Prof. Mingzhu Li is a Full Professor at Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited IAPME on April 9, 2026, as part of the IAPME Seminar Series. During her visit, she delivered an insightful presentation titled “Bioinspired Micro-nano Photonic Materials”. The seminar was hosted by Prof. Guoxing Sun, who extended the invitation to Prof. Li.
Prof. Li’s interests lie in the design, fabrication, and application of bioinspired micro/nano photonic materials. She received her PhD degree from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), and joined the Key Laboratory of Green Printing, ICCAS in 2008. In 2023, she moved to Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interface Science, TIPC-CAS. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed SCI journal articles, including Science, PNAS, Sci. Adv., and so on.
In her speech, focused on three cutting-edge research directions: flexible structural color materials based on sophisticated self-assembled colloidal crystals, facile full-color printing with a single transparent ink, and polarization-sensitive perovskite single crystals fabricated via nanoimprint-crystallization. She systematically shares the core progress and application prospects in the field and promotes interdisciplinary innovation between micro-nano photonics and bioinspired materials.
The seminar provided attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the latest advancements in optical materials. Prof. LI’s outstanding research on exploring the structure–activity relationships of functional optical materials has been widely recognized.
