Academic Staff

Professor (PI)

  Shidang Xu  Professor(PI)
  E-mail:xusd@scut.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience:

2022-Present South China University of Technology, Associate Professor

2020-2022 National University of Singapore, Postdoc fellow

2016-2020 National University of Singapore, Ph.D

2012-2014 Sun Yat-sen University, Master

2008-2012 South China Normal University, Bachelor


Research Directors:

Computational Biomedical Material Science

Research Achievement:

Dr. Xu is dedicated to biomaterials designand properties prediction guided by machine learning, quantum chemicalcalculation, and experimental verification. He has published 18 papers as afirst author. These papers were published in journals such as Angew Chem Int Ed(4 pieces), Adv Mater (3 pieces), and J Am Chem Soc (2 pieces). The of hispapers have been recognized as ESI highly cited papers. Dr Xu’s papers werecited more than 8,000 times in total and his H-index is 44.

Selected Publications

1.Xu, S.; Liu, B., High Exciton Utilization of 1DMolecular Column with High Packing Energy Formed by Folded π-Molecules. J.Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06838.

2.Xu, S. #; Li, J. #; Cai, P.; Liu, X.; Liu, B.;Wang, X., Self-Improving Photosensitizer Discovery System via Bayesian Searchwith First-Principle Simulations. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021, 47 (143), 19769.

3.Xu, S.; Cai, P.; Li, J.; Zhang, X.; Liu, X.; Wang,X.; Liu, B.; Accelerated Design of Near-Infrared-II Molecular Fluorophores viaFirst-Principles Understanding and Machine Learning. Chemrxiv. 2021, DOI:10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-6617.

4.Wang,Y.#; Xu, S.#; Teh, C.; Qi, G.; Liu, B., Cancer-Cell-Activated Synthesisof Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission, Angew. Chem. Int.Ed. 2021, 133 (27), 15072.

5.      Xu, S.#;Liu, X.#; Cai, P.; Wang, X.;Liu, B.; Machine Learning-Assisted Robust Prediction of Molecular OpticalProperties upon Aggregation. Adv. Sci. 2021, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101074.

6.Xu, S.; Duan, Y.; Chen,C.; Liu, B., Stereoisomerization during Molecular Packing. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33 (23), 2100986.

7. Xu, S.; Duan, Y. K.; Liu, B., Precise MolecularDesign for High-Performance Luminogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission. Adv.Mater. 2020, 32 (1), 1903530. (ESI highlycited paper)

8.Wu,W.#; Xu, S.#; Qi,G.; Zhu, H.; Hu, F.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, D.; Liu, B., A Cross-linked ConjugatedPolymer Photosensitizer Enables Efficient Sunlight-Induced Photooxidation. Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (10), 3062-3066.

9.Hu,F.#; Xu, S.#; Liu, B.,Photosensitizers with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Materials and BiomedicalApplications. Adv. Mater. 2018, 30 (45), 1801350.  (ESI highly citedpaper, ESI hot paper)

10.Yuan,Y.#; Xu, S.#; Cheng, X.; Cai, X.;Liu, B., Bioorthogonal Turn-On Probe Based on Aggregation-Induced EmissionCharacteristics for Cancer Cell Imaging and Ablation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2016, 55 (22), 6457-6461.

11.Xu, S.#; Yuan, Y.#; Cai, X.;Zhang, C.; Hu, F.; Liang, J.; Zhang, G. X.; Zhang, D. Q.; Liu, B., Tuning theSinglet-Triplet Energy Gap: a Unique Approach to Efficient Photosensitizerswith Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Characteristics. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6 (10),5824-5830. (ESI Highly-cited) (ESI highly citedpaper)

12.Xu, S.#;Liu, T.#; Mu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Chi, Z.; Lo, C.; Liu, S.; Zhang, Y.; Lien, A.; Xu,J. R., An Organic Molecule with Asymmetric Structure ExhibitingAggregation-Induced Emission, Delayed Fluorescence, and Mechanoluminescence. Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (3), 874-878. (ESI highlycited paper)