Qifeng Lu Ph. D

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Dr. Qifeng LU received his PhD degree in 2018 from University of Liverpool.

In 2017-2018, Qifeng had a one-year industrial research experience in a leading LED company, Focus Lightings Tech Co., Ltd. (stocking code of 300708). He was in the R&D department and responsible for the luminous efficiency improvement of LED chips. From 2018-2021, Qifeng joined Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and worked as a postdoctoral fellow. He was as one of the key team members in the research group, which is one of the most recognized teams in the area of flexible electronics.

His research interests include neuromorphic devices and biosensors. The research group is seeking PhD candidate who has solid background and interest in Microelectronics, Micro/nano devices or other related fields. Email qifeng.lu@xjtlu.edu.cn for details on the projects and scholarships availabilities.


  • Post-Doc., Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academic of Sciences, -2021
  • Ph.D., University of Liverpool, - 2018
  • B.Eng., Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University,-2013


  • Associate Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - Dec 2023 to present
  • Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - Sept 2021 to Dec 2023
  • Senior R&D Engineer, Focus Lightings Tech Co. Ltd., 2017-2018


  • Flexible and wearable biosensors
  • Neuromorphic devices


  • Yuan Gao, Hanchu Zhang, Bowen Song, Chun Zhao, and Qifeng Lu, Electric Double Layer Based Epidermal Electronics for Healthcare and Human-Machine Interface, Biosensor, 2023, 13, 787.
  • Qifeng Lu, Yizhang Xia, Fuqin Sun, Yixiang Shi, Yinchao Zhao, Shuqi Wang, and Ting Zhang, In Situ Growth of Metal-Organic Framework Film for Flexible Artificial Synapse, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023, 2300059.
  • Qifeng Lu, Yinchao Zhao, Long Huang, Jiabao An, Yufan Zheng and Eng Hwa Yap, Low-Dimensional-Materials-Based Flexible Artificial Synapse: Materials, Devices, and Systems, Nanomaterials, 2023, 13, 373.
  • Yingyi Wang, Lin Liu, Yixiang Shi, Shengzhao Li, Fuqin Sun, Qifeng Lu, Yaochun Shen, Simin Feng and Sujie Qin, Fast and High-Performance Self-Powered Photodetector Based on the ZnO/Metal-Organic Framework Heterojunction, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2023, 25, 18236-18243
  • Wei Wei, Mingming Hao, Kai Zhou, Yongfeng Wang, Qifeng Lu, Hui Zhang, Yue Wu, Ting Zhang, Yaobo Liu, In situ multimodal transparent electrophysiological hydrogel for in vivo miniature two-photon neuroimaging and electrocorticogram analysis, Acta Biomaterialia, 2022, 152, 86-99.
  • Shuqi Wang, Mengyuan Liu, Xianqing Yang, QifengLu, Zuoping Xiong, Lianhui Li, Hui Zheng, Simin Feng and TingZhang, An unconventional vertical fluidic-controlled wearable platform for synchronously detecting sweat rate and electrolyte concentration, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2022, 132290.
  • Shuqi Wang, Mengyuan Liu, Yixiang Shi, Xianqing Yang, Lianhui Li, Qifeng Lu, Hui Zheng, Simin Feng, Yuanyuan Bai and Ting Zhang, Vertically Aligned Conductive Metal-Organic Framework Nanowires Array Composite Fiber as Efficient Solid-Contact for Wearable Potentiometric Sweat Sensing, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2022, 132290.
  • Funqin Sun, Qifeng Lu, Mingming Hao, Yue Wu, Yue Li, Lin Liu, Lianhui Li, Yingyi Wang and Ting Zhang, An artificial neuromorphic somatosensory system with spatio-temporal tactile perception and feedback functions, npj Flexible Electronics, 2022, 6, 1-8.
  • Mingming Hao, Yongfeng Wang, Lianhui Li, Yinhang Liu, Yuanyuan Bai, Weifan Zhou, Qifeng Lu, Fuqin Sun, Lili Li, Simin Feng, Wei Wei and Ting Zhang, Tough Engineering Hydrogels Based on Swelling–Freeze–Thaw Method for Artificial Cartilage, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022,14, 25093-25103.
