Fang, Lei - Texas A&M University - Department of Chemistry

个人简介

Associate Professor - Texas A&M University Dept. of Chemistry (Primary) 2019–Present Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering 2019-Present Assistant Professor - Texas A&M University Dept. of Chemistry (Primary) 2013–2019 Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering 2014-2019 Postdoctoral Scholar Stanford University 2011-2013 PhD 2010 Northwestern University 2008-2010 MS 2006 Wuhan University BS 2003 Wuhan University Awards 2022 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers 2021 Polymer Chemistry Pioneering Investigator 2020 TAMU Presidential Impact Fellow 2020 J. Mater. Chem. A Emerging Investigator 2019 CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award 2019 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2018 Polymers Young Investigator Award 2018 Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator 2017 Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar 2017 NSF CAREER Award 2017 ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award 2015 KANEKA Junior Faculty Award 2014 ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator (2014-2016) 2011 IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists Honorable Mention Award 2011 Reaxys® Prize Finalist 2010 Government Award for Outstanding Students Studying Abroad 2010 7th FNano Conference The Best Student Presentation Award 2009 Non-equilibrium Energy Research Center Fellowship, Northwestern University 2008 Ryan Fellowship, Northwestern University Biography Lei Fang was born in Poyang, a medium-sized town located in the southeast of mainland China. He obtained his BS (2003) and MS (2006) degrees from Wuhan University before movig to the US and receiving his PhD diploma (2010) from Northwestern University. Lei then spent two and half years at Stanford University as a postdoctoral scholar. In 2013, he started his independent academic career as an assistant professor at Texas A&M University, where he leads a multidisciplinary research group studying functional organic materials with electronic, thermal or photo-activity. His current research goal is to gain insights into design principles and structure-property relationships of these materials at both the molecular and the macroscopic scale by employing the toolboxes of synthetic chemistry and process engineering. In particular, the Fang research group focuses on the bottom-up synthesis and processing of ladder polymers and microporous polymer networks for applications associated with electronics and energy conversion/storage.

研究领域

Our research interests are focused on the fundamental chemistry and applications of rigid co-planar polymers and polymeric materials, such as conjugated ladder polymers. Chain-conformation and rigidity govern key properties of conjugated polymers and corresponding materials, including intra-chain conjugation, inter-chain packing, transport of states and quasiparticles, and stability. We conduct research on the design, synthesis, characterization, processing, and application of model systems that are of great interest in this context. The ultimate goal is to establish the structure-property correlations of this unique class of materials in order to provide chemical and engineering principles for molecular design and their urgently desired materials applications.

