Fang Yuan
Professor; Doctoral Supervisor
2006.05-2011.04: B.S. Concordia University (Supervisor: Prof. Louis Cuccia)
2011.05-2013.09: M.S. Concordia University (Supervisor: Prof. Louis Cuccia)
2013.10-2017.03: Ph.D KU Leuven (Supervisor: Prof. Steven De Feyter)
2017.04-2021.01: Post-Doc, McGill University (Supervisor: Prof. Dima Perepichka)
2021.02-present: Soochow University, PI professor
Email: yfang2000@suda.edu.cn
Research field:
Dr. Fang’s innovative research lays at the interface of organic and materials chemistry. On one hand, she focuses on unravelling the structural-function relationship and fundamental science of molecular assemblies on surfaces using scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques. She has made a major contribution in understanding the symmetry breaking and chiral amplification in surface confined monolayers. On the other hand, she is interested in developing novel π-conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) and their implementation in optoelectronic devices (thin film field-effect transistors, photovoltaics, etc).
Research direction keywords:
① Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM),② Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), ③ Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), ④ Chirality, Supramolecular Chemistry, ⑤ On Surface Molecular Self-assembly, ⑥On Surface Reaction, ⑦ Dynamic Covalent Chemistry, ⑧ Thin films and nanotechnology, ⑨ π–conjugated materials.
Achievements, Major awards, honorific distinctions, and fellowships:
Dr. Fang published 9 papers as the first author in Nat. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2), Chem. Sci. and other journals. In total, she published 20 SCI papers, of which 17 have an impact factor greater than 6, 3 were selected as the cover articles of the journal and 1 was rated as the highly cited paper. During her postdoctoral study, she was invited as a Guest Professor giving a lecture in an advanced graduate degree course on Solid Surfaces and Interfaces at Concordia University. She had 1 invited presentation at an international conference and won the Best Presentation Award.In 2019, Dr. Fangreceived NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships Award, as the Top-ranked Female (Canadian National level) and FQRNT Postdoctoral Research Scholarship. In the same year, she receivedAlice Wilson Award from Royal Society of Canada (In Canada, awarded annually to three women of outstanding academic qualifications in the Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences or Science, who are entering a career in research at the postdoctoral level). Due to this prestige award, she was interviewed by the Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials (QCAM); a full-page article is published on QCAM Newsletter. She also received recognition from McGill University and was included in McGill’s Winning Researchers List (https://www.mcgill.ca/researchhonours/people/field_mprofile_department/Department%2520of%2520Chemistry), thus became the 25th honorary scholar in the Department of Chemistry of McGill University over the past 100 years. She is serving as a Topic Editor for in journal Materials (MDPI) in the section of Thin Films and Interfaces.
Publications (# co-first author):
1. Fang, Y.; Ghijsens, E.; Ivasenko, O.*; Cao, H.; Noguchi, A.; Mali, K. S.*; Tahara, K*.; Tobe, Y.*; De Feyter, S.*, Dynamic control over supramolecular handedness by selecting chiral induction pathways at the solution–solid interface.Nat. Chem.2016, 8 (7), 711-717.
2. Fang, Y.; Lindner, B. D.; Destoop, I.; Tsuji, T.; Zhang, Z.; Khaliullin, R. Z.; Perepichka, D. F.; Tahara, K.; Feyter, S. D.*; Tobe, Y.*, Stereospecific Epitaxial Growth of Bilayered Porous Molecular Networks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (19), 8662-8671.
3. Jadhav, T.#; Fang, Y.#; Liu, C. H.#; Dadvand, A.; Hamzehpoor, E.; Patterson, W.; Jonderian, A.; Stein, R. S.; Perepichka, D. F.*, Transformation between 2D and 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks via Reversible [2 + 2] Cycloaddition. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (19), 8862-8870.
4. Sun, K.; Fang, Y.; Chi, L.*, On-Surface Synthesis on Nonmetallic Substrates. ACS Mater. Lett. 2021, 3 (1), 56-63.
5. Lakshmi, V.; Liu, C.-H.; Rajeswara Rao, M.; Chen, Y.; Fang, Y.; Dadvand, A.; Hamzehpoor, E.; Sakai-Otsuka, Y.; Stein, R. S.; Perepichka, D. F.*, A Two-Dimensional Poly(azatriangulene) Covalent Organic Framework with Semiconducting and Paramagnetic States. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (5), 2155-2160.
6. Mulay, S. V.#; Dishi, O.#; Fang, Y.#; Niazi, M. R.; Shimon, L. J. W.; Perepichka, D.*; Gidron, O.*, A Macrocyclic Oligofuran: Synthesis, Solid State Structure and Electronic Properties. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10 (37), 8527-8532.
