I have been committed to the research of organoborate luminescent materials and intelligent sensing materials for a long time, and have accumulated a lot of experience in the fields of controllable synthesis of conjugated macrocyclic compounds and photoelectric property regulation. At the same time, the research features in the field of circularly polarized luminescent materials and chiral free radical chemistry are distinctive. To date, more than 50 SCI papers have been published in top journals such as JACS, Angewandte Chemie, and Chemical Science. He undertook the National Youth Talent Project, the Talent Start-up Plan of Beijing Institute of Technology and two National Natural Science Foundation projects.
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
Industrial Ecology Building 624
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1. Conjugated organoborate macrocyclic compounds
2. Circularly polarized luminescent materials and chiral free radicals
3. Dynamic Lewis acid-base pair

2007-2012 PhD, Rutgers University, USA

2016-present Beijing Institute of Technology, Professor
2014-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2012-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago (U Chicago)

1、Y. F. Shi, Y. Zeng, P. Kucheryavy, X. Yin, K. Zhang, G.Y. Meng, J.F. Chen, Q. Zhu, N. Wang, X.Y. Zheng*, F. Jäkle*, P. Chen*. Dynamic B/N Lewis Pairs: Insights into the Structural Variations and Photochromism via Light-Induced Fluorescence to Phosphorescence Switching. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202213615.
2、Y.W. Jia, P.F. Li, K.L. Liu*, C.L. Li, M.Y. Liu, J.Q. Di, N. Wang, X.D. Yin, N. Zhang*, P. Chen*. Expanding New Chemistry of Aza-Boracyclophanes with Unique Dipolar Structures, AIE and Redox-Active Open-Shell Characteristics. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 11672-11679.
3、G. Q. Tian, J. F. Chen, K. Zhang, Y. F. Shi, C.L. Li, X. D. Yin, K.L. Liu*, P. Chen*. Applying the B-N Lewis Pair Approach to Access Fusion-Expanded Binaphthyl-Based Chiral Analogues. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 15315-15319.
4、P. F. Li, D. Shimoyama, N. Zhang*, Y. W. Jia, G. F. Hu, C. L. Li, X. D. Yin, N. Wang, F. Jäkle*, P. Chen*. A New Platform of B/N-Doped Cyclophanes: Access to pi-Conjugated Block-Type B3N3 Macrocycle with Strong Dipole Moment and Unique Optoelectronic Properties. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202200612. (Hot Paper)
5、Y. F. Shi, C. L. Li, H. W. Ma, Z. Cao, K. Liu, X.D. Yin, N. Wang, P. Chen*. Two-in-One Approach toward White-Light Emissions of Dimeric B/N Lewis Pairs by Tuning the Ortho-Substitution Effect. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5497-5502.
6、J. F. Chen, G. Q. Tian, K. L. Liu, N. Zhang, N. Wang, X. D. Yin, P. Chen*. Pillar[5]arene-Based Neutral Radicals with Doublet Red Emissions and Stable Chiroptical Properties. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 1935-1940. (Front Cover)
7、F. Zhao, J. Y. Zhao, Y. Wang, H. T. Liu, Q. H. Shang, N. Wang, X. D. Yin, X. Y. Zheng*, P. Chen*. [5]Helicene-Based Chiral Triarylboranes with Large Luminescence Dissymmetry Factor Over 10-2 Level: Synthesis and Design Strategy via Isomeric Tuning of Steric Substitutions. Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, 6226-6234.
8、P. F. Li, Y. W. Jia, S. H. Zhang, J. Q. Di, N. Zhang*, P. Chen*. Oligotriarylamine-Extended Organoboranes with Tunable Electron-Donating Strength by Changing the Number of Donor Units. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 3951-3958.
9、K. Zhang, J. Zhao, N. Zhang, J. F. Chen, N. Wang, X. Yin, X. Y. Zheng*, P. Chen*. Molecular Design to Enhance Binaphthyl-Based Chiroptics Using Organoboron Chemistry in Isomeric Chiral Scaffolds. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 1816-1824.
10、S. H. Zhang, J. F. Chen, G. Hu, N. Zhang, N. Wang, X. Yin, P. Chen*. Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of Triptycene-Based Chiral Organoboranes. Organometallics, 2022, 41, 99-104. (Front Cover)
