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Zhang, Wei Professor

Positions

Professor, Chemistry

Research Areas

Research

research overview

In general, Dr. Zhang's research program utilizes the tools of organic synthesis and physical chemistry, through rational molecular design, to develop novel functional materials (organic or hybrid nanocomposites) with potential applications in carbon capture, molecular separation, controlled nanoparticle synthesis, catalysis, energy storage, light harvesting, and nanomedicine.

keywords

organic porous materials, carbon capture, dynamic covalent chemistry, alkyne metathesis, olefin metathesis, imine metathesis, organic nanotube, 2D shape-persistent macrocycles, 3D shape-persistent molecular cages, nanocomposites, self-healing materials, malleable thermosets, transmembrane channel, nanomedicine, artificial photosynthesis, energy storage

Publications

selected publications

book
- Dynamic Covalent Chemistry Principles, Reactions, and Applications 2017
conference proceeding
- Highly CO2 selective pillar[n]arene-based supramolecular organic frameworks. Supramolecular Chemistry. 648-654. 2017
- Arylene-ethylene polymer with high ethylene/ ethane adsorption selectivity. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2015
- Heat- or water-driven malleability in covalent network polyimines. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2015
- Highly active multidentate molybdenum (VI) catalysts for alkyne metathesis. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2015
- Porous organic polymers for electrocatalysis and photoresponsive gas adsorption. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2015
- Reversible tuning of pore size and CO2 adsorption in a series of azobenzene functionalized porous organic polymers (POPs). ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2015
- Shape-persistent macrocycles conjugated with biomacromolecules and nanoparticles. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2015
- Studies on the synthesis and ion conductivities of sp3-hybridized boron-linked macrocycle-based covalent-organic network. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2015
- Template synthesis of gold nanoparticles using an organic molecular cage. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2015
- Development of highly active multidentate alkyne metathesis catalysts and their applications in materials study. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Porous organic polymers constructed through dynamic covalent chemistry. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Heat- or Water-Driven Malleability in a Highly Recyclable Covalent Network Polymer. Advanced Materials. 3938-3942. 2014
- Construction of shape-persistent covalent organic macrocycle, cages and frameworks for selective fullerene binding. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Rational design and synthesis of shape-persistent organic molecular cages through alkyne metathesis. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Design, synthesis, and applications of covalent organic nanocages. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- Development and applications of 3D covalent organic polyhedrons (COPs) and porous polymer frameworks (PPFs) through dynamic covalent chemistry. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- Highly active multidentate alkyne metathesis catalysts and their applications in organic functional materials development. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- Solution processable polydiacetylenes (PDAs) through acyclic enediyne metathesis polymerization. Chemical Science. 3649-3653. 2013
journal article
- Highly Fluoro-Substituted Covalent Organic Framework and Its Application in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 42233-42240. 2018
- Chemomechanics in the Moisture-Induced Malleability of Polyimine-Based Covalent Adaptable Networks. Macromolecules. 9825-9838. 2018
- Chemical Mapping of Nanodefects within 2D Covalent Monolayers by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ACS Nano. 5021-5029. 2018
- Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles Using Closed-Shell Structures as Templates. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 362-372. 2018
- Rehealable, fully recyclable, and malleable electronic skin enabled by dynamic covalent thermoset nanocomposite. Science Advances. 2018
- Cage-templated synthesis of highly stable palladium nanoparticles and their catalytic activities in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. Chemical Science. 676-680. 2018
- Synthesis of Ultrafine and Highly Dispersed Metal Nanoparticles Confined in a Thioether-Containing Covalent Organic Framework and Their Catalytic Applications. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 17082-17088. 2017
- Rehealable imide-imine hybrid polymers with full recyclability. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 21140-21145. 2017
- Synthesis of Small-Molecule/DNA Hybrids through On-Bead Amide-Coupling Approach. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 10803-10811. 2017
- Pillar [5]arene/Matrimid (TM) materials for high-performance methane purification membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 224-228. 2017
- Poly(aryleneethynylene)s: Properties, Applications and Synthesis Through Alkyne Metathesis. Topics in Current Chemistry (Journal). 2017
- Recent development of efficient electrocatalysts derived from porous organic polymers for oxygen reduction reaction. Science in China Series B: Chemistry. 999-1006. 2017
- Aromatic-rich hydrocarbon porous networks through alkyne metathesis. 1369-1372. 2017
- Tessellated multiporous two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 2017
- Pillar[n]arene-based supramolecular organic frameworks with high hydrocarbon storage and selectivity. Chemical Communications. 6409-6412. 2017
- A titanium-based porous coordination polymer as a catalyst for chemical fixation of CO2. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9163-9168. 2017
