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Dr. Hongyan Xia

Assistant Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

Dr. Hongyan Xia is a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and Assistant Professor at Northumbria University, and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Her research focuses on the design and synthesis of stimuli-responsive and smart molecules and polymers, with applications in information display, storage, and anti-counterfeiting technologies. Prior to joining Northumbria, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh from 2021 to 2023. Dr. Xia received her PhD from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2017 and has previously worked at Guangdong University of Technology for three years.

Hongyan Xia
  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • All-Hydrocarbon Low-Dielectric Loss Benzocyclobutene-Encapsulated Photoresist with High Pattern Resolution, Du, H., Xia, H., Tang, Y., Cao, K., Ma, J., Yang, J. 22 Apr 2025, In: ACS Omega
  • Photonic crystal fibers based on Dirac point-guiding, Xie, K., Jiang, H., Xia, H., Hu, Z., Zhang, J., Mao, Q. 1 Jan 2025, In: Optics Communications
  • Wave guiding and mode coupling at the Dirac point in photonic crystal fibers, Xie, K., Jiang, H., Xia, H., Hu, Z., Zhang, J., Mao, Q. 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A
  • A comprehensive review of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and their derivatives in environmental pollution control, Ge, S., Wei, K., Peng, W., Huang, R., Akinlabi, E., Xia, H., Shahzad, M., Zhang, X., Xu, B., Jiang, J. 7 Dec 2024, In: Chemical Society Reviews
  • A glucose sensor for enhanced sensitivity and accuracy via in-situ temperature monitoring, Chen, T., Jiang, H., Xie, K., Xia, H. 1 Nov 2024, In: IEEE Sensors Journal
  • A Small Highly Sensitive Glucose Sensor Based on a Glucose Oxidase-Modified U-Shaped Microfiber, Chen, T., Jiang, H., Xie, K., Xia, H. 21 Jan 2024, In: Sensors
  • Chemistry PhD June 19 2017
  • Member of Royal Society of Chemistry MRSC 2023

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