Li Zhou

FacultyName:Li Zhou

Title:AssociateProfessor

Office:437, Shenghua Building

Email:lizhou@hfut.edu.cn

Education:

B.S.,School of Chemistry and Materials Science, HuaibeiNormal University,2000-2004

M.S.,School of Chemistry and Materials Science,Huaibei Normal University,2004-2007

Ph.D.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, HefeiUniversity of Technology,2015-2018

Biography:

LiZhoureceived her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Huaibei Normal University in2004 and 2007, respectively. After working at Bengbu College for 8years, she began her Ph.D study at Hefei University of Technology(HFUT) and obtained her Ph.D in 2018. She now focuses on thesynthesis and application of helical polymer-based chiral polymers.

ResearchInterests：（不超过300字）

Designand synthesis of helicalpolymer-based chiral polymers

Applicationsof chiral helical polymers in chiral separation and asymmetriccatalysis

Helicalpolymer, Chiral separation; Asymmetric catalysis

TeachingInterests:

PolymerChemistry, Research Methods of Polymer Materials

SelectedFunded Projects:

1. Synthesisof chiral helical polyisocyanide nanoreactors and their applicationsin asymmetric reactions, Grant No.52273204,National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023-2026

2. Preparationof chiral helical polyisocyanides from achiral monomers andexploring their application in kinetic resolution, Grant No.51903072,Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation ofChina, 2019-2022

3. Efficientconstruction of chiral helical polyisocyanides and theirapplications in enantiomer separation, Grant No.2008085MB51,Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation, 2020-2023

SelectedPublications：

1. LiZhou,Yong-Jie Wu, Kun Chen, Xing-Yu Zhou, Hui Zou, Shu-Ming Kang et al,Reversibly photoswitchable catalysts for high regioselectivity andenantioselectivity in polymerization of allenes,Org.Chem. Front.,2023, 10, 4854-4861.

2. ChaoWang, LiZhou,*Yuan-Yuan Zhu, Na Liu* and Zong-Quan Wu*, Tuning the emission andlighting the circularly polarized luminescence of polyfluorene byincorporating a non-emissive polycarbene, Polym.Chem.,2023,14, 1135-1140.

3. LiZhou,Lei Xu, Xue Song, Shu-Ming Kang, Na Liu, Zong-Quan Wu,Nickel(II)-catalyzed living polymerization of diazoacetates towardpolycarbene homopolymer and polythiophene-block-polycarbenecopolymers, Nat.Commun.,2022,13, 811.

4. LiZhou, Run-TanGao, Xin-Jie Zhang, Kai He, Lei Xu, Na Liu et al, AVersatile Method for the End-Functionalization of Polycarbenes.Macromol.Rapid Commun. 2022,43, 2100630.

5. LiZhou^#,Xun-Hui Xu^#,Zhi-Qiang Jiang^#,Lei Xu, Ben-Fa Chu, Na Liu et al. Selective Synthesis ofSingle-Handed Helical Polymers from Achiral Monomer and a MechanismStudy on Helix-Sense-Selective Polymerization. Angew.Chem.Int. Ed., 2021,60, 806–812.

6. NaLiu, LiZhou,Zong-Quan Wu, Alkyne-Palladium(II)-CatalyzedLiving Polymerization of Isocyanides: An Exploration of DiverseStructures and FunctionsAcc.Chem. Res.,2021, 54, 3953–3967.

7. Yan-XiangLi, Lei Xu, Shu-Ming Kang, LiZhou,Na Liu and Zong-Quan Wu*. Helicity- and Molecular-Weight-DrivenSelf-Sorting and Assembly of Helical Polymers towardsTwo-Dimensional Smectic Architectures and Selectively Adhesive Gels.Angew.Chem. Int. Ed.,2021, 60, 7174 –7179.

8. LiZhou,Chong-Long Li, Run-Tan Gao, Shu-Ming Kang, Lei Xu, Xun-Hui Xu et al,Highly Regioselective and Helix-Sense Selective LivingPolymerization of Phenyl and Alkoxyallene Using Chiral Nickel(II)Catalysts. Macromolecules,2021, 54, 679–686.

9. NaLiu*, Hao‐Jun Lu, Zhi‐Qiang Jiang, Yu‐Bing Lu, Hui Zou, LiZhou*et al, Facile Synthesis of Helical Rod-Coil Block Polymers by theCombination of ATRP and Pd(II)-Initiated IsocyanidesPolymerizations. Macromol.Chem. Phys.,2019, 220, 1800574.

10. LiZhou,Ben-Fa Chu, Xin-Yu Xu, Lei Xu, Na Liu and Zong-Quan Wu*. Significantimprovement on enantioselectivity and diastereoselectivity oforganocatalyzed asymmetric Aldol reaction using helicalpolyisocyanides bearing Proline pendants. ACSMacro Lett., 2017,6, 824-829.