray investigation of the turning of ferroelectric microspheres contained in electrorheological fluids under a direct current electric field”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 68, 1046 (1996) PDF 

197. Weijia Wen and Kunquan Lu, “Frequency dependence of metal-particle/insulating oil electrorheological fluid”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 67, 2147 (1995) PDF 

198. Kunquan Lu, Weijia Wen, Chenxi Li, and Sishen Xie, “Frequency dependence of electrorheological fluids in an ac electric field’, Phys. Rev. E 52, 6329 (1995) PDF 

199. Weijia Wen; Sun Limin; Lu Kunquan; and Tang Xiaowei, “On the spatial configuration of the mitotic spindle”, Chin. Phys. Lett., 12,186(1995) 

200. Q. Q Shu, W. Wen and S Xu, “ Light-emission from high bias AL-ALOX-AU tunnel-junctions ” , J. of Appl. Phys. 65 373, (1989) 

Selected Patents 

1. “Planar Band Gap Materials ”, US Patent No.: 6,727,863,

2. " Acoustic attenuation materials" US Patent No.: 7,249,653

3. “Composite Materials with Negative Elastic Constants”, USA Patent No.: 6,576,333,

4. “Electrorheological fluids”, US Patent No.: 6,852,251

5. “Bistable magneto-electronic relay”, US Patent No.: 6,831,535

6. “Electrorheological clutch”, US Patent 6,942,081

7. "Fluid suspension with electrorheological effect" US patent No: 6,984,343

8. "Display apparatus" US Patent No: 7,053,882

9. "Parallel field electrode configurations for electrorheological fluid applications" US Patent No.: 7,137,496

10. "Sound Attenuating structures", US patent No.: 7,395,898

11. “Three-dimensional H-fractal bandgap materials and antennas”, US Patent No: 7,482,994

12. "Subwavelength waveguide and delay line with fractal cross sections", US patent No: 7,567,149

13. "Constructing planar and three-dimensional microstructures with PDMS-based conducting composite", US patent No.8,243,358

14. "Acoustic energy absorption metamaterials", US patent No: 8,579,073

15. "Liquid-electronic hybrid divider", US patent No. 9,132,425

16. “Doped SrTiO3 ER Fluid”, China Patent No.: 95107425.3

17. “High/Low Voltage Power Supply with its Frequency, Voltage, and Waveform Tunable Consecutively”, China Patent No.: 94115559.5

18. “A Kind of Thin Film Electroluminescence Device and its Fabrication”, China Patent No.: 88101492.3

19. "A device and method to enhance ER effect", China Patent . No. 94111558.5

 

      榮譽獎勵：

      1、2014年國家自然科學二等獎。

溫維佳：智能材料里的大世界

 

法國作家阿納托爾•法朗士曾說，好奇心造就科學家和詩人。同樣，好奇心也是無數科學發現的源泉。1月9日，2014年度國家科學技術獎勵大會上，由香港科技大學溫維佳主持完成的“巨電流變液結構和物理性質的研究”項目獲得國家自然科學獎二等獎，這是當年由香港科學家完成的兩個獲獎項目其中之一，同時也是一項最初源于科學好奇產生的成果。

電流變效應在人們眼里最初只是一個科學好奇，但隨著人們對電流變流體應用的預期，使得電流變流體自60年前發現以來，成為一個持續的研究領域。在科研工作者眼里，電流變流體是一種極具前景的智能材料，它的流變特性可以根據施加的電場而改變，因而在工業上具有廣闊的應用前景。

1995年在中國科學院獲取博士學位后，溫維佳加入香港科技大學，其間他又在洛杉磯加州大學做博士后研究。扎實的學習、科研經歷為他日后從事科研奠定了牢固的基石。這些年，他的研究領域涉及凝聚態物理、微米及納米材料的研究、先進功能結構材料、納米電（磁）流變液、微流控制、軟物質物理及光電子功能結構材料等。而其中，主要的研究對象就是智能流體。

“智能流體是一種介電微粒與絕緣液體混合而成的復雜流體。由于它具備了黏度隨電場變動的特質，在汽車、工業及航天等領域均帶來廣闊的應用前景。智能流體可用于制造阻尼器、減震器、制動器、離合器、閥、方向及速度控制器以至虛擬現實系統等裝置。”溫維佳和許多科學家一樣，對流變效應的基本機制進行了深入研究。

在電場作用下，一些原子或分子的電極化可以通過兩種方式實現。一種是之前提到的傳統電流變效應的誘導極化過程。這是一種介電電流變效果。另一種是通過排列自身原有的隨機方向分子偶極子。這第二個過程帶來了巨電流變效應。溫維佳認為，比較這兩種類型的極化機制的顯著特點及其對于電流變效應的影響很有意義。

