Supramolecular Free Radicals: Modulating Activity for Diverse Functions

In this presentation, I will talk about how to employ supramolecular chemistry for modulating activity of free radicals. In case that the activity of free radicals is decreased significantly through supramolecular strategy, the deactivated free radicals can be used for near-infrared photo-thermal materials. When the activity of free radicals is increased significantly through supramolecular strategy, it can accelerate reactions with free radicals as intermediate, thus providing a new horizon of supramolecular catalysis.

Bio: Prof. Zhang, received his B.S. degree (1986) and Ph.D (1992) in the Department of Chemistry, Jilin University. As a joint-training Ph.D student, he worked with Prof. Helmut Ringsdorf, University of Mainz, Germany, between 1991 and 1992. He became a full professor of Jilin University in 1994. Since 2003, he is a full professor of the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University. Currently, he is appointed as Department Chair. In the mean time, he serves as Senior Editor of Langmuir and Editorial Board Members of several scientific journals, including Chemical Communications, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. He has been a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2007. His research interests are focused on supramolecular assembly and polymer thin films, single molecular force spectroscopy of polymers.