Hierachical structural design, manufacturing methods and applications of bioinspiared porous materials, metamaterials and actuating materials

2010/09-2014/06: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Bachelor
2014/09-2016/06: University of Pennsynvalnia, Master
2016/09-2020/06: Dartmouth College, Ph.D.
2020/06-2020/10: Northeastern University (U.S.), Postdoc
2020/10-2024/07: University of Freiburg, Postdoc
2024/07-present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Professor

Humboldt Research Fellow (2023)
National Young Talent Program (2025)
Zhejiang Province Young Talent Program (2025)

[1].\tWang, Z., Si, M., Han, J., Wu, Y., Zhang, T., Yin, K.*, Chen, T.*, 2025. Photoinduced, Swift, and Reversible Spatiotemporal Programming of Double Dynamically Bonded Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators. Advanced Materials, 37 (28), 2501815.
[2].\tWang, Z., Si, M., Han, J., Shen, Y., Yin, G., Yin, K.*, Xiao, P.*, Chen, T.*, 2025. Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Network Enabled Gentle Reprogramming of Liquid Crystal Elastomer toward Evolutionary Robot. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64 (7), e202416095.
[3].\tSun, Q., Potu, S. T., Man, J., Tan, X., Yin, K.*, Cao, B.*, Eberl, C, 2025. Effect of Infill Pattern on the Mechanical Properties and Stress Relaxation Behavior of 3D Printed PEEK. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 39, 5306–5318.
[4].\tGao, G.#, Yin, K.#, Han, J.#, Hu, Y., Gu, J.*, Wei, J.*, Chen, T.*, 2025. Marine Amoebae-Inspired Salting Hydrogels to Reconfigure Anisotropy for Reprogrammable Shape Morphing. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, e202416672.
[5].\tWegst, U. G. K.*, Kamm, P. H. #, Yin, K. #, García-Moreno, F.*, 2024. Freeze Casting. Nature Review Methods Primers, 4, 1–23.
[6].\tYin, K.#, Ji, K.#, Strutzenberg-Littles, L., Trivedi, R., Karma, A.*, Wegst, U.G.K.*, 2023. Hierarchical Structure Formation by Crystal Growth-Front Instabilities During Ice Templating. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, e2210242120.
[7].\tKamm, P.H.#, Yin, K.#, Neu, T.R., Schlepütz C.M., García-Moreno, F.*, Wegst, U.G.K.*, 2023. X-ray Tomoscopy Reveals the Dynamics of Ice Templating. Advanced Functional Materials, 33, 2304738.
[8].\tYin, K.#,*, Cao, B.#,*, Todt, J., Gutmann, F., Tunçay, H.F., Roth, A., Fischer, F., Grübel, N., Pfaff, A., Ganzenmüller, G.C., Keckes, J., Hiermaier, S., Eberl, C, 2023. Manufacturing Size effect on the structural and mechanical properties of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V microbeams. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 149, 18-30.
[9].\tYin, K. #,*, Reese, B.A. #, Sullivan, C.R., Wegst, U.G.K.*, 2021. Superior mechanical and magnetic performance of highly anisotropic sendust-flake composites freeze cast in a uniform magnetic field. Advanced Functional Materials 31, 2007743.
[10].\tYin, K., Divakar, P., Wegst, U.G.K.*, 2019. Plant-derived nanocellulose as structural and mechanical reinforcement of freeze-cast chitosan scaffolds for biomedical applications. Biomacromolecules 20, 3733-3745.
[11].\tYin, K., Divakar, P., Wegst, U.G.K.*, 2019. Freeze-casting porous chitosan ureteral stents for improved drainage. Acta Biomaterialia 84, 231-241.