Home > Directory > Faculty
PEOPLE
Faculty
Xiao-An Sean Zhang
Title
Professor
Division
Materials / Organic Chemistry
Specialties

Website
Home URL
Contact Information
Email   
Office     #138 Life Science Building
               0086-431-85153812               
Lab        #144,#165 and #169
               Life Science Building
               0086-431-85155460

Short Biography

2010 – Date                       Jilin University                                                      Changchun, China
Professor of Chemistry,

2008 – 2010                      Dalian University of Technology                                     Dalian, China
Professor of Chemistry,


1999 – 2008                      HP labs, Hewlett-Packard Co.                                 Palo Alto, CA USA
Scientist(1999-2000), Senior Scientist, Principal Project Scientist (2000 - 2008)


1991 – 1999                      Aldrich,Synthetech,etc.                 Milwaukee and Albany, etc. USA
Chemist IV, Senior chemist, senior project coordinator


1987 - 1990                      Northwestern University                                        Evanston, IL  USA
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow


1987 Ph.D. Synthetic Organic Chemistry, University of Bath, UK


1982 B.Sc. Organic Chemistry, Jilin University, P.R.C.


Research Interest
1. Biomimic supramolecular functional materials and technology;
2. Molecular and nano optoelectronic materials and devices for display and sensing;
3. Smart dyes and technology for green and inkless printing;
4. Intelligent micro needle device and technology for controlled drug delivery;
5. Green chemistry and technology.
Honors & Awards
1. Liaoning province distinguish expert (2009)
2. Jilin province distinguish expert (2011)
3. Liaoning province ”friendship award” (2009);
Publications

[Selected Publications ]

1. Hydrochromic Molecular Switches for Water-Jet Rewritable Paper, Nature Commun., 2014, 1, 28, DOI :10.1038/ncomms4044.
2. Highly Durable Colour/Emission Switching of Fluorescein in Thin Film Device Using “Electro- acid/base” as In-Situ Stimuli, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 1420-1422
3. Time-resolved monitoring of dynamic self-assembly of Au(I)-thiolate coordination polymers,  Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 1852-1857
4. Stress acidulated amphoteric molecules and mechanochromism via reversible intermolecular proton transfer,  Chem. Commun., 2013, 49,  6587-6589
5. A new class of “electro-acid/base”-induced reversible methyl ketone colour switches,  J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 5309-5314
6. Electrospun nanofibers and multi-responsive supramolecular assemblies constructed from a pillar[5]arene-based receptor, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10528-    10530
7. Mechanochromism and Polymorphism-Dependent Emission of Tetra(4-dimethylaminophen- yl)ethylene, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, Accepted
8. Dynamic nano-pulling effect of the boron-functionalized graphene monovacancy for molecule dissociation, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2013, 46, 385302
9. Hyperconjugation effect on fluorescence enhancement of biomimic disulfide substituted spirooxazine, RSC Adv., 2013,3, 19752-19755
10. A TPE-oxazoline molecular switch with tunable multi-emission in both solution and solid state, RSC Adv., 2013,3, 16986-16989

Prev: Xuesi Chen
Next:Bai Yang


Quick Links