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Dr. Jianyu Zhang
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow
Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen
Collaborator: Prof. Ben L. Feringa

Email: jianyu.zhang@rug.nl zhangff@connect.ust.hk
Contact: 86-15622704880 Homepage: jianyu-academic.mysxl.cn
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Dr. Jianyu Zhang is a research fellow under the MSCA and works with Prof. Ben L. Feringa (2016 Nobel laureate in Chemistry) at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He obtained his BSc from Sun Yat-sen University in 2019 and PHD degree at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) under the superviosr of Prof. Ben Zhong Tang in 2022. He was a postdoctoral fellow at HKUST under the support of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and collaborates with Prof. Tang (2022-2023). His research interests include photophysics, photochemistry, computational chemistry for excited-state evolutions, organic luminescent materials, artificial molecular motors, and dynamic chemistry. He has published 81 articles, including 30 first/corresponding authored publications in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (5), Nat. Commun. (3), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (3), etc. His h-index is 25 with1800 citations. He hasdelivered 10 oral/invited presentations at international/national conferences. In addition, he hasreceived many renowned honors, including ACS PHYS Young Investigator Award (2024), CAS Future Leaders (2023), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowships (2023), Hong Kong RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023), etc. He is the Promotion Editor for Exploration (published by Wiley).
Education & Working Experience
I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. ——Laurence Olivier

Postdoctoral Fellow
2024-
Stratingh Institute of Chemistry, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow
Supervisor: Prof. Ben L. Feringa.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2022-2023
Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Hong Kong RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme
Adviser: Prof. Ben Zhong Tang

Doctor of Philosophy
2019-2022
Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Supervisor: Prof. Ben Zhong Tang
Bachelor of Science
2015-2019
School of Chemsitry, Top Student Cultivation Program for Basic Disciplines (拔尖计划), MOE of China

Supervisor: Prof. Xiao-Ming Chen, Prof. Wei-Xiong Zhang (2017-2019)
Prof. Zhuofeng Ke (2015-2017)
Research Interest
Physical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Aggregation-induced Emission (AIE), Luminescent Mechanism, Through-space Interactions (TSI), Molecular Motor, and Dynamic Chemistry.
Publications
First and co-first author:

Regulating the Proximity Effect of Heterocycle-containing AIEgens
Nat. Commu. 2023, 14, 3772. (Link)
A Dihydroazulene-based Photofluorochromic AIE System for Rewritable 4D Information Encryption
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202208460 (Link)

Secondary Through-Space Interactions Facilitated Single-Molecule White-Light Emission from Clusteroluminogens
Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3492. (Link)
Featured in Editors' Highlights (Link)

