General
Zuo Xiao     Associate Professor
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Email: xiaoz@nanoctr.cn
Telephone: 82545625
Address: NO.11 zhongguancun beiyitiao
Postcode: 100190

Research Areas

Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Functional Materials

Education

1999-2003 Peking University   B. Sc.
2003-2008 Peking University   Ph. D.

Experience

   
Work Experience
2008-2010 Researcher, ERATO-Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster  Project,  Japan Science and Technology Agency. 
2010-2011 Research Scienctist, The University of Tokyo 
2011-now  Associate Professor, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology

Publications

   
Papers
(1) Copper-catalyzed Formal [4 + 2] Annulation between Alkyne and Fullerene Bromide,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2010
(2) Carving two adjacent holes on [60]fullerene through two consecutive epoxide to diol to dione transformations,Chem. Commun.,2010
(3) Fullerenyl Azide: Synthesis and Reactivity,Tetrahedron Lett.,2010,
(4) Switched Role of Fullerene in the Diels–Alder Reaction: Facile Addition of Dienophiles to the Conjugated Fullerene Diene Moiety,Chem. Commun.,2009
(5) Towards the Rational Synthesis of Norfullerenes. Controlled Deletion of One Carbon Atom from C60 and Preparation of 2,5,9-Trioxo-1-nor(C60-Ih)[5,6]fullerene C59(O)3 Derivatives,Org. Lett.,2008(6) Preparation of Azafullerene Derivatives from Fullerene-Mixed Peroxides and Single Crystal X-ray Structures of Azafulleroid and Azafullerene,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2008(7) From Fullerene-Mixed Peroxide toOpen-Cage Oxafulleroid C59(O)3(OH)2(OOtBu)2 Embedded with Furan andLactone Motifs,Org. Lett.,2007
(8) Synthesis of [59]Fullerenones through Peroxide-mediated Step-wise Cleavage of Fullerene Skeleton Bonds and X-ray Structures of Their Water Encapsulated Open-cage Complexes,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,,2007
(9) Lewis AcidPromoted Preparation of Isomerically Pure Fullerenols from Fullerene PeroxidesC60(OOt-Bu)6 and C60(O)(OOt-Bu)6,J. Org. Chem.,2006
(10) Preparation of [5,6]- and[6,6]-Oxahomofullerene Derivatives and Their Interconversion by Lewis AcidAssisted Reactions of Fullerene Mixed Peroxides,Chem. Eur. J.,2005
(11) Regiochemistry of [70]Fullerene: Preparation of C70(OOtBu)n (n = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) through Both Equatorial and Cyclopentadienyl Addition Modes,J. Org. Chem.,2005

Research Interests

Organic Photovoltaics
Fullerene Chemistry
Organic Synthetic Chemistry