Dr. Lin is interested in designing novel functional organic cages and macrocycles with special structure and property for practical applications in life science, energy science and material science.
Selected Publications
Smart touchless human–machine interaction based on crystalline porous cages. Wang, J.-R.;#Lin, W.-B.;# Chen, Z.; Nikolaeva, V. O.; Alimi, L. O.; Khashab, N. M.* Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 1575. (# Co-first author).
Caging the Hofmeister Effect by a Biomimetic Supramolecular Receptor. Lin, W.-B.;#Zhang, G.-W.; # Zhu, X.-F.; Yu, P.; Alimi, L. O.; Moosa, B. A.; Sessler, J. L.;* Khashab, N. M.* J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023, 145, 12609.
Industrial Separation Challenges: How Can Supramolecular Chemistry Help? Zhang, G.-W.;#Lin, W.-B.;# Huang, F.-H.;* Sessler, J. L.;* Khashab, N. M.* J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023, 145, 35, 19143.
Polycage membranes for precise molecular separation and catalysis. Li, X.; Lin, W.-B.; Sharma, V.; Gorecki, R.; Ghosh, M.; Moosa, B. A.; Guerrero, S. A.; Hong, S.-S.; Khashab, N. M.;* Nunes, S. P.* Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 3112.
Sign Inversions of Circularly Polarized Luminescence for Helical Compounds by Chemically Fine-Tuning Operations. Lin, W.-B.; He, D.-Q..; Lu, H.-Y.*; Hu, Z.-Q.; Chen, C.-F.*Chem. Commun.2020, 56, 1863.
Recent progress on multidimensional construction of helicenes. Lin, W.-B.; Li, M.; Fang, L.; Chen, C.-F.*Chin. Chem. Lett.2018, 29, 40.
Education
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2019
B.S. & B.E. (double degrees), Molecular Science and Engineering, Nankai University&Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2014
Awards
2016 Named Scholarship for Doctoral Students, ICCAS
2016 Excellent Student, UCAS
2012 First-Grade National Grant, Nankai University
2011 National Encouragement Scholarship, Nankai University
2010 First-Grade National Grant, Nankai University
KAUST Affiliations
Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center (AMPMC)
Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)
