Prof. Cheng Wang "Three-dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks"

Abstract

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystalline porous materials constructed by reticular covalent linking of organic building blocks into well-defined two- or three-dimensional architectures. Owing to their modular designability, permanent porosity, and high stability, COFs have attracted considerable interest for applications in gas adsorption and separation, catalysis, sensing, optoelectronics, and energy storage. Compared with their two-dimensional counterparts, three-dimensional COFs offer structural advantages such as interconnected pore channels and spatially isolated functional sites. However, the development of 3D COFs remains limited due to their challenging synthesis, limited structural diversity and complicated structural determination. In this talk, we will present our recent progress in 3D COFs.

Biography

Dr. Cheng Wang is a Professor at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China. He obtained his B.S. degree from Wuhan University in 2003 and his Ph.D. from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008 under the supervision of Prof. Deqing Zhang and Academician Daoben Zhu. From 2008 to 2012, he carried out postdoctoral research at Northwestern University with Prof. Fraser Stoddart. 

 Dr. Wang’s research centers on organic porous materials, with a particular focus on three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D COFs). He has addressed several fundamental challenges in this field, including topology design, crystal structure determination, building block development, and functional applications. He has published over 60 papers as corresponding author in leading journals such as Science, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and Nat. Commun.. His work has been cited more than 6,000 times.A

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Organizer  Giulio RAGAZZON