Biography

• Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2001-now)

• Associated Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (1995-2001)

• Post-Doctor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (1993-1995)

• Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Peking University (1987-1993)

• B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University (1983-1987)

Research Interests

• Surfactant solution and its interfacial properties

• The formation, structure and function of amphiphilic self-assemblies in solution

Teaching

Interface Chemistry

Awards

• The Individual Research Award of Peking University (1998, 2011, 2017)

• Chinese Outstanding Postdoctoral Award (2001, 2005)

• Peking University Teaching Excellence Award (2003)

• Supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholar (2004)

• The First Prize of the Excellent Teaching Team of Peking University (2005)

• The Yang Fuqing-Wang Yangyuan Academician Teacher Award of Peking University (2017)

• The Second China Soft Matter Research Outstanding Contribution Award of the Chinese Chemical Society (2018)

Selected Publications

1. Jinwan Qi, Hongxin Zhao, Wenkai Wang, Shuitao Gao, Jianbin Huang, and Yun Yan*. "Solid-phase molecular self-assembly enabled glue-free antifatigue laminate programmable materials", Small Methods, 2024, 2301114.

2. Ting Gu, Hao Li, Tongyue Wu, Xiaoyu Li, Hongpeng Li, Hongxin Zhao, Yunlong Xiao, Jianbin Huang, Yun Yan*. "Transient self-assembled materials with controllable lifespan for programmable fluorescence", Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 2311864.

3. Ting Gu, Jianbin Huang*, Yun Yan*, "New opportunities for cyclodextrins in supramolecular assembly: metal organic frameworks, crystalline self-assembly and catalyzed assembly", Chemical Communication, 2023, 59, 14759-14775.

4. Tongyue Wu, Jianbin Huang, Yun Yan*, "From aggregation-induced emission to organic room temperature phosphorescence through suppression of molecular vibration", Cell Reports Physical Science. 2022, 3, 100771.

5. Jie Li, Jianyu Zhang, Jianxing Wang, Dong Wang*, Yun Yan*, Jianbin Huang*, Benzhong Tang*, "Insights into Self-Assembly of Nonplanar Moleculars with Aggregration-Induced Emission Characteristics", ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 20559-20566.

6. Peilong Liao, Shihao Zang, Tongyue Wu, HongjunJin, Wenkai Wang, Jianbin Huang, Ben Zhong Tang*, and Yun Yan*, “Generating circularly polarized luminescence from clusterization‐triggered emission using solid phase molecular self-assembly", Nature Communications. 2021, 12, 5496-5504.

7. WanwanZhi, Zhichen Pu, Cheng Ma, Kaerdun Liu, Xuejiao Wang, Jianbin Huang, Yunlong Xiao*,and Yun Yan*, "α‑Cyclodextrin-Catalyzed Symmetry Breaking and Precise Regulation of Supramolecular Self-Assembly Handedness with Harata−Kodaka’s Rule", ACS NANO. 2021, 15, 19621-19628.

8. Weilin Qi, Xuejiao Wang, Zeyu Liu, Kaerdun Liu, Yifan Long, WanwanZhi, Cheng Ma, Yun Yan*, Jianbin Huang*, "Visual recognition of ortho-xylene based on its host-guest crystalline self-assembly with a-cyclodextrin", Journal of Colloid and Interface science. 2021, 597, 325-333.

9. Jie Li,Kang Peng, Youmei Li, Jianxing Wang, Jianbin Huang, Yun Yan*, DongWang* Ben Zhong Tang*,"Exosome-Mimetic Supramolecular Vesicles with Reversible and Controllable Fusion and Fission", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 21510-21514.

10. HongjunJin, Hongpeng Li, Zhiyang Zhu, Jianbin Huang, Yunlong Xiao, Yun Yan*，"Hydration-Facilitated Fine-Tuning the Color of AIE Amphiphile and It's Application as Erasable Materials with Hot/Cold Dual Writing-Modes", Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., 2020, 59, 10081-10086.