个人简介

Born Zhejiang Province, China, 1959. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, B.S., 1982; M.S., 1984. University of Southern California, Ph.D., 1989. Postdoctoral Associate, 1989-1991. The University of Chicago, Professor, 1991-. Accolades 2004 Special Creativity Award from the National Science Foundation. 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Sun Chan Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry. 1994-1999 National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. 1993-1995 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Award. 1991-1996 Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award.

研究领域

Organic Chemistry/Materials/Nanoscience

My research is focused on the interfacial area between organic chemistry and materials science. This area has rich opportunities for organic chemists both in fundamental science and practical technologies. 1. Polymer Chemistry: We are especially interested in exploring reactions that require mild reaction conditions for syntheses of functional polymers and materials. 1.1. Palladium-mediated coupling reactions (The Heck reaction, the Stille coupling reaction)for polycondensation; 1.2. Living ring-opening polymerization for the synthesis of biocompatible polyesters; 1.3. Exploring new polycondensation reactions as an alternative method to the Stille reaction. 1.4. Ladder polymer chemistry. 2. Functional Polymers: 2.1 Solar cell polymers: Our group is engaged in research effort to develop low bandgap polymers that can efficiently harvest and convert solar energy into electricity. Two types of polymers are being designed and synthesized. a. p-Type low bandgap semiconducting polymers. Both Linear and 2 dimensional polymers are pursued. b. n-Type semiconducting polymers as electron-acceptors. This project requires development of synthetic approaches to new monomer and polymer structures. In addition to the synthetic work, extensive research effort is devoted to the elucidation of light conversion mechanism, charge separation dynamics and structure/property relationship. 2.2 Chiral polymers and Helical molecules. This project concerns the effect of chirality of polymers on their properties, such as electron-optic properties and self-assembly. 2.3 Functional polymers containing metal complexes. Metal complexes exhibit rich electro-magnetic and optical properties, which can be explored for electro-optic materials and catalysis. One of our projects is to combine organic conjugated polymers with transition metal complexes to investigate new physical properties, such as photorefractive effects, photoconductivity, light emission and novel redox properties. These polymers exhibit promising potential for applications in solar energy conversion, sensors, polymer-supported electrodes, nonlinear optics, photorefraction and electroluminescence. 2.4 Molecular Electronics. This project explores the power of organic chemistry in designing and synthesizing molecular electronic components, such as molecular diodes, molecular switches and information storage material. A typical example is the synthesis of molecular diodes and demonstration of their rectification effect. The molecular diode consists of conjugated diblock. These materials present the unlimited opportunity to further fundamental knowledge of the electronic and structural properties of organic electroactive materials.

