Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education
College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, China.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
molecular carbon nanostructures, novel carbon-based spin molecular materials, functionalized carbon nanostructures and supramolecular chemistry, organic optoelectronic and spintronic materials.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
2024.06-present: Professor, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
2020.08-2024.05: Marie Curie fellow, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Collaborated supervisor：Professor Lapo Bogani
2019.12-2020.08: Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, Collaborated supervisor：Professor Klaus Müllen
2015.10-2019.11: Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, Supervisor: Professor Klaus Müllen
2012.09-2015.06: M.S., College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Supervisor: Prof. Qiang Fu
2008.09-2012.06: B.S., College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2023 Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program Award (Overseas)
2020 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (* corresponding author,† equally contributed)
1. Xuelin Yao,* Heng Zhang, Fanmiao Kong, Antoine Hinaut, Rémy Pawlak, Masanari Okuno, Robert Graf, Peter N. Horton, Simon J. Coles, Ernst Meyer, Lapo Bogani, Mischa Bonn, Hai I. Wang,* Klaus Müllen,* and Akimitsu Narita*, N = 8 Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons: Solution Synthesis and High Charge Carrier Mobility. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202312610.
2. Kalyan Biswas,† Diego Soler,† Shantanu Mishra,† Qiang Chen,† Xuelin Yao,† Ana Sánchez-Grande, Kristjan Eimre, Pingo Mutombo, Cristina Martín-Fuentes, Koen Lauwaet, José M. Gallego, Pascal Ruffieux, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Klaus Müllen, Rodolfo Miranda, José I. Urgel,* Akimitsu Narita,* Roman Fasel,* Pavel Jelínek,* and David Ecija*, Steering Large Magnetic Exchange Coupling in Nanographenes near the Closed-Shell to Open-Shell Transition. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 2968−2974.
3. Shantanu Mishra,† Xuelin Yao,† Qiang Chen,† Kristjan Eimre, Oliver Gröning, Ricardo Ortiz, Marco Di Giovannantonio, Juan Carlos Sancho-García, Joaquín Fernández-Rossier, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Klaus Müllen, Pascal Ruffieux, Akimitsu Narita,* and Roman Fasel,* Large Magnetic Exchange Coupling in Rhombus-Shaped Nanographenes with Zigzag Periphery. Nat. Chem., 2021, 13, 581−586.
4. Xuelin Yao, Wenhao Zheng, Silvio Osella, Zijie Qiu, Shuai Fu, Dieter Schollmeyer, Beate Müller, David Beljonne, Mischa Bonn, Hai I. Wang, Klaus Müllen,* and Akimitsu Narita*, Synthesis of Nonplanar Graphene Nanoribbon with Fjord Edges. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 5654−5658.
5. Qiang Sun,† Xuelin Yao,† Oliver Gröning, Kristjan Eimre, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Klaus Müllen, Akimitsu Narita,* Roman Fasel, and Pascal Ruffieux*, Coupled Spin States in Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons with Asymmetric Zigzag Edge Extensions. Nano Lett., 2020, 20, 6429−6436.
6. Marco Di Giovannantonio,*† Xuelin Yao,† Kristjan Eimre,† Jose I. Urgel, Pascal Ruffieux, Carlo A. Pignedoli,* Klaus Müllen,* Roman Fasel, and Akimitsu Narita*, Large-Cavity Coronoids with Different Inner and Outer Edge Structures. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 12046−12050.
7. Xuelin Yao, Xiao-Ye Wang, Christopher Simpson, Giuseppe M. Paternò, Michele Guizzardi, Manfred Wagner, Giulio Cerullo, Francesco Scotognella, Mark D. Watson, Akimitsu Narita,* and Klaus Müllen,* Regioselective Hydrogenation of a 60-Carbon Nanographene Molecule toward a Circumbiphenyl Core. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 4230−4234.
8. Xuelin Yao, Ke Zhang, Klaus Müllen,* and Xiao-Ye Wang*, Direct C-H Borylation at the 2- and 2,7-Positions of Pyrene Leading to Brightly Blue- and Green-Emitting Chromophores. Asian J. Org. Chem., 2018, 7, 1–7.
9. Oliver Gröning*†, Shiyong Wang,† Xuelin Yao,† Carlo A. Pignedoli, Gabriela Borin Barin, Colin Daniels, Andrew Cupo, Vincent Meunier, Xinliang Feng, Akimitsu Narita, Klaus Müllen, Pascal Ruffieux and Roman Fasel, Engineering of Robust Topological Quantum Phases in Graphene Nanoribbons. Nature, 2018, 560, 209–214.
10. Xuelin Yao, Wenjin Yu, Xin Xu, Feng Chen, and Qiang Fu,* Amphiphilic, Ultralight, and Multifunctional Graphene/Nanofibrillated Cellulose Aerogel Achieved by Cation-Induced Gelation and Chemical Reduction. Nanoscale, 2015, 9, 3959–3964.
11. Xuelin Yao, Xiaodong Qi, Yuling He, Dongsheng Tan, Feng Chen,* and Qiang Fu,* Simultaneous Reinforcing and Toughening of Polyurethane via Grafting on the Surface of Microfibrillated Cellulose. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 4, 2497–2507.
