Zang Group

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Our group started from Oct. 2019. We probe electronic properties and study chemistry at molecular level. We have opennings for PhD, postdoc and research assisstant positions. Additional fellowship for both PhD and postdoc positions from CAS is available for international applicants!

If you are interested in these opportunities, please send your CV to zangyaping@iccas.ac.cn

News

• [March, 2026] Congratulations to Xuwei and Kaili for winning the Shengquan Innovation Scholarship!

• [March, 2026] Kaili's paper entitled “Mechanically Programmable Tristate Molecular Switching Through Controlled Fullerene Assembly” is published in Adv. Mater. Congratulations to Kaili and all collaborators!

  It's highlighted in Nanowerk's research spotlight! The highlight can be accessed at https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=69059.php.

• [March, 2026] Xuwei's paper entitled “ Odd-Even Conductance Oscillations in Meta-Cycloparaphenylenes” is published in Sci. Adv. Congratulations to Xuwei and all collaborators!

• [February, 2026] Junfeng and Bingchen's paper entitled “Single-Channel Saturation at the Quantum Conductance Limit in Single-Molecule Junctions” is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations to Junfeng, Bingchen and all collaborators!

• [January, 2026] Congratulations on the collaborative paper “Spiro-Conjugated π–σ–π Architectures Enable Single-Molecule Insulators via Destructive Quantum Interference” published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Congratulations to Chengjia and all collaborators!

• [October, 2025] Congratulations to Xuwei for winning the Best Poster Award at the 'China-Japan Joint Symposium on Conduction and Photoconduction in Organic Solids and Related Phenomenon’(第十五届中日双边有机固体中的电导、光导及相关现象学术研讨会).

• [October, 2025] Yaping, Xuwei and Kaili attended 'China-Japan Joint Symposium on Conduction and Photoconduction in Organic Solids and Related Phenomenon’(第十五届中日双边有机固体中的电导、光导及相关现象学术研讨会) in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Yaping delivered an invited talk.

• [October, 2025] Kaili's paper entitled “Symmetry-Breaking in Carbon Nanohoops Enables Room-Temperature Ternary Single-Molecule Switching” is published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations to Kaili and all collaborators!

• [October, 2025] Xuwei's paper entitled “Curvature-Directed Selective C–C Bond Cleavage Driven by Electric Fields” is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations to Xuwei and all collaborators!

• [May, 2025] Xuwei's paper entitled “Single-molecule devices based on carbon nanorings and nanobelts” is published in Sci. Sin. Chim. (Chinese Edition). Congratulations to Xuwei and all collaborators!

• [August, 2025] Yaping attended the Female Scientists Forum and gave an invited talk during the 10th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology, China (ChinaNANO 2025).

• [July, 2025] Yaping attended the Quantum Transport in Nanoscale Molecular Systems Conference in Tirol, Austria. Yaping delivered an invited talk.

• [May, 2025] Congratulations to Mingliang on successfully defending his PhD thesis!

• [May, 2025] Congratulations Yaping for winning the Young Women Scientist Award at the 1st National Conference on Surface and Interface Science of the Chinese Chemical Society! Congratulations Kai for winning the Young Scientist Award!

• [May, 2025] Our lab organized the Symposium on Molecular Devices as part of the 1st National Conference on Surface and Interface Science of the Chinese Chemical Society(中国化学会第一届表界面大会) from May 9th to 12th in Chengdu. Yaping delivered and invited talk and Kai delivered a flash talk. Xuwei delivered an oral talk on PhD Student Forum.

• [August, 2024] Yaping delivered an invited talk on the Frontier Symposium on Surface Interfaces in Linzhi. Congratulations to Yaping for winning the Interface Research Young Scientist Award！

• [July, 2024] Our lab attended “Molecular Scale Electron Processes Summer School” from July 28th to August 1st at Nankai University in Tianjin.

• [June, 2024] Yaping, Kai and Mingliang attended 'The 34th CCS Congress’(中国化学会第34届学术年会) in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Yaping delivered an invited talk and Kai delivered a flash talk. Kai won the Surface Physical Chemistry Award for Young Cutting-Edge Researcher (表面物理化学新锐奖)! Congratulations!

• [June, 2024] Group Photos for Junfeng and Xi's Graduation.

• [May, 2024] Kai delivered an invited talk on the Molecular Electronics Forum in Guilin! It is nice to meet many old and new friends!

• [May, 2024] Yaping delivered an invited talk at the “International Union of Materials Research Societies – 18th International Conference on Electronic Materials 2024” (IUMRS – ICEM 2024) in HongKong!

