Research Highlights

Research Highlights

[Nat. Catal.] Prof. Cheng Wang’ s group published a paper entitled“Cooperative copper centres in a metal–organic framework for selective conversion of CO2 to ethanol”

Title: Cooperative copper centres in a metal–organic framework for selective conversion of CO2 to ethanol Authors: Bing An, Zhe Li, Yang Song, Jingzheng Zhang, Lingzhen Zeng, Cheng Wang*, Wenbin Lin Abstract:Selective conversion of CO2 to ethanol is of great interest but presents a significant challenge in forming ...

[Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.]Prof. Jianfeng Li’ s group published a paper entitled “Elucidating Molecule-Plasmon Interactions in Nanocavities with 2 nm Spatial Resolution and at Single-Molecule Level”

Title: Elucidating Molecule-Plasmon Interactions in Nanocavities with 2 nm Spatial Resolution and at Single-Molecule Level Authors: Fan‐Li Zhang , Jun Yi , Wei Peng , Petar M. Radjenovic , Hua Zhang , Zhong‐Qun Tian , Jian‐Feng Li Abstract:The fundamental understanding of the subtle interactions between molecules...

[Nat. Commun.] Prof. LongwuYe's group published a paper entitled “Stereoselective synthesis of medium lactams enabled by metal-free hydroalkoxylation/stereospecific [1,3]-rearrangement”

Title: Stereoselective synthesis of medium lactams enabled by metal-free hydroalkoxylation/stereospecific [1,3]-rearrangement Authors: Bo Zhou, Ying-Qi Zhang, Kairui Zhang, Ming-Yang Yang, Yang-Bo Chen, You Li, Qian Peng, Shou-Fei Zhu, Qi-Lin Zhou & Long-Wu Ye  Abstract:Rearrangement reactions have attracted conside...

[J. Am. Chem. Soc.]Prof.Jianfeng Li’ s group published a paper entitled “Early Stages of Electrochemical Oxidation of Cu(111) and Polycrystalline Cu Surfaces Revealed by in Situ Raman Spectroscop...

Title: Early Stages of Electrochemical Oxidation of Cu(111) and Polycrystalline Cu Surfaces Revealed by in Situ Raman Spectroscopy  Authors: NatarajuBodappa, Min Su, Yu Zhao, Jia-Bo Le, Wei-Min Yang, PetarRadjenovic, Jin-Chao Dong, Jun Cheng, Zhong-Qun Tian, Jian-Feng Li* Abstract:Investigating the chemical nature o...

[Chem. Sci.]Prof.Wengui Weng's group published a paper entitled “Mechanochromism and optical remodeling of multi-network elastomers containing anthracene dimers”

Title: Mechanochromism and optical remodeling of multi-network elastomers containing anthracene dimers Authors: Huan Zhang,   Dezhi Zeng,   Yifei Pan,   Yinjun Chen,   Yonghong Ruan, Yuanze Xu,   Roman Boulatov,   Costantino Creton   and  Wengui Weng  Abstract:Multi-network elastomers are both stiff and tough by vir...

[Nat. Commun.]Prof. Lei Gong's group published a paper entitled “Photocatalytic enantioselective α-aminoalkylation of acyclic imine derivatives by a chiral copper catalyst”

Title: Photocatalytic enantioselective α-aminoalkylation of acyclic imine derivatives by a chiral copper catalyst Authors:Bowen Han , Yanjun Li , Ying Yu & Lei Gong Abstract:Copper-based asymmetric photocatalysis has great potential in the development of green synthetic approaches to chiral molecules. However, ther...