Research

Function-oriented fabricaiton of porous solid materials, in partiular smart luminescent materials capable of responding to versatile environmental stimuli (e.g., temperature, pressure, vapor, etc).


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2000.09—2004.06    Bachelor's degree, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

2004.09—2010.06    Ph. D, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

2010.12—2013.06    Postdoc, College of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2013.07—2015.06    Lecturer, College of Chemistry, Nankai University

2015.07—2015.12    Lecturer, College of Chemistry, Nankai University

2015.12—2020.12    Associate Prefessor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University

2020.12—Present    Prefessor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University


Representative results

1. Real-Time In Situ Volatile Organic Compound Sensing by a Dual-Emissive Polynuclear Ln-MOF with the Pronounced LnIII Luminescence Response, J.-J. Pang, Z.-Q. Yao*, K. Zhang, Q.-W. Li, Z.-X. Fu, R. Zheng, W. Li, J. Xu*, X.-H. Bu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202217456

2. Leveraging Surface Chemistry and Pore Shape Engineering in a Metal-Organic Framework for One-Step Olefin Purification, X. Lian, P.-X. Liu, Y.-C. Yuan, J.-J. Pang, L. Li, S.-S. Liu, B. Yue, Y.-H. Zhang, L. Li, J. Xu*, X.-H. Bu, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 2312150

3. Dynamic Full-Color Tuning of Organic Chromophore in a Multi-Stimuli-Responsive 2D Flexible MOF, Z.-Q. Yao, K. Wang, R. Liu, Y.-J. Yuan, J.-J. Pang, Q. W. Li, T. Y. Shao, Z. G. Li, R. Feng, B. Zou, W. Li, J. Xu*, X.-H. Bu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202202073

4. Selective sensing of CrVI and FeIII ions in aqueous solution by an exceptionally stable TbIII-organic framework with an AIE-active ligand, J.-J. Pang, R.-H. Du, X. Lian, Z.-Q. Yao*, J. Xu*, X.-H. Bu, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2021, 32, 2443–2447

5. A dual-stimuli-responsive coordination network featuring reversible wide-range luminescence-tuning behavior, Z.-Q. Yao, J. Xu*, B. Zou, Z. Hu, K. Wang, Y.-J. Yuan, Y.-P. Chen, R. Feng, J.-B. Xiong, J. Hao, X.-H. Bu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 5614-5618

6. A giant Dy76 cluster: A new fused bi-nanopillar structural model in lanthanide clusters, X.-Y. Li, H.-F. Su, Q.-W. Li, R. Feng, H.-Y. Bai, H.-Y. Chen, J. Xu, X.-H. Bu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 10184-10188

7. Recent advances about metal-organic frameworks in the removal of pollutants from wastewater, Q. Gao, J. Xu*, X.-H. Bu*, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2019, 378, 17-31

8. Microporous luminescent metal−organic framework for a sensitive and selective fluorescence sensing of toxic mycotoxin in moldy sugarcane, D. Tian#, X.-J. Liu#, R. Feng, J.-L. Xu, J. Xu*, R.-Y. Chen, L. Huang, X.-H. Bu*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 5618-5625

9. A niccolite structural multiferroic metal-organic framework possessing four different types of bistability in response to dielectric and magnetic modulation, J.-P. Zhao, J. Xu, S.-D. Han, Q.-L. Wang, X.-H. Bu*, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1606966

10. A rigid nested metal-organic framework featuring a thermoresponsive gating effect dominated by counter ions, Q. Gao#, J. Xu#, D. P. Cao, Z. Chang, X.-H. Bu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 15027-15030 (Hot paper)

11. The first example of hetero-triple-walled metal–organic frameworks with high chemical stability constructed via flexible integration of mixed molecular building blocks, D. Tian#, J. Xu#, Z.-J. Xie, Z.-Q. Yao, D.-L. Fu, Z. Zhou, X.-H. Bu*, Adv. Sci.,2016,3, 1500283

12. A chiral lanthanide metal–organic framework for selective sensing of Fe(III) ions, X.-L. Zhao, D. Tian, Q. Gao, H.-W. Sun, J. Xu*, X.-H. Bu, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1040–1046

13. The first demonstration of the gyroid in a polyoxometalate-based open framework with high proton conductivity, Q. Gao, X.-L. Wang, J. Xu*, X.-H. Bu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 9082-9086

14. Crystalline capsules: metal-organic frameworks locked by size-matching ligand bolts, H. Wang, J. Xu, D.-S. Zhang, Q. Chen, R.-M. Wen, Z. Chang, X.-H. Bu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 5966–5970

15. Flexible metal–organic frameworks: recent advances and potential applications, Z. Chang, D.-H. Yang, J. Xu, T.-L. Hu, X.-H. Bu*, Adv. Mater.,2015, 27, 5432–5441

16. Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of Fe6 and Fe12 ferric wheels, G.-J. Ren, Y.-Q. Liu, Z.-X. Zhao, S.-J. Liu, S.-D. Han, J. Xu*, X.-H. Bu, Sci. China Chem., 2015, 58, 1853–1857