How to Manipulate Through-Space Conjugation and Clusteroluminescence of Simple AIEgens with Isolated Phenyl Rings
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9565-9574. (Link)
(30) An All-rounder for NIR-II Phototheranostics: Well-tailored 1064nm Excitable Molecule for Photothermal Combating Orthotopic Breast Cancer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401877. (Link)
(29) Manipulating Noncovalent Conformational Lock via Side-chain Engineering for Luminescent at Aggregate Level. Aggregate 2024, 5, e560. (Link)
(28) Multi-site Isomerization of Synergistically Regulated Stimuli-responsive AIE materials towards Multi-level decryption. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 3920. (Link)
(27) Multifunctional Hydrozone-based AIEgens Enabled by Hydrogen-halogen Interaction. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2024, 12, 2302781. (Link)
(26) Fjord-type AIEgens Based on Inherent Through-space Conjugation. CCS Chem. 2023. (Link)
(25) Nocovalent Interactions Colorize Aggregate Photophysics. Matter 2023, 6, 3702-3704. (Link)
(24) More is Better: Dual-acceptor Engineering for Constructing Second Near-infrared Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogens to Boost Multimodal Phototheranostics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 22776-22787. (Link)
(23) Chromene-based BioAIEgens: "In Water" Synthesis, Regiostructure-dependent Fluorescence and ER-specific Imaging. Nat. Sci. Rev. 2023. nwad233. (Link) (Highlighted by EurekAlert!)
(22) Activation of Pyroptosis Using AIEgen-based sp² Carbon-linked Covalent Organic Framework. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 14, 17689-7699. (Link)
(21) Regulating the Proximity Effect of Heterocycle-containing AIEgens. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 3772. (Link)
(20) NIR Clusteroluminescence of Non-conjugated Phenolic Resins Enabled by Through-space Interactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306762. (Link)
(19) Facile Conversion of Water to Functional Molecules and Cross-linked Polymeric Films with Efficient Clusteroluminescence Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 3115. (Link)
(18) Hydrazone-Based AIEgens with Photofluorochromic Ability for Rewritable, Intensity-Variable, and High-Resolution Photopattern. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2213927. (Link)
(17) Insights into Self-Assembly of Nonplanar Molecules with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 20559-20565. (Link)
(16) A Dihydroazulene-based Photoflurochromic AIE System for Rewritable 4D Information Encryption. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202208460. (Link)
(15) Secondary Through-Space Interactions Facilitated Single-Molecule White-Light Emission from Clusteroluminogens. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3492. (Link) (Featured in Editors' Highlight of "Materials science and chemistry")
(14) Y-Shaped Pyrene-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Blue Emitters for High-Performance OLED Devices. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 2200917. (Link)
(13) Mitochondria-Targeting Phototheranostics by Aggregation-Induced NIR-II Emission Luminogens: Modulating Intramolecular Motion by Electron Acceptor Engineering for Multi-Model Synergetic Therapy, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2110526. (Link)
(12) White-light Emission from Organic Aggregates: a Review, Adv. Photon. 2022, 4, 014001. (Link) (Highlighted by Featured News from SPIE)
(11) Stimuli-responsive Materials from Ferrocene-based Organic Small Molecules for Wearable Sensors, Small, 2021, 17, 2103125. (Link)
(10) Taming Reactive Oxygen Species: Mitochondria-Targeted AIEgen for Neuron Protection via Photosensitization-Triggered Autophagy, CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 2791-2799. (Link)
(9) How Do Molecular Motions Affect Structures and Properties at Molecule and Aggregate Levels? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11820-11827. (Link)
(8) Visualization and Manipulation of Solid-State Molecular Motions in Crystallization Processes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9468-9477. (Link)
(7) How to Manipulate Through-Space Conjugation and Clusteroluminescence of Simple AIEgens with Isolated Phenyl Rings, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9565-9574. (Link)
(6) An Air-Stable Organic Radical from a Controllable Photoinduced Domino Reaction of a Hexa-aryl Substituted Anthracene, J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 7359-7369 (Link).
