For complete publication list please see in Google Scholar, ResearchGate, ORCID.
Publications after joining ECUST (since May, 2023)
16. Qi Zhang*, Ben L. Feringa*, Da-Hui Qu*, He Tian*, Sustainable Design of Dynamic Poly(disulfide)s. Acc. Chem. Res. 2025, in press.
15. Minyi Ma, Zimai Jiang, Na Li, Yifei Xu, Da-Hui Qu, He Tian, Ben L. Feringa*, Qi Zhang*, Supramolecular Welding of Helical Polymers. Preprinted in ChemRvix, 2025, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-frp7h.
14. Yuanxin Deng, Ling Liu, Hong-Xi Luo, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Ben L. Feringa*, Qi Zhang*, Supramolecular Chemical Recycling of Dynamic Polymers. Nat. Nanotech. 2025, 10.1038/s41565-025-02041-9.
Highlighted by Nature Nanotechnology/科学网/高分子科学前沿/上海科技报/中国科学报
13. Qi Zhang*, Valentin P. Nicu, Wybren Jan Buma, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Ben L. Feringa*, Dual Dynamic Helical Poly(disulfide)s with Conformational Adaptivity and Configurational Recyclability. Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 1462–1468.
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12. Qi Zhang, Da-Hui Qu*, Molecular Motors in Action at Interfaces. Nat. Nanotech. 2025, 20, 983–984. (News & Views)
11. Zhengbin Zhu (undergraduate student), Xiaoming Li, Ling Liu, Yikai Xu, Da-Hui Qu, He Tian, Qi Zhang*, Single-crystalline Poly(disulfide)s Enabled by PhotoTriggered Topochemical Ring-Opening Polymerization of 1,2-Dithiolane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 42743–42751. Preprinted in ChemRvix, 2025, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-0xscj.
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10. Zezhou Zong, Da-Hui Qu, He Tian, Qi Zhang*, Revitalizing Poly(urea)s via Disulfide Reconfiguration. Science Advances, 2025, in revision. Preprinted in ChemRxiv, 2025, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-p26lx.
9. Shudong Zheng, Minyi Ma, Da-Hui Qu, He Tian, Qi Zhang*, A Butterfly-like Fluorescent Tracker for Dynamic Polymers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202507770.
Preprinted in ChemRvix, 2025, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-rcztm.
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8. Ling Liu, Yuanxin Deng, Da-Hui Qu, Ben L. Feringa, He Tian, Qi Zhang*, Kinetic Control of Self-Assembly Pathway in Dual Dynamic Covalent Polymeric Systems. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202424147. (Selected as "Very Important Paper" in Supramolecular Chemistry)
See Author Profile Page: Qi Zhang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, 202502124.
7. Huiyao Lin, Le Li, Chengxi Zhao, Fei Tong*, Qi Zhang, Chengyuan Yu, He Tian, Ben L. Feringa*, Da-Hui Qu*, Shear Force Cropping Organic Molecular Crystals Based on Adaptive Hydrogen Bonding Network Reconstructions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 10.1021/jacs.5c10822.
6. Ling Liu, Yuanxin Deng*, Weiran Cheng, Jinwei Yang, Da-Hui Qu, Qi Zhang*, Mechanically Tough Dynamic Poly(disulfide)s Crosslinked by Acylsemicarbazides. Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 12542-12545. (Invited contribution in ChemComm Emerging Investigators collection 2025)
5. Yuanxin Deng, Zhengtie Huang, Ben L. Feringa*, He Tian, Qi Zhang*, Da-Hui Qu*, Converting inorganic sulfur into degradable thermoplastics and adhesives by copolymerization with cyclic disulfides. Nat. Comm. 2024, 15, 3855.
Preprint: ChemRxiv, 2023, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-gxm6p.
See a follow-up example in: Closed-loop chemically recyclable covalent adaptive networks derived from elementary sulfur. Chem. Sci. 2024, 10.1039/d4sc05031b.
4. Yuanxin Deng, Qi Zhang*, Ben L. Feringa*, Dynamic chemistry toolbox for advanced sustainable materials. Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2308666. (Invited Review).
3. Mingyu Shi†, Chenyu Shi†, Qi Zhang*, Da-Hui Qu*, Orthogonal dynamic covalent boroxine-crosslinked poly(disulfide)networks for chemically recyclable encryption materials. Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 484, 149564.
2. Zezhou Zong, Qi Zhang*, Da-Hui Qu*, A single-fluorophore multicolor molecular sensor that visually identifies organic anions including phosphates. CCS Chem. 2024, 6, 774-782.
1. Yahan Shan, Qi Zhang, Jinyu Sheng, Marc C. A. Stuart, Da-Hui Qu*, Ben L. Feringa*, Motorized photomodulator: Making non-photoresponsive supramolecular gel switchable by light. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310582.
