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Research article
Hidden complexity of synergistic roles of Dopa and lysine for strong wet adhesion
Ying Li, Chao Liang, Ling Gao, Shiyu Li, Yizhe Zhang, Jiang Zhang and Yi Cao
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2664-2668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00402H
Yi Cao
Nanjing University
Yi Cao received his bachelor's degree in 2001 and master's degree in 2004 from Nanjing University. He then obtained his PhD in 2009 from the University of British Columbia. After a one-year postdoc at the same place, he started his independent career at the Department of Physics, Nanjing University as a full professor. He was the recipient of the 2014 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics for his contributions to the study of nanomechanics and mechanical unfolding dynamics of proteins using single molecule atomic force microscopy. His current research focuses on the application of single molecule methods and molecular engineering to designing biomaterials with tailored mechanical properties.
Review
Late transition metal catalyzed α-olefin polymerization and copolymerization with polar monomers
Lihua Guo, Wenjing Liu and Changle Chen
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2487-2494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00321H
Changle Chen
University of Science and Technology of China
Changle Chen obtained his BS degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2005. After receiving his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2010, he moved to Northwestern University to start his postdoctoral studies. After some time at Celanese Corporation, he started his independent career as a professor at USTC in 2013. His current research focuses on development of organometallic complexes and new strategies for olefin polymerization and copolymerization. His notable awards include the Chinese Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Young Chemists, American Chemical Society DIC Young Investigator Award and IUPAC Prizes-Honorable Mention.
Research article
Synthesis and self-assembly of unconventional C3-symmetrical trisubstituted triphenylenes
Yang Li, Yi-Xuan Wang, Xiang-Kui Ren and Long Chen
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2599-2605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00361G
Long Chen
Tianjin University
Long Chen completed his bachelor's degree at Shanghai University (2003) and master's degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University with Prof. Wanbin Zhang (2006). Afterwards, he received his PhD in 2009 under the supervision of Prof. Donglin Jiang at the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS, Japan). He then joined Prof. Klaus Müllen's group at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP, Germany) as an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow (2010–2012) and was later appointed as a project leader in the same group (2012–2014). Currently he is a faculty member at Tianjin University. His research focuses on the synthesis and self-organization of functional π-conjugated molecules, conjugated porous polymers for catalysis and energy conversion.
Research article
Thiophene-fused 1,10-phenanthroline toward a far-red emitting conjugated polymer and its polymer dots: synthesis, properties and subcellular imaging
Chunmei Yan, Zezhou Sun, Hongshuang Guo, Changfeng Wu and Yulan Chen
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2638-2642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00379J
Yulan Chen
Tianjin University
Yulan Chen graduated from Jilin University in 2005, and obtained her PhD degree from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), in 2010. During 2010–2014, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research. In September 2014, she was appointed as a professor at Tianjin University. Her current research interests include functional conjugated polymers and mechano-responsive polymers.
Research article
Kinetically controlled assembly of cadmium chalcogenide nanorods and nanorod heterostructures
Michael J. Enright, Harrison Sarsito and Brandi M. Cossairt
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QM00056E
Brandi Cossairt
University of Washington
Brandi Cossairt received her BS in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 2006 as a first-generation college graduate. Brandi went on to receive her PhD in 2010 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the guidance of Professor Christopher Cummins. She then continued her academic training as an NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University in the laboratory of Professor Jonathan Owen. Brandi joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington as an Assistant Professor in 2012. She has received a number of awards for her research including a Packard Fellowship, a Sloan Research Fellowship, and an NSF CAREER Award. Brandi is the co-founder of the Chemistry Women Mentorship Network (ChemWMN).
Research article
A general strategy to simulate osmotic energy conversion in multi-pore nanofluidic systems
Feilong Xiao, Danyan Ji, Hao Li, Jialiang Tang, Yaping Feng, Liping Ding, Liuxuan Cao, Ning Li, Lei Jiang and Wei Guo
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 935-941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QM00031J
Wei Guo
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS
Wei Guo is a professor at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (TIPCCAS). He received his PhD in Physics from Peking University in 2009. Afterwards, he started his scientific career in the Institute of Chemistry CAS as an assistant professor and was further promoted to associate professor. In 2014, he and his group moved to TIPCCAS and he was promoted to full professor in 2015. He has been devoted to nanopore-related research for more than 12 years. His research interests focus on nature-inspired functional materials for energy and environmental applications and novel transport phenomena in nanofluidics.