(5) Highly Selective and Productive Synthesis of Carbon Dioxide-Based Copolymer upon Zwitterionic Growth, Macromolecules 2021, 54, 2178-2186 (Link) (Front Cover)
(4) Restriction of Intramolecular Motion (RIM): Investing AIE Mechanism from Experimental and Throretical Studies, Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 2021, 37, 1-15 (Link) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
(3) The Effect of Auxiliary Ligand on the Mechanism and Reactivity: DFT Study on H₂ Activation by Lewis Acid–Transition Metal Complex (tris(phosphino)borane)Fe(L), Catal. Sci. Technol. 2017, 7, 4866-4878 (Link)
(2) Rational Design of FLP Catalysts for Reversible H₂ Activation: a DFT Study of the Geometric and Electronic Effects,Chin. Chem. Lett. 2018, 29, 1226-1232 (Link)
(1) Three Years' Achievements and Expectations of Top Talent Training Program in Basic Sciences, Univ. Chem. 2019, 34, 146 (Link)
Co-author Publications:
(48) Isolated flat band in artificially designed Lieb lattice based on macrocycle supramolecular crystal. Commun. Mater. 2024, 5, 54. (Link)
(47) Near-Infrared Emission Beyond 900 nm from Stable Radicals in Nonconjugated Poly(diphenylmethane). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202403827. (Link)
(46) Unrestricted molecular motions enable mild photothermy for recurrence-resistant FLASH antitumor radiotherapy. Bioact. Mater. 2024, 37, 299-312. (Link)
(45) The Superiority of Nonconjugated Structures in Fluorescence: Through-Space vs. Through-Bond Charge Transfer. Sci. China Chem. 2024. (Link)
(44) Tuning Molecular Packing by Twisting Structure to Facilely Construct Highly Efficient Solid-State Fluorophores for Two-Photon Bioimaging and Photodynamic Therapy. Adv. Func. Mater. 2024, 34, 2315692. (Link)
(43) Pyrene-Based Deep-Blue Fluorophores with Narrow-Band Emission. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 3319. (Link)
(42) Manipulation ofAurophilicity in Constructed Clusters of Gold(I) Complexes with Boosted Luminescence and Smart Responsiveness. Spectrochim. Acta. A 2024, 311, 123979.(Link)
(41) Understanding the AIE phenomenon of Nonconjugated Rhodamine Derivatives via Aggregation-Induced Molecular Conformation Change. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 999. (Link)
(40) Dynamic Transition between Monomer and Excimer Phosphorescence in Organic Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Crystals. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2311384. (Link)
(39) Enolate Enables Unexpected Red Luminescence from Through-Bond/Through-space Complexation between Imide and Organic Base. Macromolecules. 2023.
(38) A Photoactivatable Luminescent Motif through Ring-Flipping Isomerization for Multiple Photopatterning. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023.
(37) Adding Flying Wings: Butterfly-shaped NIR-II AIEgens with Multiple Molecular Rotors for Photothermal Combating of Bacterials Biofilms. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023.,145, 25705-25715. (Link)
(36) Excited-state Odd-even Effect in Through-space Interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 21104-21113. (Link)
(35) Tunable Room-temperature Phosphorescence in Heavy-atom-free Metal Organic Frameworks by Ligand Functionalization. ACS Materials Lett. 2023, 5, 2691-2699. (Link)
(34) Strain Enhances the Activity of Molecule Electrocatalysts via Carbon Nanotube Supports. Nat. Cat. 2023, 6, 818-828. (Link)
(33) A New Strategy to Elevate Absorptivity of AIEgens for Intensified NIR-II Emission and Synergized Multimodality Therapy. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, e2306616 (Link)
(32) Water-soluble Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogens with Near-infrared Emission for Advanced Phototheranostics. Small Sci. 2023. (Link)
(31) Tailoring the Amphiphilic Structure of Zwitterionic AIE Photosensitizers to Boost Antitumor Immunity. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, e2303186 (Link)
(30) Controllable Secondary Through-space Interaction and Clusteroluminescence. CCS Chem. 2023. (Accepted, Link)
(29) Manipulation of the Through-space Interactions in Diphenylmethane. Small Molecules. 2023. (Accepted, Link)
(28) A Multiresponsive Functional AIEgen for Spatiotemporal Pattern Control and All-round Information Encryption. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202300353. (Link)
(27) De Nove Design of Reversibly pH-Switchable NIR-II Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Efficient Phototheranostics of Patient-Derived Tumor Xenograft. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 334-344. (Link)
(26) Modulating Hydrothermal Condition to Achieve Carbon Dots-Zeolite Composites with Multicolor Afterglow. Nano Res. 2022. (Link)
