Contact

E-mail:    cxm@mail.sysu.edu.cn

WOS:      https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1454995

Address: School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006

 

Education

July 1983                  B.Sc., Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)

July 1986                  M.Sc., Sun Yat-Sen University (with Prof. Hai-Fu Fan, Institute of Physics, CAS)

March 1992              Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong (with Prof. T.C.W. Mak)

 

Experience

Professional Career:

July 1986-March 1989         Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences

July 1992-Nov. 1993            Lecturer, SYSU

Dec. 1993-Nov. 1994           Associate Professor, SYSU

Jan. 1995-present                Professor, SYSU

Dec. 1999-2004                   Professor of Cheung Kong Scholar Project, Ministry of Education of China

 

Administrative & Academic Responsibilities:

Dec.1999-2009                  Dean, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, SYSU

2010-onwards                   Director, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), SYSU

2022-onwards                   Director, Institute of Green Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, SYSU

2022-onwards                   Director, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou

2011-2013                         Member, Consultant Committee of Chemistry Division, National Natural

                                          Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

2012-2021                         Member & Deputy Director (2016-2021), Standing Committee of Chemistry Division,

                                          Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

2012-2018                         Member, MOF Commission, International Zeolite Association (IZA)

1998-2006                         Council member of Chinese Chemical Society

1999-onwards                   Council member and Vice-President (2008-2016), Chinese Crystallographic Society

                                          (CCrS)

 

Served for Academic Journals as Associate Editor, Guest Editor, Editorial Board Member, or Advisory Board Member, including Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Chinese Science Bulletin, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (Wiley), Chemical Communications (RSC), Crystal Growth & Design (ACS), Polyhedron, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, CrystEngComm (RSC), Science China Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (CCS & RSC), ACS Central Science (ACS), Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Acta Chimica Sinica (CCS), etc.

 

Course Teaching

Inorganic Chemistry (undergraduate), Structural Chemistry (undergraduate), Spectroscopic Chemistry (graduate), X-ray Crystal Structural Analysis (graduate), Modern Inorganic Chemistry (undergraduate), Coordination Chemistry (undergraduate), Chemistry Today (undergraduate)

 

Graduate Theses Supervision:  56 PhD and 16 MSc theses.

 

Awards & Honors

Membership:

2009   Elected to Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

2013   Elected to The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing

           countries (TWAS)

2013   IUPAC Fellow

 

Awards:

1996   China Science and Technology Award for Young Scientists – China Association of Science and

           Technology

1998   Natural Science Prize of Guangdong Province, 1st class

1999   Distinguished Young Scientist Award, Qiu Shi Science & Technologies Foundation

2001   Distinguished Teacher’s Award, Baosteel Education Foundation

2007   China National Natural Science Prize (second class)

2008   Thomson Reuters Research Fronts Award

2010   Fu Lan Award, Sun Yat-Sen University

2012   Natural Science Prize of Guangdong Province (first class)

2012   TWAS Prize in Chemistry, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

2014-2016   Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry, Thomson Reuters

2017-2022   Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry, Clarivate Analytics

2017   Science and Technology Achievement Award of Guangdong Province, China

2019   34th Khwarizmi International Award (Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology)

2020   International Award of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC)

 

Research Interest

Design, Synthesis, Crystal Engineering of Functional Metal-Organic/Hybrid Materials, including Coordination Polymers, Metal-Organic frameworks, etc., and their applications (such as adsorption/separation, catalysis, electric/magnetic properties).

His group was the first to discover several zinc imidazolates with permanent zeolitic MOF structures including Zinc(II) 2-Methylimidazolate published in 2006 (MAF-4, and well-known as ZIF-8), before the term of ZIFs appeared, which has now become the most well-known MOF (applied/concerned by >9000 publications, as searched with MAF-4/ZIF-8 as the keyword via Web of Science).

 

Selected Publications

  1. Polynuclear CuII12-MIII6 (M = Y, Nd or Gd) complexes encapsulating a ClO4– anion: [Cu12M6(OH)24(pyb)12(H2O)18(ClO4)](ClO4)17·nH2O (pyb = pyridine betaine)

Chen, X.-M.; Aubin, S.M.J.; Wu, Y.-L.; Yang, Y.-S.; Mak, T.C.W.; Hendrickson, D.N., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 9600-9601. Link

  1. Self-assembled three-dimensional coordination polymers with unusual ligand-unsupported Ag-Ag bonds: Syntheses, structures and luminescent properties

Tong, M.-L.; Chen, X.-M.; Ye, B.-H.; Ji, L.-N. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 2237-2240. Link