  • Yue Li, Manjun Zhao, Yadong Yan, Luanxi He, Yingyi Wang, Zuoping Xiong, Shuqi Wang, Yuanyuan Bai, Fuqin Sun, Qifeng Lu, Yu Wang, Tie Li and Ting Zhang, Multifunctional biomimetic tactile system via a stick-slip sensing strategy for human–machine interactions, npj Flexible Electronics, 2022, 6, 1-9.
  • Xianqing Yang, Shuqi Wang, Mengyuan Liu, Lianhui Li, Yangyong Zhao, Yongfeng Wang, Yuanyuan Bai, Qifeng Lu, Zuoping Xiong, Simin Feng, and Ting Zhang, All-Nanofiber-Based Janus Epidermal Electrode with Directional Sweat Permeability for Artifact-Free Biopotential Monitoring, Small, 2022, 2106477.
  • Qifeng Lu, Fuqin Sun, Yanbing Dai, Yingyi Wang, Lin Liu, Zihao Wang, Shuqi Wang, Ting Zhang, A hybrid flexible gas sensory system with perceptual learning, Nano Research, 2022, 15, 423-428.
  • Mingming Hao , Yongfeng Wang , Lianhui Li , Qifeng Lu , Fuqin Sun , Lili Li , Xianqing Yang , Yue Li , Mengyuan Liu , Sijia Feng , Simin Feng and Ting Zhang, Stretchable Multifunctional Hydrogel for Sensing Electronics with Effective EMI Shielding Property, Soft Matter, 2021, 17, 9057-9065.
  • 孙富钦, 陆骐峰, 张珽, 柔性仿生触觉感知技术:从电子皮肤到神经拟态触觉感知系统, Flexible bionic tactile perception: From electronic skin to neuromorphic tactile sensing systems, 功能材料与器件学报, 2021, 27.
  • Zihao Wang, Qifeng Lu, Yizhang Xia, Simin Feng, Yixiang Shi, Shuqi Wang, Xianqing Yang, Yangyong Zhao, Fuqin Sun, Tie Li, Ting Zhang, Stable epidermal electronic device with strain isolation induced by in situ Joule heating, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2021, 7, 1-10.
  • Fuqin Sun, Qifeng Lu , Simin Feng, Ting Zhang, Flexible Artificial Sensory Systems Based on Neuromorphic Devices, ACS Nano, 2021, 15 3875-3899.
  • Qifeng Lu#, Fuqin Sun#, Lin Liu, Lianhui Li, Yingyi Wang, Mingming Hao, Zihao Wang, Shuqi Wang, Ting Zhang, Biological receptor-inspired flexible artificial synapse based on ionic dynamics, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2020, 6, 84.
  • Xianqing Yang, Lianhui Li, Shuqi Wang, Qifeng Lu, Yuanyuan Bai, Fuqin Sun, Tie Li, Yue Li, Zihao Wang, Yangyong Zhao, Yixiang Shi, Ting Zhang, Ultrathin, Stretchable, and Breathable Epidermal Electronics Based on a Facile Bubble Blowing Method, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2020, 6, 2000306.
  • Yue Li#, Zhiguang Cao#, Tie Li, Fuqin Sun, Yuanyuan Bai, Qifeng Lu, Shuqi Wang, Xianqing Yang, Manzhao Hao, Ning Lan, Ting Zhang, Highly Selective Biomimetic Flexible Tactile Sensor for Neuroprosthetics, Research, 2020, 8910692.
  • Qifeng Lu, Fuqin Sun, Lin Liu, Lianhui Li, Mingming Hao, Zihao Wang, Ting Zhang, Bio-inspired flexible artificial synapses for pain perception and nerve injuries, npj Flexible Electronics, 2020, 4, 1-8.
  • Shuqi Wang, Yuanyuan Bai, Xianqing, Yang, Lin Liu, Lianhui Li, Qifeng Lu, Tie Li, and Ting Zhang, Highly Stretchable Potentiometric Ion Sensor Based on Surface Strain Redistributed Fiber For Sweat Monitoring, Talanta, 2020, 214, 120869.
  • Fuqin Sun, Yang Gu, Yudong Cao, QifengLu, Yuanyuan Bai, Lianhui Li, Mingming Hao, Chunyan Qu, Shuqi Wang, Lin Liu, TieLi, Ting Zhang, Novel flexible pressure sensor combining with dynamic-time-warping algorithm for handwriting identification, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2019, 293, 70-76.
  • Chunyan Qu,Shuqi Wang,Lin Liu,Yuanyuan Bai,Lianhui Li,Fuqin Sun,Mingming Hao,Tie Li,Qifeng Lu,Lili Li,Sujie Qin,Ting Zhang, Bioinspired Flexible Volatile Organic Compounds Sensor Based on Dynamic Surface Wrinkling with Dual-Signal Response, 21. Chunyan Qu, Shuqi Wang, Lin Liu, Yuanyuan Bai, Lianhui Li, Fuqin Sun, Mingming Hao, Tie Li, Qifeng Lu, Lili Li, Sujie Qin, and Ting Zhang, Bioinspired Flexible Volatile Organic Compounds Sensor Based on Dynamic Surface Wrinkling with Dual-Signal Response, Small, 2019, 15, 1970090 (Inside Back Cover).
