By-design Functional Molecular and Polymeric Materials: An Odyssey in Dynamic Covalent Chemistry

报 告 人：Prof.Wei Zhang（ University of Colorado, Boulder）

报告时间：2019年6月11日（星期二）上午09:00

报告地点：新利18彩票 江浦校区浦江楼302会议室

报告摘要：

Dynamic covalent chemistry (DCvC) has attracted tremendous research interest due to its unique reversible and adaptable nature, which enables constitutional change of molecular components and system responsiveness to environmental stimuli. This talk will focus on Zhang group recent progress in design and synthesis of well-defined molecular architectures and functional materials through dynamic covalent chemistry and their various applications. Under thermodynamically-controlled conditions, discrete complex functional molecules, such as molecular cages, can be efficiently constructed from simple building blocks. Crystalline polymers with long range structural order as well as responsive, malleable, and re-healable polymers can be obtained through dynamic covalent synthesis. These materials have shown a variety of important applications, such as light harvesting, controlled ultrafine nanoparticle synthesis, catalysis, and energy storage. Our results illustrate how the thermodynamically controlled DCvC can be utilized to construct target-specific organic functional materials with structural control on molecular level and enable their practical applications.

报告人简介：

Prof. Wei Zhang received his B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University in 2000, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (with Prof. Jeffrey Moore, member of US National Academy of Science) in 2005. After a postdoc stint at MIT (with Prof. Timothy Swager, member of US National Academy of Science), he started his independent career at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of Colorado, Boulder in 2008, and was promoted to Associate and Full Professor with tenure in 2014 and 2018, respectively. His research is focused on utilizing dynamic covalent chemistry to develop novel organic or hybrid functional materials targeting a broad range of environmental, energy and biological applications, such as carbon capture, molecular separation, nanocomposite fabrication, energy storage, and self-healing materials. The awards and honors he has received include Guest Professorship at ETH Zürich(2015), Tang Ao-Qing Guest Professorship at Jilin University(2014), Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award(2013), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow(2013), CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award(2013), 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award(2012), National Science Foundation CAREER Award(2011), and University New Inventor of the Year(2011).