Research Interests

• Coordination-Driven Self-assembly

• Carborane Chemistry

• Polymerization

• MOF Material

Prizes and awards

• 1999  The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

• 2000  Government special allowance from the State Council

Biography

• 1982  Bachelor's degree in Science by Nanjing University, China

• 1984  Master's degree in Science by Nanjing University, China

• 1987  Doctor's degree in Science by Nanjing University, China

• 1987-1988  Lecturer at Nanjing University, China  

• 1988-1990  AvH Postdoctoral Fellowship for studies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany

• 1990-1995  DFG Research Associate at the University of Bayreuth, Germany

• 1996-2000  Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

• Since 11/2000  Professor and Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China

Teaching

• Advanced in Inorganic Chemistry

• Organometallics

• Carborane Chemistry

• Coordination Chemistry

Key Publications

1. s-Block Metal Ions Induce Structural Transformations Between Figure-Eight and Double Trefoil Knots. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 1226-1232. (Cover Article)

2. Coordination-Directed Construction of Molecular Links. Chem. Rev. 2020, Invited Review.

3. Dihydrogen Bond-Interaction-Induced Separation of Hexane Isomers by Self-Assembled Carborane Metallacycles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8532-8538.

4. Highly Selective Synthesis of Iridium(III) Metalla[2]catenanes Through Component Pre-Orientation by Pi-Pi Stacking. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5882-5886. (Inside Cover)

5. Metalloradicals Supported by a meta-Carborane Ligand. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8129-8133.

6. Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of a Molecular Figure-Eight Knot and Other Topologically Complex Architectures. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 2057.

7. Supramolecular catalysis based on discrete heterometallic coordination-driven metallacycles and metallacages. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2019, 386, 69-84.

8. Covalent Post-assembly Modification Triggers Structural Transformations of Borromean Rings. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 9160-9164. (Supplementary Cover)

9. Reversibly Structural Transformation between a Molecular Solomon Link and an Unusual Unsymmetrical Trefoil Knot. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 40, 16057-16063.

10. Molecular Borromean Rings Based on Half-Sandwich Organometallic Rectangles. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2148-2158.