Danwei Zhang

Organic Chemistry

Professor

zhangdw@fudan.edu.cn

Room A7025, Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University 2005 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200438, China

86-21-31243576

Research Interests

  • The development of various artificial foldamer & supramolecule and the research on the properties

  • The development of supramolecular polymers and the studies on the properties

Prizes and awards

  • Junior Faculty Teaching Award (1st Prize), Fudan University, 2013

Biography

  • 1990.9–1994.7     Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Bachelor

  • 1994.9–2000.1     Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Ph.D.

  • 1998.9–1999.8     Department of Chemistry, Utsunomiya University, Japan, exchange student

  • 2000.2–                Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Assistant professor (2000.4), Associate professor (2005.5), professor(2015.12)

  • 2001.1–2001.9     Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, visiting scholar

Teaching

  • Organic Chemisty A (I), Organic Chemisty A (II), Bioorganic Chemistry, Heterocyclic Chemistry

Key Publications

  • Sun, J.-D.; Zhang, J.; Zhuang, S.-Y.; Wang, H.; Zhou, W.; Li Z.-T.;* Zhang, D.-W.* Tetracationic macrocycles form highly stable inclusion complexes with uric acid enabling solution-phase and paper-strip bicolor colorimetric detection of hyperuricemia, J. Mater. Chem. C,2024, DOI: 10.1039/d4tc03217a.

  • Lin, Q.; Xing, J.; Liu, Y.-Y.; Wu, G.; Liu, S.-J.; Wang, H.; Zhou, W.; Li, Z.-T.;* Zhang, D.-W.* taBOX: A water-soluble tetraanionic rectangular molecular container for conjugated molecules and taste masking for berberine and palmatine, Chin. Chem. Lett.2024, 35, 109119.

  • Zhuang, S.-Y.; Wu, G.; Sun, J.-D.; Zhang, J.; Xing, J.; Wu, Y.; Wang, H.; Li, Z.-T.;* Zhang, D.-W.* Water-soluble hexakis-imidazolium cages: Synthesis and selective binding of sodium urate, Org. Chem. Front.2024, 11, 414–421.

  • Sun, J.-D.; Liu, Y.; Zhao, Z.; Yu, S.-B.;* Qi, Q.-Y.; Zhou, W.; Wang, H.; Hu, K.; Zhang, D.-W.;* Li, Z.-T.* Host–guest binding of tetracationic cyclophanes to photodynamic agents inhibits posttreatment phototoxicity and maintains antitumour efficacy, RSC Med. Chem.2023, 14, 563–572.

  • Liu, Y.-Y.; Wang, Z.-K.; Yu, S.-B.; Liu, Y.; Wang, H.; Zhou, W.;* Li, Z.-T.;* Zhang, D.-W.* Conjugating aldoxorubicin to supramolecular organic frameworks: polymeric prodrugs with enhanced therapeutic efficacy and safety, J. Mater. Chem. B,2022, 10, 4163–4171.

  • Wu, Y.; Liu, Y.-Y.; Liu, H.-K.; Yu, S.-B.; Lin, F.; Zhou, W.;* Wang, H.; Zhang, D.-W.* Li, Z.-T.;* Ma, D.* Flexible organic frameworks sequester neuromuscular blocking agents in vitro and reverse neuromuscular block in vivo, Chem. Sci.2022, 13, 9243–9248.

  • Liu, Y.; Wang, Z.-K.; Gao, Z.-Z.; Zong, Y.; Sun, J.-D.; Zhou, W.;* Wang, H.; Ma, D.; Li Z.-T.;* Zhang, D.-W.* Porous organic polymer overcomes the post-treatment phototoxicity of photodynamic agents and maintains their antitumor efficiency, Acta Biomater.2022, 150, 254–264.

  • Li, Y.-X.; Liu, Y.; Wang, H.; Li, Z.-T.* Zhang, D.-W.* Water-soluble porphyrin-based nanoparticles derived from electrostatic interaction for enhanced photodynamic therapy, ACS Appl. Bio. Mater.2022, 5, 881–888.

  • Liu, H.-K.; Lei, Y.-F.; Tian, P.-J.; Wang, H.; Zhao, X.; Li, Z.-T.;* Zhang, D.-W.* [Fe(bpy)3]2+-based porous organic polymers with boosted photocatalytic activity for recyclable organic transformations, J. Mater. Chem. A2021, 9, 6361–6367.

  • Liu, C.-Z.; Koppireddi, S.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.-W.;* Li Z.-T.* Halogen bonding directed supramolecular quadruple and double helices from hydrogen-bonded arylamide foldamers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2019, 58, 226-230.