- Through-Space Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer Dynamics of a C-70-Encapsulated Bisporphyrin Covalent Organic Polyhedron in a Low-Dielectric Medium. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 4286-4289. 2017
- Stable Lithium Deposition Using a Self-Optimizing Solid Electrolyte Composite. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. A2962-A2966. 2017
- Tuning the physical properties of malleable and recyclable polyimine thermosets: the effect of solvent and monomer concentration. RSC Advances. 48303-48307. 2017
- Synthesis of Cyclic Porphyrin Trimers through Alkyne Metathesis Cyclooligomerization and Their Host-Guest Binding Study. Organic Letters. 2946-2949. 2016
- Highly Active Multidentate Ligand-Based Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts. Chemistry - A European Journal. 7959-7963. 2016
- Iron-rich nanoparticle encapsulated, nitrogen doped porous carbon materials as efficient cathode electrocatalyst for microbial fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 302-307. 2016
- Repairable Woven Carbon Fiber Composites with Full Recyclability Enabled by Malleable Polyimine Networks. Advanced Materials. 2904-2909. 2016
- Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks with Spiroborate Linkage. Angewandte Chemie. 1737-1741. 2016
- Synthesis of a Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Monolayer through Dynamic Imine Chemistry at the Air/Water Interface. Angewandte Chemie. 213-217. 2016
- Dynamic covalent synthesis of aryleneethynylene cages through alkyne metathesis: dimer, tetramer, or interlocked complex?. Chemical Science. 3370-3376. 2016
- Phenylene vinylene macrocycles as artificial transmembrane transporters. Chemical Communications. 5848-5851. 2016
- Re-healable polyimine thermosets: polymer composition and moisture sensitivity. Polymer Chemistry. 7052-7056. 2016
- Ultra-thin Solid-State Li-Ion Electrolyte Membrane Facilitated by a Self-Healing Polymer Matrix. Advanced Materials. 6922-+. 2015
- Synthesis of Phenylene Vinylene Macrocycles through Acyclic Diene Metathesis Macrocyclization and Their Aggregation Behavior. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16935-16940. 2015
- Desymmetrized Vertex Design for the Synthesis of Covalent Organic Frameworks with Periodically Heterogeneous Pore Structures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 13772-13775. 2015
- Solution-Phase Dynamic Assembly of Permanently Interlocked Aryleneethynylene Cages through Alkyne Metathesis. Angewandte Chemie. 7550-7554. 2015
- Shape-Persistent Arylene Ethynylene Organic Hosts for Fullerenes. Chemical Record. 97-106. 2015
- Mesoporous 2D covalent organic frameworks based on shape-persistent arylene-ethynylene macrocycles. Chemical Science. 4049-4053. 2015
- Metallated porphyrin based porous organic polymers as efficient electrocatalysts. Nanoscale. 18271-18277. 2015
- Synthesis of a conjugated porous Co(II) porphyrinylene-ethynylene framework through alkyne metathesis and its catalytic activity study. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 4954-4959. 2015
- Recent advances in the development of functionalized carbon nanotubes: a versatile vector for drug delivery. Interface Science. 6845-6854. 2014
- A Tetrameric Cage with D-2h Symmetry through Alkyne Metathesis. Angewandte Chemie. 10663-10667. 2014
- Heat or water driven self-healing in a highly-recyclable covalent network polymer. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Dynamic Covalent Chemistry Approaches Toward Macrocycles, Molecular Cages, and Polymers. Accounts of Chemical Research. 1575-1586. 2014
- Solution processable polydiacetylenes (PDAs) through acyclic enediyne metathesis polymerization. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Template Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles with an Organic Molecular Cage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 1782-1785. 2014
- A silver(I) coordinated phenanthroline-based polymer with high ethylene/ethane adsorption selectivity. Chemical Communications. 5745-5747. 2014
- Application of alkyne metathesis in polymer synthesis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5986-5993. 2014
- Influence of stoichiometry on the glass transition and bond exchange reactions in epoxy thermoset polymers. RSC Advances. 48682-48690. 2014
- Reprocessing and recycling of thermosetting polymers based on bond exchange reactions. RSC Advances. 10108-10117. 2014
- Reversible tuning of pore size and CO2 adsorption in azobenzene functionalized porous organic polymers. Chemical Science. 4957-4961. 2014
- Porous Poly(aryleneethynylene) Networks through Alkyne Metathesis. Chemistry of Materials. 3718-3723. 2013
- Covalent Assembly of Heterosequenced Macrocycles and Molecular Cages through Orthogonal Dynamic Covalent Chemistry (ODCC). Organic Letters. 4296-4299. 2013
- Imine-Linked Porous Polymer Frameworks with High Small Gas (H-2, CO2, CH4, C2H2) Uptake and CO2/N-2 Selectivity. Chemistry of Materials. 1630-1635. 2013
- Development of 2D and 3D functional molecular architectures through dynamic covalent chemistry. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- Development of novel porous polymers through dynamic covalent chemistry. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2013
- Multidentate Triphenolsilane-Based Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis. 885-890. 2013
- Controlled self-assembly of gold nanoparticles mediated by novel organic molecular cages. Optical Materials Express. 205-215. 2013
- Development of organic porous materials through Schiff-base chemistry. CrystEngComm. 1484-1499. 2013
- Highly efficient one-pot synthesis of hetero-sequenced shape-persistent macrocycles through orthogonal dynamic covalent chemistry (ODCC). Chemical Communications. 4418-4420. 2013
- Recent advances in dynamic covalent chemistry. Chemical Society Reviews. 6634-6654. 2013
- Design Strategies for Shape-Persistent Covalent Organic Polyhedrons (COPs) through Imine Condensation/Metathesis. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 7392-7400. 2012
- Design and applications of novel porous materials based on covalent organic polyhedrons (COPs). ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2012