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Guo Jianchang; Liang Yongye; Szarko Jodi; Lee Byeongdu; Son Hae Jun; Rolczynski Brian S; Yu Luping; Chen Lin X Structure, dynamics, and power conversion efficiency correlations in a new low bandgap polymer: PCBM solar cell. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2010), 114(2), 742-8. Chen, Hsiang-Yu; Hou, Jianhui; Zhang, Shaoqing; Liang, Yongye; Yang, Guanwen; Yang, Yang; Yu, Luping; Wu, Yue; Li, Gang. Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency. Nature Photonics (2009), 3(11), 649-653. Diez-Perez, Ismael; Hihath, Joshua; Lee, Youngu; Yu, Luping; Adamska, Lyudmyla; Kozhushner, Mortko A.; Oleynik, Ivan I.; Tao, Nongjian. Rectification and stability of a single molecular diode with controlled orientation. Nature Chemistry (2009), 1(8), 635-641. Yu, Luping; Liang, Yongye; Wu, Yue; Li, Gang. Development of new semiconducting polymers for high performance organic solar cells. Abstracts of Papers, 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 16-20, 2009 (2009), PMSE-483. Yu, Luping; Liang, Yongye; Wu, Yue; Li, Gang. Development of new semiconducting polymers for high performance organic solar cells. PMSE Preprints (2009), 101 1643-1644. Guo, Jianchang; Liang, Yongye; Xiao, Shengqian; Szarko, Jodi M.; Sprung, Michael; Mukhopadhyay, Mrinmay K.; Wang, Jin; Yu, Luping; Chen, Lin X. Structure and dynamics correlations of photoinduced charge separation in rigid conjugated linear donor-acceptor dyads towards photovoltaic applications. New Journal of Chemistry (2009), 33(7), 1497-1507. Liang, Yongye; Feng, Danqin; Wu, Yue; Tsai, Szu-Ting; Li, Gang; Ray, Claire; Yu, Luping. Highly efficient solar cell polymers developed via fine-tuning of structural and electronic properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009), 131(22), 7792-7799. Liang, Yongye; Feng, Danqin; Yu, Luping. Novel thieno-[3,4-b]thiophene semiconducting polymers for high performance solar cells. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) (2009), 50(1), No pp. given. Liang, Yongye; Feng, Danqin; Yu, Luping. Novel thieno-[3,4-b]thiophene semiconducting polymers for high performance solar cells. Abstracts of Papers, 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, March 22-26, 2009 (2009), POLY-193. Yuan, Shengwen; Kirklin, Scott; Dorney, Brian; Liu, Di-Jia; Yu, Luping. Nanoporous Polymers Containing Stereocontorted Cores for Hydrogen Storage. Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States) (2009), 42(5), 1554-1559. Liang, Yongye; Feng, Danqin; Guo, Jianchang; Szarko, Jodi M.; Ray, Claire; Chen, Lin X.; Yu, Luping. Regioregular Oligomer and Polymer Containing Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene Moiety for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States) (2009), 42(4), 1091-1098. Liang, Yongye; Wu, Yue; Feng, Danqin; Tsai, Szu-Ting; Son, Hae-Jung; Li, Gang; Yu, Luping. Development of New Semiconducting Polymers for High Performance Solar Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009), 131(1), 56-57. Lee, Youngu; Carsten, Brian; Yu, Luping. Understanding the Anchoring Group Effect of Molecular Diodes on Rectification. Langmuir (2009), 25(3), 1495-1499. Szarko, Jodi; Guo, Jianchang; Liang, Yongye; Rolczynski, Brian; Yu, Luping; Chen, Lin X. The electron and energy transfer between oligothiophenes and thieno[3,4-b]thiophene units. Proceedings of SPIE (2008), 7034(Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials VII), 703403/1-703403/10. Chen, Lin X.; Polshakov, Dmitrii; Xiao, Shengqiang; Liang, Yongye; Yu, Luping. Novel Nanoscale Organic Materials for Optimal Photovoltaic Functions. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2007), Volume Date 2006, 974E(Solar Energy Conversion), No pp. given, Paper #: 0974-CC06-11. Liang, Yongye; Xiao, Shengqiang; Feng, Danqin; Yu, Luping. Control in Energy Levels of Conjugated Polymers for Photovoltaic Application. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2008), 112(21), 7866-7871. Gan, Lin; Olson, Jennifer L.; Ragsdale, Clifton W.; Yu, Luping. Poly(beta -aminosulfonamides) as gene delivery vectors: synthesis and in vitro screening. Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom) (2008), (5), 573-575. Lee, Youngu; Yuan, Shengwen; Sanchez, Arturo; Yu, Luping. Charge transport mediated by d-orbitals in transition metal complexes. Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom) (2008), (2), 247-249. Yao, Yan; Liang, Yongye; Shrotriya, Vishal; Xiao, Shengqiang; Yu, Luping; Yang, Yang. Plastic near-infrared photodetectors utilizing low band gap polymer. Advanced Materials (Weinheim, Germany) (2007), 19(22), 3979-3983. Yao, Yan; Liang, Yongye; Yu, Luping; Yang, Yang. Plastic near-infrared photodetectors utilizing low band gap polymer. Abstracts of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 19-23, 2007 (2007), PMSE-150. Yao, Yan; Liang, Yongye; Yu, Luping; Yang, Yang. Plastic near-infrared photodetectors utilizing low band gap polymer. PMSE Preprints (2007), 97 242-243. Liang, Yongye; Wang, Hengbin; Yuan, Shengwen; Lee, Youngu; Gan, Lin; Yu, Luping. Conjugated block copolymers and co-oligomers: from supramolecular assembly to molecular electronics. Journal of Materials Chemistry (2007), 17(21), 2183-2194. Yuan, Shengwen; Jaramillo, R.; Rosenbaum, T. F.; Yu, Luping. Conjugated polymers containing first row transition metal complexes. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) (2007), 48(1), 375-376. Lee, Youngu; Lee, Dong-Chan; Morales, Gustavo M.; Yu, Luping. Immobilization of cofacially aligned porphyrins. PMSE Preprints (2007), 96 898-899. Gan, Lin; Yu, Luping. Facile synthesis, electronic and optical properties of regioregular head-to-tail oligothiazoles. PMSE Preprints (2007), 96 885-886. Liang, Yongye; Chen, Lin X.; Xiao, Shengqiang; Yu, Luping. Photoinduced electron transfer in a molecular donor-acceptor quartet. PMSE Preprints (2007), 96 807-808. Yu, Luping; Lin, Gan; Liang, Yongye; Yuan, Shengwen; Lee, Yongu. Modular approach to conjugated oligomers and their application in molecular electronics. PMSE Preprints (2007), 96 232-233. Yuan, Shengwen; Jaramillo, R.; Rosenbaum, T. F.; Yu, Luping. Conjugated polymers containing first row transition metal complexes. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), POLY-288. Lee, Youngu; Lee, Dong-Chan; Morales, Gustavo; Yu, Luping. Immobilization of cofacially aligned porphyrins. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), PMSE-499. Gan, Lin; Yu, Luping. Facile synthesis, electronic and optical properties of regioregular head-to-tail oligothiazoles. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), PMSE-492.