General
   

Research Areas

Molecular wires and Switches


Phosphorescent Materials


Organic Light-emitting Diodes


Structural Chemistry


Photochemistry

Education

1982 – 1985        Graduated from College of Yichun, China

1988 – 1991        Master Degree from Lanzhou University, China

1991 – 1994        Ph. D. from Nanjing University, China

Experience

1994 – 1996    Post-doc. in Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, China

1996 – 1997   Associate Professor in School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongshan  University, China

1998 – 1999   Humboldt Research Fellow in Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Freiburg University, Germany

1999 – 2001   JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellow in Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

2001–             Professor of Chemistry in Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publications


  1. Cui-Mi Shi, Jin-Long Li, Liang-Jin Xu*, Yue Wu, Hong-Li Xuan, Jin-Yun Wang, Zhong-Ning Chen*, Methanol-induced luminescence vapochromism based on a Sb3+-doped organic indium halide hybrid, Sci. China Mater. 2022, 65, 1876–1881.

  2. Da-Sheng Zheng, Ming Yang, Jin-Yun Wang, and Zhong-Ning Chen*, Highly Phosphorescent Dimers of PtAu2 Complexes and the Use in Solution-Processed OLEDs, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 23669−23677.

  3. Jin-Long Li, Yu-Feng Sang, Liang-Jin Xu,* Hai-Yue Lu, Jin-Yun Wang, and Zhong-Ning Chen*, Highly Efficient Light-Emitting Diodes Based on an Organic Antimony(III) Halide Hybrid, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202113450.

  4. Kai Qu, Ping Duan, Jin-Yun Wang, Bochao Zhang, Qian-Chong Zhang,* Wenjing Hong,* and Zhong-Ning Chen*, Capturing the Rotation of One Molecular Crank by Single-Molecule Conductance, Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 9729−9735.

  5. Tian-Pu Sheng, Can He, Zhenqiang Wang, Guo-Zong Zheng, Feng-Rong Dai*, Zhong-Ning Chen*, Precise Assembly and Supramolecular Catalysis of Tetragonal- and Trigonal-Elongated Octahedral Coordination Containers, CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 1306–1315.

  6. Zhao-Yi Wang, Li-Yi Zhang, Liang-Jin Xu,* Lin-Xi Shi, Jin-Yun Wang, and Zhong-Ning Chen*, Elaborate Design of d8−d10 Heteronuclear Phosphors for Ultrahigh-Efficiency Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 14433−14439.

  7. Ping Duan, Junyang Liu, Jin-Yun Wang, Kai Qu, Shuning Cai, Fei Wang,Lichuan Chen, Xiaoyan Huang, Ruihao Li, Jia Shi, Qian-Chong Zhang*, Wenjing Hong* & Zhong-Ning Chen, Enhancing single-molecule conductance of platinum(II) complexes through synergistic aromaticity-assisted structural asymmetry, Sci. China Chem. 2020, 63,467–474.

  8. Ya-Zi Huang, Lin-Xi Shi, Jin-Yun Wang, Hai-Feng Su, and Zhong-Ning Chen*, Elaborate Design of Ag8Au10 Cluster [2]Catenane Phosphors for High-Efficiency Light-Emitting Devices, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 57264−57270.

  9. Hui Xiao, Xu Zhang,* Jin-Yun Wang, Li-Yi Zhang, Qian-Chong Zhang, and Zhong-Ning Chen*, Enhancing Phosphorescence through Rigidifying the Conformation to Achieve High-Efficiency OLEDs by Modified PEDOT, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 45853−45861.

  10. Qian-Chong Zhang, Hui Xiao, Xu Zhang, Liang-Jin Xu, Zhong-Ning Chen*, Luminescent oligonuclear metal complexes and the use in organiclight-emitting diodes, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2019, 378, 121–133.

  11. Aiying Pang, Deli Shen, Mingdeng Wei,* and Zhong-Ning Chen, Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Zn2Ti3ONanoparticles as Electron Transport Material, ChemSusChem 2018, 11, 424 – 431.

  12. Liang-Jin Xu, Cheng-Zhe Sun, Hui Xiao, Yue Wu, Zhong-Ning Chen*, Green Light Emitting Diodes Based on Tetrabromide Manganese(II) Complex through Solution Process, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1605739.

  13. Liang-Jin Xu, Xian-Chong Zeng, Jin-Yun Wang, Li-Yi Zhang, Yun Chi,* and Zhong-Ning Chen*, Phosphorescent PtAu2 Complexes with Differently Positioned Carbazole−Acetylide Ligands for Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with External Quantum Efficiencies of over 20%, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 20251−20257.

  14. Dao-Bin Zhang, Jin-Yun Wang, Denis Jacqueminc, and Zhong-Ning Chen*, Spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of ruthenium complexes with photochromic triarylamine–dithienylethene–acetylide ligands, Inorg. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 1432–1443.

