• SPST Liu Xuerong’s Group Publishes New Discovery in PRL
    Journal of Physical Review Letters
    Recently, a research group led by SPST Assistant Professor Liu Xuerong discovered delocalized dimer orbitals in an iridate material Ba5AlIr2O11 using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). They observed delocalized states resulting from the competition between the intersite hopping and strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) of the electrons. Their study opens new directions to study the electr...
    2019-04-10
  • SPST Professor Publishes Lithium Battery Review
    Chem
    School of Physical Science and Technology Assistant Professor Liu Wei’s research group recently published a review tilted “Practical challenges and future perspectives of all-solid-state lithium metal batteries” in the internationally famous journal Chem.As energy storage devices, lithium-ion batteries have become fundamental building blocks of modern society for their high energy density, supe...
    2019-02-09
  • Researchers Develop MOF@polymer Functional Composite Construction Method
    Chemical Science
    Recently, Assistant Professor Li Tao’s research group from School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) reported a generalizable approach to construct MOF@polymer functional composites through surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) in Chemical Science, the flagship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).Grafting polymers onto nanoparticle (NP) surfaces is a ...
    2019-02-09
  • Silk Fiber Research Collaboration Published
    Advanced Functional Materials
    Recently, Dr. Ling Shengjie's research group and their collaborators developed an environmentally friendly and scalable “partial dissolution and physical dispersion” strategy to exfoliate silk fibers into different mesostructures. On the basis of the advantages of these mesosilks in tunable sizes, sharp size distributions, high modulus, excellent redispersibility, as well as versatile proces...
    2019-02-09
  • Scientists Make Progress on Functional Bio-Films
    Nature Chemical Biology
    The Zhong group in SPST's Materials and Physical Biology Division has recently made important progress in the development of living functional materials based on engineered Bacillus subtilis biofilms. Their work, Programmable and printable Bacillus subtilis biofilms as engineered living materials, was published online in Nature Chemical Biology on Dec 3, 2018.Figure 1. Design for a progra...
    2019-01-16
  • ShanghaiTech University Hosts WTQI-2018
    The first Workshop for Topological Quantum Information (WTQI-2018) was successfully held November 19th to 20th at the School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) at ShanghaiTech University.This workshop was co-chaired by Professor Shoucheng Zhang of Stanford University, Professor Yulin Chen of Oxford University ( and Distinguished Adjunct Professor at ShanghaiTech), Professor Jing Wang of Fud...
    2019-01-16
  • Breakthrough in Research on Gas Separation Membrane for CO2 Capture
    Journal of American Chemical Society
    School of Physical Science and Technology Dr. Li Tao’s research group has published groundbreaking research on gas separation membrane for CO2 capture. Their work, titled “Interfacial Engineering in Metal-Organic Framework-Based Mixed Matrix Membranes Using Covalently Grafted Polyimide Brushes” was published in the leading chemical journal Journal of the American Chemical Society.Membrane ...
    2018-12-20
  • Ning Zhijun Listed as “Highly Cited Researcher” of 2018
    On November 27th, Clarivate Analytics released its annual list of “Highly Cited Researchers, which selected 6078 researchers from 21 fields for their outstanding research performance, as demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for field and year. For the first time, this year the Highly-Cited Researchers list introduced a new Cross-Field ...
    2018-12-03
  • ACS and ShanghaiTech Host Innovation Symposium
    ACS (American Chemical Society) Publications, in partnership with ShanghaiTech University,hosted Symposium: Innovation in Materials Science in late July. The three-day event at ShanghaiTech University featured world-renowned scientists from China and around the world.ShanghaiTech University President Professor Jiang Mianheng, ACS Executive Director and CEO Thomas Connelly welcomed the attendees, m...
    2018-11-14
  • ShanghaiTech University Hosts ICESS-14
    The 14th International Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (ICESS-14) was held October 8th - 12th at ShanghaiTech University. Originally started in 1971 and held every three years, this is first time the conference was held in China.ShanghaiTech University Vice President Professor Yin Jie, Chair of International Advisory Board (IAB) for ICESS Professor Wolfgang Eberhardt, and Co-ch...
    2018-10-25
  • SPST Team Achieves Breakthrough
    Joule
    Recently, School of Physical Science and Technology Professor Ning Zhijun’s research group developed a 2D-quasi-2D-3D hierarchy structural tin perovskite photovoltaic materials. Tin perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on this structure achieved a power convention efficiency (PCE) of 9.41%, which is the highest steady-state PCE of lead-free PSCs reported up to now. Their work was recently publishe...
    2018-10-10
  • Teamwork Leads to SPST Semiconductor Discovery
    Science Advances
    Recently, successful teamwork by several SPST research groups (including those of Professors Chen Yulin, Liu Zhongkai,  Xue Jiaming and Li Gang) and Peking University Professor Peng Hailin’s group has made remarkable progress in the understanding of the electronic structures of a new layered oxide semiconductor Bi2O2Se. Their work was published in the September issue of Science Advances, wit...
    2018-10-08
  • Novel Method for Chiral Indole Derivatives Synthesis Through Chiral Anion Catalysis
    Angewandte Chemie
    School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) Professor Yang Xiaoyu’s research group has developed a novel method for chiral indole derivatives synthesis through chiral anion catalysis. Their work, "Regioselective and Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Indolyl Cyclopentenamides by Chiral Anion Catalysis" was recently published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a top chemical ...
    2018-10-08
  • SPST Group Publishes Review Article
    Nature Reviews Materials
    School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) Professor Chen Yulin’s group recently published a review article on the photoemission study of quantum materials in Nature Reviews Materials titled ‘Visualizing electronic structures of quantum materials by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.’ Electronic structures are the genes of materials that determine their electronic, magne...
    2018-10-08