  • Tie Li, Lili Li, Yuanyuan Bai, Yudong Cao, Qifeng Lu, Yue Li, Gengzhao Xu, Ting Zhang, A multiscale flexible pressure sensor based on nanovesicle-like hollow microspheres for micro-vibration detection in non-contact mode, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 5737-5745.
  • 陆骐峰, 孙富钦, 王子豪, 张珽, 柔性人工突触:面向智能人机交互界面和高效率神经网络计算的基础器件和材料 (Recent Advances in Flexible Artificial Synapses towards Intelligent Human-Machine Interface and Neuromorphic Computation Systems), 材料导报, 2019, 34, 1022-1049.
  • Fuqin Sun#, Qifeng Lu#, Lin Liu, Lianhui Li, Yingyi Wang, Mingming Hao, Zhiguang Cao, Zihao Wang, Shuqi Wang, Tie Li, Ting Zhang, Bio-inspired Flexible, Dual-modulation Synaptic Transistors Towards Artificial Visual Memory Systems, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019, 5, 1900888 (Inside Back Cover).
  • Qifeng Lu, Yanfei Qi, Ce Zhou Zhao, Chenguang Liu, Chun Zhao, Stephen Taylor, Paul R. Chalker, Investigation of Anomalous Hysteresis in MOS Devices With ZrO2 Gate Dielectrics, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability,2017, 17, 526-530.
  • Yifei Mu, Yuxiao Fang, Ce Zhou Zhao, Chun Zhao, Qifeng Lu, Yanfei Qi, Ruowei Yi, Li Yang, Ivona Z Mitrovic, Stephen Taylor, Paul R Chalker, Total Dose Effects and Bias Instabilities of (NH4)2S Passivated Ge MOS Capacitors With HfxZr1–xOy Thin Films, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2017, 64, 2913-2921.
  • Qifeng Lu, Yanfei Qi, Ce Zhou Zhao, Chun Zhao, Stephen Taylor, Paul R. Chalker, Capacitance-voltage characteristics measured through pulse technique on high-k dielectric MOS devices, Vacuum, 2017, 140, 19-23.
  • Yifei Mu, Ce Zhou Zhao, Qifeng Lu, Chun Zhao, Yanfei Qi, Sang Lam, Ivona Z. Mitrovic, Stephen Taylor, and Paul R. Chalker, Total Ionizing Dose Response of Hafnium-Oxide Based MOS Devices to Low-Dose-Rate Gamma Ray Radiation Observed by Pulse CV and On-site Measurements, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science,2016, 64, 673-682.
  • Jingjin Wu, Yinchao Zhao, Ce Zhou Zhao, Li Yang, Qifeng Lu, Qian Zhang, Jeremy Smith, Yongming Zhao, Effects of rapid thermal annealing on the structural, electrical, and optical properties of Zr-doped ZnO thin films grown by atomic layer deposition, Materials, 2016, 9, 695.
  • Yifei Mu, Ce Zhou Zhao, Yanfei Qi, Sang Lam, Chun Zhao, Qifeng Lu, Yutao Cai, Ivona Z. Mitrovic, Stephen Taylor, Paul R. Chalker, Real-time and on-site γ-ray radiation response testing system for semiconductor devices and its applications, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2016, 372, 14-28.
  • Way Foong Lim, Hock Jin Quah, Qifeng Lu, Yifei Mu, Wan Azli Wan Ismail, Bazura Abdul Rahim, Siti Rahmah Esa, Yeh Yee Kee, Ce Zhou Zhao, Zainuriah Hassan, Kuan Yew Cheong, Effects of rapid thermal annealing on structural, chemical, and electrical characteristics of atomic-layer deposited lanthanum doped zirconium dioxide thin film on 4H-SiC substrate, Applied Surface Science, 2016, 365, 296-305.
  • Qifeng Lu, Yifei Mu, Joseph W. Roberts, Mohammed Althobaiti, Vinod R. Dhanak, Jingjin Wu, Chun Zhao, Ce Zhou Zhao, Qian Zhang, Li Yang, Ivona Z. Mitrovic, Stephen Taylor and Paul R. Chalker, Electrical Properties and Interfacial Studies of HfxTi1-xO2 High Permittivity Gate Insulators Deposited on Germanium Substrates, Materials, 2015, 8, 8169-8182.
  • Qifeng Lu, Chun Zhao, Yifei Mu, Ce Zhou Zhao, Stephen Taylor and Paul R. Chalker, Hysteresis in Lanthanide Zirconium Oxides Observed Using a Pulse CV Technique and including the Effect of High Temperature Annealing, Materials, 2015, 8, 4829-4842.
  • Chun Zhao, Ce Zhou Zhao, Qifeng Lu, Xiaoyi Yan, Stephen Taylor and Paul R. Chalker, Hysteresis in Lanthanide Aluminum Oxides Observed by Fast Pulse CV Measurement, Materials, 2014, 7, 49165.