7. Jadhav, T.; Fang, Y.; Patterson, W.; Liu, C.-H.; Hamzehpoor, E.; Perepichka, D. F.*, 2D Poly(arylene vinylene) Covalent Organic Frameworks via Aldol Condensation of Trimethyltriazine. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (39), 13753-13757.
8. Cui, D.#; Fang, Y.#; MacLean, O.; Perepichka, D. F.*; Rosei, F.*; Clair, S.*, Covalent organic frameworks from a monomer with reduced symmetry: polymorphism and Sierpiński triangles. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55 (90), 13586-13589.
9. Fang, Y.; Tahara, K.; Ivasenko, O.*; Tobe, Y.*; De Feyter, S.*, Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Chiral Recognition and Chirality Transfer in Host–Guest Assemblies at the Liquid–Solid Interface. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2018, 122 (15), 8228-8235.
10. Sanz-Matias, A.*; Ivasenko, O.; Fang, Y.; De Feyter, S.; Tahara, K.; Tobe, Y.; Harvey, J. N.*, Computational insight into the origin of unexpected contrast in chiral markers as revealed by STM. Nanoscale 2018, 10 (4), 1680-1694.
11. Goronzy, D. P.; Ebrahimi, M.; Rosei, F.; Arramel; Fang, Y.; De Feyter, S.; Tait, S. L.; Wang, C.; Beton, P. H.; Wee, A. T. S.; Weiss, P. S.*; Perepichka, D. F.*, Supramolecular Assemblies on Surfaces: Nanopatterning, Functionality, and Reactivity. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (8), 7445-7481.
12. Fang, Y.; Cibian, M.; Hanan, G. S.; Perepichka, D. F.; De Feyter, S.; Cuccia, L. A.*; Ivasenko, O.*, Alkyl chain length effects on double-deck assembly at a liquid/solid interface. Nanoscale 2018, 10 (31), 14993-15002.
13. Rao, M. R.; Fang, Y.; De Feyter, S.; Perepichka, D. F.*, Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks via Michael Addition-Elimination. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (6), 2421-2427.
14. Kynaston, E. L.; Fang, Y.; Manion, J. G.; Obhi, N. K.; Howe, J. Y.; Perepichka, D. F.*; Seferos, D. S.*, Patchy Nanofibers from the Thin Film Self-Assembly of a Conjugated Diblock Copolymer. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2017, 56 (22), 6152-6156.
15. McKeown, G. R.; Fang, Y.; Obhi, N. K.; Manion, J. G.; Perepichka, D. F.*; Seferos, D. S.*, Synthesis of Macrocyclic Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(3-heptylselenophene) by Alkyne Homocoupling. ACS Macro Letters 2016, 5 (10), 1075-1079.
16. Lee, S.-L.*; Fang, Y.; Velpula, G.; Cometto, F. P.; Lingenfelder, M.; Müllen, K.; Mali, K. S.*; De Feyter, S.*, Reversible Local and Global Switching in Multicomponent Supramolecular Networks: Controlled Guest Release and Capture at the Solution/Solid Interface. ACS Nano 2015, 9 (12), 11608-11617.
17. Lee, S.-L.; Adisoejoso, J.; Fang, Y.; Tahara, K.; Tobe, Y. *; Mali, K. S.*; De Feyter, S.*, Efficient screening of 2D molecular polymorphs at the solution-solid interface. Nanoscale 2015, 7 (12), 5344-5349.
18. Ghijsens, E.; Cao, H.; Noguchi, A.; Ivasenko, O.; Fang, Y.; Tahara, K.*; Tobe, Y.*; De Feyter, S.*, Towards enantioselective adsorption in surface-confined nanoporous systems. Chemical Communications 2015, 51 (23), 4766-4769.
19. Fang, Y.; Salame, N.; Woo, S.; Bohle, D. S.; Friscic, T.*; Cuccia, L. A.*, Rapid and facile solvent-free mechanosynthesis in a cell lysis mill: preparation and mechanochemical complexation of aminobenzoquinones. CrystEngComm 2014, 16 (31), 7180-7185.
20. Fang, Y.; Nguyen, P.; Ivasenko, O.; Aviles, M. P.; Kebede, E.; Askari, M. S.; Ottenwaelder, X.; Ziener, U.; Siri, O.; Cuccia, L. A.*, Charge-assisted hydrogen bond-directed self-assembly of an amphiphilic zwitterionic quinonemonoimine at the liquid-solid interface. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47 (40), 11255-11257.
Positions:
Fang’s group is always eager to welcome new excellent Postdocs, PhD students and research assistants. To apply, candidates should send their curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, a list of publications (if any), and the name and email address of three academic referees to Prof. Yuan Fang (yfang2000@suda.edu.cn)
Edited by Juan Yang