  1. Hydroxylation of N-heterocycle ligands observed in two unusual mixed-valence CuI-CuII complexes

Zhang, X.-M.; Tong, M.-L.; Chen, X.-M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 1029-1031. Link

  1. A novel, highly electrical conducting, single-component molecular material, [Ag2(ophen)2] (Hophen = 1H-[1,10]phenanthrolin-2-one)

Zheng, S.-L.; Zhang, J.-P.; Wong, W.-T.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6882-6883. Link

  1. Two unprecedented 3-connected three-dimensional networks of copper(I) triazolates: in-situ formation of ligands by cycloaddition of nitriles and ammonia

Zhang, J.-P.; Zheng, S.-L.; Huang, X.-C.; Chen, X.-M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 206-209. Link

  1. A new route to supramolecular isomers via molecular templating: nanosized molecular polygons of copper(I) 2-methylimidazolates

Huang, X.-C.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13218-13219. Link

  1. Copper(I) 1,2,4-triazolates and related complexes: Studies of the solvothermal ligand reactions, network topologies, and photoluminescence properties

Zhang, J.-P.; Lin, Y.-Y.; Huang, X.-C.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 5495-5506. Link

  1. Spin-canting and metamagnetism observed in a unique 3D homometallic molecular material constructed by interpenetration of two kinds of cobalt(II) coordination polymer sheets

Zeng, M.-H.; Zhang, W.-X.; Sun, X.-Z.; Chen, X.-M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 3079-3082. Link

  1. Temperature- or guest-induced drastic single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations of a nanoporous coordination polymer

Zhang, J.-P.; Lin, Y.-Y.; Zhang, W.-X.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 14162-14163. Link

  1. Ligand-directed strategy for zeolite-type metal-organic frameworks: Zinc(II) imidazolates with unusual zeolitic topologies

Huang, X.-C.; Lin, Y.-Y.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 1557-1559. Link

  1. Assembling “magnetic nanowires” into network: A layered Co(II)-carboxylate coordination polymer exhibiting single-chain-magnet behavior

Zheng, Y.-Z.; Tong, M.-L.; Zhang, W.-X.; Chen, X.-M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 6310-6314. Link

  1. (Review Article) Solvothermal in-situ metal/ligand reactions: A new bridge between coordination chemistry and organic synthetic chemistry

Chen, X.-M.; Tong, M.-L., Acc. Chem. Res. 2007, 40, 162-170. Link

  1. A dynamic porous magnet exhibiting reversible guest-induced magnetic behavior modulation

Cheng, X.-N.; Zhang, W.-X.; Lin, Y.-Y.; Zheng, Y.-Z.; Chen, X.-M., Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 1494–1498. Link

  1. A “star” antiferromagnet: A polymeric iron(III) acetate exhibiting the coexistence of spin-frustration and long-range magnetic order

Zheng, Y.-Z.; Tong, M.-L.; Xue, W.; Zhang, W.-X.; Chen, X.-M.; Grandjean, F.; Long, G. J., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6076-6080. Link

  1. Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation from ferromagnetic discrete molecules to a spin-canting antiferromagnetic layer

Cheng, X.-N.; Zhang, W.-X.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15738-15739. Link

  1. Exceptional framework flexibility and sorption behavior of a multifunctional porous cuprous triazolate framework

Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6010–6017. Link

  1. Optimized acetylene/carbon dioxide sorption in a dynamic porous crystal

Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5516–5521. Link

  1. A highly-connected porous coordination polymer with interesting channel structure and sorption properties

Zhang, Y.-B.; Zhang, W.-X.; Feng, F.-Y.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5287-5290. Link

  1. Non-classical active site for enhanced gas sorption in porous coordination polymer

Lin, J.-B.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6654–6656. Link

  1. Pore surface tailored SOD-type metal-organic zeolites

Zhang, J.-P.; Zhu, A.-X.; Lin, R.-B.; Qi, X.-L.; Chen, X.-M., Adv. Mater. 2011, 22, 1268–1271. Link

  1. Geometry analysis and systematic synthesis of isoreticular open frameworks with a unique topology

Zhang, Y.-B.; Zhou, H.-L.; Lin, R.-B.; Zhang, C.; Lin, J.-B.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., Nature Commun. 2012, 3, 642. Link

  1. (Review Article) Metal azolate frameworks: from crystal engineering to functional materials

Zhang, J.-P.; Zhang, Y.-B.; Lin, J.-B.; Chen, X.-M., Chem. Rev. 2012, 112, 1001–1033. Link

  1. Strong and dynamic CO2 sorption in a flexible porous framework possessing guest chelating claws

Liao, P.-Q.; Zhou, D.-D.; Zhu, A.-X.; Jiang, L.; Lin, R.-B.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 17380-17383. Link

