Research direction: Supramolecular Chemistry, Organic Photochemistry/Photophysics, Triplet-triplet Annihilation Up conversion, Molecular sensing
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8969-1148
Education
2008.09-2013.06 Ph.D. Majored in Applied Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. Advisor: Prof. JianZhang Zhao
2004.09-2008.07 B.S. Majored in Applied Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Positions
2016.10- date Associate Professor Sichuan University
2014.01-2016.09 Lecturer Sichuan University
Honors and Awards
1. Hundred Talent Program of Sichuan University, 2019
2. National Scholarship, 2012
3. Outstanding Ph.D. graduate of Liaoning province, 2012
4. Academic star of Ph.D, Dalian University of Technology, 2012
5. The First Prize Scholarship of Wanhua (Yantai), 2012
6. Evonik Scholarship, 2009
7. Excellent Ph.D. Student of Dalian University of Technology, (2009-2012)
Selected publications:
(1) Wei, L.; Fan, C.; Rao, M.; Gao, F.; He, C.; Sun, Y.; Zhu, S.; He, Q.; Yang, C.; Wu, W.*, Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion in Laponite/PVP Nanocomposites: Absolute Quantum Yields up to 23.8% at Solid-State and Application to Anti-counterfeiting. Materials Horizons, 2022, Accepted.
(2) Wei, X.; Ji, J.; Nie, Y.; Tang, L.; Rao, M.; Wang, X. Wu. W.*; Su, D.; Zhong, Z.; Yang, C.*; Synthesis of cyclodextrin derivatives for enantiodifferentiating photocyclodimerization of 2-anthracenecarboxylate. Nature Protocols, Available online 31 Aug. 2022
(3) Ji, J.; Wei, X.; Wu, W.*; Fan, C.; Zhou, D.; Kanagaraj, K.; Cheng, G.; Luo, K.*; Meng, X. G.; Yang, C.*, The More the Slower: Self-Inhibition in Supramolecular Chirality Induction, Memory, Erasure, and Reversion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1455-1463.
(4) Tu, C.; Wu, W.*; Liang, W.; Zhang, D.; Xu, W.; Wan, S.; Lu, W.; Yang, C.*, Host–Guest Complexation-Induced Aggregation Based on Pyrene-Modified Cyclodextrins for Improved Electronic Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202203541.
(5) Yao, J.; Wu, W.*; Xiao, C.; Su, D.; Zhong, Z.; Mori, T.; Yang, C.*, Over temperature-protection intelligent molecular chiroptical photoswitches. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12 (1), 2600.
(6) Yu, X.; Wu, W.*; Zhou, D.; Su, D.; Zhong, Z.; Yang, C.*, Bisindole arenes—Indolyl Macrocyclic Arenes Having Significant Iodine Capture Capacity. CCS Chem., 2021, 1945-1953.
(7) Mi, Y.; Ma, J.; Liang, W.; Xiao, C.; Wu, W.*; Zhou, D.; Yao, J.; Sun, W.; Sun, J.*; Gao, G.; Chen, X.; Chruma, J.; Yang, C*. Guest-Binding-Induced Interhetero Hosts Charge Transfer Crystallization: Selective Coloration of Commonly Used Organic Solvents. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (3), 1553.
(8) Hao, T.; Yang, Y.; Liang, W.; Fan, C.; Wang, X.; Wu, W.*; Chen, X.; Fu, H.*; Chen, H.; Yang, C.*, Trace mild acid-catalysed Z → E isomerization of norbornene-fused stilbene derivatives: intelligent chiral molecular photoswitches with controllable self-recovery. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 2614-2622.
(9) Fan, C.; Wei, L.; Niu, T.; Rao, M.; Cheng, G.; Chruma, J. J.; Wu, W.*; Yang, C*. Efficient Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion with an Anti-Stokes Shift of 1.08 eV Achieved by Chemically Tuning Sensitizers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (38), 15070.
(10) Wei, X.#; Wu, W.#; Matsushita, R.#; Yan, Z.#; Zhou, D.; Chruma, J. J.; Nishijima, M.; Fukuhara, G.; Mori, T.; Inoue, Y.*; Yang, C.* Supramolecular photochirogenesis driven by higher-order complexation: enantiodifferentiating photocyclodimerization of 2-anthracenecarboxylate to slipped cyclodimers via a 2: 2 complex with β-cyclodextrin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (11), 3959.
(11) Yao, J.#; Wu, W.#; Liang, W.; Feng, Y.; Zhou, D.; Chruma, J. J.; Fukuhara, G.; Mori, T.; Inoue, Y.; Yang, C.* Temperature‐Driven Planar Chirality Switching of a Pillar [5] arene‐Based Molecular Universal Joint. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 129 (24), 6973.
(12) Fan, C.#; Wu, W.#; Chruma, J. J.; Zhao, J.; Yang, C.* Enhanced triplet–triplet energy transfer and upconversion fluorescence through host–guest complexation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (47), 15405.
