
Affiliation
Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Email (@um.edu.mo)
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+853 8822 4332
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N23 Research Building, Room 4008a
University of Macau
Avenida da Universidade
Taipa, Macau, China
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Curriculum Vitae
PEI Qibing 裴啟兵
UMDF Chair Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Chair Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Director, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D., Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1990.
B.S, Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1985.
Research Interests
Dielectric elastomer artificial muscles for large strain actuation and soft robotics
Flexible and biocompatible electronic materials and devices
Electrocaloric materials and solid-state cooling devices
Nanocomposite scintillators
Publications
Fan, J., Wakuta, T., Hong, H., Liu, Y., Chen, Y.C., Xu, R., Guo, Y., Wu, J., Winardi, I., Wu, T.H. Xie, Z., Meng, Y., Pei, Q. A Transparent Semicrystalline Polymer Used in Thermally Responsive Smart Window Application. Advanced Functional Materials, 35(48), 2506061 (2025).
Zhu, Y., Wu, J., Luo, Y., Liu, K., Hong, H., Guo, Y., Meng, Y., Gao, M., Wu, H., Fan, J. and Du, Y., He, P., Pei, Q., Multilayer relaxor ferroelectric polymer stacks as data transmitter for real-time and programmable infrared information encryption. Nature Communications, 16(1), 10448 (2025).
Wu, H., Song, Y., Yin, H., Zhu, Y., Zhang, A., Xie, Z., Wang, C., Gao, M., Gao, W. and Pei, Q., Flexible and Conformable Carbon Nanotube Twin Transistors for Real-Time Glucose Biosensing. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(19), 9924–9936 (2025).
Wu, H., Zhu, Y., Yan, W., Zhang, S., Budiman, W., Liu, K., Wu, J., Meng, Y., Zhao, X., Mehta, A., Kaur, S., Pei, Q. A Self-Regenerative Heat Pump Based on a Dual-Functional Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymer, Science, 386(6721), 546-551 (2024).
Guo, Y. Luo, Y., Plamthottam, R., Pei, S., Wei, C., Han, Z., Fan, F., Possinger, M., Liu, K., Zhu, Y. Fei, Z., Winardi, I., Hong, H., Zhang, Y., Jin, L., Pei, Q. Haptic Artificial Muscle Skin for Extended Reality, Science Advances, 10(43), eadr1765 (2024).
Zhu, Y., Wu, H., Martin, A., Beck, P., Allahyarov, E., Wongwirat, T., Rui, G., Zhu, Y., Hawthorne, D., Fan, J. and Wu, J., Operando Investigation of the Molecular Origins of Dipole Switching in P (VDF‐TrFE‐CFE) Terpolymer for Large Adiabatic Temperature Change. Advanced Functional Materials, 2314705 (2024).
Winardi, I., Han, Z., Yu, H., Surabhi, P. and Pei, Q., Nanocomposite Scintillators Loaded With Hafnium Oxide and Phosphorescent Host and Guest for Gamma Spectroscopy. Chemistry of Materials, 36(10), 5257-5263 (2024).
Zhao, Y., Wang, B., Tan, J., Yin, H., Huang, R., Zhu, J., Lin, S., Zhou, Y., Jelinek, D., Sun, Z. Youssef, K., Zhao, Y., Wang, B., Tan, J., Yin, H., Huang, R., Zhu, J., Lin, S., Zhou, Y., Jelinek, D., Sun, Z. and Youssef, K., Voisin, L., Horrillo, A., Zhang, K., Wu, B.M., Coller, H.A., Pei, Q., Emaminejad, S., Soft strain-insensitive bioelectronics featuring brittle materials. Science, 378(6625), 1222-1227 (2022).
Shi, Y.,* Askounis, E.,* Plamthottam, R.,* Libby, T., Peng, Z., Youssef, K., Pu, J., Pelrine, R. and Pei, Q., A processable, high-performance dielectric elastomer and multilayering process. Science, 377(6602), 228-232 (2022).
Pu, J., Meng, Y., Xie, Z., Peng, Z., Wu, J., Shi, Y., Plamthottam, R., Yang, W. and Pei, Q., A unimorph nanocomposite dielectric elastomer for large out-of-plane actuation. Science Advances, 8, eabm6200 (2022).
Gao, M., Meng, Y., Shen, C. and Pei, Q., Stiffness variable polymers comprising phase‐changing side‐chains: material syntheses and application explorations. Advanced Materials, 2109798 (2022).
Yin, H., Zhu, Y., Youssef, K., Yu, Z. and Pei, Q., Structures and Materials in Stretchable Electroluminescent Devices. Advanced Materials, 2106184 (2021).
Gao, M., Wu, H., Plamthottam, R., Xie, Z., Liu, Y., Hu, J., Wu, S., Wu, L., He, X. and Pei, Q., Skin temperature-triggered, debonding-on-demand sticker for a self-powered mechanosensitive communication system. Matter. 4, 1-13 (2021).
Meng, Y., Zhang, Z., Wu, H., Wu, R., Wu, J., Wang, H. and Pei, Q., A cascade electrocaloric cooling device for large temperature lift. Nature Energy, 5, 996–1002 (2020).
Guan, F., Xie, Y., Wu, H., Meng, Y., Shi, Y., Gao, M., Zhang, Z., Chen, S., Chen, Y., Wang, H. and Pei, Q., Silver Nanowire–Bacterial Cellulose Composite Fiber-Based Sensor for Highly Sensitive Detection of Pressure and Proximity. ACS Nano, 14, 15428-39 (2020).
Ma, R., Zhang, Z., Tong, K., Huber, D., Kornbluh, R., Ju, Y. S., & Pei, Q. Highly efficient electrocaloric cooling with electrostatic actuation. Science, 357 (Issue # 6356), 1130-1134 (2017).
Chen, D., Pei, Q. “Electronic Muscles and Skins: A Review of Soft Sensors and Actuators”. Chemical Reviews. 117, 11239–11268 (2017).
2026-present
UMDF Chair Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau
Chair Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau
2021-2024
Vice Chair for undergraduate education, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), U.S.A.
2017-2026
Affiliate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), U.S.A.
2009-2014
Vice Chair for undergraduate education, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), U.S.A.
2004-2026
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), U.S.A.
1998-2004
Senior Research Engineer, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
1997-1998
Senior Chemist, Imation Corporation, 3M Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
1994-1997
Senior Chemist, UNIAX Corp. (DuPont Display), Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
1993-1994
Postdoc., UNIAX Corp. (DuPont Display), Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
1991-1993
Postdoc., Applied Physics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Recipient, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials (SSM) Lifetime Achievement Award (2023).
Associate Editor, FlexMat
Editorial (or Advisory) Board Member:
Smart Materials and Structures, Soft Robotics, Advanced Fiber Materials, Advanced Electronic Materials, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials
Fellow, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
Member, Materials Research Society, American Chemical Society
Scientific Advisory Board member, SPIE Conferences on Smart Materials and Structures, Symposium on Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices