Our group research mainly focuses on exploring the advanced hierarchical soft structure and investigating the specific molecular packing and their aggregation in soft condensed matter physics and supramolecular chemistry via the electron diffraction methods in transmission electron microscopy and 1D, 2D wide-angle X-ray diffraction instrument. We are proficient in solving the crystal structure in the field of polymers, functional supramolecules, and other soft matters on organic photovoltaics, micro-supercapacitors, polymer single crystals, supramolecular optical, magnetic, electronic crystals, and smart sensors, etc.
1. Applying a combination diffraction method (“micron-scale” X-ray diffraction plus “nanoscale” electron diffraction) to investigating the molecular chain packing rules at curved interface and novel structure in cylindrically confined crystallization of polymers. (Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 3298; Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 2325; IUCrJ, 2021, 8, 215; Polymer, 2019, 179, 121647; Chines Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40, 70-78; J. Appl. Cryst., 2020, 53, 27-33)
Figure 1. Cylindrically confined twin crystals of nylon-6.(Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 3298)
Figure 2. Coherent epitaxially molecular chain ensemble in geometrical confinement.(Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 2325)
2. Designed, synthesized and investigated functional supramolecular structure that have great potential application in photovoltaic cell, micro-supercapacitors and biomedical materials applications, etc. (Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 6056; Nature Comm., 2021, 12, 4494; Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 23, 10522; Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 14630; Adv. Optical Mater. 2022, 10, 2102613; Angew. Chem.,2022,134, Nano Energy, 2022, 98,107340)
Figure 3. Layered honeycomb hexagonal C60 scaffold on shape amphiphile that can be applied in photovoltaic cell.(Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 6056)
Figure 4. Rapid discovery of self-assembling peptides with double molecular orientation in biomedical materials.(Nature Comm., 2021, 12, 4494)
Figure 5. Intramolecular Noncovalent Interaction-Enabled Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for high-performance inverted perovskite solar cell.(Angew. Chem.,2022,134)
Figure 6. α-form fiber crystal structure in poly(cis-butene dicarboxylate)s.(Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 23, 10522)
