Education:
2000 - 2004, Nankai University School of Chemistry, Department of Materials Chemistry, received a Bachelor of Science degree
2004 - 2009, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences received a doctorate in science
2009 - 2011, Eindhoven University of Technology (Eindhoven University of Technology), Department of Chemistry Postdoctoral
2012 - 2013, Institute for Molecular Science, postdoctoral
2014 - Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

Principal Research Interests:
Supramolecular chemical sensing and molecular recognition; organic small molecule self - assembly

Selected Recent Publications:

1. 1. Chen, S.; Feng, S.; Markvoort, A. J.*; Zhang, C.; Zhou, E.; Liang, W.*; Zhang, H. J.; Jiang, Y. B.; Lin, J.*, Unequal Perylene Diimide Twins in a Quadruple Assembly. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62 (15), e202300786.

2. 2. Zhang, H.-J.; Lin, J.*, Syntheses and Properties of Heteroatom-Doped Conjugated Nanohoops (Review). Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 3437-3455.

3. 3. Zhang, L.; Chen, S.; Jiang, J.; Dong, X.; Cai, Y.; Zhang, H. -J.; Lin, J.*; Jiang, Y. B., C- and S-Shaped Perylene Diimide Heterohelicenes: Modular Synthesis and Spiral-Stair-Like π-Stacking. Org. Lett. 2022, 24 (17), 3179-3183.

4. 4. Zhang, L.; Zhang, G.; Qu, H.; Todarwal, Y.; Wang, Y.; Norman, P.; Linares, M.*; Surin, M.; Zhang, H. -J.*; Lin, J.*; Jiang, Y. B., Naphthodithiophene Diimide Based Chiral π-Conjugated Nanopillar Molecules. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60 (46), 24543-24548. (VIP, featured as back cover)

5. 5. Zhang, L.; Song, I.; Ahn, J.; Han, M.; Linares, M.; Surin, M.; Zhang, H.-J.; Oh, J. H.*; Lin, J.*, π-Extended Perylene Diimide Double-heterohelicenes as Ambipolar Organic Semiconductors for Broadband Circularly Polarized Light Detection. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12 (1), 142.

6. 6. Timmermans, G. H.; Wu, J.; Schenning, A. P. H. J.; Lin, J.*; Debije, M. G.*, Color–Tunable Triple–State “Smart” Window. Adv. Photonics Res. 2021, 2 (10), 2100134.

7. 7. Li, H.; Shao, P.; Chen, S.; Li, G.; Feng, X.; Chen, X.; Zhang, H. -J.*; Lin, J.*; Jiang, Y. B., Supramolecular Alternating Donor-Acceptor Assembly toward Intercalated Covalent Organic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (8), 3712-3717. (selected as virtual issue of outstanding work published in 2020 by early career researchers in the JACS)

8. 8. Zhang, L.; He, D.; Zhang, H.-J.*; Lin, J.*, Perylene diimide-based stable chiral radical anions featuring strong NIR absorptions. Chinese Sci Bull 2020, 66 (10), 1257-1261.

9. 9. Timmermans, G. H.; Douma, R. F.; Lin, J.; Debije, M. G.*, Dual Thermal-/Electrical-Responsive Luminescent ‘Smart’ Window. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 1421.

10. 10. Su, F.; Chen, S.; Mo, X.; Wu, K.; Wu, J.; Lin, W.; Lin, Z.; Lin, J.; Zhang, H.-J.; Wen, T.-B., Trisulfur Radical Anion-triggered Stitching Thienannulation: Rapid Access to Largely π-extended Thienoacenes. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11 (6), 1503-1509.

11. 11. Su, F.; Chen, G.; Korevaar, P. A.; Pan, F.; Liu, H.; Guo, Z.; Schenning, A.; Zhang, H. -J.*; Lin, J.*; Jiang, Y. B., Discrete pi-Stacks from Self-Assembled Perylenediimide Analogues. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (43), 15273-15277.

12. 12. Wu, J.; He, D.; Wang, Y.; Su, F.; Guo, Z.; Lin, J.; Zhang, H. -J.*, Selective Ortho-pi-Extension of Perylene Diimides for Rylene Dyes. Org. Lett. 2018, 20 (19), 6117-6120.

13. 13. Li, H.; Qi, Q. Y.; Zhao, X.; Li, G. S.; Chen, X.; Zhang, H. -J.*; Lin, J.*, Synthesis of novel 2D in-plane anisotropic covalent organic frameworks through a solvent modulated orthogonal strategy. Polym. Chem. 2018, 9 (32), 4288-4293.

14. 14. Wu, J.; He, D.; Zhang, L.; Liu, Y.; Mo, X.; Lin, J.*; Zhang, H. -J.*, Direct Synthesis of Large-Scale Ortho-Iodinated Perylene Diimides: Key Precursors for Functional Dyes. Org. Lett. 2017, 19 (19), 5438-5441.

15. 15. Yu, Y. X.; Lin, J.*; Lei, S. B.*, Dynamic covalent chemistry of imine polymers at the liquid/solid interface investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy. Rsc Advances 2017, 7 (19), 11496-11502.

16. 16. Zhang, L.; He, D.; Liu, Y.; Wang, K.; Guo, Z.; Lin, J.*; Zhang, H.-J.*, 2,5,8,11-Tetraalkenyl Perylene Bisimides: Direct Regioselective Synthesis and Enhanced π–π Stacking Interaction. Org. Lett. 2016, 18 (22), 5908-5911.