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You-Jun Yu
Title
Associate Professor
Division
Organic Chemistry
Specialties
Organic light-emitting materials and devices; luminescent radical materials and their applications.
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Contact Information
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Office     Room B322, Supramolecular Building, Jilin University               
Lab        Room C405, Tang Auchin Building, Jilin University
Short Biography
You-Jun Yu received his B.S. degree in Applied Chemistry from Shanxi University in 2017. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2023 from the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, under the supervision of Prof. Liang-Sheng Liao and Prof. Zuo-Quan Jiang. In December 2023, he was selected for the “Dingxin Scholar” Program at Jilin University and conducted postdoctoral research at the State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University. In June 2026, he joined the College of Chemistry and the State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials at Jilin University as an Assistant Professor.
Research Interest
Organic light-emitting materials and devices; luminescent radical materials and their applications.
Honors & Awards
2024, National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talent, China
2025, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Soochow University
Publications

1.Y. Gao, L. Tang, Y.-J. Yu*, M. Zhang, F. Li*, Antiaromaticity Relief Mediated Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Enables Efficient and Stable Radical Emission in Polar Solvent J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 5453–5461.
2.M. Zhang, Y.-J. Yu*, Z. Dai, W. Wang, H. Zhang, M. Zhang, F. Li*, Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Enables 5.9% External Quantum Efficiency in Radical-Based Near-Infrared Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Emission beyond 850 nm J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 45423-45431.
3.Y. -J. Yu#, Z. -H. Qu#, L. -Y. Ding#, X. -Q. Wang, X. -Y. Meng, M. -T. Li, D. -Y. Zhou, Z. -Q. Jiang*, L. -S. Liao*, High‐Efficiency Deep Red Electroluminescence via a Spiro‐Based Pure Hydrogen Carbon Host Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2405491.
4.Y. -J. Yu#, Z. -Q. Feng#, X. -Y. Meng, L. Chen, F. -M. Liu, S. -Y. Yang, D. -Y. Zhou, L. -S. Liao, Z. -Q. Jiang*, Introducing Spiro-locks into the Nitrogen/Carbonyl System towards Efficient Narrowband Deep-blue Multi-resonance TADF Emitters Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310047.
5.Y. -J. Yu#, M. Song#, X. -Y. Meng, Y.-K. Qu, X. -Q. Wang, L. Chen, S. -Y. Yang, D. -Y. Zhou, Z. -Q. Jiang*, L. -S. Liao*, Design and Synthesis of Red Through-Space Charge Transfer Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters with Donor/Acceptor/Donor Stacking Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 6024–6028.

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