On November 3, Professor Konstantin Novoselov, the 2010 Nobel laureate in Physics, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Director of the Institute of Functional Intelligent Materials at the National University of Singapore, led a delegation to visit Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences). Wu Yantao, Party Secretary of the university, Duan Peiyong, President of the university , and Shu Minglei, Vice President of the university , met with Professor Novoselov and his entourage.
Wu Yantao extended a warm welcome to Professor Novoselov on his second visit, and reviewed the progress of cooperation since the two sides signed a cooperation agreement in September this year and the professor was appointed as a distinguished professor of the university. He noted that the university attaches great importance to collaboration with Professor Novoselov’s team. Taking this visit as an opportunity, both sides aim to further deepen collaborative research, share research outputs, and jointly cultivate talents. First, strengthen research team building by jointly setting up research groups to advance fundamental research on two dimensional functional materials. Second, further industry university research cooperation to align research outcomes of the professor’s team with industrial demands in Shandong and drive the transformation and practical application of research achievements. Third, boost joint talent training and promote exchanges between researchers and young students from both sides. Wu Yantao presented Professor Novoselov with the appointment certificate of Chief Scientist.
Duan Peiyong expressed the hope that both sides would take a long term perspective, further identify priority areas for collaborative research, deepen teamwork among research groups, actively mobilize resources with enterprises to strive for diverse support, secure more breakthroughs in key technology fields, and better serve industrial development in Shandong Province.
Professor Novoselov commended the university for its advances in new energy, new material and AI enabled applications, and voiced high expectations for future cooperation. He pledged to actively foster academic exchanges among researchers of both sides and support the construction of relevant laboratories. He will strengthen communication with Shandong based enterprises to gain in depth understanding of industrial and technical requirements and facilitate the commercialization of research findings. He also intends to scale up joint student training and inter laboratory exchanges to nurture young scientific researchers.
During the visit, Professor Novoselov delivered an academic lecture entitled Materials for the Future to faculty, students and enterprise representatives. Centered on fundamental studies and cutting edge applications of graphene and two dimensional materials, the presentation covered the latest developments in smart responsive materials, heterojunction interface engineering and functional intelligent materials. It also outlined application prospects of two dimensional materials in thermal management, separation membranes, self healing coatings and other sectors. After the lecture, Professor Novoselov held interactive discussions with faculty, students and corporate participants.
In addition, Professor Novoselov’s delegation held discussions with research teams from the Energy Faculty as well as enterprise representatives. They had in depth conversations concerning application scenarios for two dimensional functional materials, industrial technical needs and pathways for scientific research cooperation.
