2025年2月27日，廉萌同学顺利通过其博士学位论文答辩，其博士论文的题目为“透明纤维素气凝胶及其复合材料的设计制备与光/热协同管理性能研究”。廉萌在攻读博士学位期间所发表的部分代表作如下：

1.Meng Lian, Wei Ding, Song Liu, Yufeng Wang, Tianyi Zhu, Yue-E Miao, Chao Zhang*, Tianxi Liu*. Highly porous yet transparent mechanically flexible aerogels realizing solar thermal regulatory cooling. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16, 131.

2.Meng Lian, Song Liu, Wei Ding, Yufeng Wang, Tianyi Zhu, Nan Hu, Wei Fan, Yue-E Miao, Chao Zhang*, Tianxi Liu. A mechanically robust and optically transparent nanofiber-aerogel-reinforcing polymeric nanocomposite for spontaneous cooling windows. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 498, 154973.

3.Hele Guo, Qingyang Fei, Meng Lian, Tianyi Zhu, Wei Fan, Yueming Li, Li Sun, Flip de Jong, Kaibin Chu, Wei Zong, Chao Zhang*, Tianxi Liu*. Weaving aerogels into 3D ordered hyperelastic hybrid carbon assemblies. Advanced Materials, 2023, 30, 2301418.