Cai Kang

Subject: Physical chemistry

Address: Nankai University, Weijin Road 94, Tianjin 300071, China

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E-Mail: kangcai@nankai.edu.cn

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Research Interest:

  (1) Synthetic nanotubes/nanochannels for recognition,catalysis and transporting

  (2) Controllable supramolecular polymerization

  (3) Functional mechanically interlocked molecules and polymers

History:

2007/09-2011/07 College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China Bachelor of Chemistry

2011/09-2016/07 College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China PhD of Organic Materials Chemistry Supervisor: Prof. Dahui Zhao

2016/08-2020/10  Chemistry Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, US, Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Prof.J.Fraser Stoddart

2019/04-present College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China  Professor

Honors and Awards:

Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Peking University

National Scholarship for Graduate Student

The President Scholarship of Peking University

The Guanghua Scholarship of Peking University

Selected publications:

1. Cai, K.†; Zhang, L.†; R. D. Astumian; J. F. Stoddart, Nat. Rev. Chem. 2021, In Press. (†co-first author)

2. Cai, K.; Cui, B.; Song, B.; Wang, H.; Qiu, Y.; Jones, L. O.; Liu, W.; Shi, Y.; Vemuri, S.; Shen, D.; Jiao, T.; Zhang, L.; Wu, H.; Qiu, Y.; Chen, H.; Jiao, Y.; Wang, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Li, H.; Schatz, G. C.; Li, X.; Stoddart, J. F. Chem 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2020.11.004

3. Cai, K.†; Shi, Y.†; Zhuang, G.-W.; Zhang, L.; Qiu, Y.; Shen, D.; Chen, H.; Jiao, Y.; Wu, H.; Cheng, C.; Stoddart, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10308–10313. (†co-first author)

4. Cai, K.; Mao, H.; Liu, W.-G.; Qiu, Y.; Shi, Y.; Long, Z.; Shen, D.; Chen, H.; Jiao, Y.; Wu, H.; Liu, Z.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7190–7197.

5. Cai, K.; Shi, Y.; Vemuri, S.; Cao, C.; Cui, B.; Shen, D.; Wu, H.; Zhang, L.; Qiu, Y.; Chen, H.; Jiao, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Alsubaie, F. M.; Xiao, H.; Li, J.; Stoddart, J. F. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 107–112.

6. Cai, K.; Lipke, M. C.; Liu, Z.; Nelson, J.; Cheng, T.; Shi, Y.; Cheng, C.; Shen, D.; Han, J.-M.; Vemuri, S.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 5275.

7. Shi, Y.†; Cai, K.†; Xiao, H.; Liu, Z.; Zhou, J.; Shen, D.; Qiu, Y.; Guo, Q.-H.; Stern, C. L.;Wasielewski, M. R.; Diederich, F.; Goddard, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13835–13842. (†co-first author)

8. Cai, K.†; Xie, J.†; Zhang, D.; Shi, W.; Yan, Q.; Zhao, D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5764–5773. (†co-first author)

9. Cai, K.; Xie, J.; Zhao, D.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 28–31.

10. Cai, K.; Yan, Q.; Zhao, D.  Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 3175–3182.