  • Qifeng Lu, Fuqin Sun, Lili Li, Zihao Wang, Ting Zhang, A High-Resolution Self-powered Flexible Pressure Sensor Matrix Based on ZnO Nanowires, 2021 IEEE 16th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 25-29 April 2021, Xiamen, China
  • Qifeng Lu, Sang Lam, Yifei Mu, Ce Zhou Zhao, Yinchao Zhao, Yuxiao Fang, Li Yang, Steve Taylor, Paul Chalker, Atomic Layer Deposition of HfO2 Gate Dielectric with Surface Treatments and Post-Metallization Annealing for Germanium MOSFETs, 17th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, 25-28 Jul 2017, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Yanfei Qi, Yuxiao Fang, Chun Zhao, Qifeng Lu, Chenguang Liu and Ce Zhou Zhao, Influence of HfAlO Composition on Resistance Ratio of RRAM with Ti electrode, The 24th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, 4-7 Jul 2017, Chengdu, China.
  • Yanfei Qi, Chun Zhao, Yuxiao Fang, Qifeng Lu, Chenguang Liu and Ce Zhou Zhao, Compliance Current Effect on Switching Behavior of Hafnium Oxide based RRAM, The 24th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, 4-7 Jul 2017, Chengdu, China.
  • Yife Mu, Cezhou Zhao, Qifeng Lu, Yanfei Qi, Chun Zhao, Ivona Z. Mitrovic, Stephen Taylor, and Paul R. Chalker, Total Ionizing Dose Response of HfxZr1-xOy Ge MOS Capacitors, The 2017 International Workshop on Reliability of Micro- and Nano-Electronic Devices in Harsh Environment Electronics, 22-24 May 2017, Chengdu, China.
  • Q Lu, Y Mu, Yinchao Zhao, C Z Zhao, S Taylor and P R Chalker, Investigation of the Electrical Performance of HfO2 Dielectrics Deposited on Passivated Germanium Substrates, The 7th International Conference On Key Engineering Materials, 11-13 Mar 2017, Penang, Malaysia.
  • Qifeng Lu, Ce Zhou Zhao, Chun Zhao, Steve Taylor and Paul R. Chalker, Investigation of Anomalous Capacitance-Voltage Behavior Caused by Interface Dipoles and the Effect of Post-Metal-Annealing, International Conference of the Advancement of Materials and Nanotechnology IV, 9-11 Nov 2016, Langkawi, Malaysia.
  • Yifei Mu, Ce Zhou Zhao, Qifeng Lu, Chun Zhao, Yanfei Qi, Sang Lam, Effects of Biased Irradiation on Charge Trapping in HfO2 Dielectric Thin Films, International Conference of the Advancement of Materials and Nanotechnology IV, 9-11 Nov 2016, Langkawi, Malaysia.
  • Qifeng Lu, Yanfei Qi, Ce Zhou Zhao, Chun Zhao, Stephen Taylor and Paul R. Chalker, Anomalous Capacitance-Voltage Hysteresis in MOS Devices with ZrO2 and HfO2 Dielectric, The 5th International Symposium on Next-Generation Electronics, 4-6 May 2016 Hsinchu, Taiwan.


