Boron-Embedded Polycyclic Arenes for Organic Optoelectronic Materials

Boron-Embedded Polycyclic Arenes for Organic Optoelectronic Materials

 

Venue: Lecture Theatre P3, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

 

Prof. Xiao-Ye Wang received his BSc degree from Nankai University in 2009 and obtained his PhD degree from Peking University in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Jian Pei. From 2014 to 2019, he was a postdoctoral researcher and a Humboldt Fellow in the group of Prof. Klaus Müllen at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany. In 2019, he moved to Nankai University to start his independent research as a professor of Chemistry. His research focuses on heteroatom-doped organic conjugated materials for optoelectronic applications. He has published a number of papers in high-impact journals, including Nat. Rev. Chem., Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. etc. He has received several prestigious honors and awards, including the Chinese Chemical Society Prize for Young Chemists, Sci. China Chem. and J. Mater. Chem. C Emerging Investigators.

 

Polycyclic arenes have attracted tremendous attention due to their great potential in organic optoelectronics. The introduction of heteroatoms into the conjugated backbones has proven as a viable strategy for modulating their properties and functions. Among various heteroatoms, boron possesses a unique vacant p-orbital, thus endowing the π-conjugated system with electron-deficient character, Lewis acidity, and stimuli-responsive properties. Precision synthesis of boron-doped polycyclic arenes and exploitation of their properties have thus been the subject of research in organic optoelectronic materials recently. In this talk, I will present the design and synthesis of novel boron-containing conjugated molecules and their applications as a new type of optoelectronic materials.