Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department consists of 22 academic staffs, including one Distinguished Young Scholar and one New Century Excellent Talent named by the National Natural Science Foundation and Ministry of Education, respectively. According to the latest data released by Thomson Reuters, STU chemistry ranks among the top 1% of ESI (Essential Science Indicators) International Discipline Ranking of universities and scientific research institutions. In the past 5 years, the department has undertaken more than 40 research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Education of Guangdong Province, local governments and industrial enterprises, of which 6 are key projects. The total amount of funds reaches 25 million Chinese Yuan (ca. $4 million). Our faculties have published around 200 peer-reviewed papers in the prestigious journals, of which more than 50 are in high impact factor journals (> 4). The department also has a very strong commitment to obtaining and maintaining state-of-the-art instrumentation for analysis and spectroscopy. The available instruments include 400 MHz NMR spectrometer, X-ray diffractometers, Raman spectrometer, circular dichroism spectrometer, scanning electron microscope, scanning probe microscope, elemental analyzer, UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometers, FTIR spectrometers, fluorescence spectrophotometers, etc.
Research Areas
Coordination Chemistry
l Functional coordination chemistry
l Crystal engineering of coordination polymers
l Structural engineering of metal-organic frameworks
l Functional engineering of inorganic-organic hybrid materials
Coordination bio-mimicry
l Modeling of metalloenzyme
l Probing to the catalytic activity of model compounds
Bioinorganic Chemistry
l Development and design of novel metal-based anti-cancer and anti-viral agents
Organic Chemistry
l Photofunctional materials and their applications
l Organic and Supramolecular photochemistry
Analytical Chemistry
l Biochemical analysis
l Resonance Light Scattering Technique.
Polymer Chemistry
l Functional Polymer
l Cyclic Polymer
l High Performance of Plastics
Heterogeneous Catalysis
l Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Porous Materials
l Dimethyl Ether Conversion
l Methane Conversion
Nanomaterials
l Carbon Nanomaterials
l Boron Nitride Nanosheets
Fuel Cells
l Direct methanol fuel cells
Faculty Members
