当材料尺度降至纳米量级时，其光学、电学、磁学等物理特性将呈现出独特的量子效应与新奇物理现象，从而为新型功能电子器件的原理创新与技术研发提供了重要基础。纳米材料的优异性能由其原子排布结构决定，并与尺寸、界面及表面状态密切相关。因此，在原子尺度上精准调控材料结构、实现物性定向设计，进而组装成可保持本征优异特性的宏观功能体，已成为纳米科技领域的核心科学问题。可以预见，纳米材料原子级结构与物性的精确调控，将持续推动材料科学、凝聚态物理、化学工程及电子器件等学科领域的深度发展。

本研究组长期致力于碳纳米管等低维纳米材料的原子结构精准表征与可控调控，实现材料物理性质与器件功能的人工设计与优化；并以高性能纳米材料为基元，构建宏观尺度碳基纳米材料与复合体系，系统探索其在光电子器件、柔性电子等领域的应用潜力。

研究团队基于化学气相沉积等制备方法，实现碳纳米管手性结构、长度、管径、取向、排布及宏观形貌的精准调控。直接催化可控生长是调控碳纳米管结构最直接、高效的技术路径，可有效避免后处理工艺引入杂质与结构缺陷，保障材料本征性能与器件应用。团队在该方向取得系列突破性成果，包括世界首例垂直定向碳纳米管阵列、超长碳纳米管、超细碳纳米管、大面积无支撑透明碳纳米管薄膜，以及手性富集碳纳米管材料的可控制备。

1.Ying Yue, Di Zhang, Pengyu Wang, Xiaogang Xia, Xin Wu, Yuejuan Zhang, Jie Mei, Shaoqing Li, Mingming Li, Yanchun Wang, Xiao Zhang, Xiaojun Wei, Huaping Liu, Weiya Zhou*, Large-area Flexible Carbon Nanofilms with Synergistically Enhanced Transmittance and Conductivity Prepared by Reorganizing Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Networks, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2313971

2. Q. Zhang, W.Y. Zhou*, X.G. Xia, K.W. Li, N. Zhang, Y.C. Wang, Z.J. Xiao, Q.X. Fan, E. I. Kauppinen, S.S. Xie*, Transparent and Freestanding Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube Films Synthesized Directly and Continuously via a Blown Aerosol Technique, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2004277

3. X. Zhang, B. Graves, M. D. Volder*, W.M. Yang, T. Johnson, B. Wen, W. Su, R. Nishida, S.S. Xie,A. Boies*, High-precision solid catalysts for investigation of carbon nanotube synthesis and structure, Sci. Adv., 2020, 6, eabb6010

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直接生长获得的碳纳米管多为混合手性体系，结构与性能的多样性严重制约了其精准物性研究与高性能器件应用。团队率先发展凝胶色谱分离技术，实现碳纳米管手性结构的高效分选；通过温度、表面活性剂、凝胶介质等多参数协同调控，成功制备多种单一手性碳纳米管及其镜像体，为碳纳米管的本征物性研究与高端器件应用提供了关键材料支撑。

1. Yahan Li (co-first), Linhai Li (co-first), Hua Jiang, Liu Qian, Maoshuai He*, Duanliang Zhou, Kaili Jiang, Huaping Liu*, Xiaofan Qin, Yan Gao, Qianru Wu, Xinyan Chi, Zibo Li*, Jin Zhang*, An Efficient Approach Towards Production of Near-Zigzag Single-Chirality Carbon Nanotubes, Sci. Adv., 2024, 10, eadn6519

2. D.H. Yang, L.H. Li, X. Li, W. Xi, Y.J. Zhang, Y.M. Liu, X.J. Wei, W.Y. Zhou, F. Wei, S.S. Xie, H. Liu*, Preparing high-concentration individualized carbon nanotubes for industrial separation of multiple single-chirality species, Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 2491.

3.X.J. Wei*, X. Luo, S.L. Li, W.Y. Zhou, S.S. Xie, and H. Liu*, Length-Dependent Enantioselectivity of Carbon Nanotubes by Gel Chromatography, ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 8393.

4. D.H. Yang, L.H. Li, X.J Wei, Y.C. Wang, W.Y. Zhou, H. Kataura, S.S. Xie, H. Liu*, Sub-Milligram-Scale Separation of Near-Zigzag Single-Chirality Carbon Nanotubes by Temperature Controlling a Binary Surfactant System, Sci. Adv. 2021, 7, eabe0084

5. H. Liu, D. Nishide, T. Tanaka, H. Kataura. Large-scale single-chirality separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes by simple gel chromatography. Nat. Commun. 2011, 2, 309.

在高纯半导体碳纳米管、单一手性碳纳米管及其镜像体体高效分离的基础上，团队系统开展特定结构碳纳米管的物理性质表征与精准调控研究，涵盖电学输运、光电响应、力学性能等核心维度。通过实验与理论结合，全面揭示碳纳米管结构—性能关联机制，充分挖掘材料的本征应用潜力，为碳纳米管的实用化发展奠定坚实的科学基础。

1.W. Su, X. Li, L.H. Li, D. Yang, F.T. Wang, X. Wei, W.Y. Zhou, H. Kataura, S.S. Xie, H. Liu*, Chirality-dependent electrical transport properties of carbon nanotubes obtained by experimental measurement, Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 1672.

2. F.T. Wang, D.H. Yang, L.H. Li, Y.M. Liu, X.J. Wei,* W.Y. Zhou, H. Kataura, H. Liu* and S.S. Xie, Electronic type and diameter dependence of the intersubband plasmons of single-wall carbon nanotubes，Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2107489

3. Shuang Ling, Xiaojun Wei,* Xin Luo, Xiao Li, Shilong Li, Feibing Xiong,* Weiya Zhou, Sishen Xie, and Huaping Liu*, Surfactant Micelle-Driven High-Efficiency and High-Resolution Length Separation of Carbon Nanotubes for Electronic Applications, Small 2024, 20, 2400303

4. Jianlin Sun, Xiao Zhang*, Yanchun Wang, Mingming Li, Xiaojun Wei, Huaping Liu, Weiya Zhou*, Experimental determination of the Young's modulus of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes with single chirality, Nano Research, 2024, 17, 7522-7532.

碳纳米管研究的最终目标是推动其在先进电子与光电子领域的实际应用。团队依托碳纳米管可控制备与物性调控技术成果，设计并构筑高性能碳纳米管薄膜晶体管、电致发光器件、光电探测器及级联光电集成单元，突破碳基器件的制备工艺与性能瓶颈，为下一代高性能碳基电子器件的产业化应用提供核心理论与技术支撑。

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2. W. Su, D. Yang, J. Cui, F. Wang, X. Wei, W. Zhou, H. Kataura, S. S. Xie, H. Liu,* Ultrafast wafer-scale assembly of uniform and highly dense semiconducting carbon nanotube films for optoelectronics, Carbon 2020,163, 370.

3. Y. Liu, S. Wang, H. Liu, L. M. Peng,* Carbon nanotube-based three-dimensional monolithic optoelectronic integrated system, Nat. Commun. 2027,8,15649.

4. Y. Liu, J. Zhang,* H. Liu, S. Wang, L.-M. Peng,* Electrically driven monolithic subwavelength plasmonic interconnect circuits, Sci. Adv. 2017, 3, e1701456.