On the morning of March 31st, at the invitation of the School of Physics and Electronic Engineering at Jiangsu University, Professor Wu Chenxu from Xiamen University visited our school and delivered a wonderful presentation titled "Entropy competition, elasticity and field-driven phenomena in soft matter systems". The presentation was chaired by Professor Chen Yuanping, the Dean of the School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, and was attended by over 40 faculty and students from the school.

Professor Wu Chenxu first elaborated on the non-equilibrium evolution process of liquid droplets under electric field drive using the Onsager variational principle. He then shared the latest research progress and achievements in areas such as wrapping angle phase transitions induced by external forces and the dynamic phase diagram of active particles under external force drive. In the presentation, Professor Wu used the principle of minimum energy to explain the working principle of liquid crystal displays and their operating modes, providing the audience with a new understanding and insight into these everyday phenomena and the field of soft condensed matter. The rich content, vivid explanation, and clear logic of Professor Wu's presentation deepened the audience's understanding of research in the field of soft matter, droplet wetting dynamics, and related areas. Following the conclusion of the presentation, Dean Chen and Professor Wu engaged in an in-depth discussion on the development and construction of the field of physics.

Wu Chenxu is a specially appointed professor at Xiamen University. He entered the Department of Modern Mechanics at the University of Science and Technology of China at the age of 15. He completed his Ph.D. in Applied Electronics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology six months ahead of schedule from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2001, he served as an instructor at the Department of Physical Electronics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and at the Institute of Fluid Science at Tohoku University, and during this time, he received the Best Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Handa Industrial Education Foundation in Japan and the Research Award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. After returning to China in 2001, he has been engaged in research on the physical properties and structural correlations of soft matter systems (organic films, liquid crystals, polymers, complex fluids, soft matter interfaces, etc.), and was awarded the National Distinguished Youth Fund in 2002. He has served as a member of the Teaching Guidance Committee of the Chinese Physical Society, a member of the Academic Operations Committee of the International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics, the Deputy Director of the Soft Matter Biophysics Professional Committee of the Chinese Physical Society, a member of the Autumn Meeting Committee of the Chinese Physical Society, and has hosted important academic events such as the 8th Sino-American Frontiers of Science Symposium in 2005, the 2012 Sino-German Frontiers of Soft Matter Biophysics Symposium, the China-Singapore Frontiers of Science Symposium, the 2013 Autumn Academic Annual Meeting of the Chinese Physical Society, and the 2016 China Soft Matter Annual Meeting. He has published one English academic monograph, five chapters in monographs, and over 150 academic papers in international journals such as PRL.