Prof. Donglin Jiang ,Environment and Energy Area, was bestowed with The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work.

This award is bestowed on the outstanding member of The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) for the creative work with great achievements on basic or applied fields of chemistry. CSJ is one of the largest societies in Japan and at present CSJ has about 40000 members.

The award ceremony will be held on 17 March 2017 during The 97th CSJ Annual Meeting in Keio University at Hiyoshi campus. Professor Jiang will deliver the award lecture on 18 March 2017 at the 97th CSJ Annual Meeting.


■Date awarded
January 17,2017

■Title
"Design and Functional Exploration of Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)"

■Abstract
Professor Donglin Jiang was recognized by his high originality, creativity and productivity in the research on Design and Functional Exploration of Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs). Covalent organic frameworks are a class of crystalline porous polymer that enables atomically precise integration of organic units into ordered structures. Distinct from traditional polymers that are difficult in the control over the high-order structure, COFs are capable of predesigning both primary and high-order structures and enable the synthetic control over their high-order structures. As fully designable synthetic polymers, COFs have recently emerged as a molecular platform for structural and functional designs. Over the past years, professor Jiang and his group have focused on establishing the design principle, exploring synthetic reactions, elucidating functions and extending to applications. These works have paved the base of the field and led the development of the field. Especially, his findings of semiconduction, photofunctions, catalysis, and other important functions reveal the great potential of COFs as innovative materials platform for challenging environmental and energy issues.
Reference： http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ms/labs/jiang/

■Comment
Professor Jiang expresses his grateful thanks to talented students and coworkers with unyielding spirit on the way to exploring this new chemistry field.

January　25,2017