2023-06-01 Congrats to Dr. Jun Zhao and Dr. Yongming Wang for successfully defending their thesis! We look forward to seeing them do great things as they move forward in their career!
2023-05-06 Yongming's work on the facile preparation of mechanically interlocked [an]daisy chain networks was published online in CHEM. Congrats Yongming! Great job!
2023-04-17 Ruixue's work on the preparation of mehcniacally robust oligo[2]catenane was published online in JACS! Congrats Ruixue, Weishuai, and Zhaoming!
2023-04-10 Congrats to newly minted Dr. Xue Yang who successfully defended her thesis today! Wish her all the best in the future!
2023-03-23 Yuhang's work on exploiting the cryptand-based host-guest recognition to boost mechanical properties of SPNs appears online in Angewandte Chemie. Congrats Yuhang!
2023-01-01 The Yan Group wishes you and your family a Happy New Year and All the Best in 2023!
2022-12-30 Zhaoming's paper on the elucidation of the relationship between microscopic motion of [c2]daisy chain and macroscopic mechamical performance of the corresponding mechanically interlocked polymers was published in JACS. Congrats Zhaoming and Wei!
2022-11-11 Xue's work on the elucidation of the integration and amplification effect of high-density [2]rotaxanes in mechanically interlocked networks was published in Nat. Commun. Cogratulations Xue, Lin, and Zhaoming!
2022-09-13 Welcome New Members!
The Yan Research Group welcomes new Ph.D. student Guoquan Liu (M.E., Guangdong University of Technology), Ph.D. student Yi Ding (B.E., Dalian University of Technology), Ph D. student Wenbin Wang(B.E., Sichuan University)and new master student Yuanhao Wang (B.E., East China University of Science and Technology).
2022-09-01 Attended the “Symposium on Polymer Liquid Crystal States and Supramolecular Ordered Structures 2022”
The Yan group members attended the "Symposium on Polymer Liqiud Crystal States and Supramolecular Ordered Structures 2022" in hangzhou held by Zhejiang University of Technology during 08/28-31/2022. Prof. Yan was invited to deliver a talk about "Mechanically Interlocked Polymers" in the conference.