Address：901 Collaborative Building, 94 Weijin Road, TianJin, China, 300071

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Email：zhangxx@nankai.edu.cn

Website：www.zxx-lab.com

2005-2009 Fudan University, Undergraduate

2009-2015 Johns Hopkins University, PhD

2015-2016 Johns Hopkins University, Postdoctoral Scholar

2016-2018 California Institute of Technology, Postdoctoral Scholar

2018-present College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Professor

Professor Zhang has published 62 SCI papers, 45 of which are first-author or corresponding-author papers.

Selected Publications:

19. Designer Mg-Mg and Zn-Zn single bonds facilitated by double aromaticity in the M2B7- (M = Mg, Zn) clusters W. Wang, J. Wang, C. Gong, C. Mu, D. Zhang, X. Zhang*, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. DOI:10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2004057 (2020).

18. Correspondence: Reply to the Comment on 'Realization of Lewis Basic Sodium Anion in the NaBH3– Cluster' G. Liu, N. Fedik, C. Martinez-Martinez, S. M. Ciborowski, X. Zhang*, A. I. Boldyrev*, K. H. Bowen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 8760-8764 (2020).

This is to reply the correspondence Comment on 'Realization of Lewis Basic Sodium Anion in the NaBH3- Cluster' Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 10.1002/anie.202000229.

17. CO2 Hydrogenation to Formate and Formic Acid by Bimetallic Palladium-Copper Hydride Clusters G. Liu, P. Poths, X. Zhang*, Z. Zhu, M. Marshall, M. Blankenhorn, A. Alexandrova*, K. Bowen*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01855 (2020).

16. Host-Guest Complexation of Amphiphilic Molecules at the Air-Water Interface Prevents Oxidation by Hydroxyl Radicals and Singlet Oxygen W. Geng#, D. Zhang#, C. Gong, Z. Li, K. M. Barraza, J. L. Beauchamp*, D. Guo*, X. Zhang*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001355 and 10.1002/ange.202001355.

15. Boron-made N2: Realization of a B≡B Triple Bond in the B2Al3- Cluster N. Fedik#, C. Mu#, I. A. Popov, W. Wang, J. Wang, H. Wang, K. H. Bowen,* A. I. Boldyrev*, X. Zhang*, Chem. Eur. J. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001159 (2020).

14. Stable Parent Anions of Dopamine and Adrenaline: A New Form of Neurotransmitters C. Gong, W. Wang, K. H. Bowen*, X. Zhang*, J. Phys. Chem. B 123, 7695-7699 (2019).

13.Realization of Lewis Basic Na Anion in the NaBH3– Cluster G. Liu, N. Fedik, C. Martinez-Martinez, S. M. Ciborowski, X. Zhang*, A. I. Boldyrev*, K. H. Bowen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 13789-13793 (2019).

12. Spectroscopic Measurement of a Halogen Bond Energy X. Zhang*, G. Liu, S. Ciborowski, W. Wang, C. Gong, Y. Yao, K Bowen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58，11400-11403 (2019).

11. Mass spectrometric study of acoustically levitated droplet illuminates molecular-level mechanism of photodynamic therapy for cancer involving lipid oxidation“, C. Mu, J. Wang, K. Barraza, X. Zhang*, J. Beauchamp*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 8082-8086 (2019).

10. Intramolecular Electron-Induced Proton Transfer and its Correlation with Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer, W. Wang, M. Marshall, E. Collins, S. Marquez, C. Mu, K. H. Bowen*, X. Zhang*, Nat. Commun. 10, 1170 (2019).

9. Subtle Changes in Lipid Environment Have Profound Effects on Membrane Oxidation Chemistry X. Zhang*, K. M. Barraza, K. T. Upton, J. L. Beauchamp*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 17492-17498 (2018)

8. Realization of an Al≡Al Triple Bond in the Gas‐Phase Na3Al2‐ Cluster via Double Electronic Transmutation X. Zhang*, I. A. Popov, K. A. Lundell, H. Wang, C. Mu, W. Wang, H. Schnockel, A. I. Boldyrev* and K. H. Bowen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57, 14060-14064 (2018).

7. Cholesterol provides nonsacrificial protection of membrane lipids from chemical damage at air–water interface, X. Zhang, K. Barraza, J. L. Beauchamp*, PNAS, 115, 3255-3260, (2018).

6. The Existence of a Designer Al=Al Double Bond in the LiAl2H4- Cluster Formed by Electronic Transmutation, K. A. Lundell#, X. Zhang#, A. I. Boldyrev*; K. H. Bowen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 16593-16596 (2017).

5. Stabilizing otherwise Unstable Anions with Halogen Bonding X. Zhang*, G. Liu, S. Ciborowski and K. Bowen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 9897-9900, (2017).

4. CO2 Activation and Hydrogenation by PtHn- Cluster Anions, X. Zhang, G. Liu, K. Meiwes-Broer, G. Gantefoer, K. Bowen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 9644 (2016).

3. On the Existence of Designer Magnetic Superatoms , X. Zhang, Y. Wang, H. Wang, A. Lim, G. Gantefoer, K.H. Bowen*, J. U. Reveles, and S. N. Khanna*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 4856-4861 (2013).

2. PtZnH5-, a σ-aromatic cluster, X. Zhang, G. Liu, G. Gantefoer, K. H. Bowen, and A. N. Alexandrova, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 1596 (2014).

1. Identifying the Hydrogenated Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of CAl4H and CAl4H- , J. Xu#, X. Zhang#, S. Yu, Y. Ding and K. Bowen, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 2263-2267 (2017).