On October 29, 2024, Professor Richard N. Zare, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a professor of Stanford University, was appointed as the Yang Shixian Chair Professor of Nankai University.The appointment ceremony was held in the auditorium of the Tiannan University Union Building at the Balitai Campus. Professor Zhou Qilin, academician of the CAS Member, director of Yang Shixian Lecture Committe

On October 15th, Professor JavierGarcía-Martínezthe former president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) visited Nankai University on the eve of its 105th anniversary, representing IUPACs first visit to Nankai University.Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab, at the University of Alicante, Spain. President of IUPAC 2022-2023, for the past 15 years, he has been a member of the World Economic Forum, Prof García-Martínez has c

On Sunday 22 morning, September 2024, ACS Publications paid a visit to the College of Chemistry, Nankai University. Prof. Cheng Fangyi, the dean of Chemistry College, warmly hostedDr. Sarah Tegen and her team in the central chemistry building.The guests were provided a full round of introduction of the attendees and related information on the knowledge of its up-to-date history, its scale and representative research of the College, chaired by Prof. Yuan Mingjian, vice dean of the College. Dr. Sa

Propylene oxide (PO) is a crucial organic chemical intermediate. The direct epoxidation of propylene with molecular oxygen offers 100% theoretical atomic economy, representing a most desired route for PO production. However, this aerobic epoxidation reaction suffers from the apparent trade-off between propylene conversion and PO selectivity, which remains a key challenge in catalysis.、A recent research by Nankai University research team, titled “Direct Propylene Epoxidation with Molecular Oxygen

The annual International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) attracts participation from over 90 countries and regions, making it the largest and most influential chemistry competition for high school students worldwide. Since their first participation in the competition in 1987, the Chinese team has consistently ranked in the worlds top tier, winning a total of over 140 gold medals. In 2022, Nankai University successfully hosted the 54th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO2022) on behalf of China.This

On the afternoon of July 3,LecturerJ. L. KiappesofOxford University and University of London, and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), attended the Nankai University Guest Professor Award Ceremony held at Haibing Center on Balitai campus, where healsogave a lecture at the “Overseas Scholars Lecture” session. Chen Jun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vice President of Nankai University, attended the event. It was also attended by

The 2024 International Frontier Summer Programme of Nankai University was held in July for 4 weeks, offering nearly 40 face-to-face courses in foreign languages.The ‘Global Nankai’ Summer Cloud Classroom was launched simultaneously, inviting experts and scholars from world-renowned universities such as the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and the National University of Singapore to offer 30 English online courses around four themes: international perspective and cultural consci

On June 10, the Organizing Committee of the 54th International Chemistry Olympiad held a press conference to officially release the emblem, slogan and mascot.The emblemis composed of a blast furnace, a seal, a few auspicious clouds, Olympic rings and other elements. Alchemy is the earliest chemical application in China. The furnace represents the origin of chemistry and pays tribute to the International ChemistryOlympiad held in Beijing in 1995. The seal,which is a traditional Chinese cultural s

May 20, 2022, the registration system for the 54th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO2022) is open. All confirmed participants/teams are listed on the official website of IChO2022 (www.icho2022.cn).The Organizing Committee will send Registration Process of IChO2022, a document detailing the registration process, to the teams who have replied to confirm their participation. After receiving the email, teams need to upload their registration information by June 15.Each team will be composed of

On May 17, the fourth joint meeting of the organizers of the 54th International Chemistry Olympiad was held, online and offline. All members of the 54th International Chemistry Olympiad Organization Committee attended.The meeting stressed that the preparations for the event should have an international focus]?]. The conference also elaborated on the meaning of the slogan ‘Change, Creation and Fusion’: to change the worlds stereotyped impression of China, reaffirming Chinas position that science

Peptides, due to their favorable biocompatibility and stable non-covalent interaction, are highlighted in construction of biomedical materials, especially for self-assembly of peptides in living cells via enzyme stimuli or in situ peptide nanostructures which lead the frontier in disease diagnosis and treatment. However, such assembly strongly depends on enzyme overexpression, thus inapplicable to detecting early stage pathological cells or interfering their fate. For this problem, Zhilin Yu’s g

On 17th January, 2022, College of Chemistry, in the beginning of the decipline’s new century, establishes ‘Starlight Popsci Group’ and lauches ‘Project Starlight’ to make good use of Nankai’s educational resources, bring science popularization and inspiration to students nationwide, light the candles of science and dream in China’s land. College of Chemistry, together with Education Bureau of Shaxian District (Sanming City, Fujian Province) has signed cooperation agreement and determined long-t

As of February 23, 2022, the Scientific Committee of IChO2022 China has completed the distribution of preparatory problems and solutions to all the national contacts of participating countries in batches by e-mail.The Scientific Committee of IChO2022 China has issued the preparatory problems to help students understand the type, difficulty and safety aspects of the test questions according to the rules of the competition. The preparatory problems include 28 Theoretical questions and 9 Practical

From: yanzhichengliFirst author: Shibing Zheng(Co-)Corresponding Author: Prof. Zhanliang TaoCorrespondent Institution: Nankai UniversityDOI: 10.1002/ange.20211751101 Sketch of the articleA novel orthoquinone-based covalent organic framework (COF)−BT-PTO COF cathode was designed and synthesized for aqueous zinc–organic batteries. The ordered channel structure facilitates ions transfer and makes the COF follow a redox pseudocapacitance mechanism. Thus, it delivers a high reversible capacity of 225

Purely organic phosphors, with its excellent bio-compatibility, convenience for modification, superior long-lived emission and afterglow, have attracted widespread attention in fields of bioimaging, sensors, photoelectric materials, anti-counterfeiting field, and so forth. In recent years, Prof. Yu Liu’s Research Group of Nankai University found 4-phenylpyridinium derivatives with various substituent groups and cucurbituril exhibiting room-temperature phosphorescence, and carried out a series o