FIELD 01 — LIGHT
Light
V(r) = −½ α|Eω(r)|² + q·φpc(r)
Light traps twice — the optical gradient itself, and the locally confined field it writes into the photo-activated semiconductor.
150× enhancement at −0.8 V · adenine detected at 0.6 fM
BIN LIAN
BIN LIAN
PhD Researcher · Texas Materials Institute · UT Austin
Commanding matter with fields — and building machines that learn to do it.
each bead digs a well in V(x, y) · your cursor is an optical trap · click to melt — it anneals back
FIELD 01 — LIGHT
V(r) = −½ α|Eω(r)|² + q·φpc(r)
Light traps twice — the optical gradient itself, and the locally confined field it writes into the photo-activated semiconductor.
150× enhancement at −0.8 V · adenine detected at 0.6 fM
FIELD 02 — HEAT
Vedl(r) ∝ e−κ(T)·r / r
Water temperature programs how PS microspheres de-cluster and order on charged silicon. The control knob is the electric double layer — not the water itself.
Clark–Evans R 1.10 → 1.65 · ψ₆ ↑ · MD (TIP4P/2005) + Brownian-dynamics closure
FIELD 03 — ELECTRIC
Vdep(r) = −π εmR³·Re[K(ω)]·|E(r)|²
AC electric fields steer light-stimulated micromotor swarms with spatial, temporal and mode control — and assemble matter massively in parallel.
micromotor swarms · massively parallel nano-assembly
FIELD 04 — SOLVATION
F(φ)/kBT = φ lnφ + (1−φ)ln(1−φ) + χ·φ(1−φ)
Solvent exchange programs phase separation, turning brittle gels robust and stretchable.
phase separation × solvation engineering
CHAPTER 02 — MACHINES
The board I etched into the potential surface is real — and it belongs to a machine.
HS_WB · hydrogel-sensor wristband controller
HARDWARE
MACHINES — SENSE
Hydrogel strain sensors read the hand; the board decodes intent.
5-finger digital twin from 4 channels · 98% · CNN-LSTM
SENSE
MACHINES — ACT
The band's intent stream drives a self-built SCARA arm.
300 mm reach · ±0.02 mm repeatability · 18.18:1 self-built drives
ACT
MACHINES — CONTROL
u(t) = Kpe + Ki∫e·dt + Kdė → ut = πθ(st)
Control is the through-line — strategies for commanding matter at the nanoscale, and the machines that carry them out. Hand-tuned gains become learned policies.
PID → RL · autonomous wet-lab loop · CV + LLM + RL
CONTROL
CHAPTER 03 — JOURNEY
Hefei → Berkeley → Providence → Austin.
UC BERKELEYsummer exchange · 2019
BROWN UNIVERSITYresearch intern · 2020
STOP 01 — HEFEI
B.S. Material Physics · 2017–2021
Chemistry & Materials Science — where matter first became my language.
physics-innovation grand prize · USTC Excellent Student Scholarship ×2 · Elite Scholarship, Institute of Chemistry, CAS · Quantum Physics (H) TA
⟳ UC BERKELEY — summer exchange · 2019
⟳ BROWN UNIVERSITY — research intern · 2020
STOP 02 — AUSTIN
Ph.D., Texas Materials Institute · 2021 —
Commanding matter with fields in the Fan lab.
University Graduate Continuing Fellowship · Harris L. Marcus Graduate Fellowship · George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship
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Notes from the bench — systems, statistics, and the occasional rescue.
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