Year 2021 is the significant moment for Chemistry Discipline of Nankai University as her 100thanniversary. Since established in 1921, Nankai Chemistry has adhered to the school motto “Dedication to public interests, acquisition of all-round capability, and aspiration for progress with each passing day” and built up. Trials and vicissitudes bore testimony to her path. In a hundred years’ voyage, Nankai Chemistry always stays committed to our nation and grounded to fact, educating people with rigo

To summarize the hundred years history of Nankai Chemistry and boost the construction of first-class discipline, College of Chemistry held “Chemistry Discipline Development Forum” at Haibing Building on Oct. 15th. As one main part of the100th Anniversary Commemoration of Nankai Chemistry, leadership and core teachers from national famous universities were invited to have discussions on Chemistry construction direction, talent cultivation, teaching experience and so on. Vice university president,

Nanographenes(NGs), a class of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that extend over 1.0 nm5, have attracted considerable attention both in the scientific community and in technological spheres on account of their unique self-assembling, redox, and optoelectronic properties. Of particular interest are the coronene (COR) homologous molecules (Fig.1), such as the bowl-like corannulene and contorted hexa-cata-hexabenzocoronene(c-HBC). which have been widely applied in field-effect transist

Malignant tumors, one great threat to human health, tend to be hypoxic. With hypoxia progression, effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for malignant tumors will be greatly reduced. Nitroreductase (NTR) conventionally overexpresses in the hypoxic region of solid tumors, thus it’s highly meaningful developing NTR-responsive nanostructure in detection and treatment of solid tumors. Research fellow Zhilin Yu’s group reported a noncanonical NTR-responsive amino acid that regulates self-as

Work of Zi Weiwei Research Group Published in JACS: Synergistic Pd/Amine-Catalyzed Stereodivergent Hydroalkylation of 1,3-Dienes with AldehydesZi Weiwei research group achieved the first stereodivergent hydroalkylation reactions of 1,3-dienes with aldehydes using a synergistic palladium/amine catalyst system. The study is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c02220).Metal-hydride-catalyzed hydroalkylation of 1,3-dienes with enolizable carbonyl compounds is a powerful met

On June 11th, Prof. Yongfa Zhu (Tsinghua University), standing vice-minister of National Electron Spectroscopy Center, standing director of China Association for Instrumental Analysis(CAIA), visited Centennial Grand Forum of Nankai Chemistry and gave the lecture “Exploration of All Organic Photocatalysis in Environment, Energy and Tumor Removal”. Prof. Daiwen Pang hosted the lecture, vice president, Acadamician Jun Chen issuedProf. Zhu with the Centennial Grand Forum letter.According to Prof. Zh

Oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) is considered to be the key reaction in fuel battery and metal-air battery. Due to various problems in multi-step electron transfer process such as kinetic slowness and high overpotential of the reaction, Pt/C-based catalyst is usually necessary to lower the overpotential and speed up the reaction rate. However, use of noble metal Pt restricts the development and practical application of relevant instruments on account of its high cost and poor storage. As a result

Concerned about safety, stability and limited resources of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), researchers now works for eco-friendly, large-scale next-generation electrochemical energy storage (EES) technology to find alternatives, among which sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are considered as a promising candidates. However, SIBs’ conversion is still limited owing to low energy density, poor cycling and rate performance and so on. Academician Jun Chen’s group has broken through in SIBs’ core issues inclu

On the occasion of the forthcoming centennial ceremony of the chemistry discipline of Nankai University, the 2021 Nankai International Forum for Young Chemists was successfully convened by means of online conference. Held for discussion of further development of the first-rate discipline, the forum adumbrated a brilliant future scenario of Nankai Chemistry in the next century. Five young scholars from home and abroad were selected by the College of Chemistry to attend the conference. Other atten

Metallic lithium is one of the most tempting anode candidates for building next-generation high-energy-density rechargeable batteries because of its ultrahigh specific capacity and low redox potential. However, the intrinsic issue is the unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) that induces the heterogeneous ionic diffusion and deposition of Li, ultimately causing uncontrolled dendrite growth. Propagation of dendrites and repeating breakup and reformation of SEI lead to the loss of active Li

The initial planning meeting of the 54th IChO Scientific Committee has been held in Tianjin on 27th and 28th January 2022. More than 30 experts and scholars from 11 universities gathered together. Professor Duan Lianyun from Peking University, chief director of the Competition Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society, Professor Zheng Suping, Executive Deputy Secretary General of the Chinese Chemical Society, and Professor Zhu Shoufei, Dean of the College of Chemistry, Nankai University attended

On 15 February 2021, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) announced the election of 174 new members as AIMBE Fellows in recognition of their outstanding achievements in medical and biological engineering. Prof. Dai-Wen Pang, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, was elected for outstanding contributions to the development of quantum dot-based methodologies for single-virus tracking. Other four Chinese scientists, Academician Kwok-fai So (Jinan University), Aca

On December 25, Prof. Yong Cui from SJTU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) gave a lecture on design, synthesis and properties of chiral porous materials at the Academic Hall in Shixian Building, Balitai campus, Nankai University.Prof. Shoufei Zhu, Dean of the College of Chemistry, presided over the lecture and presented Professor Cui Yong with the certificate of “The Speaker of Chemistry of Nankai University Centennial Grand Forum”. A number of teachers and students of the college participated in

On November 7, the “Nankai University College of Chemistry 100th Anniversary Lecture” was held at Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School. Zhu Shoufei, Dean of the College of Chemistry, Nankai University, gave a report entitled “Chirality and Chiral Synthesis”. In the one-hour report, Prof.Zhu have given profound and lucid explanations around chirality and chiral synthesis, so that students have a basic understanding of chiral chemistry.Chiral molecules and their synthesis research have a wide range of app

On October 9th, Prof. Liuzhu Gong (University of Science and Technology of China, USTC) attended the Boling Lecture of College of Chemistry, Nankai University, and gave a report entitled Asymmetric Organo-Metal Combined Catalysis: Our Journey and Perspective in the Academic Lecture Hall of Shixian building, Balitai Campus. All the students from Boling classes and other teachers and students of College of Chemistry participated in this report. In the nearly two-hour report, Professor Gong share