Research article
Improving the moisture stability of perovskite solar cells by using PMMA/P3HT based hole-transport layers
Soumya Kundu and Timothy L. Kelly
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 81-89
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00396J
Timothy Kelly
University of Saskatchewan
Timothy Kelly is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan, and holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Photovoltaics. He received his BSc degree in Chemistry from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2005, and completed a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Michael Wolf at the University of British Columbia (2005–2009). From 2009–2011 he was an NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Michael Sailor at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests include perovskite solar cells, hard X-ray scattering techniques, organic electronics, and plasmonics.
Research article
PbI2 band gap engineering by gel incorporation
Chong Hu, Tao Ye, Yujing Liu, Jie Ren, Xinyi Jin, Hongzheng Chen and Hanying Li
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 362-368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00509A
Hanying Li
Zhejiang University
Hanying Li is the Qiushi Distinguished Professor in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. In Dec. 2009, he completed his PhD degree at Cornell University in the field of materials science and engineering (advisor: Prof. Lara A. Estroff). After postdoctoral work on organic electronics at Stanford University (Prof. Zhenan Bao's group), Hanying Li moved to Zhejiang University in Dec. 2011. His current research focuses on bio-inspired single-crystal growth and organic-single-crystal-based electronic and optoelectronic devices such as transistors and solar cells.
Research article
A novel small molecule based on naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene benefits both fullerene and non-fullerene solar cells
Huan Li, Jin Fang, Jianqi Zhang, Ruimin Zhou, Qiong Wu, Dan Deng, Muhammad Abdullah Adil, Kun Lu, Xuefeng Guo and Zhixiang Wei
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 143-148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00397H
Kun Lu
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Kun Lu has been a professor at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) since 2015. He obtained his PhD degree from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2010. His research focuses on the synthesis of polymeric and small molecular semiconducting materials for photovoltaic devices and their application in large area flexible devices. Based on the above studies, he has published 60 papers with more than 1000 citations. He was awarded the Chinese Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Young Chemists (2016).
Research article
3D coffee stains
Itir Bakis Dogru, Cagla Kosak Soz, Daniel Aaron Press, Rustamzhon Melikov, Efe Begar, Deniz Conkar, Elif Nur Firat Karalar, Emel Yilgor, Iskender Yilgor and Sedat Nizamoglu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2360-2367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00281E
Sedat Nizamoglu
Koc University
Sedat Nizamoglu received his PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2011 at Bilkent University, Turkey. Immediately after graduation, he continued as a research fellow with a joint affiliation with Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital in USA. Currently he is a faculty member at Koç University, Turkey. His research focuses on the demonstration of innovative devices and interfaces for the applications to energy, medicine, and the environment. He has published more than 40 research papers in prestigious journals. Recently he was recognized by MIT Technology Review as an Innovator Under 35 Turkey, he received the Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Turkish Academy of Sciences, and he was awarded an ERC (European Research Council) Starting Grant.
Research article
Poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) stereocomplexed physical hydrogels showing thermally-induced gel–sol–gel multiple phase transitions
Hailiang Mao, Chen Wang, Xiaohua Chang, Heqing Cao, Guorong Shan, Yongzhong Bao and Pengju Pan
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 313-322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00502D
Pengju Pan
Zhejiang University
Pengju Pan obtained his bachelor's degree from Zhengzhou University in 2002 and master's degree from Zhejiang University in 2005. He received his PhD from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2009. He then joined the Bioengineering Laboratory of RIKEN (Japan) as a postdoctoral researcher (2009–2011). He started his independent career at Zhejiang University in 2011. He has received the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad and the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, China. His research interests are the condensed and soft matter structures of polymers, with a focus on polymer crystallization, hierarchically assembled structures and the properties of crystallizable polymers.
