Condensed Matter Structural Chemistry

Professor Ruren Xu of Jilin University is a leader in the Chinese, Asian and worldwide zeolite communities as well as the founder of the inorganic synthesis discipline in China, the first proposer of the scientific system of modern inorganic chemistry in the world. He was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) in 2003. He was a Councilor of the International Zeolite Association (IZA, 1998–2004), the chairman of the 15th International Zeolite Conference held in Beijing (2007), and the honorary chairman of the first Europe-Asia Zeolite Conference (EAZC) in Macao (2013). Professor Jihong Yu is from the State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, China, and is the director of International Center of Future Science, Jilin University. She received her BS (1989), MS (1992), and PhD (1995) from Jilin University, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow first at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and then at Tohoku University in Japan during 1996-1998. She has been a full Professor in the Chemistry Department, Jilin University since 1999. She was elected as the Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015, the Fellow of TWAS in 2016, the Member of Academia Europaea in 2019, and the foreign member of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2021. Her main research interest is in the designed synthesis and application of zeolitic nanoporous materials in energy, environment and other emerging fields. Professor Wenfu Yan received his Ph.D. degree from Jilin University in 2002. After receiving his Ph.D. degree, he conducted post-doc research from Oct. 2002 to Dec. 2015 in Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US). In Jan. 2006, he got back Jilin University as an associate professor, and was promoted to full professor in 2008. His research focuses on crystallization mechanism of microporous crystals; morphology and polymorphs control synthesis of zeolites; developing new synthesis strategy, route, and method for the facial synthesis of high value zeolites; and applications of zeolites on separation, catalysis, and ion-exchange. He has co-authored over 200 papers published in Science, Natl. Sci. Rev., Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and J. Am. Chem. Soc., etc. He won the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars in 2012. He has been the secretary general of Chinese Zeolite Association since 2008. Associate Professor Ran Jia earned his PhD from the University of Wuppertal (Germany) in 2011. He then conducted postdoc research at the Technical University of Munich (Germany) from January 20012 to October 2013. In November 2013, he joined Jilin University as an associate professor. Since November 2017, he has also been a visiting/adjunct researcher at the Institute of Solid-State Physics, University of Latvia. His research focuses on the theoretical and computational studies in condensed matter physics and chemistry, including theoretical method development, solar energy conversion, and the design of functional low-dimensional materials. He has been recognized for his contributions with the “Most Important Scientific Achievements in Latvian” award in both 2019 and 2024.

• Part I: Solid state systems1. Chemical behaviors regulated by spatial dimensions and microenvironmental factors2. Hemilability in heterogeneous catalysis: Dynamic evolution of catalyst structure under steady-state conditions3. Condense phase reaction under confinement4. Control of atomic condensed states in multimetallic nanoparticles and their catalytic effects5. Interface regulation in electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction6. Condensed matter chemistry in macromolecular phase separation and self-assembly7. Amorphous state structural chemistryPart II: Advanced research methods8. Condensed matter chemistry perspective on electrochemical solid/liquid interface9. Neutron scattering studies of condensed matter chemistry10. Application and prospects of artificial intelligence in condensed matter structural chemistryPart III: Liquid systems11. Structural chemistry of condensed matter under subcritical or supercritical hydrothermal conditions12. Liquid condensed matter modulated dispersoids: From structure to functions13. Recent advances in the condensed phase structure of the “magic solvent” hexafluoroisopropanol and its effects on chemical reactions14. Solvent‑structured effects on homogeneous organic reactions15. Multilevel structures of ionic liquids and their role in chemical reactionsPart IV: Biological systems16. Spatial and electronic structure of proteins17. Molecular grammar of biomolecular condensate formation18. Nucleic acid conformation and biofunction in a macromolecular crowding environment19. Condensed structures of polysaccharides and the relevant functions20. Multihierarchical structural characterization of biological condensed matters