Kunyi Leng was born in 1996 in Xiushui, Jiangxi Province, China.
She received her B.Phil. in 2017 and M.Phil. in 2020 from Sun Yat-Sen University under the supervision of Professor Dingcai Wu.
Then she received her Ph.D. in 2023 from the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo under the supervision of Professor Takuzo Aida.
She joined Yamada Lab in the Department of Chemistry at the School of Science, The University of Tokyo, as a Postdoctoral Researcher from November 2023 to January 2024. Subsequently, she is promoted to the position of Assistant Professor from February 2024.
Her research interests include coordination chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, and materials chemistry.
Education
B.Phil., School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University Jun. 2017, Dincgai Wu
M.Phil., School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University Jun. 2020, Dingcai Wu
Ph.D., Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Oct.2023, Takuzo Aida
Affiliation
Postdoc., Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo Nov. 2023, Teppei Yamada
Asst. Prof., Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo Feb. 2024, Teppei Yamada
Awards and Honors
1. National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China, 2018.
2. The Xincheng Outstanding Thesis Scholarship, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2018.
3. CrystEngComm Award (RSC), The 72nd Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, September 2022.
4. Outstanding Student Presentation Award, The 72nd Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, September 2022.
5. The Student Presentation Award, The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting, March 2023.
6. The Outstanding Student Presentation Award, Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2023, September 2023.
7. The CEMS Rising Star Award, CEMS International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry & Functional Materials 2024, January 2024.
8. Sigma-Aldrich Rising Star Award, The Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, March 2024.
List of Publications
1. K. Leng, H. Sato, Z. Chen, W. Yuan, T. Aida, “Photochemical Surgery” of 1D Metal–Organic Frameworks with a Spatiotemporal Solubilization/Crystallization Strategy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 23416–23421. (Selected as the Supplementary Cover)
2. K. Leng, Spatially Controlled Hybridization of Metal-Organic Frameworks via Photochemical Surgery, Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coord. Chem. 2024, (Award Review).
3. J. Huang,† K. Leng,† Z. Cen, R. Liu, Y. Zhu, S. Liu, R. Fu, D. Wu, Cobalt-Decorated Carbon Nanotube Bottlebrushes for Boosting Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Sci. China. Mater. 2023, 66, 1747–1756. († Equally contributed)
4. K. Leng, W. Mai, X. Zhang, R. Liu, X. Lin, J. Huang, H. Lou, Y. Xie, R. Fu, D. Wu, Construction of Functional Nanonetwork-structured Carbon Nitride with Au Nanoparticle Yolks for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Applications, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7159–7162.
5. X. Lin, Z. Wang, R. Liu, S. Liu, K. Leng, H. Lou, Y. Du, B. Zheng, R. Fu, D. Wu, A Versatile Sea Anemone-Inspired Strategy toward 2D Hybrid Porous Carbons from Functional Molecular Brushes, Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 1446–1449.
6. J. Huang, Y. Chen, K. Leng, S. Liu, Z. Chen, L. Chen, D. Wu, R. Fu, Morphology-Persistent Carbonization of Self-Assembled Block Copolymers for Multifunctional Coupled Two-Dimensional Porous Carbon Hybrids, Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 8971–8980.
7. W. Mai, Y. Zuo, X. Zhang, K. Leng, R. Liu, L. Chen, X. Lin, Y. Lin, R. Fu, D. Wu, A Versatile Bottom-up Interface Self-assembly Strategy to Hairy Nanoparticle-based 2D Monolayered Composite and Functional Nanosheets, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 10241–10244.
8. J. Huang, K. Leng, Y. Chen, L. Chen, S. Liu, S. Khan, D. Wu, R. Fu, An Interfacial Crosslinking Strategy to Fabricate an Ultrathin Two-dimensional Composite of Silicon Oxycarbide-enwrapped Silicon Nanoparticles for High-performance Lithium Storage, J. Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 22950–22957.
9. W. Mai, Y. Zuo, C. Li, J. Wu, K. Leng, X. Zhang, R. Liu, R. Fu, D. Wu, Cobalt-decorated Carbon Nanotube Bottlebrushes for Boosting Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium-sulfur Batteries, Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 4771–4775.
Patents
1. Chinese Patent, Dingcai Wu, Kunyi Leng, Ruliang Liu, Chuanfa Li, The preparation and property of nanonetwork structured carbon materials with carbon nanotube core @ functional amorphous carbon shell elements, 201811292664.4.
List of Presentations
1. K. Leng, H. Sato, T. Aida; “Photochemical Surgery: A New Strategy to Realize Spatially Selective Hybridization of Metal-Organic Frameworks”; CEMSupra 2024, Tokyo, January 18–19, 2024. Poster Presentation.
2. K. Leng, H. Sato, T. Aida; “Photochemical Surgery: A New Strategy to Realize Spatially Selective Hybridization of Metal-Organic Frameworks”; The Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2023, Hiroshima, June 17–18, 2023. Oral Presentation.
3. K. Leng, H. Sato, T. Aida; “Photochemical Surgery: A New Strategy to Realize the Spatially Selective Hybridization of Metal–Organic Frameworks”; Gordon Research Symposium: Crystal Growth and Assembly, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States; June 17–18, 2023. Poster Presentation.
4. K. Leng, H. Sato, T. Aida; “Photochemical Surgery: A New Strategy to Realize the Spatially Selective Hybridization of Metal–Organic Frameworks”; Gordon Research Conference: Crystal Growth and Assembly, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States; June 18–23, 2023. Poster Presentation and Oral Presentation.
5. K. Leng, H. Sato, T. Aida; “Spatially Controlled Hybridization of Porous Metal-Organic Crystals”; The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting, Tokyo, March 22–25, 2023. Oral Presentation.
6. K. Leng, T. Aida, H. Sato; “Spatially Controlled Hybridization of Metal-Organic Frameworks via Photochemical Surgery”; The 72nd Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, Fukuoka, September 26–28, 2022. Oral Presentation.