Research article
Non-covalent molecular tweezer/guest complexation with Pt(II)⋯Pt(II) metal–metal interactions: toward intelligent photocatalytic materials
Zijian Li, Yifei Han, Zongchun Gao, Tengfei Fu and Feng Wang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 76-80
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00424A
Feng Wang
University of Science and Technology of China
Feng Wang got his bachelor's degree from Hefei University of Technology in 2003. He then received his PhD in Chemistry from Zhejiang University under the supervision of Prof. Feihe Huang in 2009. He joined Prof. E. W. Meijer's group at Eindhoven University of Technology as a postdoctoral fellow. He joined the University of Science and Technology of China as an associate professor in 2011, and was promoted to full professor in 2016. His current research interests are focused on transition metal-based supramolecular assemblies for biomedical, optoelectronic, and catalytic applications.
Research article
Synergetic regulation of CO2 and light for controllable inversion of Pickering emulsions
Yuanyuan Cao, Zhen Wang, Shiming Zhang and Yapei Wang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2136-2142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00275K
Yapei Wang
Renmin University of China
Yapei Wang is a full professor at Department of Chemistry in Renmin University of China. He received his BS degree from Jilin University in 2004 and PhD from Tsinghua University under the supervision of Prof. Xi Zhang in 2009, both in Chemistry. After graduation, he spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Joseph M. DeSimone's Lab at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2012, he joined Department of Chemistry in Renmin University of China. His research interests are mainly focused on photothermal conversion materials and their clinical applications.
Research article
Pyrolysis of metal–organic frameworks to hierarchical porous Cu/Zn-nanoparticle@carbon materials for efficient CO2 hydrogenation
Jingzheng Zhang, Bing An, Yahui Hong, Yaping Meng, Xuefu Hu, Cheng Wang, Jingdong Lin, Wenbin Lin and Yong Wang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2405-2409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00328E
Cheng Wang
Xiamen University
Cheng Wang is now a professor of Chemistry at Xiamen University, China. He received his BSc in chemistry at Peking University, and PhD in inorganic chemistry at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in US. He worked with Professor Wenbin Lin on metal–organic frameworks for heterogeneous catalysis for his doctoral thesis. He then went to the University of Chicago as a postdoc to study photodynamics in photocatalysis using ultrafast spectroscopy. Dr Cheng Wang got the Young Investigator Award from Division of Inorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society in 2013, and the Junior Thousand Talents Award of P. R. China in 2015. Currently Dr Cheng Wang's research focuses on metal–organic layers as solid state catalysts. His interest covers conversions of C1 molecules via solid–gas phase catalysis, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis.
Research article
A single palladium site catalyst as a bridge for converting homogeneous to heterogeneous in dimerization of terminal aryl acetylenes
Chao Zhao, Haizhu Yu, Jing Wang, Wei Che, Zhijun Li, Tao Yao, Wensheng Yan, Min Chen, Jian Yang, Shiqiang Wei, Yuen Wu and Yadong Li
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QM00095F
Yuen Wu
University of Science and Technology of China
Yuen Wu received his BS and PhD degrees from the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2009 and 2014, respectively. He is currently a professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China. His research interests are focused on the synthesis, assembly, characterization and application exploration of functional nanomaterials.
Review
Ultrathin two-dimensional metallic nanomaterials
Yang Ma, Bin Li and Shubin Yang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 456-467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00548B
Shubin Yang
Beihang University
Shubin Yang is a Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University. He received his PhD from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2008 after carrying out studies on high-performance lithium ion batteries under the guidance of Prof. Huaihe Song. He then pursued postdoctoral studies with Prof. K. Muellen and P. M. Ajayan at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and Rice University, respectively. His current research interests involve graphene, MXenes and other two-dimensional materials for energy storage and conversions.
Research article
Calcium ion-assisted lipid tubule formation
Sandra Jones, An Huynh, Yuan Gao and Yan Yu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 603-608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00521K
Yan Yu
Indiana University
Yan Yu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Indiana University Bloomington. She received her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2009 and completed postdoctoral training at University of California, Berkeley in 2012. Prof. Yan Yu's group is working on developing nanomaterial-enabled tools to measure and control cellular functions.