隨著科研的深入，溫維佳發現，巨流變流體的強電反應在多種微流芯片中特別有用。就這樣，在發現的巨流變效應與其在納米粒子和動力學的科學基礎領域的共同吸引下，這個領域的一個新的研究方向在他面前展開。

同時，在納米尺度的分子偶極子操縱為進一步探索提供了廣闊的視野。特別是，自發漲落效應的分子偶極細絲形成及產生宏觀長度的分子偶極細絲的可能性，使得不論是從理論還是從試驗研究出發，都非常有意義。在獲得國家自然科學基金委員會頒發的2000年海外青年學者合作研究基金資助的40萬元外，他還獲得了中科院物理研究所50萬元研究經費資助，這些資金支持他帶領團隊進行智能流體的研究。于是，在溫維佳和他在香港科技大學所帶領的團隊的共同努力下，“巨電流變液結構和物理性質的研究”前景逐步明朗。

實際上，這些年，溫維佳所領導的這支研究團隊，早已在軟物質材料、電流變液研究等方面取得了成就，在國際上引起了高度的關注。而作為軟凝聚態物理專家的溫維佳，在國際上早已聲名遠揚，他已獲得14項美國專利和8項中國專利，發表的200多篇論文均被SCI收錄。

溫維佳說：“巨電流變微流邏輯門使得制成可以實現高水平智能性能的綜合復雜微流電路系統成為可能。”在研究中，具有低的無電場黏度，100kPa左右的屈服應力，并且在長期使用過程中不表現出顆粒聚集或沉淀現象的理想巨電流變流體，還是一個迫切需要解決的挑戰。但溫維佳表示：“這個目標的實現，可以擴大巨電流變流體在主動控制機械設備如減震器、離合器、制動器及鎖中的應用。”

電流變流體的這方小小的世界里，充滿了無限精彩，溫維佳和他的團隊正全力以赴，讓科學的探索成為可能。

       來源：中國科技獎勵  2015年第6期


 

溫維佳:香港科研「缺錢不缺人」

溫維佳教授在北京參加2014年度國家科技獎勵大會期間，接受本報專訪。劉凝哲 拍攝

 溫維佳教授團隊與巨電流變液。圖中瓶中的乳白色液體就是在電場作用下隨時可變成堅硬固體的巨電流變液。本人提供

【文匯網訊】(記者 劉凝哲 北京報道)溫維佳教授在北京參加2014年度國家科技獎勵大會期間，接受本報獨家專訪時直言，如今香港的科研經費很少，內地的科研經費很多卻無法申請，「香港有許多優秀的頭腦，但研究經費不足」。200萬經費在內地的知名科學家看來，幾乎「不算事兒」，但對於溫維佳等香港科學家卻十分關鍵。 

科幻「未來戰士」或成真 

還記得好萊塢電影《未來戰士2》中，那個隨時可由液體變身的超強未來機器人嗎?經過香港科技大學溫維佳教授「魔術師」團隊超過20載的研究後，製造科幻「未來戰士」的材料或將成真!智能材料--巨電流變液，在電的作用下，可在一毫秒內其硬度由液體變成如硬塑料般的固體。「巨電流變液的市場前景十分廣闊，可用於航天、航海、汽車甚至航母等等領域。成本低、用處大，希望它能盡快地被應用起來」，溫維佳說。 

溫維佳教授在北京參加2014年度國家科技獎勵大會期間，接受本報獨家專訪。他此次獲獎的項目是《巨電流變液結構和物理性質的研究》，在這看起來高深、專業題目的背後，卻是十分有意思的高科技。溫維佳向本報提供的視頻顯示，巨電流變液看起來只是乳白色的液體，但「啪」的一聲通電後，就會瞬間轉化為固體，可以抬起40公斤的重物，十分神奇。 

「巨電流變液平時像水一樣的，加了電場後，就變成一個固體。一般的電流變液，加入電場後，它的強度就像豆漿變成豆腐腦，強度變化不大。而我們這個巨電流變液材料，其硬度就是從豆漿直接變成硬塑料」，溫維佳說。他對電流變液的研究從1992年開始，前10年是基礎理論和實驗研究，在2003年時發現了巨電流變現象後，開始進行應用研究及產業化推廣等工作。 

溫維佳說，巨電流變液的主要競爭對手，是磁流變液。目前，磁流變液已在全球有著大規模應用，包括奧迪TT、法拉利等高端跑車和豪華轎車，都使用了磁流變液作為主動減震系統。然而，巨電流變液與磁流變液相比優勢明顯，磁流變液的強度變化從幾個Pa到幾十個KPa，而巨電流變液的強度變化則從幾個Pa到幾百個KPa。 

此外，成本低也是巨電流變液的一大優勢。溫維佳說，美國的磁流變液，半升的價格就要高達500美金，例如奧迪TT跑車四個輪子的選配減震器，需要2萬多元，而巨電流變液不僅效果更好，成本也低得多。目前巨電流變液已經取得美國專利、中國等專利，擁有完全的自主知識產權。 

