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I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded the Young Individual Research Grant (YIRG) to support my independent research journey!–2025.04.01
I’m excited to join the Early Career Board of ACS Applied Engineering Materials and look forward to collaborating with fellow board members and the editorial team to support the journal’s dynamic growth! –2025.03.28
I’m glad to serve as a peer reviewer for ACS journals and contribute my expertise to the chemical research community. –2025.03.27
Call for papers for the special issue of Applied Organometallic Chemistry titled “Flexible Metal-Organic Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications“. We look forward to your submissions and welcome to share this call with interested colleagues. –2025.02.05
I’m deeply honored to be part of ChemComm’s 60th Anniversary celebration! Many thanks for featuring me in the interview promotion! –2024.12.20
I truly enjoyed the opportunity to present my research at the 12th Singapore International Chemistry Conference (SICC-12). Sincere thanks to the Organizing Committee, symposium chairs Prof. Yanli Zhao and Hiang Kwee Lee, as well as the financial support from A*STAR! — 2024.12.13
Check out our recent work “Water sorption performance of the zeolitic metal azolate framework MAF-7“, just published by ChemComm and featured in its 60th anniversary collection.–2024.12.12
I was honored to deliver my first invited talk at the 7th International Symposium on Physics of Membrane Processes (PMP2024) & The International Symposium on Separation Technologies Applied Research and Translation (IS-START2024) at NTU. Huge thanks to the organizing committee: Prof. She, Prof Chong, and Dr. Adil, for this opportunity!–2024.12.05
It was a great trip to Shanghai for the 10th “International Young Scientists/Scholars Forum” hosted by East China Normal University. –2024.11.29
I had a fantastic time at the CELTIC retreat in Xi’an, China! It was a pleasure to connect with Mike, the ZGroup members, and numerous Chinese MOF experts! Many thanks to Qing Yuan and Kai Jie for the kind invitation and excellent organization!– 2024.11.03
I was pleased to present my talk on the green synthesis of MOFs at the 10th IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry (ICGC) in Beijing, China. –2024.10.25
My Google Scholar citations have finally surpassed 1000, with an h-index of 20! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my mentors and collaborators for their invaluable help and support! — 2024.10.20
The MOF2024 event in Singapore was a great success! Many thanks to Prof. Dan Zhao and his team for their excellent organization. — 2024.07.20
It was amazing to revisit Ireland for the ECC-9 conference held in Dublin! — 2024.07.12
I’m glad to attend the 34th CCS Congress held in Guangzhou and delighted to present my first oral presentation! –2024.06.17
Check out my another collaboration work “Gate-opening Induced by C8 Aromatics in a Double Diamondoid Coordination Network“, just published in ACS Materials Lett.! Congrats to KK and all the co-authors! — 2024.05.06
Check out my latest collaboration work “Effect of polymorphism on the sorption properties of a flexible square-lattice topology coordination network”, just published in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces! Congrats to Jama and all the co-authors!–2024.04.26
Check out our latest work on a flexible molecular material “Phase switching and shape-memory effect in a molecular material: revisiting the Werner complex [Ni(4-MePy)4(NCS)2]“, just published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers! Congratulations to all the co-authors!–2024.04.18
Received my first peer review invitation from Langmuir and completed the review task within one week! Thanks for the trust and I’m willing to contribute more in the future!–2024.02.29
International students (non-Chinese citizen) with chemistry background are invited to apply for the International Graduate (Master or PhD) Programs in Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), a top-ranked university in China (top 5) and globally (top 50)! Feel free to contact me for more information. — 2024.02.05.
I’m delighted to share that our latest work has just been published in ACS Materials Letters on my Birthday (01.23) and is allocated to Volume 6 on page 666. What a fortunate number! Gratitude to all the collaborators, including Dr. Bon and Prof. Stefan from Germany, Dr. Shao-Min Wang and Prof. Qingyuan Yang from China, Prof. Zhengtao Xu from Singapore, and last but not least, Dr. Shaza and Prof. Mike Zaworotko from Ireland.–2024.01.23.
