Prof. Cheng-Hui Li

Contacts：

        E-mail: chli@nju.edu.cn

        Office:  E406

        Lab: G426

        Tel: 025-89667389

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:

• 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, 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.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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.  Ke-Xin Hou, Shu-Peng Zhao, Da-Peng Wang, Pei-Chen Zhao,* Cheng-Hui Li,* and Jing-Lin Zuo, A Puncture-Resistant and Self-Healing Conductive Gel for Multifunctional Electronic Skin, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 2107006. 

9. Zi-Han Zhao, Pei-Chen Zhao, Yue Zhao, Jing-Lin Zuo, Cheng-Hui Li*, An Underwater Long-Term Strong Adhesive Based on Boronic Esters with Enhanced Hydrolytic Stability, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2201959.

10. Wen Li†, Hong-Qin Wang†, Wen-Tong Gao†, Zhangxia Wang, Pan Xu, Haibo Ma, Cheng-Hui Li*, A Strong and Rigid Coordination Adaptable Network that Can Be Reprocessed and Recycled at Mild Conditions, CCS Chemistry, 2022, CCS Chemistry, 2022, 4, 3781-3797.

11. 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.

12. 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.