談起巨電流變液的用途，溫維佳如數家珍。「這是個智能材料，是有智慧的，用處很大。加電之後，就能從軟的變成硬的。例如，水變成冰，要凍起來，時間長而且不可控，巨電流變液只用1毫秒可以把液體變成固體，而且是可逆的，去掉電場，就可以由固體變回液體，是可控的智能材料。」其用途包括越野車，飛機降落時的減震，高速列車的減震等等。 

溫維佳還透露，巨電流變液已在日本進行過微重力試驗，證明在微重力環境下，材料也具有同樣的效果，這可用於航天探月，例如月球車著陸月球時的減震等等。此外，在火箭對接、航天發射場、空間站機械臂等方面也有很多用途。此外，飛機在航母上起降時的減震問題，也可以由巨電流變液來解決。 

前沿先進技術，自然少不了別人的覬覦。溫維佳說，多家國際一流企業都開始使用巨電流變液的產品。此番來到北京參加國家科技獎勵大會，溫維佳希望能夠打開廣闊的應用市場，把巨電流變液產業做大做強。 

20餘載辛苦研究 每日工作15小時 

溫維佳對巨電流變液的研究始於1992年，當時他還是中科院物理所的博士。憑著對科學的熱愛和追求，溫維佳的研究從北京到香港從未間斷，直到今時他仍每天工作15個小時，去實驗室與團隊交流。「最欣慰的是，我們用了20多年，把基礎研究的成果做成了產品」，他說。 

2003年，是溫維佳科研生涯中至關重要的一年。他發現了巨電流變效應及解釋其機理的理論模型，為國際上並不順利的電流變液研究提出新途徑，使電流變液走向技術實用成為現實。溫維佳關於巨電流變液的論文在當年10月出版的《自然-材料雜誌》發表，立即受到該領域專家的廣泛關注。「新科學家」和「科學」等網站發表了評述文章。眾多媒體，如「華盛頓郵報」等也作了報道。 

國家科技獎勵官方給予溫維佳的成果極高評價。「該項目由香港科技大學的團隊經過長期積累與攻關完成。項目開始於國際電流變液研究熱潮因未能取得突破即將退潮之際，項目組從更寬廣的基礎研究角度，採取理論、實驗和樣品制備結合的方式，對外場作用下軟物質系統的結構和性質開展長期探索，弄清內在規律，制備出技術使用的高性能電流變液材料，並發展新的智能材料的制備與應用」。 

國家科技獎勵官方將溫維佳稱為「新電流變的創始人」，並稱他在國際學術界產生了重大影響。溫維佳的研究團隊曾在Nature materials、Advanced in Physics等國際著名期刊上發表論文80篇，獲得國內外專利8項，曾多次作為大會主席組織相關的國際及國內會議，並在國內外學術會議作特邀報告50多次。20多年以來，巨電流變液項目在基礎理論、新效應研究，材料制備和應用方面取得系統性的研究成果，處於國際領先水平，得到國際學術界廣泛認同。 

香港科研「缺錢不缺人」 

「如果每年給我200萬，能做的項目比現在多得多」，溫維佳說。200萬經費在內地的知名科學家看來，幾乎「不算事兒」，但對於溫維佳等香港科學家卻十分關鍵。他直言，如今香港的科研經費很少，內地的科研經費很多卻無法申請，「香港有許多優秀的頭腦，但研究經費不足」。 

溫維佳早前在重慶大學工作多年，後進入中科院物理所，再來到香港科技大學。比較這些機構的科研環境，他坦言，香港的環境更加自由，尤其是沒有如內地很多高校硬性規定的論文數量，令科學家可以沉下心來做自己喜愛的長期研究，而不是為所謂的分數奔命。但是，近年來內地的科研環境有很大改善，尤其是對知識產權的保護，令他深感欣慰。 

「如果我每年有200萬經費，能做的東西比現在多得多，我們的思維特別活躍。」，溫維佳遺憾地說。他的團隊現有10名成員，多是來自內地一流高校的頂尖學生。學生們的思維非常開闊，研究範圍十分廣泛，但卻備受科研經費短缺的困擾。 

溫維佳說，礙於當前規定，香港科學家無法申請內地科研經費，雖然通過聯合方式可以申請到一些支持，但經費與實驗團隊發展並不匹配。他希望港府可以向新加坡、韓國等學習，給科學家提供更多的經費，令他聘請更多研究人員，研發出更多的科學技術回報社會。 