It is an honor to participate in GYSS2024 and present my research in a poster. I have had the privilege of learning from giants and connecting with many new researchers from different fields. –2024.01.12
It marks a great start to GYSS2024 with the site visit of Singapore local universities and research institutes. Thank you for the wonderful souvenirs from GYSS and ASTAR! — 2024.01.08
Check out our recent work “Highly Selective p-Xylene Separation from Mixtures of C8 Aromatics by a Nonporous Molecular Apohost“, just hot off the press in JACS! Congrats to Maryam and all the coauthors! — 2023.12.07
International undergraduates (in their 3rd and 4th years) and Master’s students are welcome to apply the SIPGA program for a 2-6 month attachment at A*STAR! Feel free to contact me for more information! –2023.12.01
Check out my latest collaboration work “Switching Adsorbent Layered Material that Enables Stepwise Capture of C8 Aromatics via Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformations” just published in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations to Meiyan and all the coauthors! –2023.11.30
I enjoyed participating in the two-day EmMAT’23 Symposium and had the opportunity to present my research via a poster. It is always nice to know new faces during such event. –2023.11.25
Welcome to apply the A*STAR Research Attachment Programme (ARAP) for international
PhD students. Feel free to contact me for more information! –2023.11.15
It was my pleasure to attend the 11th “Soaring Young Scholars Forum” hosted by Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an. Thanks for the nice souvenirs and the invitation from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering as well as my senior: prof. Kai-Jie Chen. — 2023.11.05
I’m delighted to have received an invitation from the 11th “Soaring Young Scholars Forum” hosted by Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an. — 2023.10.25
I’m glad to participate the Singapore Polytechnic Battle of Wits 2023: XiangQi Team game and won the 4th place for “NUS team B” among 15 teams! –2023.10.21
I’m excited to share that I have been selected as a participant for the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2024, organized by NRF, Singapore. Thanks to A*STAR for the nomination! — 2023.10.01
Happy to see my newest collaboration work “Shape-Memory Effect Enabled by Ligand Substitution and CO2 Affinity in a Flexible SIFSIX Coordination Network” just accepted by Angew! Congrats to Baiqiao, Qingyuan and all the coauthors! — 2023.09.29
Our patent “Hybrid ultramicroporous materials for water capture and release” is now published! — 2023.09.15
Check out my latest collaboration work with Prof. Zhenjie Zhang (Nankai University) “Porous Organic Cage with Water Vapor-Triggered Structural Transition for Actuation Applications” just published in ACS Materials Letters! — 2023.07.14
I’m delighted to share that our recent work has been selected as the inside front cover on the occasion of 10th anniversary of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers! — 2023.06.27
Happy to receive my Senior Member Certificate from the Chinese Chemical Society! — 2023.06.10
Glad to know that I have just been promoted to a Senior Member of the Chinese Chemical Society and it is wonderful to have my own member page: https://www.chemsoc.org.cn/member/senior/66725.html! — 2023.06.01
We won the Bronze award in the NUS intervarsity Mind Sports Championships 2023: Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)! Congrats to all! –2023.05.28
Check out my latest collaboration work ““Highly Productive C3H4/C3H6 Trace Separation by a Packing Polymorph of a Layered Hybrid Ultramicroporous Material” just published in JACS! Congrats to Meiyan and I’m happy to be involved! — 2023.05.20
Check out my another collaboration work “Control over phase transformations in a family of flexible double diamondoid coordination networks through linker ligand substitution” just hot off the press in a row! Congrats to everyone involved! — 2023.04.28
Glad to see my newest collaboration work “Water vapour and gas induced phase transformations in an 8-fold interpenetrated diamondoid metal–organic framework” just hot off the press from J. Mater. Chem. A. Congrats to Jama, all ZGroup coauthors as well as Dr. Bon and Prof. Stefan Kaskel! — 2023.04.25
Check out our latest work “The impact of solution vs. slurry vs. mechanochemical syntheses upon the sorption performance of a 2D switching coordination network“, just published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and selected as HOT article! — 2023.04.20