  1. Direct visualization of a guest-triggered crystal deformation based on a flexible ultramicroporous framework

Zhou, H.-L.; Lin, R.-B.; He, C.-T.; Zhang, Y.-B.; Feng, N.-D.; Wang, Q.; Deng, F.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., Nature Commun. 2013, 4, 2534. DOI: 10.1038 /ncomms3534. Link

  1. A noble-metal-free porous coordination framework with exceptional sensing efficiency for oxygen

Lin, R.-B.; Li, F.; Liu, S.-Y.; Qi, X.-L.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13429-13433. Link

  1. Switchable guest molecular dynamics in a perovskite-like coordination polymer toward sensitively thermal-responsive dielectric materials

Du, Zi-Yi; Xu, Ting-Ting; Huang, Bo; Su, Yu-Jun; Xue, Wei; He, Chun-Ting; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 914 –918. Link

  1. Monodentate hydroxide as a super strong yet reversible active site for CO2 capture from high-humidity flue gas

Liao, Pei-Qin; Zhou, Dong-Dong; Liu, Si-Yang; He, Chun-Ting; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Jie-Peng Zhang, and Xiao-Ming Chen, Energy Environ. Sci. 2015, 8, 1011-1016. Link

  1. Self-catalyzed aerobic oxidization of organic linker in porous crystal for on-demand regulation of sorption behaviors

Liao, P.-Q.; Zhu, A.-X.; Zhang, W.-X.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., Nature Comm. 2015, 6, 6350. Link

  1. Supramolecular-jack-like guest in ultramicroporous crystal for exceptional thermal expansion behavior

Zhou, H.-L.; Zhang, Y.-B.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, X.-M., Nature Comm. 2015, 6, 6917. Link

  1. Exceptional hydrophobicity of a large-pore metal-organic zeolite

He, C.-T.; Jiang, Lu; Ye, Z.-M.; Krishna, R.; Zhong, Z.-S.; Liao, P.-Q.; Xu, J.; Ouyang, G.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 7217–7223. Link

  1. Coordination templated [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization in porous crystal

Wei, Y.-S.; Zhang, M.; Liao, P.-Q.; Lin, R.-B.; Li, T.-Y., Shao, G.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 8348. Link

  1. Efficient purification of ethene by ethane-trapping metal-organic framework 

Liao, P.-Q.; Zhang, W.-X.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 8697. Link

  1. An alkaline-stable, metal-hydroxide mimicking metal-organic framework for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction

Lu, X.-F.; Liao, P.-Q.; Wang, J.-W.; Wu, J.-X.; Chen, X.-W.; He, C.-T.; Zhang, J.-P.; Li, G.-R.; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8336–8339. Link

  1. Molecular dynamics of flexible polar cation in variable confined space: toward exceptional two-step nonlinear optical switches

Xu, Wei-Jian; He, Chun-Ting; Chen, Shao-Li; Huang, Rui-Kang; Lin, Rui-Biao; Xue, Wei; Luo, Junhua; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming; Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 5886–5890. Link

  1. Flexible, luminescent metal-organic frameworks showing nonlinear/synergistic solid-solution effects on porosity and sensitivity

Liu, S.-Y.; Zhou, D.-D.; He, C.-T.; Liao, P.-Q.; Cheng, X.-N.; Xu, Y.-T.; Ye, J.-W.; Zhang, J.-P.; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6021–16025. Link

  1. Modular and stepwise synthesis of a hybrid metal-organic framework for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution

Shen, Jian-Qiang; Liao, Pei-Qin; Zhou, Dong-Dong; He, Chun-Ting; Wu, Jun-Xi; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Zhang, Jie-Peng; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1778–1781. Link

  1. A cage-confinement pyrolysis route to ultrasmall tungsten carbide nanoparticles for efficient hydrogen evolution

Xu, Yan-Tong; Xiao, Xiaofen; Ye, Zi-Ming; Zhao, Shenlong; Shen, Rongan; He, Chun-Ting; Zhang, Jie-Peng; Li, Yadong; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 139, 5285–5288. Link

  1. A molecular perovskite with switchable coordination bonds for high-temperature multi-axial ferroelectrics

Xu, Wei-Jian; Li, Peng-Fei; Tang, Yuan-Yuan; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Xiong, Ren-Gen; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6369–6375. Link

  1. Controlling guest conformation for efficient purification of 1,3-butadiene

Liao, Pei-Qin; Huang, Ning-Yu; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Zhang, Jie-Peng; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Science, 2017, 356, 1193-1196. Link

  1. (Invited Review) Controlling flexibility of metal–organic frameworks

Zhang, Jie-Peng; Zhou, Hao-Long; Zhou, Dong-Dong; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2018, 5, 907–919. Link

