Renhao Dong
Academic title: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
HKU Address: Room G1, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 67021203
Email: rhdong@hku.hk
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=de&user=3V41XQcAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Education
2008 – 2013 PhD degree, Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University.
PhD supervisor: Prof. Jingcheng Hao
2004 – 2008 Bachelor degree, Chemistry, Shandong University.
Research Description
Our group has been engaged in interdisciplinary research based on interface chemistry and polymer chemistry, focusing on design, synthesis and functions of crystalline polymer materials. Representative research topics include: 1) development of interface-assisted two-dimensional polymerization methodologies (I2DP), 2) 2D polymer separation membranes (2DPM), 3) framework electronic materials (MOFtronics and COFtronics), and 4) 2D organic-inorganic van der Waals heterostructures (vdWhs). We pursue to promote the development of interfacial synthesis chemistry, and advance the basic research and application exploration of functional crystalline polymers in the fields of electronic devices, membrane separation and energy technology.
Selected Publications
[1] J. Liu, Y. Chen, X. Huang, Y. Ren, M. Hambsch, D. Bodesheim, D. Pohl, X. Li, M. Deconinck, B. Zhang, M. Löffler, Z. Liao, F. Zhao, A. Dianat, G. Cuniberti, Y. Vaynzof, J. Gao, J. Hao, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, X. Feng*, R. Dong*, “On-liquid-gallium surface synthesis of ultra-smooth conductive metal-organic framework thin films”, Nat. Synth. 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00513-9.
[2] J. Zhang, G. Zhou, H. Un, F. Zheng, K. Jastrzembski, M. Wang, Q. Guo, D. Mücke, H. Qi, Y. Lu, Z. Wang, Y. Liang, M. Löffler, U. Kaiser, T. Frauenheim, A. Mateo-Alonso, Z. Huang*, H. Sirringhaus*, X. Feng*, R. Dong*, “Wavy Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Framework with Metallic Charge Transport”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 23630-23638
[3] C. Huang, X. Shang, X. Zhou, Z. Zhang, X. Huang, Y. Lu, M. Wang, M. Löffler, Z. Liao, H. Qi, U. Kaiser, D. Schwarz, A. Fery, T. Wang, S. CB Mannsfeld, G. Hu*, X. Feng*, R. Dong*, “Hierarchical conductive metal-organic framework films enabling efficient interfacial mass transfer”, Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 3850.
[4] M. Wang, S. Fu, P. Petkov, Y. Fu, Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Ma, G. Chen, S. M. Gali, L. Gao, Y. Lu, S. Paasch, H. Zhong, H. Steinrück, E. Cánovas, E. Brunner, D. Beljonne, M. Bonn, H. Wang*, R. Dong*, X. Feng*, “Exceptionally high charge mobility in phthalocyanine-based poly (benzimidazobenzophenanthroline)-ladder-type two-dimensional conjugated polymers”, Nat. Mater. 2023, 22, 880-887.
[5] X. Huang, S. Fu, C. Lin, Y. Lu, M. Wang, P. Zhang, C. Huang, Z. Li, Z. Liao, Y. Zou, J. Li, S. Zhou, M. Helm, P. St. Petkov, T. Heine, M. Bonn, H. I Wang*, X. Feng*, R. Dong*, “Semiconducting Conjugated Coordination Polymer with High Charge Mobility Enabled by “4+ 2” Phenyl Ligands”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2430-2438.
[6] L. Sporrer, G. Zhou, M. Wang, V. Balos, S. Revuelta, K. Jastrzembski, M. Löffler, P. Petkov, T. Heine, A. Kuc*, E. Cánovas*, Z. Huang*, X. Feng*, R. Dong*, “Near IR bandgap semiconducting 2D conjugated metal‐organic framework with rhombic lattice and high mobility”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202300186.
[7] Z. Wang, Z. Zhang, H. Qi, A. Ortega-Guerrero, L. Wang, K. Xu, M. Wang, A. Dianat, A. Croy, H. Komber, G. Cuniberti, J. Weigand, U. Kaiser, R. Dong*, X. Feng*, “On-water surface synthesis of charged 2D polymer single crystals via the irreversible Katritzky reaction”, Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 69-76.
[8] R. Dong,* X. Feng,* “Making Large Single Crystals of 2D MOFs”, Nat. Mater. 2021, 20, 122.
[9] K. Liu#, H. Qi#, R. Dong#, R. Shivhare, M. Addicoat, T. Zhang, H. Sahabudeen, T. Heine, S. Mannsfeld, U. Kaiser*, Z. Zheng*, X. Feng*, “On-Water Surface Synthesis of Crystalline, Few-Layer Two-Dimensional Polymers Assisted by Surfactant Monolayers”, Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 994.
[10] R. Dong#, P. Han#, H. Arora, M. Ballabio, M. Karakus, Z. Zhang, C. Shekhar, P. Adler, P. Petkov, A. Erbe, S. Mannsfeld, C. Felser, T. Heine, M. Bonn, X. Feng*, E. Cánovas*. High-Mobility Band-Like Charge Transport in a Semiconducting 2D Metal-Organic Framework. Nat. Mater. 2018, 17, 1027.
Honours and Awards
2023 Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-field, 2023,Clarivate)
2022 Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-field, 2022,Clarivate)
2021 National Youth Talents Program
2021 Fellow of Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
2020 JMC Emerging Investigator (2020)
2019 ERC Starting Grant
2014 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
2013 The First Prize of the 11th Scholarship Award for the National Colloid and Interface Chemistry Postgraduates
2011 Tang Aoqing Chemistry Award
