Associate Professor

09/2009-01/2015, Tsinghua University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D

09/2005-07/2009, Jilin University, School of Mechanical Engineering, B.S.

12/2023-present, Tsinghua University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor

12/2020-12/2023, Tsinghua University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor

09/2019-08/2020, Northeastern University, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Senior Research Scientist

09/2015-08/2019, Northeastern University, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Postdoctoral Research Associate

04/2015-08/2015, The George Washington University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Micro/nano fabrication: Theoretical and technological research on directed self-assembly of nanoparticles; Design and fabrication of micro/nano devices; Tribological performance micro/nano devices

• Since 2025 Micro/Nano Fabrication and IC Equipment (1)

• Since 2023 Exploration of Micro/Nano Manufacturing (2)

• Since 2024 Introduction to Intelligent Manufacturing and Equipment

• Since 2022 Exploration of Micro/Nano Manufacturing (1)

• Since 2022 Intelligent Electromechanical System Practice

• Since 2022 Materials in Micro/Nano-Engineering

2025 Excellent Individual Award for Management and Service Work,‌ Tsinghua University

2024 Wen Shizhu Maple Leaf Award for Outstanding Young Scholars

2024 Course demonstration Teacher, Tsinghua University

2024 Second Prize in the Young Faculty Teaching Competition, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, Tsinghua University

2023 Outstanding Supervisor, 6th “Jingdiao Cup” National Graduation Design Competition

2015 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Tsinghua University

1. Guangji Wang, Zhimin Chai,* Jingwei Zhang, Zetong Li, and Xinchun Lu. Pinning Force and Meniscus Breakup Govern Heights of Microdroplets Generated by Discontinuous Dewetting. Newton, 2026, 2: 100665 (Flagship physics journal under Cell Press)

2. Guangji Wang, Jiting Liu, Yihuan Wang, Guojia Yu, Siqing Yuan, Jingwei Zhang, Dewen Zhao, Jie Cheng, Zhimin Chai,* and Xinchun Lu. A Versatile Strategy for the Uniform Patterning of Diverse Functional Materials via Controlled Marangoni Flow. ACS Nano, 2026, 20: 15618–15631 (Impact factor: 17.3)

3. Siqing Yuan,^# Yihuan Wang,^# Jiting Liu, Guangji Wang, Chenhua Liu, Jingwei Zhang, Zetong Li, Dewen Zhao, Jie Cheng,* Zhimin Chai,* and Xinchun Lu. High-Fidelity, Coffee-Ring-Free Metal Oxide Thin-Film Transistor Fabricated using Surfactant-Mediated Surface Energy-Directed Assembly. Device, 2026, 4: 101173 (Impact factor: 8.7)

4. Zetong Li,^# Wei He,^# Guangji Wang,^# Jingwei Zhang, Zhimin Chai,* and Xinchun Lu. Light-Absorbing-Layer-Free Flash Lamp Annealing for High-Throughput Fabrication of All-Solution-Processed Oxide Electronics. Advanced Science, 2026, 0: e77200 (Impact factor: 14.1)

5. Siqing Yuan, Guangji Wang, Zebin Fan, Yihuan Wang, Jingwei Zhang, Guojia Yu, Zhimin Chai,* Dewen Zhao, and Xinchun Lu. Stretchable Serpentine Electrodes with High Fidelity Fabricated Using Orientation‐Controlled Surface Energy‐Directed Assembly. Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35: 2423987 (Impact factor: 19.9)

6. Jingwei Zhang,^# Yihuan Wang,^# Zhimin Chai,* Dewen Zhao, and Xinchun Lu. Six-Fold Mobility Improvement for All-Solution-Processed Metal Oxide Thin Film Transistors Via a Controlled Humidity Annealing Process. Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35: 2507594 (Impact factor: 19.9)

7. Zetong Li,^# Zhimin Chai,^#,* Guangji Wang, Jingwei Zhang, Tongqing Wang, Dewen Zhao, Ahmed A. Busnaina, and Xinchun Lu*. High-Performance Flexible Electronics Fabricated Using a Surface Energy-Directed Assembly Process on Ultrathin Polyimide Substrates. Small, 2025, 21: 2409458 (Impact factor: 11.8)