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Yu. K; Ji, X.; Yuan, T.; Li, J.; Hu, X.; Liu, Z.*; Zhou, X.*; Fang, L.* Robust Jumping Actuator with a Shrimp-Shell Architecture, Adv. Mater., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202104558 Yan, X.; Che, S.; Yang, F.*; Xu. Z.; Liu, H.; Li, C.; Yan, L.; Ta, N.; Sun, S.; Wei, Q.; Fang, L.*; Li, Y.* Highly Efficient Water Splitting Catalyst Composed of N,P-Doped Porous Carbon Decorated with Surface P-Enriched Ni2P Nanoparticles, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c14363 Cao, Z.; Leng, M.; Cao, Y.; Gu, X.*; Fang, L.* How rigid are conjugated non-ladder and ladder polymers? J. Polym. Sci., 2021, 1-13. DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210550 Bhat, G. A.; Rashad, A. Z.; Ji, X.; Quiroz, M.; Fang, L.*; Darensbourg, D. J.* TEMPO Containing Radical Polymonothicarbonate Polymers with Regio- and Stereo-Regularities: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrical Conductivity Studies, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108041 Hu, C.; Zhao, M.; Li, Q.; Liu, Z.; Hao, N.; Meng, X.; Li, J.; Lin, F.; Li, C.; Fang, L.; Dai, S. Y.; Ragauskas, A. J.; Sue, H.-J.; Yuan, J.* Phototunable Lignin Plastics to Enable Recyclability, ChemSusChem, 2021, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101040 Jiang, W.; Chen, P.*; Li, X.; Wu, G.; Zheng, H.; Li, C.; Fang, L.*; Jiang, H.* π-Conjugation Extension and Defects Introduction into g-C3N4 by Phenanthroline Molecular Doping to Form a Metal-Free Electrochemical Sensor towards Effective 4-NP Detection, Diam. Relat. Mater., 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2021.108557 Chen, P.; Zheng, H.; Jiang, H.*; Liu, J.; Tu, X.; Zhang, W.; Phillips, B. K.; Fang, L.*; Zou, J.-P.* Oxygen-Vacancy-Rich Phenanthroline/TiO2 Nanocomposite: An Integrated Adsorption, Detection and Photocatalytic Material for Complex Pollutants Remediation, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.07.002 Che, S.; Li, C; Wang, C; Zaheer, W.; Ji, X.; Phillips, B.; Gurbandurdyyev, G.; Glynn, J; Guo, Z.-H.; Al-Hashimi, M.; Zhou, H.-C.; Banerjee, S.*; Fang, L.* Solution-Processable Porous Graphitic Carbon from Bottom-Up Synthesis and Low-Temperature Graphitization, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 8438-8444. DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01902c Zhang, W; Ji, X.; Al-Hashimi, M.; Wang, C.*; Fang, L.* Feasible Fabrication and Textile Application of Polymer Composites Featuring Dual Optical Thermoresponses, Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 419, 129553. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129553 Ji, X.; Fang, L.* Quinoidal Conjugated Polymers with Open-shell Character, Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 1347-1361. DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01298J Comí, M.; Ocheje, M. U; Attar, S.; Mu, A. U.; Philips, B. K.; Kalin, A. J.; Kakosimos, K. E.; Fang, L.;Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Al-Hashimi, M.* Synthesis and Photocyclization of Conjugated Diselenophene Pyrrole-2,5-Dione Based Monomers for Optoelectronics, Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 665-672. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02021 Cao, Y.; Zhu, C.*; Barlog, M.; Barker, K. P.; Kalin, A. J.; Al-Hashimi, M.*; Fang, L.* Electron- Deficient Polycyclic π-System Fused with Multiple B←N Coordinate Bonds, J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 2100–2106. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02052 Wu, B.; Wu, H.; Zhou, Y.; Zheng, D.; Jia, X.; Fang, L.; Zhu, L.* Controlling Ultra-Large Optical Asymmetry in Amorphous Molecular Aggregations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020,60, 3672-3678. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012224 Ji. X.; Leng, M.; Xie, H.; Wang, C.; Dunbar, K. R.; Zou, Y.*; Fang, L.* Extraordinary Electrochemical Stability and Extended Polaron Delocalization of Ladder-Type Polyaniline-Analogous Polymers, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 12737–12745. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC03348K Yu, C.-H.; Zhu, C.; Ji, X.; Hu, W.; Xie, H.; Bhuvanesh, N.; Fang, L.*; Ozerov, O.* Palladium Bis- Pincer Complexes with Controlled Rigidity and Inter-Metal Distance, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 4357-4366. DOI: 10.1039/d0qi01111h Philips, B. K.; Wang, C.; Tu, X.*; Chang, C.-H.; Banerjee, S.; Al-Hashimi, M.; Hu, W.*; Fang, L.* Cyclodextrin-derived polymer networks for selective molecular adsorption, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 11783–11786. DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04784h Che, S.; Fang, L.* Porous Ladder Polymer Networks, Chem, 2020, 6, 2558-2590. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.08.002 Lyu, J.; Liu, Y.; McCabe, J.; Schrecke, S.; Fang, L.; Russell, D.; Laganowsky, A.* Discovery of Potent Charge-Reducing Molecules for Native Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Studies, Anal. Chem., 2020, 92, 11242–11249. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01826 Philips, B. K.; Banerjee, S.; Tu, X.; Fang, L.* Electrical Vapour Sensing with Macrocyclic Molecular Receptors, Supramolecular Chemistry, 2020, 32, 165-177. DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2020.1726916 Zheng, K.; He, C.; Nour, H. F.; Zheng, Z.; Yuan, T.; Traboulsi, H.; Mazher, J.; Trabolsi, A.; Fang, L.; Olsen, M. A.* Augmented Polyhydrazone Formation in Water by Template-assisted Polymerization Using Dual-purpose Supramolecular Templates, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 1806-1819. DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01476D