  • Cezhou Zhao, Zhou Fang and Qifeng Lu “An Introduction to Microelectronics” Science Press, Beijing, P. R. China, 2014


  • Invention Patent (发明专利): 2015106493257, A Surface Passivation Method for Ge MOS Device with ALD Deposited High-k Dielectrics (一种Ge衬底处理和介质材料沉积方法)
  • Invention Patent (发明专利): 2017111709354, A Surface Passivation Method for GaN Device (一种GaN表面处理方法)
  • Invention Patent (发明专利): 2018106809003, A LED Structure and its Epitaxial Methods, (一种LED芯片外延结构)
  • Invention Patent (发明专利): 2018100635582, A LED Chip and its Fabrication Method (一种LED芯片制造方法)
  • utility model patent (实用新型专利): 202022493890.8, A Flexible Pressure Sensor Matrix (一种传感器阵列),已授权
  • Invention Patent (发明专利): 201911101740.3, An Artificial Afferent Nerve and Perceptual System (人工传入神经、仿生感知系统和人工传入神经的制备方法)
  • Invention Patent (发明专利): 201911107022.7, A Self-adhesion Epidermal EMG sensor (一种自粘贴表面肌电干电极)
  • Invention Patent (发明专利): 201911105514.2, An Artificial Synapse and its Fabrication Method (人工突触器件和人工突触器件的制备方法)


  • Qifeng Lu*, Fuqin Sun, Xiazhang Xia, Yinchao Zhao, Ting Zhang*, Flexible Artificial Synapse for Intelligent Sensory System, 29th International Conference On Amorphous & Nanocrystalline Semiconductors, 23-26 August 2022, Nanjing, China


  • Principle investigator, XJTLU Teaching Development Funding, 2024-2025
  • Principle investigator, XJTLU Postgraduate Research Scholarship Funding (based on NSFC), 2023
  • Principle investigator, XJTLU Postgraduate Research Scholarship Funding (based on Jiangsu Science and Technology Programme), 2023
  • Principle investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China-Young Scientists Funding, 300k, 2023-2025
  • Principle investigator, Jiangsu Science and Technology Programme - Young Scholar, 200k, 2022-2025
  • Principle investigator, Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education, RMB 50k, 2022-2024
  • Co-Principle investigator, XJTLU Postgraduate Research Scholarship Funding, 2022
  • Principle investigator, Research Development Funding (RDF), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, RMB 100k, 2022-2025
  • Co-investigator, the National Key R&D Program of China (973 Program), RMB 9.3m, 2019-2022.
  • Key participant, Central Military Commission (CMC) Equipment Development Section, RMB 4m, 2019-2020.


  • MES104TC, Integrated Circuits Design and Fabrication
  • IOT203TC, Sensor Technology


  • Committee member of China Material LIB for Materials and Devices Scientists Expert Committee on Functional Materials and Devices
  • IEEE Senior Member
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy
  • Senior Member, Chinese Society of Micro-nano Technology (CSMNT)
  • Membership of Chinese Institute of Electronics
  • Senior Engineer Certificated by Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Jiangsu Province


  • 2023 MINE Young Scientist Award
  • 2023 All-Round Academic Excellence Award of XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang)
  • 2023 Research Achievement Award of the School of CHIPS
  • 2022 Suzhou Industrial Park Dushu Lake Higher Education Town Science and Education Backbone Talents
  • 2022 Third Prize In 2020 - 2021 Suzhou Outstanding Scientific Papers of Nature Science
Qifeng Lu