Zhenxia Chen

Inorganic Chemistry

Associate Professor

zhxchen@fudan.edu.cn

Room A8006, Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University 2005 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200438, China

86-21-31243925

www.moflab.fudan.edu.cn

Research Interests

  • Design and synthesis of functional organic ligands and construction of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

  • Synthesis and structures of zeolite-like metal phosphonate open-frameworks

  • Gas adsorption of MOFs: hydrogen, methane storage; carbon dioxide separation and storage; alkanes separation applications

  • X-ray single crystal diffraction technique and X-ray crystallography

Biography

  • 2011.12-present        Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Research Associate

  • 2009.2-2009.8         Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, Post Doctor

  • 2009.9-2010.2         Department of Chemistry, University of Texas Pan American, Post Doctor

  • 2005.9-2011.12        Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Research Associate

  • 2003.7-2005.8         Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Research Assistant

  • 2004.9-2007.12         Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry

  • 2000.9-2003.7          Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, M. S., Physical Chemistry

  • 1996.9-2000.7          Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, B. S., Chemistry

Teaching

  • Gerneral Chemistry Experiments, Analytical Chemistry Experiments, Solid State Chemistry

  • Advance materials and life, Syntheses and Characterization of novel inorganic materials

Key Publications

  1. Wang, Qiao; Gong, Yimin; Li, Jianing; Zeng, Xin; Luo, Dan; Ling, Yun;* Zhou, Yaming; Chen, Zhenxia*; Topology-Dependent T2 Relaxivity in Fe3O Cluster-Based MOFs for Enhanced Tumor Monitoring via MRI, Journal of Materials Chemistry B2025, 13, 5521-5529.

  2. Dan, Wenyan; Chen, Zhenxia;* Ling, Yun; Jia, Yu; Yang, Yongtai; Liu, Xiaofeng; Deng, Mingli ; Discovery of two predictable (3,18)-connected topologies based on Wells-Dawson type cages for the design of porous metal phosphonocarboxylate frameworks, Dalton Transactions2024, 53(18): 7734-7741.

  3. Luo, Dan; He, Hongjie; Jing, Huiru; Ling, Yun; Jia, Yu; Yang, Yongtai; Liu, Xiaofeng; Chen, Zhenxia;* Deng, Mingli;* Nanosheets of two-dimensional photoluminescent lanthanide phosphonocarboxylate frameworks decorated with free carboxylic groups for latent fingerprint imaging, Dalton Transactions2023, 52(27): 9208-9214.

  4. Kong, Lingtao; Li, Zhouxun; Hu Han; Zhu, Jiaxing; Chen, Zhenxia;* Deng, Mingli;* Ling, Yun;Li, Peng; Jia, Yu; Zhou, Yaming; Reticular chemistry approach to explore the catalytic CO2-epoxide cycloaddition reaction over tetrahedral coordination Lewis acidic sites in a Rutile-type Zinc-phosphonocarboxylate framework, Chemical Engineering Journal2022, 427: 131759.

  5. Hu, Jiaqi; Chen, Yi; Zhang, Hui; Chen, Zhenxia;* Ling, Yun; Yang, Yongtai; Liu, Xiaofeng; Jia, Yu; Zhou, Yaming*; TEA-assistant synthesis of MOF-74 nanorods for drug delivery and in-vitro magnetic resonance imaging, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials2021, 315: 110900.

  6. Jing, Huiru; Dan, Wenyan; Zhu, Jiaxing; Ling, Yun; Jia, Yu; Yang, Yongtai; Liu, Xiaofeng; Chen, Zhenxia;* Zhou, Yaming; Multimetal lanthanide phosphonocarboxylate frameworks: structures, colour tuning and near-infrared emission., Dalton Transactions2021, 50(21): 7380-7387.