11、K. Zhang; G. Q. Ji; N. Zhang*; N. Wang; X. Yin; Q. S. Li; P. Chen*. Responsive Organoboranes with Dynamic Conformation of Octacyclophane-type Scaffolds: Synthesis, AIE and Temperature-Dependent Dual Emissions. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 13851-13859.
12、C. L. Li, Y. Shi, P. Li, N. Zhang, N. Wang, X. Yin, P. Chen*. Access to Highly Luminescent N‑Doped Diazaborepins with Penta‑, Hexa‑, and Heptagon Substructures. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7123-7128.
13、J. F. Chen, X. Yin, K. Zhang, Z. Zhao, S. H. Zhang, N. Zhang, N. Wang, P. Chen*. Pillar[5]arene-Based Dual Chiral Organoboranes with Allowed Host− Guest Chemistry and Circularly Polarized Luminescence. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 12654-12663.
14、J. F. Chen, X. D. Yin, B. W. Wang, K. Zhang, G. Y. Meng, S. H. Zhang, Y. F. Shi, N. Wang, S. Wang, P. Chen*. Planar Chiral Organoboranes with Thermoresponsive Emission and Circularly Polarized Luminescence: Integration of Pillar[5]arenes with Boron Chemistry. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 11267-11272.
15、G. Ji, N. Wang, X. Yin, P. Chen*. Substituent Effect Induces Emission Modulation of Stilbene Photoswitches by Spatial Tuning of the N/B Electronic Constraints. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 5758-5762.
16、P. Lei, S. H. Zhang, N. Zhang, X. Yin, N. Wang, P. Chen*. Triptycene-Based Luminescent Materials in Homoconjugated Charge-Transfer Systems: Synthesis, Electronic Structures, AIE Activity, and Highly Tunable Emissions. ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 28606-28614.
17、J. F. Chen, G. Y. Meng, Q. Zhu, S. H. Zhang, P. Chen*. Pillar[5]arenes: a New Class of AIEgen Macrocycles Used for Luminescence Sensing of Fe3+ Ion. J. Mater. Chem. C. 2019, 7, 11747-11751.
18、J. F. Chen, P. Chen*. Pillar[5]arene-Based Resilient Supramolecular Gel with Dual-Stimuli Responses and Self-Healing Properties. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2019, 1, 2224-2229.
19、Q. Zhu, S. Wang and P. Chen*. Diazocine Derivatives: A Family of Azobenzenes for Photochromism with Highly Enhanced Turn-On Fluorescence. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 4025-4029.
20、C.J. Sun, N. Wang, T. Peng, X. Yin, S. Wang, and P. Chen⁎. BN Functionalized Benzotri-thiophene-Based Azaborines: Synthesis, Structures and Anion Binding Properties. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 3591-3595.
21、Y. Shi, S. K. Mellerup, K. Yuan, G. Hu, F. Sauriol, T. Peng, N. Wang*, P. Chen*, S. Wang*. Stabilising fleeting intermediates of stilbene photocyclization with amino-borane functionalization: the rare isolation of persistent dihydrophenanthrenes and their [1,5]H-shift isomers. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 3844-3855.
22、Q.G. Hou, L.J. Liu, S.K. Mellerup, N. Wang, T. Peng, P. Chen⁎, and S. Wang⁎. Stimuli-responsive B/N Lewis Pairs Based on the Modulation of B-N Bond Strength. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 6467-6470.
23、Pangkuan Chen, Qiaochu Li, Scott Grindy, and Niels Holten-Andersen*. White-Light-Emitting Lanthanide Metallogels with Tunable Luminescence and Reversible Stimuli-Responsive Properties. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11590-11593.
24、Pangkuan Chen, Xiaodong Yin, Nurcan Baser-Kirazli and Frieder Jäkle*. Versatile Design Principles for Facile Access to Unstrained Conjugated Organoborane Macrocycles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10768-10772.
25、Pangkuan Chen, Roger A. Lalancette, and Frieder Jäkle*. π–Expanded Borazines: An Ambipolar Conjugated B–π–N Macrocyle. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7994-7998.
26、Pangkuan Chen, and Frieder Jäkle*. Highly Luminescent Electron-Deficient Bora-cyclophanes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 20142-20145.
27、Pangkuan Chen, Roger A. Lalancette, and Frieder Jäkle*. Applying the Oligomer Approach to Luminescent Conjugated Organoboranes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8802-8805.