溫維佳的團隊在研究巨電流變液同時，也發現很多其他的物理現象，並發展出新的科技產品。比如，他們研發的智能玻璃，看似透明玻璃，只要一按電鈕就變成磨砂玻璃，也可立即變回來。更有一種節能玻璃。另外一種平時透明的玻璃，太陽照射就會變成藍色，同時產生具有殺菌功效的雙氧，還能產生電能。 

現在溫維佳還在進行水科學研究。一如他20多年前對電流變液的研究，現在對水科學的研究也是從純物理基礎開始做，「說不定20年以後水科學也會有很大的發展」。 

科學解釋：什麼是巨電流變液 

自然界中，液體和固體是有明顯區別的兩種物質形態。水、油等是液體，它們沒有固定的形狀，可以自由流動。鋼鐵、木材、石頭等是固體，它們有固定的形狀。能不能發明一種材料，它既有液體和固體的優點，又可根據需要在兩者間進行轉換呢?這個聽起來似乎異想天開的幻想，已經被科學家實現，即場相應流體，主要有電流變液和磁流變液。 

電流變現象於1947年由美國科學家溫斯洛發現。他將澱粉加在橄欖油中，然後攪拌成一種懸浮液。在試驗中，他意外地發現了一個奇怪的現象，即這種懸浮液在沒有加上電場時，可以像水或油一樣自由流動。可是當一加上電場時，其懸浮液的粘度變稠。當撤消電場時，它又立即回到低粘度的液體狀態。因為這種懸浮液的粘度可以用電場來控制，科學家把它稱為電流變液體。並把這種場誘導下液體粘度可逆變化的物理現象稱為「溫斯洛現象」或「電流變效應」。 

在過去的40年，研究人員對電流變液進行了大量的研究，以期其能夠發展成為工業產品應用於各行各業。然而，這些研究工作最終沒能成功轉變成具有商業價值的產品。電流變液未獲成功的原因可能很多，但最主要的原因是所研究出來的電流變液材料的屈服強度達不到工程材料的應用要求。也就是說，材料的「硬度」達不到固體物質的標準。通常的電流變液屈服強度為3Kpa，最好的材料最大屈服強度也僅為10KPa。除此之外，工業應用受限的其他原因還有液態-固態轉換的時間響應，材料屈服強度對溫度的依賴特性、材料純度對電流表性能的影響、以及與材料需要電源支持等因素。 

溫維佳教授研究的「巨」電流變液(GERF)，改變了上述尷尬局面，不僅屈服應力強度遠遠超出工程應用的要求，其他性能也大幅得到改善，尤其是時間響應等關鍵參數完全達到了工業應用的要求。測試結果表明，巨電流變液具有以下特性，液體-固體間快速轉換響應;超高強度屈服應力;電場操控靈活、控制範圍廣;材料輕便易於各種應用設計等特性。這些優異的特性將會給汽車減震系統，建築減震領域，以及液壓系統，離合器系統等帶來一場革命。目前智能材料實驗室已經可以設計並生產巨電流變液。

來源：http://news.wenweipo.com/2015/01/09/IN1501090 

溫維佳團隊擁多項專利

2015-01-10  來源：大公網|

 

【大公報記者周琳北京九日電】“從1992年到現在，我從一個英俊小伙變成了一位‘老’教授。”溫維佳笑稱，做科學就是要沉下心，現在想來這絕對是值得的。

1992年，溫維佳受到美國能源部報告的啟發，“能否提高電流變液的強度達到工程應用呢？”當時電流變液之所以未被應用，是由于其強度過低，只有幾千帕左右，不能滿足工程應用30千帕要求。彼時還是中科院博士的溫維佳開始對此感興趣，他從博士論文做起，實驗室的設備、材料都是自己做的。

十載光陰，溫維佳團隊一直致力于解決材料結構的相容性，最早使用玻璃珠和玻璃粉，做了多次表面處理和改性，卻也只有幾千帕左右強度。溫維佳明白，提高電流變液的強度要在物理機制和材料設計上下功夫。

“中國現在是No.1”

直到2003年，溫維佳終于發現了“巨電流變現象”。他找到了合適的硅油為載體，并將介質改為納米小顆粒后，發現它出現了巨電流變現象，響應時間只要千分之一秒，瞬間就會從液體變成固體，電場越大就越硬。巨電流變液材料的硬度成功達到磁流變液材料的五倍，可以應用高速列車的減震、飛機、機器人等。溫維佳的基礎研究成果引發了國際的轟動，發表在著名科技雜誌《自然材料》。解決了基礎的物理機制，溫維佳又?手其應用研究。

溫維佳表示，團隊目前已擁有多項專利，全球最大的手機和運動品牌製造商也購買了他們的巨電流變液。目前香港合作的公司已經在深圳生產，銷往世界各地。

如今，磁流變液處于壟斷地位。溫維佳說，一個磁力減震器成本很低，但卻賣到一千多美元。言談中，溫維佳自信地多次重復電流變液“中國現在是No.1”。