Research Content:
This research team focuses on inter-disciplinary topics of materials, biology and environmental science etc. To achieve special physical properties, by controlling inter- or intra-molecular interactions, molecular recognitions, synergistic effects and following the rules for molecular self-assemblies, sophisticated ordered molecules with specific structures will be prepared and the relations between functionality and structures will be investigated. The applications for coordination compounds on moleculesions, molecular switches, and molecular machines will be explored. The focus of the project is on the studies on coordination complexes with special optical, electric, and magnetic properties in order to achieve useful molecular materials related to high technologies. The design and synthesis of model compounds of metalloenzymes, new probes for biological metal ions and novel metal-based drugs is another major focus of the project. Novel coordination compounds with desired structure and properties will be studied as analogues of cisplatin or ferrocenes. The effects of metal complexes on disease diagnosis, treatment and their interactions in biological systems will be investigated.
Principal Investigator:
Prof. Zijian GUO
zguo@nju.edu.cn
Major Members:
Limin ZHENG, lmzheng@nju.edu.cn
Weiyin SUN, sunwy@nju.edu.cn
Jinglin ZUO, zuojl@nju.edu.cn
Hong YAN, hyan1965@nju.edu.cn
Junfeng BAI, bjunfeng@nju.edu.cn
Xiaozeng YOU, youxz@nju.edu.cn
Shoujun XIAO, sjxiao@nju.edu.cn
Hegen ZHENG, zhenghg@nju.edu.cn
