Silasubstitution of bioactive molecules has been regarded as a useful and efficient strategy for the development of new drugs. From a drug discovery viewpoint, investigations of sila(benzo)suberones are of great significance and in great demand. However, sila(benzo)suberones are surprisingly under-represented to date because of the lack of methodology to incorporate the silicon element into (benzo)suberones. Could the C-C δ-bond of cyclopropenones and the C-Si δ-bond of (benzo)silacyclobutanes

The Tianjin International Labor Day awards ceremony was held on April 26th. Tianjin party’s secretary Hongzhong Li and other leaders of Tianjin attended the ceremony. Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, prof. Jun Chen from Nankai University was awarded the “National May 1 Labor Medal”granted by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. Leaders presented awards for Chen and other award-winning representatives. Jun Chen, an inorganic chemist, has been a professor and doctoral supervisor

Nankai International Talent Forum—2018 International Youth Chemists Forum was successfully held in the Academic Hall of Shixian Building, Nankai University on April 21, 2018. The Dean of College of Chemistry Chen Jun, party secretary Zhang Shoumin, vice Dean Sun Pingchuan, academic leaders of various disciplines, and 18 reporters as well as some teachers and students participated in this forum. First, Professor Chen Jun, the young teachers’ representative of college, Researcher Peng Qian and

Recently, 20 achievements from Nankai University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and other institutions were selected as top ten progresses of “basic researches” and top ten of “applied researches” at the “2017 China Optics Ten Progress” conference, held by Chinese Laser Press. The project Solution-processed organic tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies 12.7%, led by Prof. Chen Yongsheng (College of Chemistry, Nankai University), was honored

Developing high-performance rechargeable batteries is vital for regulating the energy output of intermittent solar and wind energy, which have been expected to occupy increasing proportions in energy distribution in light of the environmental issues caused by fossil energy. Batteries using organic electrodes are attractive electrochemical energy storage devices because organic compounds can be lightweight, environmentally friendly, and sustainable. Rechargeable zinc batteries (ZBs) are one of

Potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) are an emerging, promising battery technology for large-scale electric energy storage, because of the abundant potassium resources and redox potential of K+/K close to Li+/Li (-2.93 V vs.-3.04 V). These merit KIBs with potentially low cost and high energy density. The KIBs are based on the extraction/insertion of K+ from/into electrodes. However, the structure stability of electrode materials is plagued by the large-sized K+ (2.76 Å in size). How to build a KIB w

Two dimensional (2D) materials led by graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides exhibit unique physical properties dominated by their 2D honeycomb structures. They have attracted intense interest because of their significance for both basic science and potential applications. Inspired by the success of these systems, designing new artificial honeycomb lattices is a rapidly expanding area of research aimed at developing novel 2D materials with properties beyond those of existing systems. The

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2018 International Youth Chemists Forum at Nankai University, which will be held on April 20-23th of 2018 in Tianjin, China. The topics of the forum cover all conventional areas of chemistry, as well as material science, energy chemistry, environmental chemistry, and chemical biology. Application for speaking at this forum is now open with the due date of March 20th, 2018. Applicants shall possess a PhD degree in chemistry or relate

The delegation from the ICCBS of the University of Karachi(Pakistan) visited the State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry on 2nd Jan. On 3rd Jan, a constructive conversation between the members from delegation and principle members from the Key Lab was held. Academician Jun Chen, Dean of College of Chemistry, attended the meeting and extended warm welcome to the delegation on behalf of the college. Prof. Chunming Cui, director of the Key Lab, introduced Nankai University, College of

On November 28th, the fourth Nankai Chemistry Young Teachers Forum was held at the Yang Shixian Building. College leaders, academic leaders, middle-aged and young teachers, young teachers from other universities and graduate students attended the forum. Zhang Yongjun, Shi Wei and Wang Xiaochen, from College of Chemistry, Liu Zunfeng, from State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, respectively delivered speeches on hydrogels for biomedical applications, functional complex chemistry, b

Prof. Chen Jun, dean of College of Chemistry of Nankai University, was elected to the academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the youngest academician among the selectees according to the results released from the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Nov. 28th. Chen Jun, an inorganic chemist, served as a professor of Nankai University and doctoral supervisor from 2002. He is currently the dean of College of Chemistry and the director of Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistr

From October 20th to 22nd, the State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry held the 2017 Annual Symposium and the Fourth Session of the Seventh Academic Committee. Participants included the Director of the Academic Committee, Academician Cheng Jinpei, Deputy Director of the Academic Committee, Academician Zhou Qilin, Committee Members, Academician Tong Zhenhe, Academician Huang Naizheng, Academician Ma Shengming, Academician Tu Yongqiang, Professor Wang Meixiang, Prof. Xi Zhen, Prof. Zh

Academician Yuliang Li, a well-known chemist from Institute of Chemistry (Chinese Academy of Sciences), delivered a report named Molecule Materials Aggregation: From 1 Dimension to 2 Dimension to the undergraduates from College of Chemistry at 7:00 p.m. of October 27th. Prof. Jun Chen, dean of the College of Chemistry, presided over the lecture. The lecture was started with the Chinese history of Zheng Hes Voyages showing the national strength to the world in the early Ming Dynasty. Then he dw

On October 18th, Professor Yunhang Hu was invited by Professor Liangnian He, from the State Key Laboratory of Elemental Organic Chemistry, to deliver a speech on Highly Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysis for Hydrogen Production and CO2 Conversion . Professor Hu first introduced the status quo of the clean energy and the development of hydrogen and solar energy. He then presented his research on highly efficient visible light photocatalysis for hydrogen and CO2 conversion. His group increas

On September 29th, Boling Lecture invited academican He Tian to deliver a lecture on “Precise Chemistry 2.0”. He Tian was a professor at East China University of Science Technology (ECUST) and was selected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Science in 2011. Professor Chen Jun, Dean of the College of Chemistry, presided over the lecture. Professor Tian first talked about the definition of precise chemistry. Precise Chemistry is a dynamic molecular system which can be selected and controlled