(25) On-surface Synthesis and Spontaneous Segregation of Conjugated Tetraphentlethylene Macrocycles. Commun. Chem. 2022, 5, 174. (Link)
(24) Highly Emissive Organic Cage in Single-molecule and Aggregate States by Anchoring Multiple Aggregation-cased Quenching Dyes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2022, 14, 53567. (Link)
(23) Design of Smart Aggregates: Towards Rapid Clinical Diagnosis of Hyperlipidemia in Human Blood. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, e2207671. (Link)
(22) Rational Design of NIR-II AIEgens with Ultrahigh Quantum Yields for Photo- and Chemiluminescence Imaging. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15391-15402. (Link)
(21) A Mitochondrion-Targeting Two-Photo Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Hypoxia-Tolerant Photodynamic Therapy. Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 448, 137604. (Link)
(20) Intermolecular Hydrogen-bonds Assisted Solid-State Dual Emission molecules with Mechanical Force-Induced Enhanced Emission. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 8503-8514. (Link)
(19) Aggregation-Induced Emission in Super-Resolution Imaging: Cationic AIEgens for Tunable Organelle-Specific Imaging and Dynamic Tracking in Nanometer Scale. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 5932-5942. (Link)
(18) A Mitochondria-Targeting AIE Photosensitizer for Enhancing Specificity and Efficacy of Ferroptosis Inducer. Sci. China Chem. 2022, 65, 870-876. (Link)
(17) Organic Long-Persistent Luminescence from a Single-component Aggregate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 3050-3062. (Link). (Front Cover)
(16) Novel Quinolizine AIE System: Visualization of Molecular Motion and Elaborate Tailoring for Biological Application. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202117709. (Link) (Very Important Paper)
(15) Metal-Based AIE Theranostic Systemst. ChemMedChem. 2022, 17, e202100578. (Link)
(14) Mapping the Regioisomeric Space and Visible Color Range of Purely Organic Dual Emitters with Ultralong Phosphorescence Components: From Violet to Red towards Pure White-light. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202111805. (Link)
(13) A Facile Strategy of Boosting Photothermal Conversion Efficiency through State Transformation for Cancer Therapy. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2105999. (Link)
(12) Donor/π-Bridge Manipulation for Constructing a Stable NIR-II Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogen with Balanced Photo-theranostic Performance. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 26769-26776. (Link)
(11) Metallophilicity-Induced Clusterization: Single-Component White-Light Clusteroluminescence with Stimuli Responses, CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 3039-3049. (Link)
(10) Functionalized of Silk by AIEgens through Facile Bioconjugation: Full-Color Fluorescence and Long-Term Bioimaging, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 22, 12424-12430. (Link)
(9)"Simple" AIEgens for Non-doped Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Emission Close to Pure Red in the Standard Red, Green, and Blue Gamut, Adv. Photonics Res. 2021, 2, 2100004. (Link)
(8) Revisting an Ancient Inorganic Aggregagtion-Induced Emission System: an Enlightenment to Clusteroluminescence, Aggregate 2021, 2, e36. (Link) (Inside Front Cover)
(7) Switching Energy Dissipation Pathway: in situ Pronton-Induced Transformation of AIR-Active Self-Assembly to Boost Photodynamic Therapy, Biomater. Sci. 2021, 9, 4301-4307. (Link)
(6) Clusteroluminescence from Clutster Excitons in Smally Heterocyclics Free of Aromatic Rings, Adv. Sci. 2021, 8, 2004299 (Link)
(5) Positive/Negative Phototropism: Controllable Molecular Actuators with Different Bending Behavior, CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 1491-1500 (Link)
(4) Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalyzed C-H Activation of Heteroarenes: a Stepwise Carbene Mechanism due to Distance Effect, Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1102-1105 (Link)
(3) Spin-Reorientation-Induced Magnetodielectric Coupling Effects in Two Layered Perovskite Magnets, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 7413-7418 (Link)
(2) Boron-Based Lewis Acid Transition Metal Complexes as Potential Bifunctional Catalystst, Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 37, 2187-2202 (Link)
(1) A Near-Room-Temperature Organic-Inorganic Hybird Ferroelectric: [C6H5CH2CH2NH3]2[CdI4], Chem. Comm. 2017, 53, 5764-5766 (Link)
Academic Awards & Presentations

