Concentrating on innovative breakthrough from 0 to 1, Zunfeng Liu, a professor of materials science in the post-80s of Nankai University, believed that the world of new materials has infinite charm. Many of his research results were published in international authoritative journals. From his point of view, the basic qualities of scientific researcher are curiosity and willpower. Zunfeng Liu set his sights on a less researched field. At present, air conditioners and refrigerators are widely us

The Nature Index released the Nature Index 2019 Annual Tables on April 30th, showing the high-quality scientific research output of different countries and scientific research institutions in the field of natural sciences. Among them, the Nature Index Table of Chemistry shows that institutions of China, France, and Germany rank among the top in the world in terms of high-quality chemical research output; especially, among the top ten scientific research institutions, China occupies 8 and is in

Recently, Prof. Jun Chen (academician of CAS and professor of Nankai University) and co-workers were invited by the editorial board of Nature Reviews Chemistry to publish a review entitled “Prospects of organic electrode materials for practical lithium batteries. In this review, the structural characteristics, mechanism of action and structure-activity relationship of organic electrode materials were described in detail, and the actual status and application were analyzed emphatically. These s

Circular polarized light (CPL) is an essential light source in many applications, including quantum computation, optical information processing and magnetic recording. Conventional optical CPL detectors rely on achiral photodetector with linear polarizer and quarter waveplate. Such complicated device configuration do not meet the demands of miniaturization trends, which is also incompatible with the emerging wearable technology. How to apply intrinsic chiral semiconductor to detect circularly p

The National Science and Technology Awards Conference was solemnly held in Beijing on the morning of Jan 10th, 2020. The project Discovery of Highly Efficient Chiral Spiro Catalysts (mainly completed by: Zhou Qilin, Xie Jianhua, Zhu Shoufei, Wang Lixin) led by Zhou Qilin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor of College of Chemistry, Nankai University, won the first prize of the National Natural Science Award. This is also the only project that won the first prize of

On December 20th, Prof. Luo Sanzhong, the director of the Center of Basic Molecular Science of Tsinghua University, gave a Boling Lecture of College of Chemistry titled “Bionic Small Molecule Catalysis: Data-Driven Catalysis Design and Evolution”. All students from Boling class and other teachers students of College of Chemistry participated in this lecture. Catalytic chemistry plays an important role in the development and progress of society. More than 80% of chemical processes are related

On November 22, 2019, Zhou Qilin and Zhu Shoufeis team, Nankai University published an article entitled Highly enantioselective carbene insertion into N–H bonds of aliphatic amines online in Science, which reported highly enantioselective carbene insertion into N–H bonds of aliphatic amines using two catalysts in tandem. This research not only solves the long-term challenges of enantioselective carbene insertion reactions, but also provides a potential general strategy for transition metal-cata

On November 2, 2019, the 2019 Xplorer Prize Award Ceremony was held in Beijing, and two alumni of College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Wang Xiaochen and You Shuli, were awarded the Xplorer Prize in Chemistry and New Materials. The Xplorer Prize was shared by 50 award-winning young scientists from nine fields, inspiring them to build on their energy and continue to climb the scientific Mount Everest. Wang Xiaochen, who studied at College of Chemistry, Nankai University in 2003, is currently

On the afternoon of October 17, 2019, Prof. Shen Hanxi, analytical chemist and educator, Professor Zhu Zhiang, candidate of the 2019 Nankai University Lifetime Achievement Award, Zhang Quanxing, 1960th alumni of College of Chemistry, environmental engineer, Cheng Jinpei, 1981st alumni of College of Chemistry, organic chemistry Academician participate in the Nankai University Centennial Grand Forum. In the lecture hall of the Tiannan Joint Research Building of the Balitai Campus, they shared th

On Sep. 19th 2019, first Sub-forum of the Interdisciplinary Forum for Nankai University Centennial Ceremony, “Conversion and Storage of Novel Energy”, was held at the reporting hall of United Researching Building of NKU TJU. Xuetao Cao, president of Nankai University, attended the opening ceremony and presented commemorative certificates to the reporters. The opening ceremony was chaired by Prof. Jun Chen, vice-president of Nankai University. President Cao expressed welcome to the researcher

On August 30th, Academician Jiang Hualiang, director of the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited Centurial Nankai Grand Forum, brought a wonderful report for Nankai teachers and students with the title of Scientific Research Culture and Scientific Research Life, in Shi Xianlou, Balitai Campus. Cao Xuetao, the principal of Nankai University, attended the report. Vice Principal Chen Jun presided over the meeting. Before the report meeting, Principal Cao pre

On May 26th, Prof. Dr. He Tian (East China University of Science and Technology), Academician of CAS TWAS and chief scientist of the National 973 Program, visited and had an academic report on Nankai University Centennial Grand Forum, titled “Dynamic Accurate Assembly and Precision Chemistry”. The report was hosted by Academician Chen Jun, Dean of College of Chemistry, Nankai University. Before the report, Prof. Jing Li (Vice President of Nankai University), introduced the background and acade

2019 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of Nankai University. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Nankai University, the journal China Science: Chemistry invited Prof. Chen Jun and Prof. Liang Guangxin as special editors, organizing the young academic leaders of the College of Chemistry of Nankai University, compiling and publishing a special issue in Chinese and English. The Chinese special issue contains 13 articles, and the English special issue consists of 15 articles, focusing on

Elastic materials with large reversible deformation functions have a wide range of demands in a variety of engineering applications. However, when the temperature decreases significantly, the ductility or elasticity of the material is usually impaired. There is no material that can achieve high elasticity at deep cryogenic temperatures such as outer space so far. Recently, Chen Yongsheng group, Nankai University reported a three-dimensionally cross-linked graphene material with almost unchanged

Allostery is the condition of a protein in which the structure and activity are triggered by external stimuli, to perform the corresponding function. In order to mimic nature’s complex allosteric processes, the design and synthesis of well-crafted artificial macrocycles have long been a worthwhile goal in supramolecular chemistry. However, photo-isomerized small molecules may reduce or lose their configurational interconversion properties under actions of ring tension or internal stress. There