Prof. Cheng-Hui Li

Contacts：

        E-mail: chli@nju.edu.cn

        Office:  E411

        Lab: G426、G427

Education:

• 1998.9-2002.7 B.Sc. degree in Environmental Engineering, Nanchang University, China；

• 2002.9-2007.9 PhD. degree in Inorganic chemistry, Nanjing University, China, Supervisor: Prof. Chi-Ming Che.

Work/Research Experience:

• 2005.6-2006.6   Research assistant, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prof. Chi-Ming Che's group;

• 2007.9-2009.9   Postdoc., Nanjing University, Nanjing, Prof.Xiao-Zeng You's group；

• 2008.6-2008.12   Research assistant, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prof. Chi-Ming Che's group; 

• 2013.1-2014.1   Visiting scholar, Department of chemical engineering, Stanford University, USA, Prof. Zhenan Bao's group;

• 2009.9-2014.12   Lecturer, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China;

• 2015.1-2018.12   Associate professor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

• 2019.1-   Professor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

Awards:

• 2024 The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

• 2020 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award

• 2017 Distinguished Young Scholar from the National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

• 2017 2nd class award for excellent academic papers in Natural Science in Nanjing

• 2016 Winer of Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province

Selected publications:

1. Cheng-Hui Li#, Chao Wang#, Christoph. Keplinger, Jing-Lin Zuo, Lihua Jin, Yang Sun, Peng Zheng, Yi Cao, Franziska Lissel, Christian Linder, Xiao-Zeng You, Zhenan Bao*, A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer, Nature Chemistry, 2016, 8, 619-625.

2. Jian-Cheng Lai, Lan Li, Da-Peng Wang, Min-Hao Zhang, Sheng-Ran Mo, Xue Wang, Ke-Yu Zeng, Cheng-Hui Li*, Qing Jiang, Xiao-Zeng You, Jing-Lin Zuo, A rigid and healable polymer cross-linked by abundant Zn(II)-carboxulate interactions, Nature Communications, 2018, 2018, 9:2725.

3. Jian-Cheng Lai, Xiao-Yong Jia, Da-Peng Wang, Yi-Bing Deng, Peng Zheng, Cheng-Hui Li*, Jing-Lin Zuo*, Zhenan Bao*, Thermodynamically stable whilst kinetically labile coordination bonds lead to strong and tough self-healing polymers, Nature Communications, 2019, 10:1164.

4. Jian-Cheng Lai, Jin-Feng Mei, Xiao-Yong Jia, Cheng-Hui Li*, Xiao-Zeng You*, Zhenan Bao*, A Stiff and Healable Polymer Based on Dynamic-CovalentBoroxine Bonds, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 8277–8282.

5. Cheng-Hui Li* and Jing-Lin Zuo*, Self-Healing Polymers Based on Coordination Bonds, Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, 1903762.

6. Zong-Ju Chen, Tian-Yu Shen, Xiong Xiao, Xiu-Chong He, Yan-Long Luo*, Zhong Jin*, Cheng-Hui Li*, An Ultrahigh-Modulus Hydrogel Electrolyte for Dendrite-Free Zinc Ion Batteries, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2413268.

7. Wei Zheng, Bei-Bei Wang, Cheng-Hui Li*, Jing-Xuan Zhang, Cheng-Zheng Wan, Jia-Hao Huang, Jian Liu, Zhen Shen*, Xiao-Zeng You*, Asymmetric Donor-pi-Acceptor-Type Benzo-Fused Aza-BODIPYs: Facile Synthesis and Colorimetric Properties, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 9070-9074.

8. Wei Zheng#, Yuan Zhao#, Wen-Hao Zhuang, Jing-Jing Wu, Fang-Zhou Wang, Cheng-Hui Li,* and Jing-Lin Zuo, Phthalorubines: Fused-Ring Compounds Synthesized from Phthalonitrile, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 15384 –15389.

9. Zi-Han Zhao, Pei-Chen Zhao, Shi-Yi Chen, You-Xuan Zheng, Jing-Lin Zuo, Cheng-Hui Li*, Tough, Reprocessable and Recyclable Dynamic Covalent Polymers with Ultrastable Long-Lived Room-Temperature Phosphorescence, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202301993.

10. Zhi-Mei Yang‡, Shu-Peng Zhao‡, Meng-Hang Zhang‡, Ze-Dong Zhang, Tian-Rui Ma, Shuai Yuan, Jian Su*, Cheng-Hui Li*, Jing-Lin Zuo*, Coordination-Modulated Metal Tetrathiafulvalene Octacarboxylate Frameworks for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202304183.

11. Hong-Qin Wang, Yuqi Tang, Zi-Yang Huang, Fang-Zhou Wang, Peng-Fei Qiu, Xinfang Zhang, Cheng-Hui Li*, and Quan Li*, A Dual-Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer for Multi-Level Encryption and Transient Information Display, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202313728.

12. Zi-Han Zhao, Shi-Yi Chen, Pei-Chen Zhao, Wen-Lin Luo, Yan-Long Luo, Jing-Lin Zuo, and Cheng-Hui Li*, Mechanically Adaptive Polymers Constructed from Dynamic Coordination Equilibria, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202400758.

13. Li Yuan, Jun-Wei Xu, Zhi-Ping Yan, Yi-Fan Yang, Dan Mao, Jia-Jun Hu, Hua-Xiu Ni, Cheng-Hui Li*, Jing-Lin Zuo, You-Xuan Zheng*, Tetraborated Intrinsically Axial Chiral Multi-resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202407277.

14. Pei-Chen Zhao#, Yaoda Wang#, Qi-Sheng Huang, Zhong Jin*, Cheng-Hui Li*, Metal–Organic Coordination Enhanced Metallopolymer Electrolytes for Wide-Temperature Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202416897.

15. Yaoda Wang†, Pei-Chen Zhao†, Jingjie Sun, Junchuan Liang, Tianyu Shen, Cheng-Hui Li,* Zhong Jin*, Titanium–Polyoxometalate Crosslinked Metallo–SupramolecularPolymer as Artificial Interfacial Layer for Highly Persistent andLow–Temperature Tolerant Lithium Metal Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202508224.

16. Peng-Fei Qiu#, Lei Qiang#, Weiqing Kong, Fang-Zhou Wang, Hong-Qin Wang, Ke-Xin Hou, Yihao Liu, Cheng-Hui Li*, Pengfei Zheng*, A soft, ultra-tough and multifunctional artificial muscle for volumetric muscle loss treatment, National Science Review, 2024, 11, nwae422.

17. Buyun Yu†, Hong-Qin Wang†, Lu Ju, Ke-Xin Hou, Zhi-Da Xiao, Jun-Lin Zhan, Chao Zhang, Hao Chen, Binghao Wang, Zhen-Guo Liu, Ying-Shi Guan, Cheng-Hui Li∗, Tie Jun Cui∗, Wei-Bing Lu∗, A bio-inspired microwave wireless system for constituting passive and maintenance-free IoT networks, National Science Review, 2025, 12, nwae435.