  15. Xian-Chong Zeng, Jin-Yun Wang, Liang-Jin Xu,a Hui-Min Wen*, andZhong-Ning Chen*, Solution-processed OLEDs Based on Phosphorescent PtAu2Complexes with Phenothiazine-functionalized Acetylides,J. Mater. Chem. C2016,4, 6096-6103.

  16. Hui-Min Wen, Jin-Yun Wang,* Li-Yi Zhang, Lin-Xi Shi, andZhong-Ning Chen*, Syntheses, Characterization, Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Properties of Ruthenium-Iron Complexes of 2,3,5,6-Tetrakis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine and Ferrocene-Acetylide Ligands,Dalton Trans.2016,45, 10620–10629.

  17. Yang Yang, Junyang Liu, Shi Feng, Huimin Wen, Jinghua Tian, Jueting Zheng, Bernd Schöllhorn, Christian Amatore,Zhongning Chen,*Zhongqun Tian,* Unexpected current–voltage characteristics of mechanically modulated atomic contacts with the presence of molecular junctions in an electrochemically assisted–MCBJ,Nano Research2016,9, 560-570.

  18. Liang-Jin Xu, Xu Zhang, Jin-Yun Wang andZhong-Ning Chen*, High-efficiency solution-processed OLEDs based on cationic Ag6Cu heteroheptanuclear cluster complexes with aromatic acetylides,J. Mater. Chem. C2016,4, 1787—1794 (封面论文).

  19. Yi Zhang, Wei-Qiang Liao, Da-Wei Fu, Heng-Yun Ye,Zhong-Ning Chen, and Ren-Gen Xiong*, Highly Efficient Red-Light Emission in An Organic−Inorganic Hybrid Ferroelectric: (Pyrrolidinium)MnCl3,J. Am. Chem. Soc.2015,137, 4928−4931.

  20. Heng-Yun Ye, QiongHua Zhou, XiangHong Niu, Wei-Qiang Liao, Da-Wei Fu, Yi Zhang, Yu-Meng You*, Jinlan Wang*, Zhong-Ning Chen, and Ren-Gen Xiong*,J. Am. Chem. Soc.2015,137, 13148–13154.

  21. Yi Zhang, Wei-Qiang Liao, Da-Wei Fu, Heng-Yun Ye, Cai-Ming Liu, Zhong-Ning Chen, Ren-Gen Xiong1,* The First Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Luminescent Multiferroic: (Pyrrolidinium)MnBr3,Adv. Mater.2015,27, 3942-3946.

  22. Bin Li, Hui-Min Wen, Jin-Yun Wang, Lin-Xi Shi, andZhong-Ning Chen*, Multistate and Multicolor Photochromism through Selective Cycloreversion in Asymmetric Platinum(II) Complexes with Two Different Dithienylethene−Acetylides,Inorg. Chem.2015,54, 11511−11519.

  23. Jian Luo, Xiao-Feng Zhu, andZhong-Ning Chen*, Fe2+-Responsive Bimodal MRI and Fluorescent Imaging Probe Based on a Gadolinium(III) Complex,Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2015, 3087–3093.

  24. Liang-Jin Xu, Jin-Yun Wang, Xiao-Feng Zhu, Xian-Chong Zeng, andZhong-Ning Chen,*Phosphorescent Cationic Au4Ag2Alkynyl Cluster Complexes for Efficient Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Diodes,Adv. Funct. Mater.2015,25, 3033–3042.

  25. Guang-Tao Xu, Bin Li, Jin-Yun Wang, Dao-Bin Zhang, andZhong-Ning Chen,*Regulation of Charge Delocalization in a Heteronuclear Fe2Ru System by a Stepwise Photochromic Process, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 3318–3326.

  26. Liang-Jin Xu, Guang-Tao Xu,Zhong-Ning Chen,*Recent Advances in lanthanide luminescence with metal-organic chromophores as sensitizers, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2014, 273-274, 47-62.

  27. Hui-Min Wen, Yang Yang, Xiao-Shun Zhou, Jun-Yang Liu, Dao-Bin Zhang, Zhao-Bin Chen, Jin-Yun Wang,Zhong-Ning Chen*and Zhong-Qun Tian*, Electrical conductance study on 1,3-butadiyne-linked dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes within single molecule break junctions, Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 2471–2477.

  28. Bin Li, Jin-Yun Wang, Hui-Min Wen, Lin-Xi Shi, andZhong-Ning Chen*, Redox-Modulated Stepwise Photochromism in a Ruthenium Complex with Dual Dithienylethene-Acetylides, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16059-16067.

Research Interests

Structural chemistry and crystallography

Photophysics and photochemistry

Organometallic wire

Molecular switch and sensor

Organic light-emitting diode

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