Xiaohong CHENG

Xiaohong CHENG 

Ph.D. 

Professor

Doctor Advisor

Office: Chemistry Building 415

Tel.: 86-(0)871-65032905

Email: xhcheng@ynu.edu.cn

Address: School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, 2 North Cuihu Road, 650091 Kunming, P.R.China

Brief Introduction 

Professor, Yunnan University (2005 - )

Guest Professor of Germany National Nanocentral (2003.09)

Guest Professor of Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (2009-2010)

Visiting Scientist of Mainz University (1997 - 1998)

Postdoc Fellow/Research Scientist, Karlsruhe University (2001 - 2003)

Ph.D., Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (1998 - 2001)

M.S., Yunnan University (1989 - 1992)

B.S., Yunnan University(1985 - 1989)

     

 

Research Interests

Research Interests

Supramolecular chemistry, molecular self assembly, liquid crystal, functional materials

(1) Design and Synthesis of functional nonconventional Liquid crystals        

    (2) The complex self assembly structure of the block molecules

           (3) Applications based on functional nonconventional Liquid crystals

Foundation and Projects 

NSFC（21364017），2014.1-2017.12, responsible

NSFC（ 21274119）, 2013.1-2016.12, responsible

Representative Publications 

1.       Influence of flexible spacers on liquid-crystalline self-Assembly of T-shaped bolaamphiphiles; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133(20), 7872-7881; Xiaohong Cheng,* Feng Liu, Xiangbing Zeng, Goran Ungar,* Jens Kain, Siegmar Diele, Marko Prehm, and Carsten Tschierske*. IF=12.113

2.       Liquid crystalline bolaamphiphiles with semiperfluorinated lateral chains: competition between layerlike and honeycomb-Like organization; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 12930-12940; Xiaohong Cheng, Malay Kumar Das, Ute Baumeister, Siegmar Diele, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=12.113

3.       Calamitic bolaamphiphiles with (semi)perfluorinated lateral chains: polyphilic block molecules with new liquid crystalline phase structures; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 10977-10996; Xiaohong Cheng, Marko Prehm, Malay Kumar Das, Jens Kain, Ute Baumeister, Siegmar Diele, Dag Leine, Alfred Blume, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=12.113

4.       New liquid crystalline phase with layerlike organization; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 12072-12073; Marko Prehm, Xiaohong Cheng, Siegmar Diele, Malay Kumar Das, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=12.113

5.       Design of liquid crystalline block molecules with nonconventional mesophase morphologies: Calamitic bolaamphiphiles with lateral alkyl chains; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123(28), 6809-6818; Marius Kölbel, Tom Beyersdorff, Xiaohong Cheng, Carsten Tschierske*, Jens Kain, Siegmar Diele. IF=12.113

6.       2D-supramolecular structures of a shape-persistent macrocycle and codeposition with fullerene on HOPG, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 4218-4219; Gebo Pan, Xiaohong Cheng, Sigurd Höger*, Werner Freyland*. IF=12.113

7.       Liquid-crystalline triangle honeycomb formed by a dithiophene based X-shaped bolaamphiphile; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 8014-8017; Xiaohong Cheng*, Xing Dong, Guanghui Wei, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=11.261

8.       Novel liquid crystalline phase with layer structure, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2002, 41, 4031-4035; Xiaohong Cheng, Malay Kumar Das, Siegmar Diele, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=11.261

9.       Molecular design of liquid crystalline block-moleculers: semifluorinated pentaerythritol tetrabenzoates exhibiting lamellar, columnar, and cubic mesophases, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2000, 39, 592-595; Xiaohong Cheng, Siegmar Diele, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=11.261

10.    Discotic liquid crystals with an inverted structure; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 2801-2805; Sigurd Höger*, Xiaohong Cheng, Anne-Désirée Ramminger, Volker Enkelmann, Almut Rapp, Mihail Mondeshki, Ingo Schnell. IF=11.261

11.    Transition between triangular and square tiling patterns in liquid crystalline honeycombs based on tetrathiophene-based bolaamphiphiles;Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 3317-3331; Xiaohong Cheng*, Hongfei Gao, Xiaoping Tan, Xueyan Yang, Marko Prehm, Helgard Ebert, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=9.211

12.    Polygonal cylinder phases of 3-alkyl-2,5-diphenylthiophene-based bolaamphiphiles: changing symmetry by retaining net topology; Chem. Mater., 2008, 20, 4729-4738; Xiaohong Cheng*, Xing Dong, Rong Huang, Xiangbing Zeng, Goran Ungar*, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=8.354

13.    Liquid crystalline 2-thienyl-4,6-diamino-1,3,5-triazines exhibiting Im3m and Pm3n micellar cubic phases in an inverted sequence; Chem. Comm., 2013, 49(90), 10617-10619; Heng Dai, Xueyan Yang, Xiaoping Tan, Fawu Su, Xiaohong Cheng*, Feng Liu*, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=6.834

14.    A bolaamphiphilic sexithiophene with liquid crystalline triangular honeycomb phase, Chem. Comm., 2013, 49, 1756-1758; Wei Bu, Hongfei Gao, Xiaoping Tan, Xing Dong, Xiaohong Cheng*, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=6.834

15.    Triblock polyphiles via click-chemistry: Self-assembled thermotropic cubic phases formed by micellar and monolayer vesicular aggregates;Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 16303-16313; Xiaoping Tan, Leiyang Kong, Heng Dai, Xiaohong Cheng*, Feng Liu*, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=5.731

16.    Self-sssembly of imidazolium based rodlike ionic liquid crystals: transition from Lamellar to micellar organization; Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 4588-4601; Xiaohong Cheng*, Xueqing Bai, Shan Jing, Helgard Ebert, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=5.731

17.    Amphotropic azobenzene derivatives with oligooxyethylene and glycerol based polar groups; J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 11202-11211;Xiaoping Tan, Ruilin Zhang, Chunxiang Guo, Xiaohong Cheng,* Hongfei Gao, Feng Liu,* Johanna R. Bruckner, Frank Giesselmann,* Marko Prehme, Carsten Tschierske. IF=4.696

18.    Synthesis and self-assembly of 5,5'-bis(phenylethynyl)-2,2'-bithiophene-based bolapolyphiles in triangular and square LC honeycombs; J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 1301-1308; Hongfei Gao, Huifang Cheng, Zonghan Yang, Marko Prehm, Xiaohong Cheng*, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=4.696

19.    Synthesis and characterization of room temperature columnar mesogens of cyclotriphosphazene with Schiff base units; J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1(43), 7148-7154; Qingye He, Heng Dai, Xiaoping Tan, Xiaohong Cheng*, Feng Liu*, Carsten Tschierske* IF=4.696

20.    Dithiophene based X-shaped bolaamphiphiles: liquid crystals with single wall honeycombs and geometric frustration; Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 10921-10931; Hongfei Gao, Yafei Ye, Leiyang Kong, Xiaohong Cheng*, Marko Prehm, Helgard Ebert, Carsten Tschierske*.IF=4.029

21.    Effect of central linkages on mesophase behavior of imidazolium-based rod-like ionic liquid crystals; Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2274-2285;Xiaohong Cheng*, Fawu Su, Rong Huang, Hongfei Gao, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=4.029

22.    Direct observation of two-dimensional nematic and smectic ordering in freely suspended films of a bolaamphiphilic liquid crystal; Soft Matter, 2011, 7(21), 9978-9982; Nattaporn Chattham*, Chenhui Zhu, Xiaohong Cheng, Jumras Limtrakul, Carsten Tschierske, Joseph E. Maclennan, Noel A. Clark. IF=4.029

23.    Synthesis and self-assembly of luminescent hexacatenar molecules incorporating a 4,7-diphenyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole core; RSC Adv.,2016, 6, 21387-21395; Danxiang Huang, Marko Prehm, Hongfei Gao, Xiaohong Cheng,* Yongsong Liu,* Carsten Tschierske. IF=3.84

24.    Reversible photoresponsive chiral liquid crystal and multistimuli responsive organogels based on a cholesterol-azobenzene dimesogen; RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 20021-20026; Xiaoping Tan, Zhi Li, Meng Xia, Xiaohong Cheng*. IF=3.84

25.    Columnar mesophases of luminescent polycatenar liquid crystals incorporating a 1,3-substituted benzene ring interconnecting two 1,3,4-oxadiazoles; RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2842-2847; Jianchuan Tang, Rong Huang, Hongfei Gao, Xiaohong Cheng*, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=3.84

26.    Tolane based bent bolaamphiphiles forming liquid crystalline hexagonal honeycoms with trigonal symmetry; New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 2060-2066; Hongfei Gao, Huifang Cheng, Qijing Liu, Yulong Xiao, Marko Prehm, Xiaohong Cheng*, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=3.086

27.    Hexagonal columnar mesophases of polycatenar paraphenylene connected bis-oxadiazole-based liquid crystals; Liq. Cryst., 2013, 40(8), 1028-1034; Xueyan Yang, Heng Dai, Qingye He, Jianchuan Tang, Xiaohong Cheng*, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=2.486

28.    Synthesis and mesomorphic behavior of new 5-substituted 4-(thien-2-yl)phenyl benzoates; Liq. Cryst., 2009, 36, 61-66; Yi Huang, Zhiwu Luo, Xiaohong Cheng*, Carsten Tschierske*. IF=2.486

29.    Xiaohong Cheng*, Hongfei Gao, Hydrogen bonding for Supramolecular Liquid crystals Charper 5  Hydrogen Bonded Supramolecular Materials, ZT Li, LZ Wu(eds) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

 

APPOINTMENTS & POSITIONS

Member of Chinese Chemical Society, China, 2015-