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:

1. 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.

2. Fangming Sheng, Wei Deng*, Xiaobin Ren, Xinyue Liu, Xinghan Meng, Jialin Shi, Souren Grigorian, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiujuan Zhang*, Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2401822.

3. Yongji Wang, Wei Deng*, Xinmin Shi, Xiaobin Ren, Bingbing Li, Yuan Li, Jiansheng Jie, Xiujuan Zhang*, Xiaohong Zhang*, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2025, 12, nwaf207.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Wei Deng, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiuzhen Xu, Yanling Xiao, Bei Lu, Xiujuan Zhang, Xiaohong Zhang*, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1908340.

8. Wei Deng, Xiujuan Zhang*, Liming Huang, Xiuzhen Xu, Liang Wang, Jincheng Wang, Qixun Shang, Shuit-Tong Lee, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 2201.

9. Wei Deng, Xiujuan Zhang*, Liang Wang, Jincheng Wang, Qixun Shang, Xiaohong Zhang*, Liming Huang, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 7305.

10. 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.

11. Anyi Dong, Wei Deng*, Yongji Wang, Xinmin Shi, Fangming Sheng, Yulong Yin, Xiaobin Ren, Jiansheng Jie*, Xiujuan Zhang*, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2404558.

12. Yanling Xiao, Wei Deng*, Jiajing Hong, Xiaobin Ren, Xiujuan Zhang*, Jialin Shi, Fangming Sheng, Xiaohong Zhang*, Jiansheng Jie*, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2213788.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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