My collaboration work (Cryst. Growth Des. 2023, 23, 4, 2055-2064.) has been selected as the front cover! Congrats to Dr. Ewa! –2023.04.05
It is a pleasure to be interviewed by the RSC journal ChemComm, and my first independent work has been included in the “Milestone Collection“. –2023.03.30
Glad to see this beautiful periodic table display installed in the Chemical Science department of University of Limerick (UL). And I’m delighted to adopt the 102nd element “Nobelium” (No) which is in honor of Alfred Nobel!–2023.03.25
Finally received my MRS-S membership certificate! It is 8-month late but “better late than never”!–2023.03.20
Very happy to see my first cover art is just published in ChemComm, although we have used this yin-yang concept since 2018! — 2023.01.12
Check out my first corresponding author paper “Adsorbate-dependent phase switching in the square lattice topology coordination network [Ni(4,4’-bipyridine)2(NCS)2]n“, just hot off the press from ChemComm! Much appreciated for my supervisor Prof. Mike Zaworotko’s support! — 2022.12.13
Delighted to present my work in the 1st Global Youth Technology and Innovation Forum! –2022.12.10
Excited to start my new research chapter as a Scientist at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR. Many thanks to my mentors, collaborators and peer colleagues for their help and support! –2022.11.21
Check out my latest collaboration work “Pressure induced structural effects in the square lattice (sql) topology coordination network sql-1-Co-NCS·4OX” published in Crystal Growth & Design. Congrats to Ewa and happy to be involved! — 2022.10.31
Glad to attend the 8th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds (MOF2022) at the International Congress Center Dresden, Germany. Thanks to EMA and Prof. Dan Zhao for the financial support. –2022.09.07
Happy to attend the Energy Innovation 2022 event at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore. Many thanks to the Energy Market Authority (EMA) for organization and gathering government, industry and academia all together! –2022.07.15
Delighted to participate the ACS membership reception at the GiNGER.lily restaurant @ Hilton Singapore Orchard. Thanks very much for the souvenirs:). –2022.07.07
Glad to attend the 52nd SNIC Annual General Meeting at the Kinesis Building, A*star. Thanks to the organizers for providing such wonderful f2f opportunity and great food and drinks as well. –2022.07.06
Team 2nd Place! We won the “silver” award in the NUS intervarsity Mind Sports Championships 2022: Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)! Congrats to all! –2022.06.12
Glad to join the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) as a professional member!–2022.06.08
After 6 years, part of my graduate work from Xiamen University has been finally published in JACS: “Magnetic 3d–4f Chiral Clusters Showing Multimetal Site Magneto-Chiral Dichroism“! May the 4th with me!–2022.05.04
Settled at the National University of Singapore! Looking forward to my new adventure in SG!–2022.04.01
A long and wonderful journey in Ireland & UL & CS department & Bernal Institute & especially Zgroup. I am so grateful to have such memories in my life. –2022.02.25
Happy to see my latest collaboration work “Scalable Robust Nano-porous Zr-based MOF adsorbent with High-Capacity for Sustainable Water Purification” accepted in Sep. Purif. Technol. Congrats to Mao Fu, Prof. Yingchao Dong and other coauthors. –2022.02.05
Check out my latest work on C2H2 storage by using nonporous adsorbent materials. Now published in ChemComm: Acetylene storage performance of [Ni(4, 4’-bipyridine)2(NCS)2]n, a switching square lattice coordination network. –2022.01.10
An ice tree formed during Liquid N2 evaporation when we were doing SEM. #Merry Christmas！–2021.12.25
My ChemRxiv preprint “Tuning the switching pressure in square lattice coordination networks by metal cation substitution” has been published in Materials Advances (Open Access). Welcome to check out！–2021.12.16
Check out my first preprint in ChemRxiv: Tuning the switching pressure in square lattice coordination networks by metal cation substitution. –2021.11.29
Glad to receive my certificate of the “2020 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad”! Many thanks to my supervisor Prof. Michael Zaworotko and the University of Limerick. –2021.11.16
Check out my latest collaboration work “Stable Zr-Based Metal–Organic Framework Nanoporous Membrane for Efficient Desalination of Hypersaline Water” in Environ. Sci. Technol. Congrats to Prof. Yingchao Dong and other coauthors. Happy to be involved. –2021.11.02
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