• [May, 2024] Congratulations to Junfeng on successfully defending his PhD thesis! He is the first PhD graduate in our lab! Over the past four years, he has done great work. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors!

• [March, 2024] Yaping delivered an invited talk at the CCS 9th National Conference on Physical Inorganic Chemistry(中国化学会第九届全国物理无机化学会议) in Xiamen.

• [March, 2024] Yaping attended the ACS Spring 2024 in New Orleans and delivered an invited talk on 'Charge Transport in Single Carbon Nanorings and Nanobelts’.

• [January, 2024] Latha visited us for two weeks, and it is our great pleasure to host a molecular electronics workshop and see many friends!

• [September, 2023] Yaping is awarded the Beijing Municipal Nutural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(北京市杰出青年科学基金)！

• [August, 2023] Our lab held a happy summer party!

• [August, 2023] Yaping delivered an invited talk at ChinaNANO 2023 in Beijing.

• [July, 2023] Our lab organized the “Molecular Scale Electron Processes Summer School” from July 15th to 20th at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences(ICCAS). It was a wonderful opportunity to delve into theoretical knowledge with friends!

• [June, 2023] Yaping and Junfeng attended the conference “Electronic Transport in Molecular Quantum Conductors” in Weizmann Institute of Science. Yaping delivered an invited talk and Junfeng presented a poster. It is nice to meet many old and new friends!

• [June, 2023] Congratulations to Bowen for winning the Best Poster Award at the 44th Session of 'The 33th CCS Congress’!

• [June, 2023] Our lab attended 'The 33th CCS Congress’(中国化学会第33届学术年会) in Qingdao, Shandong. Yaping delivered an invited talk.

• [June, 2023] Congratulations to Junfeng and Mingliang for winning the Braun Scholarship!

• [June, 2023] Congratulations to Yaping for winning the 1st Zhu-Daoben Organic Solids Youth Innovation Award of Chinese Chemical Society(第一届中国化学会朱道本有机固体青年创新奖)!

• [June, 2023] Our lab attended 'The 12th National Symposium on Electronic Process in Organic Solids’(全国第12届有机固体电子过程学术讨论会暨华人有机光电功能材料学术讨论会) in Changchun, Jilin. Yaping delivered an invited talk.

• [April, 2023] Kai's papers entitled “In situ Creation of Organometallic Molecular Junctions via Terminal Alkynes” and “Formation of Covalent Metal-Carbon Contacts Assisted by Ag+ for Single Molecule Junctions” are published in J. Phys. Chem. C and Chem. Commun.. Congratulations to Kai and all collaborators!

• [April, 2023] Yaping delivered an invited talk on 'Carbon Nanorings and Nanobelts for Molecular Devices’ at 2023 MRS Spring Meeting.

• [April, 2023] Yaping delivered an invited talk on our latest research at the 7th National Conference on Molecular Materials and Devices (第七届全国分子材料与器件学术研讨会) in Beijing.

• [April, 2023] Yaping and Kai attended Molecular Electronics Forum in Nanao!

• [March, 2023] Our paper “Iminyl radical mediated formation of covalent Au-N bond for molecular junctions” is accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations to Mingliang and all collaborators!

• [December, 2022] Our paper “Cleavage of non-polar C(sp2)-C(sp2) bonds in cycloparaphenylenes via electric field-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic substitution” is accepted by Nature Communications. Congratulations to Junfeng and all collaborators!

• [November, 2022] Our paper “Highly efficient charge transport across carbon nanobelts” is accepted by Sciences Advances. Congratulations to Junfeng and all collaborators from Prof.Chuanfeng Chen's group and Prof.Pingwu Du's group!

• [April, 2022] Congratulations to Kai and coauthors for their article entitled “Tetrathiafulvalenes as anchors for building highly conductive and mechanically tunable molecular junctions” being featured in a Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights webpage of “Devices”! The webpage can be accessed at https://www.nature.com/ncomms/editorshighlights.

• [March, 2022] Our paper collaborated with Prof. Deqing Zhang's group got accepted by Nature Communications. Congratulations to Kai and all collaborators!

• [February, 2022] Welcome Bingchen Liu and Zhicheng Wang to join the Zang Group!

• [December, 2021] Yaping delivered an invited talk on the charge transport of the single hoop-shaped cycloparaphenylene molecules at Pacifichem 2021.

• [December, 2021] Congratulations to Yaxin and Junfeng for the publication of their first paper on Science Advances! Thank all the authors for their support and contributions!

• [September 1st, 2020] New students joined the Zang Group.

• [October 10, 2019] Yaping started the Lab at ICCAS.

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