Prof. Zhixiang Wei’s research interest is focused on organic functional nanomaterials and flexible devices. He received a BSc in 1997 and MSc in 2000 from Xi’an Jiaotong University. He received his PhD in 2003 from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). He then undertook postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck-Institute of Colloid and Interfaces (Germany) and University of Toronto. In 2006 he joined the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China as a professor supported by the “Hundred Talents Program” of CAS. Prof. Wei has published more than 150 papers in peer review scientific journals, which have been cited more than 9000 times. Dr. Wei has been awarded various honors, including Youth Chemist of Chinese Chemical Society in 2009, Outstanding Young Scientist Award of NSFC in 2011, Excellent Young Scientist Award of CAS in 2015 and Chinese Youth Science and Technology Award in 2016.