Research Seminar of Prof. Jiang Donglin from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Lecture Time: 10:00 on 29th March, 2017

Lecture Room: C501 of Science and Innovation Building

Lecture Title:Covalent Organic Frameworks: Opportunities and Challenges

Jiang Donglin

Abstract

Two-dimensional covalent polymers and organic frameworks are a class of crystalline polymers that enable the incorporation of organic building blocks into periodically aligned structures. In recent years, we have explored the design principle, synthetic reactions, structural diversity, functional design and materials applications.[1-10] One significant feature is that the merge of covalent bonds and noncovalent interactions enables the precise control over primary and high-order structures. The geometry-directed covalent bonding enables the growth of two-dimensional atomic layer in which the primary-order structures are precisely controlled. The noncovalent π-π interactions guided by the total crystal stacking energy encode the ordered primary-order structure into high-order structures to construct periodically aligned polymer skeletons and nanosized unidirectional channels. In this seminar, I will discuss the chemistry, opportunity and challenges of COFs.

References:
[1] Jiang, D. et al, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 6010.
[2] Jiang, D. et al, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8826 (VIP).
[3] Jiang, D. et al, Nat. Commun. 2011, 2:536.
[4] Jiang, D. et al, Nat. Commun. 2013, 4: 2736.
[5] Jiang, D. et al, Nat. Chem. 2014, 6, 564.
[6] Jiang, D. et al, Nat. Commun. 2015, 6:7786.
[7] Jiang, D. et al, Nat. Chem. 2015, 9, 905.
[8] Jiang, D. et al, Nat. Mater. 2016, 15, 722.
[9] Jiang, D. et al, Nat. Commun. 2016, 7:12325.
[10] Jiang, D. et al, Nat. Rev. Mater. 2016, 1:16068. DOI:10.1038/natrevmats.2016.68.

Biography:

Education
June 1985: Bachelor, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
March 1998: Ph. D, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Academic Carrier
April 1997–June 1998: JSPS research fellow (DC2)
June 1998–September 2000: Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo
October 2000–April 2005: Group Leader, JST ERATO Nanospace Project, JST
May 2005–December, 2015: Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular Sciences and Associate Professor, Department of Structural Molecules, SOKENDAI
October 2005–March 2009: Researcher, PRESTO, JST
October 2009–March 2013: Researcher, PRESTO, JST
January, 2016–present: Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Awards
(1) The Wiley Award 2006 of Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ).
(2) The Young Scientists' Prize 2006, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
(3) The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Works (2017).

Research Interests
1. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs)
2. Conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs)