报告题目
"Synthetic Light Harvesting Arrays"
LIANHE YU, PH.D.
Professional Experiences
11/2003-Present
Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist, PharmaCore, Inc. High
Point, North Carolina.
Research Associate, Department of Chemistry North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Alexander von Humboldt research fellow, Institute of Organic Chemistry,
University of Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of NebraskaLincoln, NE.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
Graduate Student, Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing.
08/1999-10/2003
12/1997-07/1999
04/1997-11/1997
07/1995-03/1997
08/1994-06/1995
09/1989-07/1994
Awards & Honors
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Membership
Outstanding research award, North Carolina State University, 2001.
Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship, Germany, 1997-1999.
Scholarship of the President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1994.
American Chemical Society.
Education
1994
1989
Ph.D., Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, Major: Organic Chemistry.
B.S., Northwest University, Xi`an, China, Major: Chemistry.
Publications
1. “Absorption Spectra and Photoisomerization Kinetics of Photochromic Pyrryl Fulgides,”
Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Zhao, W.; Fan, M. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 1992, 68, 309–
317.
2. “Nanosecond Laser Photolysis Studies of Photochromic Processes in Pyrryl Fulgides,”
Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Zhang, X.; Fan, M.; Lin, N.; Yao, S. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A:
Chem. 1993, 74, 37–41.
3. “Studies on Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reaction Between Pyrryl-Substituted
Fulgide and Tetracyanoquinodimethane,” Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Fan, M. Chin. Sci. Bull.
1993, 38, 1775–1778.
4. “Synthesis, Photochromic Properties of Pyrryl Substituted Heterocyclic Fulgides,” Yu,
L.; Ming, Y.; Fan, M. Chin. Chem. Lett. 1993, 4, 199–202.
5. “Synthesis and Solvent Effect on Absorption Spectra of Pyrryl Substituted Fulgides,” Yu,
L.; Ming, Y.; Zhao, W.; Fan, M. Chin. J. of Org. Chem. 1993, 13, 590–596.
6. “Studies on the Photochromic Mechanism of 1,2-Dimethyl-5-Phenyl-3-Pyrryl Succinic
Anhydride,” Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Fan, M. Res. Chem. Intermed. 1993, 19, 829–838.
7. “Studies on Photochromic Mechanism and Applications of Pyrryl Substituted Fulgides,”
Yu, L.; Fan, M.; Ming, Y.; Zhao, W. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1994, 246, 49–58.
8. “Substituent Effect on Photochromism of Indolinospirooxazines,” Zhang, X.; Jin, S.;
Liang, Y.; Ming, Y.; Yu, L.; Fan, M.; Luo, J.; Zuo, Z.; Yao, S. J. Photochem. Photobiol.
A: Chem. 1994, 80, 221–225.
9. “Synthesis and Time Resolved Absorption Spectra of 1,3,3,5,2-Pentamethylspiro
[indolin-naphthooxazine],” Zhang, X.; Jin, S.; Liang, Y.; Ming, Y.; Yu, L.; Fan, M.; Luo,
J.; Yao, S. Science in China, B. 1995, 38, 257–263.
10. “The Structure Characteristics of Photoproducts of Indolinospirooxazines,” Zhang, X.;
Jin, S.; Liang, Y.; Ming, Y.; Yu, L.; Fan, M.; Wang, W.; Yao, S. Res. Chem. Intermed.
1995, 21, 17–24.
11. “Synthesis and Photochromism of N-phenyl-2,3-Bis-[3(1-Ethyl-2-Methylindoyl)]
Maleimide,” Yu, L.; Fan, M.; Zhao, W.; Zhu, Z. Photographic Science and Photochem.
1995, 13, 161–165.
12. “Synthesis and X-Ray Structure of a New Pyrryl Substituted Photochromic Fulgide,” Yu,
L.; Ming, Y.; Fan, M.; Zhu, Y. Chin. Chem. Lett. 1995, 6, 297–300.
13. “Synthesis and Photochromic Behaviors of 1-Long Hydrocarbon Chain Substituted
Pyrryl Fulgides,” Zhao, W.; Du, Z.; Zhu, Z.; Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Fan, M. Chin. Chem. Lett.
1995, 6, 573–576.
14. “Photochromic Fulgides and Spirooxazines: Mechanism and Substitutent Effect on
Photoreactions,” Fan, M.; Ming, Y.; Yu, L.; Zhang, X.; Meng, X.; Liang, Y.; Yang, Z.
Science in China, Series B. 1996, 39, 144–151.
15. “Synthesis and Applications of Photochromic Fulgides in Optical Information Storages,”
Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Fan, M.; Yu, H.; Ye, Q. Science in China, B. 1996, 39, 1–6.
16. “Synthesis and Crystal Structures of 3-Acetyl-Substituted Pyrroles,” Yu, L.; Ming, Y.;
Fan, M.; Zhu, Y. Chin. J. of Org. Chem. 1996, 16(1), 53–63.
17. “Photochromic Reactions of Pyrryl Substituted Fulgides and Fulgimides,” Yu, L.; Ming,
Y.; Fan, M. Science in China, B. 1996, 39, 179–186.
18. “Photochemistry of Photoreaction Intermediates and Upper Excited States--Application
of Two-Step Two-Laser Technique,” Fan, M.; Yu, L. Huaxue Jinzhan (Progress in
Chemistry). 1996, 8, 129–144.
19. “Synthesis and Photochromism of Aryl Substituted Fulgides,” Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Fan, M.;
Yao, S.; Lin, N. Acta Chimica Sinica 1996, 54, 716–721.
20. “Further Investigations on the Synthesis and Characterization of Vinylogues of
Bis(ethylenedithio) Tetrathiafulvalene,” Yu, L.; Zhu, D. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon.
1996, 116, 225–235.
21. “New Vinylogous Tetrathiafulvalene -Electron Donors with Lower Oxidation
Potentials,” Yu, L.; Zhu, D. Chem. Commun. 1997, 787–788.
22. “Synthesis and Photochromism of 5-Dicyanomethylene-4-Isopropylidene-3-[1-(1-pMethoxyphenyl-2-Methyl-5-Phenyl)-3-Pyrryl] ethylidene-tetrahydrofuran-2-one,” Yu,L.;
Zhu, D.; Fan, M. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1997, 297, 107–114.
23. “Synthesis and Crystal Structure of (1,2-Dmethyl-4-Isopropyl-5-Phenyl)-3Pyrrylethylidene (Isopropylidene) Succinic Anhydride,” Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Fan, M. Mol.
Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1997. 297, 115–122.
24. “Charge Transfer Complexes Based on BEDT-TTF Vinylogues,” Yu, L.; Zhu, D.
Physica C, 1997, 282–287, 1899–1900.
25. “Structural Effects on the Stability of Some Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes with
Nucleobases,” Yu, L.; Schneider, H.-J. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 1999, (7) 1619–1625.
26. “Fulgide Family Compounds,” Fan, M.; Yu,L.; Zhao, W. in Photochromic and
Thermochromic Compounds. Vol 1, Chapter 4 (141–190). Edited by J. C. Crano & R.
Guglielmetti, Plenum Publishing Co. New York, 1999.
27. “A Self-Assembled Light-Harvesting Array of Seven Porphyrins in a Wheel and Spoke
Architecture,” Ambroise, A.; Li, J.; Yu, L.; Lindsey, J. S. Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 2563–2566.
28. “Investigation of Two Rational Routes for Preparing p-Phenylene-linked Porphyrin
Trimers,” Yu, L.; Lindsey, J. S. Tetrahedron, 2001, 57, 9285–9298.
29. “Rational Syntheses of Cyclic Hexameric Porphyrin Arrays for Studies of SelfAssembling Light-Harvesting Systems,” Yu, L.; Lindsey, J. S. J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66,
7402–7419.
30. “Synthesis and Properties of Weakly Coupled Dendrimeric Multiporphyrin LightHarvesting Arrays and Hole-Storage Reservoirs,” del Rosario Benites, M.; Johnson, T.
E.; Weghorn, S.; Yu, L.; Rao, P. D.; Diers, J. R.; Yang, S. I.; Kirmaier, C.; Bocian, D. F.;
Holten, D.; Lindsey, J. S. J. Mater. Chem. 2002, 12, 65–80.
31. “Capacitance and Conductance Characterization of Self-Assembled Ferrocene
Monolayers on Silicon Surfaces for Memory Applications,” Li, Q.; Mathur, G.; Homsi,
M.; Surthi, S.; Misra, V.; Malinovskii, V.; Schweikart, K.-H.; Yu, L.; Lindsey, J. S.; Liu,
Z.; Dabke, R. B.; Yasseri, A.; Bocian, D. F.; Kuhr, W. G. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2002, 81,
1494–1496. Reprinted in Virtual J. Nanoscale Sci. Technol. August 19, 2002, 6(8).
32. “Measurements of Electron-Transfer Rates of Charge-Storage Molecular Monolayers on
Si(100). Toward Hybrid
Molecular/Semiconductor Information Storage Devices,”
Roth, K. M.; Yasseri, A. A.; Liu, Z.; Dabke, R. R.; Malinovskii, V.; Schweikart, K.-H.;
Yu, L.; Tiznado, H.; Zaera, F.; Lindsey, J. S.; Kuhr, W. G.; Bocian, D. F. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2003, 125, 505–517.
33. “Formation of Porphyrins in the Presence of Acid-Labile Metalloporphyrins. A New
Route to Mixed-Metal Multiporphyrin Arrays,” Speckbacher, M.; Yu, L.; Lindsey, J. S.
Inorg. Chem. 2003, 4322–4337.
34. “Excited-State Energy-Transfer Dynamics in Self-Assembled Triads Composed of Two
Porphyrins and an Intervening Bis(dipyrrinato)metal Complex,” Yu, L.; Muthukumaran,
K.; Sazanovich, I. V.; Kirmaier, C.; Hindin, E.; Diers, J. R.; Boyle, P. D.; Bocian, D. F.;
Holten, D.; Lindsey, J. S. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 6629–6647.
35. “Synthesis of Cyclic Hexameric Porphyrin Arrays. Anchors for Surface Immobilization
and Columnar Self-Assembly,” Tomizaki, K.-Y.; Yu, L.; Wei, L.; Bocian, D. F.; Lindsey,
J. S. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 8199–8207.
36. “A Tin-Complexation Strategy for Use with Diverse Acylation Methods in the
Preparation of 1,9-Diacyldipyrromethanes,” Tamaru, S.-I.; Yu, L.; Youngblood, W. J.;
Muthukumaran, K.; Taniguchi, M.; Lindsey, J. S. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 765–777.
37. “Multibit Memory Using Self-assembly of Mixed Ferrocene/Porphyrin Monolayers on
Silicon,” Li, Q.; Mathur, G.; Gowda, S.; Surthi, S.; Zhao, Q.; Yu, L.; Lindsey, J. S.;
Bocian, D. F.; Misra, V. Adv. Mater. 2004, 16, 133–137.
38. “Structural Control of the Excited-State Dynamics of Bis(dipyrrinato)zinc Complexes:
Self-Assembling Chromophores for Light-Harvesting Architectures,” Sazanovich, I. V.;
Kirmaier, C.; Hindin, E.; Yu, L.; Bocian, D. F.; Lindsey, J. S.; Holten, D. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2004, 126, 2664–2665.
39. “Structural Characterization of Modular Supramolecular Architectures in Solution,”
Tiede, D. M.; Zhang, R.; Chen, L. X.; Yu, L.; Lindsey, J. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004,
126, 14054–14062.
40. Kee, H. L., Kirmaier, C., Yu, L., Thamyongkit, P., Youngblood, W. J., Calder, M. E.,
Ramos, L., Bocian, D. F., Scheidt, W.R., Birge, R. R., Lindsey, J. S. and Holten, D.. J.
Phys. Chem. B, 2005;109(43); 20433–20443.
41. “Synthesis of Dipyrrin-Containing Architectures,” Muthukumaran, K.; Zaidi, S. H. H.;
Yu, L.; Thamyongkit, P.; Calder, M. E.; Sharada, D. S.; Lindsey, J. S. J. Porphyrins
Phthalocyanines2005, 9, in press.
42. “Porphyrin Dyads Bearing Carbon Tethers for Studies of High-Density Molecular Charge
Storage on Silicon Surfaces,” Thamyongkit, P.; Yu, L.; Padmaja, K.; Jiao, J.; Bocian, D.
F.; Lindsey, J. S. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 1156–1171.
Patents
1. “Geometric synthesis of porphyin rods”, Lindsey, J. S.; Yu, L.; Thamyongkit, P; US
Patent application no 11/324,719, January 3, 2006
2. “Facile synthesis of 1,9-diacyldipyrromethane,” Lindsey, J. S; Tamaru, S.-I.; Yu, L; U. S.
Patent 6,924,375 (2005).
3. “Methods and Intermediates for the Synthesis of Dipyrrin-Substituted Porphyrinic
Macrocycles,” Yu, L.; Muthukumaran, K.; Sreedharan, P.; Lindsey, J. S. WO
2004/109768 A2
4. “Methods of Making Porphyrins and Related Compounds with Lewis Acids,” Lindsey, J.
S.; Geier, III, R. G.; Yu, L. WO03027066 (2003). US patent 6,849,730 (2005)
5. “Photochromic Materials Sensitive to Visible and Infrared Light and its Preparation and
Application,” Fan, M.; Yu, L.; Ming, Y.; Meng, X.; Zhao, W. Chinese Patent,
CN1158882A (1997).
6. “Pyrrole Substituted Fulgides Photochromic Materials,” Fan, M.; Yu, L.; Ming, Y.;
Zhao, W. Chinese Patent, CN 1097453A (1995).