DR. XUECHAO LI  

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Innovation Center for Molecular Science of Surface and Interface

Email：xcli@suda.edu.cn

Personal Profile

With expertise in scanning probe microscopy with sub-molecular resolution, my research is dedicated to understanding the behavior of molecules and molecular complexes on atomically flat surfaces, as well as the emerge non-trivial physical and chemical phenomena.

Research Interests

Metal-organic strong hybrids, being conductive, magnetic, catalytic or globally aromatic；

Physics & Chemistry under nano-confinement.

Education & Working history

Assoc. Prof., FUNSOM, Soochow University                                   2025-present

Post-Doc., Chemistry, Soochow University                                      2022-2025

Ph. D, Physics, Soochow University                                                 2022

B.S., Nanomaterials and nanotechnology, Soochow University       2017

Research Projects

1. Excellent Postdoctoral Program of Jiangsu Province, 2023ZB310

2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2023M742535

3. China Scholarship Council, 202406920069

4. Young Scientists Fund Project (C) of NSFC, 22402140

5. International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Project of NSFC, 22161132026

6. General Program of NSFC, 22072103

Selected Publications

1. Li, Xuechao; Ge, Haitao; Gao, Yixuan; Yang, Fangyu; Kang, Faming; Xue, Renjie; Yan, Linghao; Du, Shixuan; Xu, Wei*; Zhang, Haiming*; Chi, Lifeng*. Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Investigation of Au-bis-acetylide Networks on Au(111): The Influence of Metal–Organic Hybridization. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2024, 15, 4593-4601. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00400

2. Wu, Minghui; Markus, Mühlinghaus; Li, Xuechao; Xu, Chaojie; Chen, Qiang; Zhang, Haiming; Müllen, Klaus*; Chi, Lifeng*. On-Surface Synthesis of Chevron-Shaped Conjugated Ladder Polymers Consisting of Benzo[a]azulene Units. Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin.2024, 40, 2307024. DOI: 10.3866/pku.Whxb202307024.

3. Wang, Lina; Han, Yi; Xie, Miao; Li, Xuechao; Chen, Qiang; Tang, Yanning; Liu, Ye; Ge, Haitao; Li, Hailong; Cai, Liangshuhan; Meerholz, Klaus; Zhang, Haiming*; Müllen, Klaus*; Chi, Lifeng*. Synthesis of Hexabenzocoronene-Cored Graphdiyne Nanosheets through Dehydrogenative Coupling on Au(111) Surface. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, 63, e202411722. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202411722

4. Li, Xuechao; Niu, Kaifeng; Duan, Sai; Tang, Yanning; Hao, Zhengming; Xu, Zhichao; Ge, Haitao; Rosen, Johanna; Björk, Jonas*; Zhang, Haiming*; Xu, Xin; Chi, Lifeng*. Pyridinic Nitrogen Modification for Selective Acetylenic Homocoupling on Au(111). J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 4545-4552. DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c11799

5. Xi, Jiahao; Xue, Renjie; Li, Xuechao; Lin, Yu; Peng, Guyue; Wang, Junbo; You, Sifan; Xu, Chaojie; Zhang, Haiming*; Chi, Lifeng*. Highly Selective On-Surface [2 + 2] Cycloaddition Induced by Hierarchical Metal–Organic Hybrids. J. Phys. Chem. Lett 2023, 14, 1585-1591. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03913

6. Li, Xuechao; Ge, Haitao; Xue, Renjie; Wu, Minghui; Chi, Lifeng*. Anchoring and Reacting On-Surface to Achieve Programmability. JACS Au, 2022, 2, 58-65. DOI:10.1021/jacsau.1c00397

7. Tang, Yanning; Ejlli, Barbara; Niu, Kaifeng; Li, Xuechao; Hao, Zhengming; Xu, Chaojie; Zhang, Haiming; Rominger, Frank; Freudenberg, Jan; Bunz, Uwe H. F.; Muellen, Klaus*; Chi, Lifeng*. On-Surface Debromination of 2,3-Bis(dibromomethyl)- and 2,3-Bis(bromomethyl)naphthalene: Dimerization or Polymerization? Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202204123. DOI:10.1002/anie.202204123

8. Li, Xuechao; Niu, Kaifeng; Zhang, Junjie; Yu, Xiaojuan; Zhang, Haiming*; Wang, Yuemin*; Guo, Qing; Wang, Pengdong; Li, Fangsen; Hao, Zhengming; Xu, Chaojie; Tang, Yanning; Xu, Zhichao; Lu, Shuai; Liu, Peng; Xue, Guigu; Wei, Yen; Chi, Lifeng*. Direct transformation of n-alkane into all-trans conjugated polyene via cascade dehydrogenation. Natl. Sci. Rev. 2021, 8, nwab091. DOI:10.1093/nsr/nwab093

9. Zhong, Qigang; Li, Xuechao; Zhang, Haiming; Chi, Lifeng*. Noncontact atomic force microscopy: Bond imaging and beyond. Surf. Sci. Rep. 2020, 75, 100509. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfrep.2020.100509

10. Li, Ling; Li, Xuechao; Tang, Yanning; Xu, Zhichao; Zhang, Haiming; Chi, Lifeng. Geometric and Electronic Behavior of C₆₀ on PTCDA Hydrogen Bonded Network. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 2020, 36, 81-85. DOI: 10.1007/s40242-020-9099-0

11. Li, Xuechao; Zhang, Haiming; Chi, Lifeng*. On-Surface Synthesis of Graphyne-Based Nanostructures. Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, e1804087. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804087

Edited by Juan Yang