• Cheng-Hui Li received his B.Sc. degree in environmental engineering from Nanchang University in 2002 and Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from Nanjing University in 2007. He worked as research assistant in The University of Hong Kong (Prof. Chi-Ming Che's group) from 2005.6 to 2006.6 and from 2008.6 to 2008.12. During 2013.1-2014.1, he worked as visiting scholar in Stanford University (Prof. Zhenan Bao's group). He is currently an full Professor in State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry at Nanjing University. His current research focuses on the design, synthesis, characterization and application of self-healing polymers based on coordination bonds. He received the funding for distinguished young scholar from the national natural science foundation of Jiangsu province in 2017, selected as the Young Top-notch Talent in the national Ten Thousand Talent Program in 2019, and received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2024.

  
  

• 2005.6-2006.6 Research assistant, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prof. Chi-Ming Che's group;

• 2007.9-2009.9 Postdoc., Nanjing University, Nanjing, Prof.Xiao-Zeng You's group；

• 2008.6-2008.12 Research assistant, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prof. Chi-Ming Che's group; 

• 2013.1-2014.1 Visiting scholar, Department of chemical engineering, Stanford University, USA, Prof. Zhenan Bao's group;

• 2009.9-2014.12 Lecturer, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China;

• 2014.12-2018.12 Associate professor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

• 2018.12-     Professor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Functional coordination complexes; 

Dynamic coordination chemistry; 

Self-healing materials and devices.

1. Cheng-Hui Li#, Chao Wang#, Christoph. Keplinger, Jing-Lin Zuo, Lihua Jin, Yang Sun, Peng Zheng, Yi Cao, Franziska Lissel, Christian Linder, Xiao-Zeng You, Zhenan Bao*, A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer, Nature Chemistry, 2016, 8, 619-625.

2. Jian-Cheng Lai, Lan Li, Da-Peng Wang, Min-Hao Zhang, Sheng-Ran Mo, Xue Wang, Ke-Yu Zeng, Cheng-Hui Li*, Qing Jiang, Xiao-Zeng You, Jing-Lin Zuo, A rigid and healable polymer cross-linked by abundant Zn(II)-carboxulate interactions, Nature Communications, 2018, 2018, 9:2725.

3. Jian-Cheng Lai, Xiao-Yong Jia, Da-Peng Wang, Yi-Bing Deng, Peng Zheng, Cheng-Hui Li*, Jing-Lin Zuo*, Zhenan Bao*, Thermodynamically stable whilst kinetically labile coordination bonds lead to strong and tough self-healing polymers, Nature Communications, 2019, 10:1164.

4. Jian-Cheng Lai, Jin-Feng Mei, Xiao-Yong Jia, Cheng-Hui Li*, Xiao-Zeng You*, Zhenan Bao*, A Stiff and Healable Polymer Based on Dynamic-CovalentBoroxine Bonds, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 8277–8282.

5. Cheng-Hui Li* and Jing-Lin Zuo*, Self-Healing Polymers Based on Coordination Bonds, Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, 1903762.

6. Zong-Ju Chen, Tian-Yu Shen, Xiong Xiao, Xiu-Chong He, Yan-Long Luo*, Zhong Jin*, Cheng-Hui Li*, An Ultrahigh-Modulus Hydrogel Electrolyte for Dendrite-Free Zinc Ion Batteries, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2413268.

7. Wei Zheng, Bei-Bei Wang, Cheng-Hui Li*, Jing-Xuan Zhang, Cheng-Zheng Wan, Jia-Hao Huang, Jian Liu, Zhen Shen*, Xiao-Zeng You*, Asymmetric Donor-pi-Acceptor-Type Benzo-Fused Aza-BODIPYs: Facile Synthesis and Colorimetric Properties, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 9070-9074.

8. Wei Zheng#, Yuan Zhao#, Wen-Hao Zhuang, Jing-Jing Wu, Fang-Zhou Wang, Cheng-Hui Li,* and Jing-Lin Zuo, Phthalorubines: Fused-Ring Compounds Synthesized from Phthalonitrile, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 15384 –15389.

9. Zi-Han Zhao, Pei-Chen Zhao, Shi-Yi Chen, You-Xuan Zheng, Jing-Lin Zuo, Cheng-Hui Li*, Tough, Reprocessable and Recyclable Dynamic Covalent Polymers with Ultrastable Long-Lived Room-Temperature Phosphorescence, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202301993.

10. Zhi-Mei Yang‡, Shu-Peng Zhao‡, Meng-Hang Zhang‡, Ze-Dong Zhang, Tian-Rui Ma, Shuai Yuan, Jian Su*, Cheng-Hui Li*, Jing-Lin Zuo*, Coordination-Modulated Metal Tetrathiafulvalene Octacarboxylate Frameworks for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202304183.

11. Hong-Qin Wang, Yuqi Tang, Zi-Yang Huang, Fang-Zhou Wang, Peng-Fei Qiu, Xinfang Zhang, Cheng-Hui Li*, and Quan Li*, A Dual-Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer for Multi-Level Encryption and Transient Information Display, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202313728.

12. Zi-Han Zhao, Shi-Yi Chen, Pei-Chen Zhao, Wen-Lin Luo, Yan-Long Luo, Jing-Lin Zuo, and Cheng-Hui Li*, Mechanically Adaptive Polymers Constructed from Dynamic Coordination Equilibria, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202400758.

13. Li Yuan, Jun-Wei Xu, Zhi-Ping Yan, Yi-Fan Yang, Dan Mao, Jia-Jun Hu, Hua-Xiu Ni, Cheng-Hui Li*, Jing-Lin Zuo, You-Xuan Zheng*, Tetraborated Intrinsically Axial Chiral Multi-resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202407277.

14. Pei-Chen Zhao#, Yaoda Wang#, Qi-Sheng Huang, Zhong Jin*, Cheng-Hui Li*, Metal–Organic Coordination Enhanced Metallopolymer Electrolytes for Wide-Temperature Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries,Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202416897.

15. Peng-Fei Qiu#, Lei Qiang#, Weiqing Kong, Fang-Zhou Wang, Hong-Qin Wang, Ke-Xin Hou, Yihao Liu, Cheng-Hui Li*, Pengfei Zheng*, National Science Review, 2024, 11, nwae422.

Course name: General chemistry

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