Research

I have been engaged in the design and synthesis of ultrastable crystalline porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks with intriguing structures and potential functions in gas adsorption and separation, fluorescence, catalysis, and recognition.

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Work Experience

2021.12-                   Professor, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nankai University

2016.9-2021.11        Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, United States. (Cooperating Supervisor: Professor. Hong-Cai Zhou)


Education Background

2011.9-2016.7  Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, China. (Supervisor: Academician; Professor. Maochun Hong)

2007.9-2011.7  B. S. in Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China.




Representative results

1.         P. Cai, M. Xu, S.-S. Meng, Z. Lin, T. Yan, H. F. Drake, P. Zhang, J. Pang*, Z.-Y. Gu*, H.-C. Zhou*, Precise Spatial-Designed Metal-Organic-Framework Nanosheets for Efficient Energy Transfer and Photocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, doi: 10.1002/anie.202111594.

2.         J. Pang#, C. T. Lollar#, S. Che, J.-S. Qin, J. Li, P. Cai, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, M. Hong, H.-C. Zhou*Tuning the Structure of Fe-Tetracarboxylate Frameworks through Linker-Symmetry Reduction, CCS Chem. 2021, 3 1701-1709.

3.         J. Pang, Z. Di, J.-S. Qin, S. Yuan, C. T. Lollar, J. Li, P. Zhang, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, M. Hong, and H.-C. Zhou* Precisely Embedding Active Sites into a Mesoporous Zr-Framework through Linker Installation for High-efficiency Photocatalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 15020-15026.

4.         J. Pang#, S. Yuan#, J.-S. Qin, C. T. Lollar, N. Huang, J. Li, Q. Wang, M. Wu, D. Yuan*, M. Hong, and H.-C. Zhou* Tuning the Ionicity of Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks through Ionic Linker Installation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 3129-3136.

5.         J. Pang, M. Wu, J.-S. Qin, C. Liu, C. T. Lollar, D. Yuan,* M. Hong, and H.-C. Zhou* Solvent-Assisted, Thermally-Triggered Structural Transformation in Flexible Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 8787-8793.

6.         Y. Wang*, L. Cheng, K.-J. Wang, Z. Perry, W. Jia, R. Chen, Z.-L. Wang* and J. Pang*Temperature-Controlled Degree of Interpenetration in a Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation within Two Co(II)-Triazole Frameworks Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 18-21.

7.         C. T. Lollar, J. Pang*, J.-S. Qin, S. Yuan, J. A. Powell and H.-C. Zhou* “Thermodynamically Controlled Linker Installation in Flexible Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 19, 2069-2073.

8.         J. Pang, S. Yuan*, J. Qin, M. Wu, C. Lollar, J. Li, N. Huang, B. Li, P. Zhang and H.-C. Zhou*Enhancing Pore-Environment Complexity Using a Trapezoidal Linker: Toward Stepwise Assembly of Multivariate Quinary Metal-Orgnic Frameworks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 12328-12332.

9.         J. Pang#, Shuai Yuan#, J. Qin, C. Liu, C. Lollar, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, H.-C. Zhou* and M. Hong Control the Structure of Zr-Tetracarboxylate Frameworks through Steric Tuning, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 16939-16945.

10.      J. Pang#, S. Yuan#, D. Du, C. Lollar, L. Zhang, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, H.-C. Zhou* and M. Hong Flexible Zirconium MOFs as Bromine-Nanocontainers for Bromination Reactions under Ambient Conditions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14622-14626.

11.      J. Pang, C. Liu, Y. Huang, M. Wu*, F. Jiang, D. Yuan*, F. Hu, K. Su, G. Liu and M. Hong Visualizing the Dynamics of Temperature- and Solvent-Responsive Soft Crystals, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7478-7482.

12.      J. Pang, F. Jiang, M. Wu*, C. Liu, K. Su, W. Lu, D. Yuan* and M. Hong A porous metal-organic framework with ultrahigh acetylene uptake capacity under ambient conditions,Nat. Commun.2015, 6, 7575.

13.      J. Pang, F. Jiang, D. Yuan, J. Zheng, M. Wu*, G. Liu, K. Su and M. Hong*SO42- anion directed hexagonal-prismatic cages via cooperative C-H…O hydrogen bondsChem. Sci.,2014, 5, 4163-4166.

14.      J. Pang, F. Jiang, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, K. Zhou, J. Qian, K. Su and M. Hong* Coexistence of cages and one-dimensional channels in a porous MOF with high H2 and CH4 uptakes Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 2834-2836.