Materials Chemistry Frontiers is very delighted to announce the following additions to the Advisory Board!
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Thuc Quyen Nguyen
Professor, University of California
Research interests: Electronic properties of conjugated polyelectrolytes, interfaces in optoelectronic devices, charge generation and transport in organic semiconductors, new materials for organic solar cell applications, molecular self-assemblies, materials processing, nanoscale characterization of organic solar cells, device physics, and biomaterials/bioelectronics. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Measuring the competition between bimolecular charge recombination and charge transport in organic solar cells under operating conditions
Aggregation-free sensitizer dispersion in rigid ionic crystals for efficient solid-state photon upconversion and demonstration of defect effects
Unraveling the cooperative synergy of zero-dimensional graphene quantum dots and metal nanocrystals enabled by layer-by-layer assembly
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Kyoko Nozaki
Professor, The University of Tokyo
Research interests: Organic chemistry. To discover, develop, and understand new reactions mediated by homogeneous catalysis for organic and polymer synthesis. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Synthesis of carbonyl-bridged dibenzofulvalenes and related compounds by rhodium-catalyzed stitching reaction
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Samson Jenekhe
Professor, University of Washington
Research interests: Electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic phenomena in polymers. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Barbiturate end-capped non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells: tuning acceptor energetics to suppress geminate recombination losses
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Xinliang Feng
Professor, Technische Universität Dresden
Research interests: organic synthetic methodology, organic synthesis and supramolecular chemistry of π-conjugated system, bottom-up synthesis and top-down fabrication of graphene and graphene nanoribbons, 2D polymers and supramolecular polymers, 2D carbon-rich conjugated polymers for opto-electronic applications, energy storage and conversion, new energy devices and technologies. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets and nanoflowers with holey mesopores for efficient oxygen reduction catalysis
The mechanochemical Scholl reaction – a solvent-free and versatile graphitization tool
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Klause Muellen
Professor, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Research interests: Range from the development of new polymer-forming reactions, including methods of organometallic chemistry, to the chemistry and physics of small molecules, graphenes, dendrimers and biosynthetic hybrids. His work further encompasses the formation of multi-dimensional polymers with complex shape-persistent architectures, nanocomposites, and molecular materials with liquid crystalline properties for electronic and optoelectronic devices. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Solution and on-surface synthesis of structurally defined graphene nanoribbons as a new family of semiconductors
Spiro-fused bis-hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene
Spatially resolved solid-state reduction of graphene oxide thin films
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Takuzo Aida
Professor, The University of Tokyo
Research interests: Controlled macromolecular synthesis with mesoporous inorganic materials, photo and supramolecular chemistry of dendritic macromolecules, mesoscopic materials sciences and bio-related molecular recognitions and catalyses |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Guanidinium-based “molecular glues” for modulation of biomolecular functions
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Karen Wooley
Professor, Texas A&M University
Research interests: Design, synthesis and characterization of unique polymers, with emphasis upon the development of synthetic methodologies that allow for the preparation of complex nanostructured materials. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Co-assembly of sugar-based amphiphilic block polymers to achieve nanoparticles with tunable morphology, size, surface charge, and acid-responsive behavior
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Weihong Zhu
Professor, East China University of Science & Technology
Research interests: Organic sensitizers for solar cells, organic photochromic materials and NIR Fluorescent sensors for bioimaging and drug deliver. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
A sequence-activated AND logic dual-channel fluorescent probe for tracking programmable drug release
Low cost and stable quinoxaline-based hole-transporting materials with a D–A–D molecular configuration for efficient perovskite solar cells
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Xingjie Liang
Professor, National Center for Nanoscience and Techonolgy, China
Research interests: Elucidating mechanisms to improve nanomedicinal bioavailability by nanotechnology in vivo, and novel strategies to increase therapeutic effect on cancers and infective diseases. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Improved pharmaceutical research and development with AIE-based nanostructures
AMF responsive DOX-loaded magnetic microspheres: transmembrane drug release mechanism and multimodality postsurgical treatment of breast cancer
