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Prof. Daoben Zhu was born in Shanghai. He obtained his graduate degree from the East China University of Science and Technology in 1968. From 1977 to 1979 and 1985 to 1986, as a visiting-scholar and visiting-scientist he performed research in the Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, respectively. He was the vice-president of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) from 2000-2007, president of Chinese Chemical Society, and vice-president of Chinese Materials Society. Currently, He is a professor and Director of the Organic Solids Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and honor member of Korean Chemical Society. He was selected as an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997, and the member of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2009. His research interests include molecular materials and devices. He received second-class prizes of National Natural Sciences of China in 1988, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2014, respectively, and Tan Kah Kee Science Award in chemistry in 2012.
Prof. Deqing Zhang studied chemistry in Beijing Normal University from 1983 to 1987. He then joined in the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) as a graduate student and obtained his MS. degree in Organic Chemistry in 1990. He conducted research on electron donor–acceptor cyclophanes at the Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg (Germany) under the supervision of Prof. H. A. Staab, and received his PhD degree from Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg in 1996. He is now a research Professor in Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) and the Director of the institute. His research interests include development of external stimuli-responsive molecular systems for molecular switches, logic gates and chemical/bio-sensors. He also shows interests in design and synthesis of organic functional materials and organic nanoassemblies.
Prof. Yunqi Liu was born in Jiangsu in 1949, graduated from Nanjing University in 1975, received a doctorate from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 1991. Presently, he is a Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was elected as an Academician of CAS in 2015. His current research interests include design and synthesis of molecular materials, including π-conjugated small molecules, polymers, and graphene, fabrication of related devices, including field-effect transistors and molecular electronics, and investigation of their electronic properties.
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Zhu, D., Zhang, D. & Liu, Y. Special topic on molecular functional materials and applications. Sci. China Chem. 59, 651–652 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-016-5602-3
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