Academic Awards
(17) 2024 ACS PHYS Young Investigator Award in Physical Chemistry
American Chemsitical Society
(16) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024-2025)
European Union
(15) Hong Kong RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme
University Grants Committee, Hong Kong (Link)
(14) 2023 CAS Future Leaders
CAS American Chemsitical Society (Link)
(13) Best Poster Presentation Award, The 29th Symposium on Chemsitry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (11/2022)
(12) HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award
HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School (05/2022)
(11) ICC Best Oral Presentation Award (04/2022)
The International Conference on Clusteroluminescence (ICC) Committee & Aggregate (Wiley)
(10) Outstanding Student Award of the "Top Student Cultivation Program 2.0 (教育部拔尖计划2.0)"
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (12/2021, nation-wide)
(9) University Grants Committee (UGC) Research Travel Grant
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (11/2021 & 08/2022)
(8) Graduate Student Fellowship
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2019-2022, merit-based scholarship)
(7) National Scholarship
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (10/2016 & 11/2017, nation-wide)
(6) Outstanding Graduate of the “Top Student Cultivation Program (基础学科拔尖学生培养实验计划)”
Yat-sen Honor School, Sun Yat-sen University (06/2019)
(5) Outstanding Thesis Award of Bachelor's Degree
Sun Yat-sen University (06/2019, 0.5% graduates university-wide)
(4) Distinction Graduate Award
Sun Yat-sen University (06/2019, 0.5% graduates university-wide)
(3) Li Xuerou Foundation Scholarship
Sun Yat-sen Business School, Sun Yat-sen University (11/2018, 0.1% students university-wide)
(2) The First Class Scholarship (awarded 3 times)
Sun Yat-sen University (2015-2019, 3% students university-wide)
(1) The Champion of the Enactus China National Competition
Enactus (06/2016)
Conference Presentation
(9) ACS Fall 2023|San Francisco (Poster presentation, 15/08/2023)
(8) The International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2023)|Singapore (Oral presentation, 27/06/2023)
(7) The 33th CCS Congress|Qingdao, China (Oral presentation, 18/06/2023)
(6) Interdisciplinary Academic Seminar for Universities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bar Area|Guangzhou, China (Oral presentation, 30/09/2022)
(5) The 5th International Symposium on Aggregation-Induced Emission|Shenzhen, China (Invited lecture, 12-14/08/2022)
(4) The International Conference on Clusteroluminescence|Hangzhou, China (Oral presentation, Best Oral Presentation Award, 15-17/04/2022)
(3) The International Chemical Congress of Pacifichem Basin Societies 2021 (Pacifichem 2021) |Honolulu, USA (Oral presentation, 16-20/12/2021)
(2) The 1st Suzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Symposium of Aggregation-Induced Emission |Suzhou, China (Oral presentation, 21-23/10/2021)
(1) The 2nd Chinese Conference on Aggregation-Induced Emission |Shanghai, China (Poster presentation, 09-11/04/2021)
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Dr. Jianyu Zhang

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow

Education & Working Experience

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. ——Laurence Olivier

Postdoctoral Fellow

2024-

Postdoctoral Fellow

2022-2023

Doctor of Philosophy

2019-2022

Bachelor of Science

2015-2019

Research Interest

Physical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Aggregation-induced Emission (AIE), Luminescent Mechanism, Through-space Interactions (TSI), Molecular Motor, and Dynamic Chemistry.

Publications

First and co-first author:

Regulating the Proximity Effect of Heterocycle-containing AIEgens

Nat. Commu. 2023, 14, 3772. (Link)

A Dihydroazulene-based Photofluorochromic AIE System for Rewritable 4D Information Encryption

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202208460 (Link)

Secondary Through-Space Interactions Facilitated Single-Molecule White-Light Emission from Clusteroluminogens

Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3492. (Link)

Featured in Editors' Highlights (Link)

How to Manipulate Through-Space Conjugation and Clusteroluminescence of Simple AIEgens with Isolated Phenyl Rings

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9565-9574. (Link)

Co-author Publications:

Academic Awards & Presentations

Academic Awards

Conference Presentation

Find Me

Email

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Researchgate

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CUHK-SZ/HKUST

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