Dr Shengfu Yang FRSC is a Professor in Physical Chemistry and Nanochemistry at the School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, UK. Hehas worked in several world-class laboratories in China (University of Science and Technology of China), France (Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble), United States (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Finland (University of Helsinki).His current research focuses on superfluid helium droplets, covering both physical chemistry and nanoscience.He isinternationally leadingin the fabrication of novel nanomaterials using superfluid helium droplets as the growth medium.