Principal Investigator
Prof. Xuefeng Guo
Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China
Phone & Fax: +86-10-62757789
Email: guoxf@pku.edu.cn
Course: Organic Chemistry B
Employment
(1) 2016.8-present, Full professor with tenure, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
(2) 2008.1 -2016.7, Research professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
Education
- 2004.08 - 2007.12, Columbia University, New York, NY
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Advisors: Professor Colin Nuckolls in Chemistry Department and Professor Philip Kim in Physics Department - 2001.09 - 2004.07, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing 100080, P. R. China
Ph. D. in Chemistry, CCS Graduate Fellow
Advisors: Professor Daoben Zhu and Professor Deqing Zhang - 1998.09 - 2001.07, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
M. S. in Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Chuanming Qi - 1994.09 - 1998.07, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
B. S. in Chemistry
Awards And Honors
- (1) The Chinese Chemical Society-Evonik Chemical Innovation Award-Distinguished Scientists, 2020
- (2) The XPLORER PRIZE, 2019
- (3) MOE Changjiang Scholar, 2019
- (4)Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2018
- (5)“Ten-Thousand Talents Program” Innovation Leadership Talent, 2017
- (6)First Prize for National Science in Chinese Universities, Ministry of Education, China 2017
- (7)China Top Ten Scientific Progress, 2016
- (8)Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progress in Chinese Universities, 2016
- (9)IUPAC Distinguished Award (Materials), 2016
- (10)Ministry of Science and Technology Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leadership Talent, 2015
- (11)WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Scholar Awards, 2015
- (12)First Prize for Beijing Science and Technology, 2015
- (13)The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2014
- (14)Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2014
- (15)NSFC Distinguished Young Scholar, 2012
- (16)K.C.Wong Education Foundation Award, 2012
- (17)Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2011
- (18)Peking University Teaching Award, 2011
- (19)The Youth Prize in Chemistry, the Chinese Chemical Society, 2010
- (20)The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2009
- (21)Fund of The Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Optimization Projects, 2009
- (22)Beijing Scientific New Star Award, 2009
- (23)The National Top 100 Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Award in China, 2006
- (24)The Top 50 Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005
Personal Activities And Affiliation
1994 - present Member, the Chinese Chemical Society
2004 - present Member, the American Chemical Society
2004 - present Member, the American Materials Research Society
2007 - 2010 Molecular-based ordered Materials Area Coordinator for Pacifichem 2010
2008 - present Chief Scientist and Co-founder of Adesso Biosciences, LLC
2009 - present Member, the Chinese Materials Research Society
2009 - present Editorial Board Member, Nano Reviews
2011 - 2012 Co-organizer of PKU NanoChem-2012 Symposium
2012 Co-Reviewer of “PKU Chemistry Star” Scholarships and Fellowships Selection Committee
2012 Co-organizer of the Nanochemistry Branch of the 28th annual chemical conference of China
2013 Organizer of the 4th PKU-CU bilateral Nanotechonolgy Symposium
2014 Organizer of the 10+10 PKU-UC Davis bilateral conference
2014 - present International Advisory Board, ChemNanoMat
2014 - present International Advisory Board, The Chemical Record
2016 - present International Editorial Board, Scientific Reports
2018 - present International Editorial Board, ACS Omega
2018 - present Editorial Board Member, Science China:Chemistry
Representive Publications
(1) Chuancheng Jia, Agostino Migliore, Na Xin, Shaoyun Huang, Jinying Wang, Qi Yang, Shuopei Wang, Hongliang Chen, Duoming Wang, Boyong Feng, Zhirong Liu, Guangyu Zhang, Da-Hui Qu, He Tian, Mark A. Ratner, H. Q. Xu*, Abraham Nitzan* and Xuefeng Guo*, Covalently-bonded Single Molecule Junctions with Stable and Reversible Photoswitched Conductivity, Science 2016, 352, 1443. Highlighted by Science (a perspective article; Science 2016, 352, 1394) in the same issue, Chemical and Engineering News, Chemistry World, and National Science Review. Selected as China Top Ten Scientific Progress and Top Ten Sicientific and Technological Progress in Chinese Universities 2016.
(2)Xuefeng Guo, Joshua P. Small, Jennifer E. Klare, Yiliang Wang, Iris Tam, Meninder S. Purewal, Byung Hee Hong, Robert Caldwell, Limin Huang, Stephen O’Brien, Jiaming Yan, Ronald Breslow, Shalom J. Wind, James Hone, Philip Kim*, Colin Nuckolls*, Covalently Bridging Gaps in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Conducting Molecules, Science 2006, 311, 356. “Nanotube Hookup”, highlighted by Scientific American, April, 2006.
(3) Na Xin, Jianxin Guan, Chenguang Zhou, Xinjiani Chen, Chunhui Gu, Yu Li, Mark A. Ratner, Abraham Nitzan, J. Fraser Stoddart*, and Xuefeng GuoY*, Concepts in the Design and Engineering of Single-Molecule Electronic Devices, Nat. Rev. Phys. 2019, 1, 211.
(4) Hongliang Chen, Weining Zhang, Mingliang Li, Gen He, and Xuefeng Guo*, Interface Engineering in Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Principles, Applications and Perspectives, Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 2879. (Cover of this issue)
(5) Dong Xiang, Xiaolong Wang, Chuancheng Jia, Takhee Lee* and Xuefeng Guo*, Molecular-Scale Electronics: From Concept to Function, Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 4318. (Cover of this issue)
(6) Yu Li, Chen Yang, and Xuefeng Guo*, Single-Molecule Electrical Detection: A Promising Route Toward the Bottom of Chemistry and Life Science, Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 159. (Cover of this issue)
(7) Chuancheng Jia, Bangjun Ma, Na Xin, and Xuefeng Guo*, Carbon Electrode-Molecule Junctions: A Reliable Platform for Molecular Electronics, Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 2565. (Cover of this issue)
(8) Alina Feldmen, Michael L. Steigerwald, Xuefeng Guo*, and Colin Nuckolls*, Molecular Electronic Devices Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes, Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, 41, 1731.
(9) Chuancheng Jia and Xuefeng Guo*, Molecule-Electrode Interfaces in Molecular Electronic Devices, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42. 5642. (Cover of this issue)
(10) Yang Cao, Shaohua Dong, Song Liu, Li He, Lin Gan, Xiaoming Yu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Xiaosong Wu, Zhongfan Liu and Xuefeng Guo*, Building High-Throughput Molecular Junctions Using Indented Graphene Point Contacts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 12228.