MEMBER

• Jan. 2025 – Present
  Assistant Professor: Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
• Apr. 2024 – Dec. 2024
  Special Appointed Assistant Professor, International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter／WPI-SKCM2, Hiroshima University, Japan, Principal investigator: Prof. Hiroshi Sato (Ph.D.)
• Jan. 2022 – Mar. 2024
  Postdoctoral researcher, Emergent Molecular Assembly Research Unit, Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN, Japan, Principal investigator (Unit leader): Prof. Hiroshi Sato (Ph.D.)
• Oct. 2021 – Dec. 2021
  Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Material Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Advisor: Prof. Hirotaka Ejima

• Ph. D in Material Engineering (Sep. 2021)
  Department of Material Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  Advisor: Prof. Hirotaka Ejima
• M. Eng in Material Engineering (Mar. 2018)
  Department of Material Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  Advisor: Prof. Kazuhiko Ishihara

The Chemical Society of Japan

Surface-initiated synergistic disassembly of metal-phenolic networks by redox and hydrolytic reactions
Wenting Liao, Bohan Cheng, Chenyu Wang, Joseph J. Richardson, Naito Mitsuru, Miyata Kanjiro, Hirotaka Ejima
Chem. Mater., 2024, 36, 9646-9657.

Using phenolic polymers to control the size and morphology of calcium carbonate microparticles
Yurie Nakanishi, Bohan Cheng, Jeseph J. Richardson, Hirotaka Ejima
RSC Adv., 2023, 13, 30539–30547.

Rapid assembly of colorless antimicrobial and anti-odor coatings from polyphenols and silver
Joseph J. Richardson, Wenting Liao, Jincai Li, Bohan Cheng, Chenyu Wang, Taku Maruyama, Blaise L. Tardy, Junling Guo, Lingyun Zhao, Wanping Aw, Hirotaka Ejima
Sci. Rep., 2022, 12, 2071.

Tannic acid-inspired star polymers for functional metal-phenolic networks with tunable pore sizes
Bohan Cheng, Sifan Lu, Wenting Liao, Chenyu Wang, Joseph J. Richardson, Hirotaka Ejima
Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 14466–14470.

Ultrastrong underwater adhesion on diverse substrates using non-canonical phenolic groups
Bohan Cheng, Jinhong Yu, Toma Arisawa, Koki Hayasi, Joseph J. Richardson, Yasushi Shibuta, Hirotaka Ejima
Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 1892.

Effect of molecular weight and polymer composition on gallol-functionalized underwater adhesive
Jinhong Yu, Bohan Cheng, Hirotaka Ejima
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020, 8, 6798–6801.

Bio-inspired immobilization of low-fouling phospholipid polymers via a simple dipping process: a comparative study of phenol, catechol and gallol as tethering groups
Bohan Cheng, Kazuhiko Ishihara, Hirotaka Ejima
Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 249–253.

Formation of stable polydopamine layer on polytetrafluoroethylene substrate by hybrid process involved plasma treatment and spontaneous chemical reactions
Bohan Cheng, Kazuhiko Ishihara
Mater. Today Commun., 2020, 22, 100774.

Surface functionalization of polytetrafluoroethylene substrate with hybrid processes comprising plasma treatment and chemical reactions
Bohan Cheng, Yuuki Inoue, Kazuhiko Ishihara
Colloids Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 2019, 173, 77-84.

Conversion of functional group on PTFE surface by argon plasma pre-treatment and polydopamine coating
Bohan Cheng, Yuuki Inoue, Kazuhiko Ishihara
IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng., 2018, 381, 012039.