8. Yihuan Wang, Siqing Yuan, Guangji Wang, Zebin Fan, Jingwei Zhang, Zetong Li, Chenhua Liu, Dewen Zhao, Zhimin Chai,* and Xinchun Lu. Flexible, Transparent and Conductive Silver Line Electrodes Fabricated Using Surface Energy-Directed Assembly Process on Polyethylene Naphthalate Substrates. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 509: 161172 (Impact factor: 12.5)

9. Jingwei Zhang,^# Guangji Wang,^# Zhimin Chai,* Zetong Li, Siqing Yuan, Yihuan Wang, Yi Ding, Taohan Sun, Tongqing Wang, Dewen Zhao, Ahmed A. Busnaina, Tian-Ling Ren, and Xinchun Lu. All-Solution-Processed Electronics with Sub-Microscale Resolution and Nanoscale Fidelity Fabricated Via a Humidity-Controlled, Surface Energy-Directed Assembly Process. ACS Nano, 2024, 18: 20493–20503 (Impact factor: 17.3)

10. Siqing Yuan,^# Zebin Fan,^# Guangji Wang,^# Zhimin Chai,* Tongqing Wang, Dewen Zhao, Ahmed A. Busnaina, and Xinchun Lu. Fabrication of Flexible and Transparent Metal Mesh Electrodes Using Surface Energy‐Directed Assembly Process for Touch Screen Panels and Heaters. Advanced Science, 2023, 10: 2304990 (Impact factor: 14.1)

11. Zhimin Chai, Anthony Childress, and Ahmed A. Busnaina*. Directed Assembly of Nanomaterials for Making Nanoscale Devices and Structures: Mechanisms and Applications. ACS Nano, 2022, 16: 17641-17686 (Impact factor: 17.3)

12. Zhimin Chai,^# Adnan Korkmaz,^# Cihan Yilmaz, and Ahmed A. Busnaina*. High‐Rate Printing of Micro/Nanoscale Patterns Using Interfacial Convective Assembly. Advanced Materials, 2020, 32: 2000747 (Impact factor: 29.1)

13. Zhimin Chai, Hobin Jeong, Salman A. Abbasi, and Ahmed A. Busnaina*. Fabrication of Organic Field Effect Transistors Using Directed Assembled and Transfer Printed Carbon Nanotube Source/Drain Electrodes. Applied Physics Letters, 2019, 114: 103301 (Impact factor: 3.8)

14. Zhimin Chai,^# Jungho Seo,^# Salman A. Abbasi, and Ahmed Busnaina*. Assembly of Highly Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Using an Electro-Fluidic Assembly Process. ACS Nano, 2018, 12: 12315-12323 (Impact factor: 17.3)

15. Zhimin Chai, Salman A. Abbasi, and Ahmed A. Busnaina*. Scalable Directed Assembly of Highly Crystalline 2,7-Dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2- b][1]benzothiophene (C8-BTBT) Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10: 18123-18130 (Impact factor: 7.8)

1. Zhimin Chai, Xinchun Lu, Jingwei Zhang and Guangji Wang. Preparation Method of Silane Molecular Self-Assembled Monolayer Film and Multilayer Metal Oxide Film Structure. Chinese Patent, 2024, ZL 202410606052.7.

2. Zhimin Chai, Xinchun Lu, Zetong Li and Guangji Wang. Hydrophobically Modified Flexible Materials and Their Surface Hydrophobic Modification Methods. Chinese Patent, 2024, ZL 202411814209.1

3. Lile Xie, Tongqing Wang, Zhimin Chai and Xinchun Lu. A Method for Preparing Cerium Dioxide Suspension, the Cerium Dioxide Suspension and the Polishing Slurry. Chinese Patent, 2021, ZL 202111576349.6

4. Lile Xie, Zhimin Chai, Tongqing Wang and Xinchun Lu. A Polishing Slurry, Its Preparation Method and Application. Chinese Patent, 2021, ZL 202111576330.1

5. Zhimin Chai, Adnan Korkmaz, Cihan Yilmaz, and Ahmed Busnaina. High-Rate Printing of Microscale and Nanoscale Patterns Using Interfacial Convective Assembly. US Patent, 2020, US12415721B2.

6. Salman A. Abbasi, Zhimin Chai, and Ahmed Busnaina. Fast Fluidic Assembly Method for Nanoscale and Microscale Printing. US Patent, 2019, US12174534B2.