Welcome to the PolyU Wu Group
We harness the complementary strengths of the human brain—analog and carbon-based—and machine intelligence—digital and silicon-based—to design and synthesize advanced artificial materials.
By exploring the vast landscape of frontier materials, we develop transformative device technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence, high‑throughput synthesis, first‑principles calculations, and state-of-the-art fabrication approaches.
Our research focuses on halide perovskites, metal-organic hybrids, and mixed‑dimensional heterostructures, enabling breakthrough applications across optoelectronics, energy, and environmental technologies.
News
🎉 Congratulations to Yongxin and all co-authors on the acceptance of our work titled “Fingerprinting Organic Molecules for the Inverse Design of Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskites with Target Energetics” in Science Advances. This theoretical work presents an effective approach to labelling organic molecules with simple 12-digit fingerprints and offers the community over one thousand new 2D hybrid materials to explore! The preprint is also available at arXiv:2509.25728.
🎉 Congratulations to Jone on the publication of “Polarize the Solvent to Regulate the Intermediate Phase and Dynamic Crystallization of Perovskite Films” in Advanced Materials. This marks our first solar paper in 2026! The corresponding research highlights are now available:
Research Highlight 1 | Research Highlight 2
🎉 We congratulate Terence on being awarded the Research Student Attachment Programme (RSAP) scholarship for overseas academic exchange. Supported by a five-month grant, Terence will conduct research on perovskite photovoltaics at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2026. This achievement underscores our commitment to global collaboration and student excellence.
🎉 Prof. Wu is listed among the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics — seven years in a row!
🎉The “Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)” and “PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship Scheme (PPPFS)” schemes are available! Total package up to HK$1.7 million! Qualified applicants are welcome to contact us.
🎉 Yongxin’s paper titled “Fingerprinting Organic Molecules for the Inverse Design of Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskites with Target Energetics” is now available on arXiv:2509.25728.
🎉 Congratulations to Terence on receiving the Best Presentation Award at the PolyU Research Student Conference!
🎉 Prof. Wu recognized by ICFM 2025 for symposium leadership!
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