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Jiaxing Huang
Professor, Northwestern University, USA
Research interests: Material chemistry, processing, and manufacturing. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Kirigami nanofluidics
Crumpled graphene ball-based broadband solar absorbers
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Tierui Zhang
Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
Research interests: Efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts; low-cost, efficient and durable electrocatalysts. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Two-dimensional-related catalytic materials for solar-driven conversion of COx into valuable chemical feedstocks
A core–satellite structured Z-scheme catalyst Cd0.5Zn0.5S/BiVO4for highly efficient and stable photocatalytic water splitting
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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Research interests: Macromolecular engineering; synthesis of well-defined macromolecules via living and controlled polymerizations; homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; and the preparation of well-defined polymers and hybrids for optoelectronics, ceramics, and biomedical applications. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Redox-switchable atom transfer radical polymerization
Externally controlled atom transfer radical polymerization
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Christoph Weder
Professor, University of Fribourg
Research interests: Design, synthesis and investigation of novel functional polymers, in particular stimuli-responsive polymers, bio-inspired materials, supramolecular systems, and polymer nanocomposites. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Enhancement of triplet-sensitized upconversion in rigid polymers via singlet exciton sink approach
Solid-state sensors based on Eu3+-containing supramolecular polymers with luminescence colour switching capability
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Mario Leclerc
Professor, Université Laval
Research interests: Development of novel polythiophenes, polyfluorenes, polycarbazoles, poly(thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione) and also on the development of a new polymerization method called Direct Heteroarylation for applications in the areas of nanoelectronics, electrooptics, photonics, combinatorial chemistry, and genomic. |
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Suning Wang
Professor, Queen’s University
Research interests: Inorganic/organometallic chemistry, with particular emphasis on the discovery of novel organoboron and transition metal systems for applications in advanced materials. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
The opposite and amplifying effect of B ← N coordination on photophysical properties of regioisomers with an unsymmetrical backbone
Transforming benzylideneamine N,C-chelate boron compounds to BN-cycloocta-/cyclohepta-trienes bearing a tetrasubstituted B N unit via photoisomerization
Stabilising fleeting intermediates of stilbene photocyclization with amino-borane functionalisation: the rare isolation of persistent dihydrophenanthrenes and their [1,5] H-shift isomers
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Françoise Winnik
Professor, University of Helsinki
Research interests: Combining studies in fundamental physical chemistry, polymer science, surface chemistry, to applied fields such as nanomedicine and nanotoxicity. This interdisciplinary work involves synthesis and characterization of stimuli-responsive polymers as well as the design of gold nanoparticles and functionalized quantum dots for biomedical applications. |
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James Wuest
Professor, Université de Montréal
Research interests: Molecular design and synthesis of a wide range of organic, organometallic, and inorganic compounds. |
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Dongsheng Liu
Professor, Tsinghua University
Research interests: Using biomolecules and their specific interaction in nanostructure fabrication and nanodevice design. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Stabilization of an intermolecular i-motif by lipid modification of cytosine-oligodeoxynucleotides
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Yuliang Zhao
Professor, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Research interests: Biomedical functions of manufactured nanomaterial; the toxicological effects of nanomaterials; surface chemistry of nanoparticles and their novel properties for the purposes of enhancing the biomedical functions or reducing the potential toxicity; the MD theoretical simulation and modeling the dynamic processes of the interplay between nano-systems and bio-systems. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Gd@C82(OH)22 harnesses inflammatory regeneration for osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells through JNK/STAT3 signaling pathway
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Parameswar K.Iyer
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Research interests: Designing and fabricating functional material with controlled composition and architecture. |
Recent publication at the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Aldehyde group driven aggregation-induced enhanced emission in naphthalimides and its application for ultradetection of hydrazine on multiple platforms
Multifunctional hierarchical 3-D ZnO superstructures directly grown over FTO glass substrates: enhanced photovoltaic and selective sensing applications
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