- Development and applications of dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC): From 2D and 3D molecular architectures to organic functional materials. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2012
- Development of novel organic cage frameworks (OCFs) and their gas adsorption studies. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2012
- Novel porous framework materials consisting of 3D shape-persistent organic molecular cages. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2012
- Highly Active Multidentate Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts: Ligand-Activity Relationship and Their Applications in Efficient Synthesis of Porphyrin-Based Aryleneethynylene Polymers. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis. 2073-2078. 2012
- A C-84 selective porphyrin macrocycle with an adaptable cavity constructed through alkyne metathesis. Chemical Communications. 6172-6174. 2012
- Microwave-assisted syntheses of highly CO2-selective organic cage frameworks (OCFs). Chemical Science. 874-877. 2012
- Semiconducting carbon nanotube and covalent organic polyhedron-C-60 nanohybrids for light harvesting. Chemical Communications. 8377-8379. 2012
- A Highly C-70 Selective Shape-Persistent Rectangular Prism Constructed through One-Step Alkyne Metathesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 20995-21001. 2011
- Development of a highly active multidentate alkyne metathesis catalyst resisting alkyne polymerization. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Development of a novel dynamic covalent approach to 2D polymers. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Development of a novel template approach to structural-tunable organic nanotubes. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Development of efficient orthogonal dynamic covalent chemistry. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Highly CO2-selective organic molecular cages for carbon capture. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Highly CO2-selective organic molecular cages: Synthesis and structure-property relationship study. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Highly active multidentate alkyne metathesis catalysts and their applications in 3D molecular cage synthesis. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Highly efficient construction of a shape-persistent molecular cage through alkyne metathesis and study on its fullerene binding behavior. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Novel dye-integrated shape-persistent molecular cages for efficient light harvesting. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Photoresponsive 3D organic molecular cages. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Porous polymers constructed from 3D organic molecular cages. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Highly CO2-Selective Organic Molecular Cages: What Determines the CO2 Selectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 6650-6658. 2011
- Design of a novel alkyne metathesis catalyst and its applications in constructing shape-persistent molecular architectures. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2011
- Introducing A Podand Motif to Alkyne Metathesis Catalyst Design: A Highly Active Multidentate Molybdenum(VI) Catalyst that Resists Alkyne Polymerization. Angewandte Chemie. 3435-3438. 2011
- Towards Highly Active and Robust Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts: Recent Developments in Catalyst Design. Angewandte Chemie. 8478-8480. 2011
- A Shape-Persistent Organic Molecular Cage with High Selectivity for the Adsorption of CO2 over N-2. Angewandte Chemie. 6348-6351. 2010
- Shape-persistent arylenevinylene macrocycles (AVMs) prepared via acyclic diene metathesis macrocyclization (ADMAC). Chemical Communications. 8258-8260. 2010
- Cobalt Porphyrin Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Oxygen Reduction. Chemistry of Materials. 3234-3241. 2009
- Modular Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 8446-8454. 2009
- Performance Characterization of Nanofiltration Membranes Based on Rigid Star Amphiphiles. Environmental Science and Technology. 6246-6252. 2007
- Detection of Explosives with a Fluorescent Nanofibril Film. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 6978-6979. 2007
- Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes via a Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate−4-Dimethylaminopyridine Zwitterion Approach. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 7714-7715. 2007
- Nanofiltration Membranes Based on Rigid Star Amphiphiles. Chemistry of Materials. 3194-3204. 2007
- Alkyne Metathesis: Catalysts and Synthetic Applications. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis. 93-120. 2007
- Shape-Persistent Macrocycles: Structures and Synthetic Approaches from Arylene and Ethynylene Building Blocks. Angewandte Chemie. 4416-4439. 2006
- Nanofibril Self-Assembly of an Arylene Ethynylene Macrocycle. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 6576-6577. 2006
- A High-Yield, One-Step Synthesis of o -Phenylene Ethynylene Cyclic Trimer via Precipitation-Driven Alkyne Metathesis. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 10198-10201. 2005
- Reaction Pathways Leading to Arylene Ethynylene Macrocycles via Alkyne Metathesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 11863-11870. 2005
- Arylene Ethynylene Macrocycles Prepared by Precipitation-Driven Alkyne Metathesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 12796-12796. 2004
- Synthesis of Poly(2,5-thienyleneethynylene)s by Alkyne Metathesis. Macromolecules. 3973-3975. 2004
- Highly Active Trialkoxymolybdenum(VI) Alkylidyne Catalysts Synthesized by a Reductive Recycle Strategy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 329-335. 2004
- Glucose-Sensitive Aggregates Formed by Poly(ethylene oxide)- block -poly(2-glucosyl- oxyethyl acrylate) with Concanavalin A in Dilute Aqueous Medium. Macromolecules. 1-4. 2003
- ChemInform Abstract: Solvent Trapping of Photochemically Generated Pyran-4-one-Derived Oxyallyls: A Convenient Cyclopentannulation Method.. ChemInform. no-no. 2001

