Xiao Huang

Xiao Huang

Graduate Student

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Xiao joined MIT and the Kulik Group in 2021 as a PhD student in Physical Chemistry. He graduated from UCB in 2021 majoring Chemistry and Applied Math. At Cal, he worked in Prof Paul Alivisatos` lab on elucidating the synthesis and transformation of perovskite nanocrystals–through manual experiments and ML modeling. In the Kulik group, Xiao will be working on designing catalysts for polymer upcycling.

Interests
  • mechanochemistry
  • catalysis
  • materials design
Education
  • BS in Chemistry, BA Applied math, 2021

    UC Berkeley

Publications

  1. High-Throughput Discovery of Ferrocene Mechanophores with Enhanced Reactivity and Network Toughening (2025)
  2. Reimagining Polymer Networks from Molecule to Material (2025)
  3. Enabling Selective Mechanochemical Scission of Network Crosslinks by Exchanging Single Carbon Atoms for Silicon (2025)
  4. Force-Activated Spin-Crossover in Fe²⁺ and Co²⁺ Transition Metal Mechanophores (2025)
  5. Caged AIEgens: Multicolor and White Emission Triggered by Mechanical Activation (2024)
  6. A Thermally Stable SO₂ Releasing Mechanophore: Facile Activation, Single-Event Spectroscopy, and Molecular Dynamic Simulations (2024)
  7. Metal Identity Effects in the Fracture Behavior of Coordinatively Crosslinked Elastomers (2023)