Name Liu Yu Gender Male Academic Background Doctor degree Graduate School Himeji Institute of Technology Professional Title professor Administrative Post Department/Institute Department of Chemistry Special Talent Cheung Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor, Winner of The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars Address College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China Telephone 022-23503625 Email yuliu@nankai.edu.cn Research Group Website http://supram.nankai.edu.cn Research Interest Molecular Recognition of Synthetic Receptors Molecular Assembly of Synthetic Receptors and Construction of Nano-sized Supramolecular Aggregates Application of Supramolecular Technology in Molecular Pharmaceutics Thermodynamics of Molecular Recognition and Assembly History 1974 to 1977 University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Modern Chemistry 1977 to 1986 Research assistant, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS 1986 to 1991 Hemiji Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Chemistry 1991 to 1992 Post-doctoral research，Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS 1993 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University Honors and Awards 1996，The Outstanding Young Scientists 2000，The Cheung Kong Scholars 1998，The Second-class Award of Scientific and Technological Progress Prize by Ministry of Education 2000，The First-class Award of Natural Science Prize by Tianjin 2002，The Second-class Award of Scientific and Technological Progress Prize by Ministry of Education 2005，The First-class Award of Natural Science Prize by Tianjin 2010，The Second-class Award of the State Natural Science Award Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications 1. Sheng-Hua Li, Heng-Yi Zhang, Xiufang Xu, and Yu Liu* Mechanically Selflocked Chiral Gemini-Catenanes Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 7590. 2. Yong Chen and Yu Liu* Construction and Functions of Cyclodextrin-Based 1D Supramolecular Strands and their Secondary Assemblies Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 5403–5409 3. He-Lue Sun, Yong Chen, Jin Zhao, and Yu Liu* Photocontrolled Reversible Conversion of Nanotube and Nanoparticle Mediated by b-Cyclodextrin Dimers Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 9376-9380. 4. Yi-Xuan Wang, Ying-Ming Zhang, and Yu Liu* Photolysis of an Amphiphilic Assembly by Calixarene-Induced Aggregation J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 4543-4549. 5. Dong-Sheng Guo, and Yu Liu* Supramolecular Chemistry of p-Sulfonatocalix[n]arenes and its Biological Applications Acc. Chem. Res., 2014, 47, 1925-1934. 6. Bang-Ping Jiang, Dong-Sheng Guo, Yan-Cen Liu, Kun-Peng Wang, and Yu Liu* Photomodulated Fluorescence of Supramolecular Assemblies of Sulfonatocalixarenes and Tetraphenylethene ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 1609-1618. 7. Hong-Bo Cheng, Heng-Yi Zhang, and Yu Liu* Dual Stimulus Luminescent Lanthanide Molecular Switch Based on Unsymmetrical Perfluorocyclopentene Diarylethene J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 10190-10193 8. Dong-Sheng Guo, and Yu Liu* Calixarene-based Supramolecular Polymerization in Solution Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 5907-5921. 9. Dong-Sheng Guo, Kui Wang, Yi-Xuan Wang, and Yu Liu* A Cholinesterase-Responsive Supramolecular Vesicle J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 10244-10250. 10. Zhi-Jun Zhang, Heng-Yi Zhang, Hui Wang, and Yu Liu* A Twin-Axial Hetero[7]rotaxane Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 10834–10838. Professional Cultivation Postdoctoral 6, Doctor 60, master 42