  1. Non-3d metal modulation of cobalt imidazolate framework for excellent electrocatalytic oxygen evolution in neutral media

Xu, Yan-Tong†; Ye, Zi-Ming†; Ye, Jia-Wen; Cao, Li-Ming; Huang, Rui-Kang; Wu, Jun-Xi; Zhou, Dong-Dong; Zhang, Xue-Feng; He, Chun-Ting; Zhang, Jie-Peng, Chen, Xiao-Ming, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 139-143. Link

  1. Supercooling behavior and dipole-glass-like relaxation in a three-dimensional water framework

Huang, Rui-Kang; Wang, Sha-Sha; Liu, De-Xuan; Zhou, Dong-Dong; Huang, Jin; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 5645–5649. Link

  1. An exceptionally stable octacobalt-cluster-based metal-organic framework for enhanced water oxidation catalysis

Huang, Ning-Yu†; Shen, Jian-Qiang†; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 9859-9864. Link

  1. A photo-responsive organic-inorganic hybrid ferroelectric designed at molecular level

Xu, W.-J.; Romanyuk, K.; Martinho, J.M.G.; Zeng, Y.; Zhang, X.-W.; Ushakov, A.; Shur, V.; Zhang, W.-X.; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Kholkin, A.; Rocha J., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 16990–16998. Link

  1. Ultrathin 2D copper(I) 1,2,4-triazolate coordination polymer nanosheets for efficient and selective gene-silencing and photodynamic therapy

Liu, S.-Y.; Xu, Y.; Yang, H.; Liu, L.; Zhao, M.; Yin, W.; Xu, Y.-T.; Huang, Y.; Dai, Z.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, J.-P., Chen, Xiao-Ming, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2100849. Link

  1. Highly selective CO2 electroreduction to C2H4 using a metal-organic framework with dual active sites

Qiu, Xiao-Feng†; Zhu, Hao-Lin†; Huang, Jia-Run; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7242–7246. Link

  1. Electrostatic Attraction-Driven Assembly of a Metal-Organic Framework with a Photosensitizer Boosts Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CO

Huang, Ning-Yu†; He, Hai†; Liu, ShouJie; Zhu, Hao-Lin; Li, Ying-Jian; Xu, Jing; Huang, Jia-Run; Wang, Xi, Liao, Pei-Qin; Xiao-Ming Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17424−17430. Link

  1. Coupling Ruthenium Bipyridyl and Cobalt Imidazolate Units in A Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient Photosynthetic Overall Reaction in Diluted CO2

Huang, Ning-Yu†; Shen, Jian-Qiang†; Zhang, Xue-Wen; Liao, Pei-Qin; Zhang, Jie-Peng; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8676–8682. Link

  1. (Hot Paper & Front Cover) A Stable and Conductive Covalent Organic Framework with Isolated Active Sites for Highly Selective Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Acetate

Qiu, Xiao-Feng†; Huang, Jia-Run†; Zhao, Zhen-Hua; Zhu, Hao-Lin; Ke, Zhuofeng; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202206470. Link

  1. A Porous π-π Stacking Framework with Dicopper(I) Sites and Adjacent Proton Relays for Electroreduction of CO2 to C2+ Products

Zhu, Hao-Lin; Chen, Hui-Ying; Han, Yu-Xuan; Zhao, Zhen-Hua; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13319–13326. Link

  1. (Back Cover Paper) Single-Product Faradaic Efficiency for Electroreduction of CO2 to CO at Current Density Larger than 1.2 A cm−2 in Neutral Aqueous Solution by a Single-Atom Nanozyme

Huang, Jia-Run†; Qiu, Xiao-Feng†; Zhu, Hao-Lin; Zhao, Zhen-Hua; Liu, Yan-Chen; Shi, Wen; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202210985. Link

  1. (Invited Paper) A Conductive Cuprous Complex Mimicking the Active Edge Site of Copper(100)/(111) Plane for Highly Electroreduction of CO2 to C2H4 at Industrial Current Density

Heng, Jin-Meng; Zhu, Hao-Lin; Huang, Da-Shuai; Li, Jun-Yi; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Research 2022, 2022, 0008. Link

  1. (Very Important Paper) Nonlinear Optical Glass-Ceramic from a New Polar Phase-Transition Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Crystal

Liu, De-Xuan; Zhu, Hao-Lin; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202218902. Link

  1. Isolated Tin(IV) Active Sites for Highly Efficient Electroreduction of CO2 to CH4 in Neutral Aqueous Solution

Zhao, Zhen-Hua; Huang, Jia-Run; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301767. Link