Representative Publications (before May, 2023)：
1. Qi Zhang*, Ryojun Toyoda, Lukas Pfeifer, Ben L. Feringa*, Architecture-controllable single-crystalline helical self-assembly of small-molecule disulfides with dynamic chirality. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 6976-6985. (Cover art)
2. Qi Zhang, Stefano Crespi, Ryojun Toyoda, Romain Costil, Wesley R. Browne, Da-Hui Qu*, He Tian, Ben L. Feringa*, Stereodivergent chirality transfer by noncovalent control of disulfide bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 4376–4382. (Cover art)
3. Qi Zhang, Da-Hui Qu*, Ben L. Feringa, He Tian*, Disulfide-mediated reversible polymerization towards intrinsically dynamic smart materials. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 2022–2033. (Cover art)
4. Qi Zhang, Yuanxin Deng, Chen-Yu Shi, Ben L. Feringa*, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Dual closed-loop chemical recycling of synthetic polymers by intrinsically reconfigurable poly(disulfides). Matter, 2021, 4, 1352-1364. (2021 Cell Press China Paper of the Year)
5. Qi Zhang, Da-Hui Qu*, He Tian, Ben L. Feringa*, Bottom-Up: Can Supramolecular Tools Deliver Responsiveness from Molecular Motors to Macroscopic Materials? Matter, 2020, 3, 355-370.
6. Qi Zhang†, Yuan-Xin Deng†, Hong-Xi Luo, Chen-Yu Shi, Geoffrey M. Geise, Ben L. Feringa*, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Assembling a natural small molecule into a supramolecular network with high structural order and dynamic functions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12804-12814. (Cover art)
7. Qi Zhang, Chen-Yu Shi, Da-Hui Qu*, Yi-Tao Long, Ben L. Feringa*, He Tian*, Exploring a naturally tailored small molecule for stretchable, self-healing and adhesive supramolecular polymers. Science Advances, 2018, 4, eaat8192. (citation > 400)
8. Qi Zhang†, Si-Jia Rao†, Tao Xie, Xin Li, Tian-Yi Xu, Da-Wei Li, Da-Hui Qu*, Yi-Tao Long, He Tian*, Muscle-like Artificial Molecular Actuators for Nanoparticles. Chem, 2018, 4, 2670-2684.
9. Qi Zhang, Wen-Zhi Wang, Jing-Jing Yu, Da-Hui Qu*, He Tian, Dynamic Self-Assembly Encodes A Tristable Au–TiO2 Photocatalyst. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1604948.
10. Qi Zhang, Da-Hui Qu*, Qiao-Chun Wang, He Tian*, Dual-Mode Controlled Self-assembly of TiO2 Nanoparticles Through Cucurbit[8]uril-Enhanced Radical Cation Dimerization Interaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15789-15793.
Research Output as a Secondary Supervisor:
11. Bangsen Wang†, Qi Zhang†, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Chen-Yu Shi, Xue-Qing Gong, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Acid-catalyzed Disulfide-mediated Reversible Polymerization under Ambient Conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202215329 (Cover Art).
12. Yuanxin Deng, Qi Zhang*, Da-Hui Qu*, Emerging Hydrogen-bond Design for High-performance Dynamic Polymeric Materials. ACS Mater. Lett. 2023, 5, 480−490. (Invited Perspective)
13. Zezhou Zong, Qi Zhang*, Da-Hui Qu*, Dynamic Timing Control of Molecular Luminescent Systems. Chem. Eur. J. 2022, e202202462. (Invited Concept)
14. Chenyu Shi, Qi Zhang, Bang-Sen Wang, Dan-Dan He, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Highly ordered supramolecular assembled networks tailored by bioinspired H‐bonding confinement for recyclable ion‐transport materials. CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 1422-1432.
15. Yuanxin Deng, Qi Zhang, Da-Hui Qu*, He Tian, Ben L. Feringa*, A chemically recyclable crosslinked network enabled by orthogonal dynamic covalent chemistry. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202209100.
16. Zezhou Zong†, Qi Zhang†, Shuhai Qiu, Qian Wang, Chenxi Zhao, Caixin Zhao, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Dynamic timing control over molecular multicolor emission by temporal chemical locking. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202116414.
17. Yuanxin Deng†, Qi Zhang†, Chenyu Shi, Ryojun Toyoda, Da-Hui Qu*, He Tian, Ben L. Feringa*, Acylhydrazine-based reticular hydrogen bonds enable robust, tough, and dynamic supramolecular materials. Science Advances, 2022, 8, abk3286.
18. Shun Yang†, Cai-Xin Zhao†, Stefano Crespi†, Xin Li, Qi Zhang*, Zhi-Yun Zhang, Ju Mei, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Modulating a Conformation-Adaptive Fluorophore in [2]Catenane. Chem, 2021, 7, 1544-1556.
19. Yue Liu†, Qi Zhang†, Stefano Crespi, Xiu-Kang Zhang, Tian-Yi Xu, Changshun Ma, Shang-Wu Zhou, Zhao-Tao Shi, He Tian, Ben L. Feringa*, Da-Hui Qu*, Motorized Macrocycle: A Photo-responsive Host with Switchable and Stereoselective Guest Recognition. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 16129-16138.
20. Yuan-Xin Deng, Qi Zhang, Ben L. Feringa*, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, Toughening Self-healable Supramolecular Network by Ionic Cluster-Enhanced Iron-Carboxyl Complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 5278-5283.
21. Qian Wang†, Qi Zhang†, Qi-Wei Zhang, Xin Li, Cai-Xin Zhao, Tian-Yi Xu, Da-Hui Qu*, He Tian, Color-Tunable Single-Fluorophore Supramolecular System with Assembly-Encoded Emission. Nat. Comm. 2020, 11, 158.
22. Chen-Yu Shi, Qi Zhang, Si-Jia Rao, Shun Yang, He Tian, Da-Hui Qu*, An Ultra-Strong and Highly Stretchable Polyurethane Elastomer Enabled by a Zipper-Like Ring-Sliding Effect. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2000345.