Review
Self-assembled DNA nanomaterials with highly programmed structures and functions
Zhihao Li, Jie Wang, Yingxue Li, Xinwen Liu and Quan Yuan
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 423-436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00434F
Quan Yuan
Wuhan University
Quan Yuan received her BS degree (2004) from Wuhan University and her PhD (2009) in Inorganic Chemistry from Peking University. Afterwards, she performed postdoctoral research on DNA-functionalized nanomaterials with Prof. Weihong Tan at the University of Florida. In 2012, she joined the College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University. Her research interests include the design of functional nanomaterials and investigating their corresponding biomedical applications.
Research article
Waterborne polyacrylates with thermally activated delayed fluorescence and two-state phosphorescence
Tao Wang, Zhen Tang, Dong Xu, Wei Sun, Yipeng Deng, Qidong Wang, Xingyuan Zhang, Peifeng Su and Guoqing Zhang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 559-565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00399D
Guoqing Zhang
University of Science and Technology of China
Guoqing Zhang is currently a full professor at the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where he received his degree in Bachelor of Science. Prof. Zhang received his PhD degree in Chemistry at the University of Virginia under the supervision of Prof. Cassandra L. Fraser. He then proceeded to Harvard to work with Prof. X. Sunny Xie on transposon study in understanding bacterial persistence. In the summer of 2011, Prof. Zhang joined the faculty of USTC where he started to work on the design and synthesis of new phosphorescent materials. His primary research interests now include: (1) fluorogenic dyes for assisted surgical procedures, (2) development of methods to achieve highly efficient phosphorescence based on purely organic systems, and (3) the design and synthesis of new antimicrobial polypeptide mimics (APMs).
Research article
Secondary-amine-functionalized isoreticular metal–organic frameworks for controllable and selective dye capture
Jing Tan, Beibei Zhou, Congcong Liang, Hannah Zinky, Hao-Long Zhou and Yue-Biao Zhang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 129-135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00414A
Yue-Biao Zhang
ShanghaiTech University
Yue-Biao Zhang obtained his PhD degree in 2011 from Sun Yat-Sen University at Guangzhou under the supervision of Prof. Xiao-Ming Chen. He was a postdoc researcher in the Yaghi lab at UCLA, LBNL and UC Berkeley from 2011 to 2015. He is now an Assistant Professor at the School of Physical Science & Technology, ShanghaiTech University. He is awarded by the “1000 Young Talent Program”. His research interests include the discovery of metal–organic frameworks and design of covalent organic frameworks for gas storage and separation.
Review
Colloidal Au–Cu alloy nanoparticles: synthesis, optical properties and applications
Sravan Thota, Yongchen Wang and Jing Zhao
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00538E
Jing Zhao
University of Connecticut
Jing Zhao obtained her PhD from Northwestern University in 2008, under the supervision of Prof. Richard Van Duyne and Prof. George Schatz. She then joined Moungi Bawendi's lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral researcher. She has been an assistant professor in the Chemistry Department at University of Connecticut since 2012. She is also a member of the Institute of Materials Science at UConn. Her research interest includes the synthesis of metal and semiconductor nanocrystals, optical spectroscopy, single particle spectroscopy, photocatalysis, biological sensing and imaging.
Research article
Homologous Co3O4‖CoP nanowires grown on carbon cloth as a high-performance electrode pair for triclosan degradation and hydrogen evolution
Chaojie Lyu, Jinlong Zheng, Rui Zhang, Ruqiang Zou, Bin Liu and Wei Zhou
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 323-330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00533D
Wei Zhou
Beihang University
Wei Zhou received her PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Beihang University under the supervision of Prof. Lin Guo in 2009. She worked as a visiting scholar in Prof. Hong Yang's group in University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) in 2012–2013. Currently, she is a professor at School of Chemistry in Beihang University. Her research interests focus on iron triad (Fe, Co, Ni) and their compounds’ nanomaterials for applications in energy, adsorption and catalysis.