Scholars

Fang, Lei

Associate Professor

Positions:

Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute
Associate Professor, Chemistry, College of Science

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fang@tamu.edu

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Map of Science

overview

The multi-disciplinary research programs in the Fang Group will focus on the bottom-up synthesis and processing of novel organic polymer materials -- namely, ladder and coplanar polymers, as well as microporous polymer networks -- for the applications on electronics and energy conversion/storage. Our thrust will be to gain profound understanding on the structure-property relationship of these materials at both the molecular and the macroscopic levels by employing the toolboxes of synthetic chemistry and device engineering. With this knowledge, we aim to establish a series of synthetically feasible, high performing, processable organic carbon-based material systems for field effect transistors, light emitting diodes, solar cells, supercapacitors, and batteries, and to be at the forefront in the enhancement of their efficiencies.

education and training

B.S. in , Wuhan University - (Wuhan, China)
Ph.D. in , Northwestern University - (Evanston, Illinois, United States)

selected publications

Academic Articles73

Zheng, K., He, C., Nour, H. F., Zhang, Z., Yuan, T., Traboulsi, H., ... Olson, M. A. (2020). Augmented polyhydrazone formation in water by template-assisted polymerization using dual-purpose supramolecular templates. POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 11(10), 1806-1819.
Kalin, A. J., Che, S., Wang, C., Mu, A. U., Duka, E. M., & Fang, L. (2020). Solution-Processable Porous Nanoparticles of a Conjugated Ladder Polymer Network. MACROMOLECULES. 53(3), 922-928.
Zhang, W., Ji, X., Peng, B., Che, S., Ge, F., Liu, W., ... Fang, L. (2020). High‐Performance Thermoresponsive Dual‐Output Dye System for Smart Textile Application. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(3), 1906463-1906463.
Ji, X., Xie, H., Zhu, C., Zou, Y., Mu, A. U., Al-Hashimi, M., Dunbar, K. R., & Fang, L. (2020). Pauli Paramagnetism of Stable Analogues of Pernigraniline Salt Featuring Ladder-Type Constitution.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(1), 641-648.
Barłóg, M., Zhang, X., Kulai, I., Yang, D. S., Sredojevic, D. N., Sil, A., ... Al-Hashimi, M. (2019). Indacenodithiazole-Ladder-Type Bridged Di(thiophene)-Difluoro-Benzothiadiazole-Conjugated Copolymers as Ambipolar Organic Field-Effect Transistors. Chemistry of Materials. 31(22), 9488-9496.

Chapters1

Zhou, Y., Lee, J., & Fang, L. (2014). N-type electron-accepting materials for organic solar cells (OSC). Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells. (pp. 97-119).

Conference Papers7

Fang, L., Belowich, M. E., Olson, M. A., Grzybowski, B. A., & Stoddart, J. F. (2010). Harnessing mechanical energy from artificial muscle-like materials. 47-48.
Coskun, A., Grzybowski, B. A., Stoddart, J. F., A Olson, M., Fang, L., Klajn, R., & Wesson, P. J. (2010). Molecular-mechanical switching at the nanoparticle-solvent interface. 116-117.
Fang, L., Coskun, A., Klajn, R., Grzybowski, B. A., & Stoddart, J. F. (2010). Template-directed nanoparticulate assemblies. 5-6.
Zheng, Y. B., Yang, Y. W., Jensen, L., Fang, L., Juluri, B. K., Weiss, P. S., Stoddart, J. F., & Huang, T. J. (2009). A nanoplasmonic switch based on molecular machines. 2160-2163.
Zheng, Y. B., Yang, Y. W., Jensen, L., Fang, L., Juluri, B. K., Flood, A. H., ... Huang, T. J. (2009). A plasmonic switch based on molecular machine-Au nanodisk complexes. 2005 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics (CLEO), Vols 1-3.