Teaching

courses taught

CHEM 3331 Organic Chemistry 2 (Spring 2019)
CHEM 4261 Organic Materials: Structures and Functions (Spring 2019)
CHEM 4901 Independent Study in Chemistry and Biochemistry (Spring 2019)
CHEM 5261 Organic Materials: Structures and Functions (Spring 2019)
CHEM 6901 Research in Chemistry (Spring 2019)
CHEM 8991 Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2019)
CHEM 4901 Independent Study in Chemistry and Biochemistry (Fall 2018)
CHEM 6901 Research in Chemistry (Fall 2018)
CHEM 6951 Master's Thesis (Fall 2018)
CHEM 8991 Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2018)
CHEM 4901 Independent Study in Chemistry and Biochemistry (Summer 2018)
CHEM 6901 Research in Chemistry (Summer 2018)
CHEM 8991 Doctoral Dissertation (Summer 2018)
CHEM 3321 Laboratory in Organic Chemistry 1 (Spring 2018)
CHEM 3341 Laboratory in Organic Chemistry 2 (Spring 2018)
CHEM 3361 Laboratory in Organic Chemistry 1 for Chemistry Majors (Spring 2018)
CHEM 4261 Organic Materials: Structures and Functions (Spring 2018)
CHEM 4901 Independent Study in Chemistry and Biochemistry (Spring 2018)
CHEM 5261 Organic Materials: Structures and Functions (Spring 2018)
CHEM 6901 Research in Chemistry (Spring 2018)
CHEM 8991 Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2018)

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2005
B.S., Peking Univ (China) 2000

awards and honors

Provost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty (Academic Affairs), conferred by Academic Affairs, 2013
Distinguished Junior Faculty Award (US) (Chinese-American Chemistry and Chemical Biology Professors Association), conferred by Chinese-American Chemistry and Chemical Biology Professors Association, 2013
Sloan Research Fellowship-Chemistry (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation), conferred by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2013
New Inventor of the Year (Office of Technology Transfer), conferred by Office of Technology Transfer, 2012
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (National Science Foundation), conferred by National Science Foundation, 2011

International Activities

global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)

China Country
Switzerland Country

Other Profiles

ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5491-1155

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7lJXpzkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao