Donghua University participated in the 3rd HSK Study in China Education Fairs in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, engaging with over 3,000 local students and parents, showcasing its academic strengths and scholarship programs, and reconnecting with an alumna now working in Shanghai’s chip industry, as part of its efforts to promote “Study in China” and enhance its global presence.

The Huafeng Fashion • 2026 China Aesthetics Fashion Development Conference was held on April 25 in Shanghai. Donghua University Party Secretary Liu Shuhui attended the conference and jointly launched the cross-strait youth culture exchange season. More than 50 faculty and students from Donghua presented a benchmark fashion show, and university professors delivered keynote speeches, highlighting th...

A Donghua University research team has developed a full-spectrum electrochromic smart window using a dynamic assembly-enhanced plasmonic resonance (DarpE) strategy, achieving a solar modulation range of 86.4%, near-zero transmittance (1.6%), and excellent cycling stability over 100,000 cycles. The findings, published in Nature Sustainability and Nature Communications, offer a scalable solution for...

The 23rd Around Donghua Fashion Week and the College of Fashion & Design Graduation Season kicked off on April 24. Party Secretary Liu Shuhui attended and delivered a speech, highlighting Donghua's commitment to building a world-class fashion design school. The opening ceremony also featured the debut of 2026 "Donghua Emerging Designer" works and the launch of specialized laboratory...

A research team led by Professor Hongliang Zhong from the Center for Advanced Low-Dimensional Materials at Donghua University has developed a one pot synthesis of quasi block fluoropolymers. By employing a dual resurfacing strategy driven by surface energy and fluorocarbon solvents, they achieved an ideal graded heterojunction in organic solar cells, reaching a device efficiency of 19.60%. This wo...

A research team from Donghua University and Nanyang Technological University has developed a green, nondestructive strategy using ethanol-induced keratin self-assembly to functionalize nonwoven materials. The resulting keratin-functionalized jute/polylactic acid nonwovens show enhanced wettability, liquid holding capacity, and mechanical properties, while enabling organic pollutant adsorption and ...

DHU attended the 2026 China Study Abroad Forum in Beijing, where Vice President Chen Ge shared the university’s “Donghua Experience” in international education. He highlighted a joint initiative with UNIDO on sustainable development and discussed digital-era study abroad ecosystems with global experts. Donghua also deepened its strategic partnership with CSCSE to launch high-quality preparatory...

DHU’s research team led by Professor Liu Weiping has developed a manganese-catalyzed enantioconvergent hydrophosphination via an asymmetric borrowing hydrogen strategy. This work, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, enables efficient synthesis of chiral γ-hydroxyphosphine compounds bearing remote P and C stereocenters using a single catalyst, offering a new route to access...

A Donghua University research team has developed a ligand-assisted interfacial monomicelle assembly strategy to incorporate intermetallic nanoparticles into mesoporous carbon carriers. Published in Nature Protocols, this work provides a new approach for designing functional ceramic powders and low-temperature fabrication of integrated ceramics.

The 12th International Conference on Advanced Glass was held April 5–6 on Donghua University’s Songjiang Campus, bringing together 242 experts from 12 countries under the theme “Boundless Glass: Materials, Morphology, and Future Ecology.” The conference featured parallel sessions on glass composition, functional materials, and a graduate forum, aiming to foster innovation and global collaborati...

A Donghua University research team led by Professor Xuan Weimin has achieved new progress in the controlled assembly of high-nuclear polyoxometalate clusters. Published in JACS, their study reports an organophosphonate ligation strategy that produced five novel molybdenum blue clusters, including the first {Mo₁₅₇} cluster@cluster assembly, with improved solubility and post-synthetic modification p...

The 11th edition of “New Edge Donghua: Wisdom-Endowed New Voice” made its debut on April 1 at the AW2026 Shanghai Fashion Week on the “THE NEXT New Power” graduate collection platform. Embodying a philosophy that shatters creative boundaries through intelligent empowerment, the New Edge designers fuse technology with art to redefine Chinese youth fashion. Dean Sun Jie also highlighted Shanghai...

Two distinguished foreign experts, Professor Eunjoo Jang and Dr. James (Jueng-Gil) LEE visited Wuhan Textile University from March 26 to 29 at the invitation of the School of Microelectronics, where they held in-depth discussions with university leaders and department heads, delivered cutting-edge lectures on quantum dot and flexible printed OLED technologies, toured key research facilities, and e...

A research team from Donghua University and Shanghai Tongren Hospital has developed a CaO₂-based AuPt bimetallic nanozyme (CAPB) that enables chemodynamic, photothermal, and immunotherapeutic synergy for tumor treatment. When combined with αPD-L1 antibody, the system achieved a primary tumor inhibition rate of 82.7%, offering a promising multimodal strategy for cancer therapy.