EDUCATION

ACADEMIC CAREER

RESEARCH AREAS

(1) Organic and polymeric functional materials.

(2) Organic optoelectronic devices and applications.

(3) Low-dimensional nanocarbon materials.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2016      Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany

2016      Beijing Science and Technology Award, Second Prize (4/6)

2015      Reaxys PhD Prize, Top10 Finalist

2014      Top10 Distinguished PhD Researcher (Peking University)

2013      Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award

2013      BASF Excellent PhD Prize

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Xiao-Ye Wang^†, José I. Urgel^†, Gabriela Borin Barin, Kristjan Eimre, Marco Di Giovannantonio, Alberto Milani, Matteo Tommasini, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Pascal Ruffieux, Xinliang Feng, Roman Fasel*, Klaus Müllen*, and Akimitsu Narita*, “Bottom-Up Synthesis of Heteroatom-Doped Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons”, J. Am.Chem. Soc. 2018,140, 9104. (^†equal contribution)

2. Xiao-Ye Wang^†, Marcus Richter^†, Yuanqin He^†, Jonas Björk^†, Alexander Riss^†, Raju Rajesh, Manuela Garnica, Felix Hennersdorf, Jan J. Weigand, Akimitsu Narita, Reinhard Berger, Xinliang Feng, Willi Auwärter*, Johannes V. Barth*, Carlos-Andres Palma*, Klaus Müllen*, “Exploration of Pyrazine-Embedded Antiaromatic Polycyclic Hydrocarbons Generated by Solution and On-Surface Azomethine Ylide Homocoupling”,Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 1948. (^†equal contribution)

3. Xiao-Ye Wang, Akimitsu Narita*, Klaus Müllen*, “Precision Synthesis versus Bulk-Scale Fabrication of Graphenes”, Nat. Rev. Chem. 2017,2, 0100.

4. Xiao-Ye Wang^†, Thomas Dienel^†, Marco Di Giovannantonio, Gabriela Borin Barin, Neerav Kharche, Okan Deniz, José I. Urgel, Roland Widmer, Samuel Stolz, Luis Henrique De Lima, Matthias Muntwiler, Matteo Tommasini, Vincent Meunier, Pascal Ruffieux, Xinliang Feng, Roman Fasel*, Klaus Müllen*, Akimitsu Narita*, “Heteroatom-Doped Perihexacene from a Double Helicene Precursor: On-Surface Synthesis and Properties”,J. Am.Chem. Soc. 2017,139, 4671. (†equal contribution)

5. Xiao-Ye Wang, Xin-Chang Wang, Akimitsu Narita*, Manfred Wagner, Xiao-Yu Cao*, Xinliang Feng, Klaus Müllen*, “Synthesis, Structure, and Chiroptical Properties of a Double [7]Heterohelicene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,138, 12783.

6. Xiao-Ye Wang, Akimitsu Narita, Wen Zhang, Xinliang Feng*, Klaus Müllen*, “Synthesis of Stable Nanographenes with OBO-Doped Zigzag Edges Based on Tandem Demethylation-Electrophilic Borylation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,138, 9021.

7. Xiao-Ye Wang, Akimitsu Narita, Xinliang Feng*, Klaus Müllen*, “B₂N₂-Dibenzo[a,e]pentalenes: Effect of the BN Orientation Pattern on Antiaromaticity and Optoelectronic Properties”,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015,137, 7668.

8. Xiao-Ye Wang, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei*, “BN Heterosuperbenzenes: Synthesis and Properties”,Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 3528.

9. Xiao-Ye Wang, Fang-Dong Zhuang, Rui-Bo Wang, Xin-Chang Wang, Xiao-Yu Cao*, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei*, “A Straightforward Strategy toward Large BN-Embedded π-Systems: Synthesis, Structure, and Optoelectronic Properties of Extended BN Heterosuperbenzenes”,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014,136, 3764.

10. Xiao-Ye Wang, Hao-Ran Lin, Ting Lei, Dong-Chu Yang, Fang-Dong Zhuang, Jie-Yu Wang*, Si-Chun Yuan*, Jian Pei*, “Azaborine Compounds for Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Efficient Synthesis, Remarkable Stability, and BN Dipole Interactions”,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3117.