CURRICULUM VITAE
Zhiyong Guo
University of Texas at San Antonio
Department of Chemistry
BSE. Building, 4.426
San Antonio, TX 78249
210-4587061(office), 210-6852349(cell)
guozhiyong82@gmail.com or Zhi-yong.Guo@utsa.edu
Academic Training
Postdoctoral Fellow Mar. 2010 - Present
University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Chemistry
Ph.D in Chemistry Sept. 2004 - Dec. 2009
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.E in Polymer Chemistry Sept. 2000 - July 2004
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Research interest
• Metal-organic framework materials and their applications
• Organic porous materials for sorption and catalysis
• Cavitands, helicates and macrocycles synthesis and their applications
• Organic light emitting diodes
• Organic Photovoltaics
• Organic semiconductors synthesis and self-assembly
Research experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio
Collaborator: Prof. Banglin Chen
(1) Synthesized organic ligands (carboxylic acids, tetrazoles)
(2) Synthesized metal-organic frameworks materials for gas sorption, separation, heterogeneous
catalysis and sensor
Research Assistant, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of
Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Advisor: Prof. Hongjie Zhang
(1) Synthesized organic ligands (β-diketone, polypyridines, pyrazole, carboxylic acids,
macrocycles)
(2) Synthesized lanthanide based organic complex for application in organic light emitting
diodes(OLEDs)
(3) Self-assembly of organic semiconductor in 1D nanomaterials
(4) Metal-organic frameworks synthesis, structure and characterization
Selected Publications
1. Guo, Z. Y.; Yue, Y. F.; Chen, B. L. “A Metal-Organic Framework Based on a new C3 Tritopic
Organic Linker: Syntheses, Structure Analysis, and Sorption Studies”, Chemistry-A European Journal,
prepared.
2. Guo, Z. Y.; Zhou, L.; Yu, J. B.; Deng, R. P.; Li, Z. F.; Zhang, H-J. “Highly bright blue organic lightemitting devices based on an asymmetric pyrene derivative”, J. Phy. Chem. C., prepared.
3. Guo, Z. Y.; Deng, R. P.; Su, S. Q.; Zhou, L.; Tang, J. K.; Zhang, H-J. “An unprecedented eightconnected 3D metal-organic framework based on hexanuclear cobalt(II) cluster building blocks”, ”,
CrystEngComm., submitted.
4. Guo, Z. Y.; Xu, H.; Su, S. Q.; Cai, J. F.; Dang, S.; Xiang, S. C.; Qian, G. D.; Zhang, H-J.; O’Keeffe,
M.; Chen, B. L. “A robust near infrared luminescent ytterbium metal-organic framework for sensing
of small molecules”, Chem. Comm. 2011, accepted.
5. Guo, Z. Y.; Wu, H.; Srinivas, G.; Zhou, Y. M.; Xiang, S. C.; Chen, Z. X.; Yang, Y. T.; Zhou, W.;
O’Keeffe, M.; Chen, B. L. “A Metal-Organic Framework with Optimized Open Metal Sites and Pore
Spaces for High Methane Storage at Room Temperature”, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, in press.
6. Guo, Z. Y.; Yu, J. B.; Li, G. H.; Si, Z. J.; Guo, H. D.; Zhang, H-J. “A Three-dimensional MetalOrganic Framework Based on a triazine Derivative: Syntheses, Structure Analysis, and Sorption
Studies”, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2254-2256.
7. Guo, Z. Y.; Li, G. H.; Zhou, L.; Su, S. Q.; Lei, Y. Q.; Dang, S,.; Zhang, H-J. “Magnesium-Based
3D Metal-Organic Framework Exhibiting Hydrogen-Sorption Hysteresis”, Inorg.Chem.2009, 48,
8069-8071.
8. Su, S. Q.; Qin, C.; Guo, Z. Y.; Guo, H. D.; Song, S. Y.; Deng, R. P.; Cao, F.; Wang, S.; Li, G. H.;
Zhang, H-J. “Five three/two-fold interpenetrating architectures from self-assembly of fluorene-2,7dicarboxylic acid derivatives and d10 metals”, CrystEngComm, 2011, in press.
9. Su, S. Q.; Guo, Z. Y.; Li, G. H.; Deng, R. P.; Song, S. Y.; Qin, C.; Pan, C. L.; Guo, H. D.; Cao, F.;
Wang, S.; Zhang, H-J. “Tetracarboxylate-based Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) three-dimensional
coordination polymers: syntheses, structures and magnetic properties”, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 91239130.
10. Barron, P. M.; Wray, C. A.; Hu, C. H.; Guo, Z. Y.; Choe, W. “A Bioinspired Synthetic Approach
for Building Metal-Organic Frameworks with Accessible Metal Centers”, Inorg.Chem.2010, 49,
10217-10219.
11. Dang, S.; Liu, Q. H.; Liu, K.; Guo, Z. Y.; Sun, L. N.; Song, S. Y.; Zhang, H-J. “Controllable
Synthesis of NIR-Luminescent ErQ3 Nano-/Microstructures through Self-assembly Growth”, Cryst.
Growth Des., 2010, 10, 4662-4667.
12. Guo, H. D.; Guo, X. M.; Wang, X.; Li, G. H.; Guo, Z. Y.; Su, S. Q.; Zhang, H-J. “Interweaving of
single-helical and equal double-helical chains with the same helical axis in a 3D metal-organic
framework”, CrystEngComm. 2009, 11, 1509-1511.
13. Zhou, L.; Zhang, H.J.; Shi, W. D.; Deng, R. P.; Li, Z. F.; Yu, J. B.; Guo, Z. Y. “Mechanisms of
efficiency enhancement in the doped electroluminescent devices based on a europium complex”, J.
App.Phy. 2008, 104, 114507.
14. Zhou, L.; Zhang, H-J.; Deng, R. P.; Guo, Z. Y.; Feng, J.; Li, Z. F. “Electroluminescence of hole
block material caused by electron accumulation and hole penetration”, J. Phy. Chem. C. 2008, 112,
15065-15070.
15. Li, Z. F.; Yu, J. B.; Zhou, L.; Zhang, H-J.; Deng, R. P.; Guo, Z. Y. “1.54 µm near-infrared
photoluminescent and electroluminescent properties of a new Erbium (111) organic complex”, Org.
Ele. 2008, 9, 487-494.
16. Zhou, L.; Zhang, H-J.; Deng, R. P.; Li, Z. F.; Yu, J. B.; Guo, Z. Y. “Conversion process of the
dominant electroluminescence mechanism in a molecularly doped organic light-emitting device with
only electron trapping”, J. App.Phy. 2007, 102, 064504.
17. Deng, R. P.; Yu, J. B.; Zhang, H-J.; Zhou, L.; Peng, Z. P.; Li, Z. F.; Guo, Z. Y. “Photoluminescence
and electroluminescence properties of a samarium complex Sm(TTA)3Phen”, Chem. Phy. Let. 2007,
443, 258-263.
18. Li, Z. F.; Zhou, L.; Yu, J. B.; Zhang, H-J.; Deng, R. P.; Peng, Z. P.; Guo, Z. Y. “Synthesis,
structure, photoluminescence, and electroluminescence properties of a new dysprosium complex”, J.
Phy. Chem. C. 2007, 111, 2295-2300.