Faculty Profile

Yang Zou

Associate Professor · Master's Supervisor. Her research spans heat and mass transfer, mechanobiology and tissue repair, liquid-metal-based flexible sensing, and intellectual property.

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Faculty Information

Yang Zou
Associate Professor · Master's Supervisor

Yang Zou

Research interests: heat and mass transfer, biomechanics and tissue repair, and intellectual property.

Biography

Yang Zou is an Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor. Recipient of the Second Prize of the Chongqing Development Research Award. Selected among the 100 high-level talents in the China National Intellectual Property Administration’s Hundred–Thousand–Ten Thousand Intellectual Property Talent Program and the national patent-information teaching talent program.

Holds national qualifications as a lawyer and patent attorney. Member of the Hemorheology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Microcirculation.

Research Interests

  • Heat and mass transfer
  • Biomechanics and tissue repair
  • Intellectual property

Research Achievements

  • Has published dozens of academic papers in Chinese and international journals.
  • Holds four granted Chinese invention patents.
  • Developed one enterprise standard.

Selected Publications and Books

  1. Xun P. Z., Zou Y., Lv Y. G.* Liquid metal fiber tactile sensors with dual-mechanism enhancement of gradient porosity and interfacial polarization for textile-integrated human-machine interaction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2026, 18 (27): 38203-38218.
  2. Li W. K., Feng S. (co-first author), Chen Z. Y., Zou Y., Lv Y. G.* Dynamic stiffening hydrogels orchestrate macrophage-mesenchymal stem cells interactions for bone regeneration. Biomaterials Advances, 2026, 187: 214974.
  3. Meng C., Zou Y.*, Lv Y. G.* Multifunctional theranostic fiber with micro-wrinkles for closed-loop health monitoring and human-machine interaction. npj Flexible Electronics, 2026, 10: 83.
  4. Zhang S. H., Li M., Ju H. Y., Zou Y., Lv Y. G.* Enhanced fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerator via conductive-dielectric coupling of liquid metal and barium titanate. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2026, 1063: 187799.
  5. Zou Y., Tang S. Y. (co-first author), Chen Z. Y., Lv Y. G.* Decalcified bone scaffold with dynamic matrix stiffness prepared by mineralization improves bone defect repair. Biomedical Materials, 2026, 21(1): 015004.
  6. Tang J. B., Zou Y.*, Lv Y. G.* Highly sensitive liquid metal/thermoplastic polyurethane composite porous fiber-based strain and pressure sensor. Science China Technological Sciences, 2026, 69(5): 1500114:1-1500114:12.
  7. Zou Y., Duan Y. X., Wang M. R., Lv Y. G.* Liquid metal based electroconductive artificial periosteum boosts bone regeneration. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 2025, 36(18): 2977-2998.
  8. Zhu Z. L., Zou Y., Ju H. Y., Lv Y. G.* Facet-controlled synthesis of nanoporous metal–organic frameworks for enhanced activity of surface-immobilized thrombin. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2025, 8(40): 19645-19657.
  9. Yang Zou, translator. Intellectual Property in Pharmaceutical Test Data: Origin, Globalization and Impact. Intellectual Property Publishing House, 2025. [Chinese translation; title rendered in English.]
  10. Tang J. B., Zou Y., Liu C. F., Lv Y. G.* Liquid metal fiber-based high-sensitivity strain and pressure sensors enhanced by porous structure. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2024, 6(10): 7512-7521.
  11. Shen Y. P., Zou Y., Bie B. L., Lv Y. G.* Hierarchically released liquid metal nanoparticles for mild photothermal therapy/chemotherapy of breast cancer bone metastases via remodeling tumor stromal microenvironment. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2023, 12: e2301080.
  12. Chen Z. Y., Zou Y.*, Lv Y. G.* Dynamic stiffening collagen-coated substrate enhances osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells through integrin α2β1. Biomaterials Science, 2023, 11(13): 4700-4712.
  13. Shen Y. P., Zou Y., Bie B. L., Dong C. J., Lv Y. G.* Combining dual-targeted liquid metal nanoparticles with autophagy activation and mild photothermal therapy for treating metastatic breast cancer and inhibiting bone destruction. Acta Biomaterialia, 2023, 157: 578-592.
  14. Yao D. D., Zou Y., Lv Y. G.* Maresin 1 enhances osteogenic potential of mesenchymal stem cells by modulating macrophage peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ-mediated inflammation resolution. Biomaterials Advances, 2022, 141: 213116.

Contact

yglvbme@163.com