Lifeng Yang, Research Fellow of the Hundred Talents Program at Zhejiang University, doctoral supervisor. He obtained the bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University of Technology in 2015, and the obtained the doctor's degree from Zhejiang University in 2020. During 2019 to 2020, he was engaged in joint training and exchange in Northwestern University. From 2021-2023, he worked as the Postdoctoral Researcher in Zhejiang University. In 2023, he joined the college of Chemical engineering and Biological Engineering of Zhejiang University. He is interested in advanced porous materials design and its application in high-purity chemicals purification and storage, screening and design of porous materials based on artificial intelligence and etc. He has published over 50 papers and authorized 5 patents. As the first/coauthor/corresponding author, he has published 22 papers in Science, Angelw Chem Int. Ed. (4), Adv. Mater., Chem. Soc. Rev., Nat. Commun.,AIChE. J.(2) and etc. He has presided Zhejiang Province Leading Wild Goose Project, Youth Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, First class general support from the Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He is awarded with the first prize of Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (2022, 5/5), the Bronze Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials (2021, 5 people nationwide), "Zhu Kezhen Scholarship" of Zhejiang University (2019, the highest honours for postgraduates) and other honors.

Selected Publications

1. Cui, J. Y.; Zhang, Z. Q.; Yang, L. F.*; Hu, J. B.; Jin, A. Y.; Yang, Z. L.; Zhao, Y.; Meng, B.; Zhou, Y.; Wang, J.; Su, Y.; Wang, J.; Cui, X. L.; Xing, H. B.*, A molecular sieve with ultrafast adsorption kinetics for propylene separation. Science, 2024, 383, 179-183.

2. Wu, T. Y.; Yu, C.; Rajamani, K.; Qiu, Z. S.; Pan, H. Q.; Zhang, P. X.; Suo, X.; Yang, L. F.*; Cui, X. L.; Xing, H. B.*, Porous materials with suitable pore size and dual‐functional sites for benchmark one‐step ethylene purification, AIChE. J. 2023, e18312.

3. Cui, J. Y.^#; Wu, F.^#; Zhang, W.^#; Yang, L. F.^#; Hu, J. B.; Fang, Y.; Ye, P.; Zhang, Q.; Suo, X.; Mo, Y. M.; Cui, X. L.; Chen, H. J.*; Xing, H, B.*, Direct prediction of gas adsorption via spatial atom interaction learning. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 7043.

4. Yang, L. F.; Cui, X. L.; Zhang, Z. Q.; Yang, Q. W.; Bao, Z. B.; Ren, Q. L.; Xing, H. B.*, An asymmetric anion‐pillared metal-organic framework as a multisite adsorbent enables simultaneous removal of propyne and propadiene from propylene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13145-13149.

5. Yang, L. F.#; Cui, X. L.#; Yang, Q. W.; Qian, S. H.; Wu, H.; Bao, Z. B.; Zhang, Z. G.; Ren, Q. L.; Zhou, W.; Chen, B. L.; Xing, H. B.*, A single-molecule propyne trap: highly efficient removal of propyne from propylene with anion-pillared ultramicroporous materials. Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1705374-1705381.

6. Yang, L. F.; Qian, S. H.; Wang, X. B.; Cui, X. L.; Chen, B. L.*; Xing, H. B.*, Energy-efficient separation alternatives: metal-organic frameworks and membranes for hydrocarbon separation. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 5359-5406.

7. Yu, C.#; Guo, Z. D.#; Yang, L. F.*; Cui, J. Y.; Chen, S.; Bo, Y. W.; Suo, X.; Gong, Q. H.; Zhang, S.; Cui, X. L.; He, S. B.*; Xing, H. B.*, A robust metal-organic framework with scalable synthesis and optimal adsorption and desorption for energy-efficient ethylene purification. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202218027.

8. Zhang, Y. B.#; Yang, L. F.#; Wang, L. Y.; Duttwyler, S.*; Xing, H. B.*, A microporous metal-organic framework supramolecularly assembled from a Cu^II dodecaborate cluster complex for selective gas separation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8145.

9. Yang, L. F.; Yang, Q. W.; Hu, J. Y.; Bao, Z. B.; Su, B. G.; Zhang, Z. G.; Ren, Q. L.; Xing, H. B.*, Metal nanoparticles in ionic liquid-cosolvent biphasic systems as active catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination. AIChE J. 2018, 64, 2536-2544.

10. Chen, S.; Li, Y. J.; Yang. L. F.*; Zhang, X. M.; Yang, Z. L.; Zhou, L.; Cui, X. L.; Xing, H. B., Anion-pillared porous materials with suitable pore size for the efficient discrimination of cyclohexene from cyclohexane. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2022, 302, 122905-122910.

11. Guo, Z. D.#; Li, Y. J.#; Zhang, P. X.; Cui, J. Y.; Chen, L. Y.; Yang, L. F.*; Wang, J.; Cui, X. L.; Xing, H. B., Pillared-layer ultramicroporous material for highly selective SO₂ capture from CO₂ mixtures. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2022, 295, 121337-121341.

12. Wang, Z. H.; Yang, L. F.*; Zhang, P. X.; Cui, J. Y.; Chen, P. K.; Ding, Q.; Cui, X. L.; Xing, H. B.*, Highly microporous activated carbons with industrial potential for selective adsorption of ethane over ethylene. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2021, 60, 13301-13308.

13. Yang, L. F.; Idrees, K B.; Chen, Z. J.; Knapp, J.; Chen, Y. W.; Wang, X. J.; Cao, R.; Zhang, X.; Xing, H. B.; Islamoglu, T., Farha, O K.*, Nanoporous water-stable Zr-based metal-organic frameworks for water adsorption. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 4346-4350. 

14. Zhang, L.#; Jiang, K.#; Yang, L. F.#; Li, L. B.; Hu, E. L.; Yang, L.; Shao, K.; Xing, H. B.; Cui, Y. J.; Yang, Y.; Li, B.*; Chen, B. L.*; Qian, G. D.*, Benchmark C₂H₂/CO₂ separation in an ultra-microporous metal-organic framework via copper-alkynyl chemistry. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 15995-16002.

15. Yang, L. F.; Cui, X. L.; Ding, Q.; Wang, Q. J.; Jin, A. Y.; Ge, L. S.; Xing, H. B.*, Polycatenated molecular cage-based propane trap for propylene purification with recorded selectivity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 2525-2530.

16. Yang, L. F.; Cui, X. L.; Zhang, Y. B.; Wang, Q. J.; Zhang, Z. Q.; Suo, X.; Xing, H. B.*, Anion pillared metal-organic framework embedded with molecular rotors for size-selective capture of CO₂ from CH₄ and N₂. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 3138-3144.

17. Yang, L. F.; Jin, A. Y.; Ge, L. S.; Cui, X. L.; Xing, H. B.*, A novel interpenetrated anion-pillared porous material with high water tolerance afforded efficient C₂H₂/C₂H₄ separation. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 5001-5004.

18. Yang, L. F.; Cui, X. L.; Zhang, Y. B.; Yang, Q. W.; Xing, H. B.*, A highly sensitive flexible metal-organic framework sets a new benchmark for separating propyne from propylene. J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 24452-24458.