Yang-Kun Qu, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Outstanding Youth Scholar of Soochow University

Yang-Kun Qu, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University. He received his Ph.D. from Soochow University in 2022 under the supervision of Professors Zuo-Quan Jiang and Jian Fan. He then conducted postdoctoral research at Peking University, working with Professor Jian Pei and Associate Professor Jie-Yu Wang. He joined FUNSOM at Soochow University in 2025. His primary research interests focus on the design of organic functional molecules and the study of their photophysical properties. He has published several papers as the first author or co-first author in journals such asAngew. Chem. Int. Ed (3),Acc. Mater. Res.,Chem, and Adv. Mater..

Contact

Office: Room 910-F102, Dushu Lake Campus, Soochow University

Email: ykqu@suda.edu.cn

Research Group

Prof. Zuoquan Jiang Group, FUNSOM, Soochow University

Research Interests

1. Spiro-based through-space charge-transfer luminescent materials

2. Non-covalent interaction in optimization of organic luminescent materials

3. Construction and photophysical studies of boron-nitrogen-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Awards

Outstanding Youth Scholar of Soochow University (2025)

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Soochow University (2024)

Boya Postdoctoral Fellowship, Peking University (2022)

Grants

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2023M740069, 2023)

Selected Publications

1.Qu, Y.-K.#, Zheng, Q.#, Zhou, D.-Y.#, Cui, L.-S., Liao, L.-S., Jiang, Z.-Q.*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202418008.（Selected as Very Important Paper）

2.Qu, Y.-K., Zhou, D.-Y., Zheng, Q., Zuo, P., Che, Z.-L., Liao, L.-S., Jiang, Z.-Q. *Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202408712.（Selected as Hot Paper）

3.Qu, Y.-K.#, Zhou, D.-Y.#, Kong, F.-C.#, Zheng, Q., Tang, X., Zhu, Y.-H., Huang, C.-C., Feng, Z.-Q., Fan, J., Adachi, C., Liao, L.-S., Jiang, Z.-Q.*Steric Modulation of Spiro Structure for Highly Efficient Multiple Resonance Emitters [J].Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61(22): e202201886.（ESI highly cited paper）

4.Qu, Y.-K.#, Zheng, Q.#, Fan, J., Liao, L.-S., Jiang, Z.-Q.*Spiro Compounds for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes [J].Acc.Mater. Res.,2021,2(12): 1261-71.

5. Zheng, Q.#,Qu, Y.-K.#, Zuo, P., Yuan, H.-T., Yang, Y.-J., Qiu, Y.-C, Liao, L.-S., Zhou, D.-Y*, Jiang, Z.-Q.* Enhancing Multi-Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters via Through-Space Heavy-Atom Effect [J].Chem 2025,11 (4), 102353.

Patents

1. Jiang Zuo-Quan, Liao Liang-Sheng, Qu Yang-Kun, Wang Tong-Tong. Thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials, organic light-emitting devices, and display/lighting devices, Patent Number: ZL202010375931.5.

2. Jiang Zuo-Quan, Liao Liang-Sheng, Qu Yang-Kun, Zheng Qi. Compound, organic electronic device containing the same, and display device or lighting device, Patent Number: ZL202010556648.2.

3. Jiang Zuo-Quan, Liao Liang-Sheng, Qu Yang-Kun, Zheng Qi. Compound, organic electronic device containing the same, and display device or lighting device, Patent Number: ZL202010556649.7.

4. Jiang Zuo-Quan, Liao Liang-Sheng, Zhu Xiang-Dong, Qu Yang-Kun. Fluorene-spiro-triphenylamine compound, organic electronic device, and display device or lighting device, Patent Number: ZL202010366067.2.

5. Jiang Zuo-Quan, Liao Liang-Sheng, Wang Xue-Qi, Qu Yang-Kun. Thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials and devices,Patent Number: ZL202011310693.6.

6. Xiao Shengxiong, Qu Yang-Kun, Huang Yue, Bi Meng, Ye Yumeng, Liu Yi, Gao Lei, Liu Taifeng. Synthesis method of A-D-A type organic optoelectronic small molecules based on perylene diimide and pentacene, Patent Number: ZL201710889587.X.

Edited by Juan Yang