Dunru Zhu

Professor

Address：College of Chemical Engineering

Email：zhudr@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

1998.03-2000.12 Ph.D. Candidate in Nanjing University

1988.09-1991.07 M.S. Graduate in Tongji/Lanzhou University

1983.09-1985.07 Undergraduate in Anhui Education College

1979.09-1981.07 Lu’An Normal Institute

2004.04-now Professor in College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University

2018.12-2019.01 Visiting Professor in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, USA

2014.09-2014.10 Visiting Professor in Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

2012.08-2012.09 Visiting Professor in Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

2002.09-2004.04 Post-doctoral Fellow in Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Mètaux en Biologie, CEA-Grenoble, France

2001.08-2002.08 Post-doctoral Fellow in Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Republic of Korea

1994.09-1995.06 Senior Visiting Scholar in State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University

1991.07-1998.03 Lecturer in Department of Chemistry, Fuyang Normal College

1981.07-1988.09 Chemistry Teacher in Fuyang Normal School

Research Interests

1. Porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials

Porous MOFs materials can be synthesized by the self-assembly of some second building units (SBUs) containing the transition metal or lanthanide ions with organic ligands. A series of novel porous MOFs materials (1D-3D) have been prepared by this method in our group, and their topological structures and properties (stability, gas storage, dye absorption, nonlinear optical activity, magnetic susceptibility and proton conductivity) have been systematically investigated.

2. Syntheses and magnetic studies of iron(II) spin-crossover complexes with triaryltriazoles

This project involves the design and synthesis of a series of new triazole ligands and their corresponding complexes with the first transition metal ions. These complexes have been characterized by X-ray crystallography, EXAFS, IR, UV and ESI-MS. Mössbauer spectra and magnetic studies have demonstrated that some iron(II) complexes show an abrupt high spin-low spin (HS-LS) transition in high transition temperature, indicating them could be a kind of novel molecular switching material and potentially used in molecular information technology.

3. Polynuclear complexes with potential biological significance

Polynuclear manganese and copper complexes are good models for metal-containing enzymes in biological systems. Some novel polynuclear Mn(II) or Cu(II) complexes have been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. Their magnetic, electrochemical, spectral and biological properties are currently investigated.

Academic achievements

Senior member of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS); BaoSteel Education Fund (BSEF) excellent student prize (2000); Gong Da Group excellent teacher award (2008); Excellent graduate supervisor (2008); Jiu Si excellent teacher award (2012).

Selected Publications

[1] ZHANG S, XIE Y, SOMERVILLE R J, TIRANI F F, SCOPELLITI R, FEI Z, ZHU D, DYSON P J. MOF-based solid-state proton conductors obtained by intertwining protic ionic liquid polymers with MIL-101 [J]. Small, 2023, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206999 (Front Cover).

[2] FANG H, JIANG J, WANG D, LIU X, ZHU D, LI Y. Catalyst design for acetylene semi-hydrogenation [J]. Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin., 2023, 39(10): 2305030.

[3] FENG Z, LING J J, SONG H, ZHU D. A water-tuned reversible spin transition with the largest hysteresis loop in 3D Hofmann frameworks pillared by flexible ligands [J]. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10(1): 305-315.

[4] FENG Z, LING J J, SONG H, ZHU D. Modulation of the spin transition in 2D Hofmann frameworks via π···π stacking between the axial 2,5-dipyridyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles [J]. New J. Chem., 2023, 47(21): 10162-10168.

[5] LI Y, LI J, ZHU D, WANG J Z, SHU G F, LI J, ZHANG S L, ZHANG X J, COSNIER S, ZENG H B, SHAN D. 2D Zn-porphyrin-based Co(II)-MOF with 2-methylimidazole sitting axially on the paddle-wheel units: an efficient electrochemiluminescence bioassay for SARS-CoV-2 [J]. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 32(48): 2209743.

[6] ZHANG S, XIAO T, TIRANI F F, SCOPELLITI R, NAZEERUDDIN M K, ZHU D, DYSON P J, FEI Z. The chemistry of the passivation mechanism of perovskite films with ionic liquids [J]. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61(12): 5010-5016 (Front Cover).

[7] ZHANG S, XIE Y, YANG M, ZHU D. Porosity regulation of metal-organic frameworks for high proton conductivity by rational ligand design: mono- versus disulfonyl-4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylic acid [J]. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9(6): 1134-1142.

[8] ZHOU J, LING J, LI G, ZHANG S, ZHU D. The molecule-level photoreactor: accurate embedded iodine-substituted boron dipyrromethene dye within zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 for highly efficient oxidization of sulfides under visible light [J]. Mater. Today Chem., 2022, 24: 100774.

[9] HE X, WANG X, XIAO T, ZHANG S, ZHU D. Creative construction of a series of chiral 3D indium-organic frameworks with a umy topology [J]. Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60(1): 9-13.

[10] YANG J, ZHANG S, FENG Z, CAO Y, ZHU D. Ba-MOFs with tetrazole-based acetic acids: unusual configuration, novel topology and high proton conductivity [J]. Dalton Trans., 2021, 50(34): 11975-11985.