Professor
Room 361 Science Centre
(852) 3943 8127
Education
| 2005 | Ph.D. | Columbia University |
| 2004 | M.Ph. | Columbia University |
| 2000 | B.Sc. | University of Science and Technology of China |
Position
| Since 2019 | Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Since 2016 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2012 to 2016 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2006 to 2012 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2005 to 2006 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles |
Research Interests
| Design and synthesis of novel polycyclic aromatic molecules with interesting structures and useful applications, and development of high-performance organic semiconductor materials and devices using tools from organic synthesis, supramolecular chemistry and surface chemistry. |
Honours and Awards
| 2020 | CSJ Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japany |
| 2018 | Croucher Senior Research Fellowship, Croucher Foundation |
| 2017 | Research Excellence Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Young Researcher Award 2011, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2008 | Science Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2007, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2005 | The Hammet Award, by the Department of Chemistry, Columbia University |
Representative Publications
| 1. | “A Near-Infrared Absorbing and Emissive Quadruple Helicene Enabled by the Scholl Reaction of Perylene”, Pun, S. H.; Cheung, K. M.; Yang, D.; Chen, H.; Wang, Y.; Kershaw, S. Miao, Q.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e2021132. |
| 2. | “Synthesis of Zigzag Carbon Nanobelts through Scholl Reactions”, Xia, Z.; Pun, S. H.; Chen, H.; Miao, Q.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 10311–10318. |
| 3. | “Charging a Negatively Curved Nanographene and its Covalent Network”, Zhang, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Lan, D.; Pun, S. H.; Zhou, Z.; Wei, Z.; Wang, Y.; Lee, H. K.; Lin, C.; Wang, J.; Petrukhina, M. A.*; Li, Q.*; Miao, Q.* Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 5231–5238. |
| 4. | “Synthesis of Armchair and Chiral Carbon Nanobelts”, Cheung, K. Y.; Gui, S.; Deng, C.; Liang, H.; Xia, Z.; Liu, Z.; Chi, L.*; Miao, Q.* Chem, 2019, 5, 838–847. |
| 5. | “Synthesis, Structures and Properties of Heptabenzo[7]circulene and Octabenzo[8]circulene”, Pun, S. H.; Wang, Y.; Chu, M.; Chan, C. K.; Li, Y.; Liu, Z.; Miao, Q.* Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 9680–9686. |
| 6. | “A Dipleiadiene-Embedded Aromatic Saddle Consisting of 86 Carbon Atoms”, Pun, S. H.; Chan, C. K.; Luo, J.; Liu, Z.; Miao, Q.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 1851–1856. |
| 7. | “Halogenated Tetraazapentacenes with Electron Mobility as High as 27.8 cm2 V−1 s−1 in Solution-Processed N-channel Organic Thin Film Transistors”, Chu, M.; Fan, J.-X.; Yang, S.; Liu, D.; Ng, C. F.; Dong, H.; Ren, A.-M.*; Miao, Q.* Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1803467. |
| 8. | “Functionalized π-Stacks of Hexabenzoperylenes as a Platform for Chemical and Biological Sensing”, Li. C.; Wu, H.; Zhang, T.; Liang, Y.; Zheng, B.; Xia, J.; Xu, J.; Miao, Q.* Chem, 2018, 4, 1416–1426. |
| 9. | “A Twisted Nanographene Consisting of 96 Carbon Atoms”, Cheung, K. Y.; Chan, C. K.; Liu, Z.; Miao, Q.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 9003–9007 |
| 10. | “Electron Mobility Exceeding 10 cm2V−1s−1 and Band-like Charge Transport in Solution-processed N-channel Organic Thin Film Transistors”, Xu, X.; Yao, Y.; Shan, B.; Gu, X.; Liu, D.; Liu, J.; Xu, J.; Zhao, N.; Hu, W.; Miao, Q.*, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 5276–5283. |
Recent Major Research Grant
| 1 | “Exploring Naphthalene-Directed Scholl Reactions for Synthesis of Topologically Unique Molecular Nanocarbons”, the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, General Research Fund 2021-22, HK$859,915, from 01/01/2022 to 31/12/2024. |
| 2 | “Covalent and Noncovalent Networks of Negatively Curved Nanographenes”, the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, General Research Fund 2019-20, HK$558,272, from 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2022. |
| 3 | “Curved Polycyclic Arenes: A New Frontier of Carbon Nanoscience and Application in Bioelectronic Noses”, Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2019, HK$2,000,000, from 01/09/2019 to 31/08/2021. |
| 4 | “Negatively Curved Nanographenes and Carbon Nanobelts Containing Heptagons”, the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, General Research Fund 2018-19, HK$505,298, from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2021. |
| 5 | “Non-planar Polycyclic Arenes: From Molecules to Materials”, the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, Collaborative Research Fund 2014/15 (reference number: C4030-14G), total amount: HK$6,300,000, from 1/6/2015 to 31/7/2018. |