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Zhi-Gang Ren

Zhi-Gang Ren

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Chemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
6091
World Ranking
16971
National Ranking
2576

Overview

Zhi-Gang Ren is affiliated with Soochow University in China and has an extensive body of research primarily focused on the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research covers a variety of specialized topics, which include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties

Zhi-Gang Ren has published in several scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (20 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (5 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (4 publications)
  • Molecules (4 publications)
  • Chemistry - An Asian Journal (3 publications)

Their recent publications, spanning 2020 to 2021, demonstrate diverse research interests in both organic and inorganic chemistry, focusing on synthesis, photochemistry, and catalysis:

  • Acyl Radicals from α-Keto Acids Using a Carbonyl Photocatalyst: Photoredox-Catalyzed Synthesis of Ketones, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Synthesis of a Pyrazole-Based Microporous Organic Polymer for High-Performance CO2 Capture and Alkyne Carboxylation, 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Cobalt(II) and Nickel(II) Complexes of a PNN Type Ligand as Photoenhanced Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Terahertz time-domain absorption spectra of Cu(i) complexes bearing tetraphosphine ligands: the bridge between the C-H⋯π and π⋯π interactions and photoluminescence properties, 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • A photoluminescent Au(i)/Ag(i)/PNN coordination complex for relatively rapid and reversible alcohol sensing, 2021, Dalton Transactions

Zhi-Gang Ren has collaborated frequently with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • David James Young (45 collaborative works)
  • Hong-Xi Li (38 collaborative works)
  • Chengrong Lu (16 collaborative works)
  • Jian-Ping Lang (11 collaborative works)
  • Yuwei Wang (10 collaborative works)

Best Publications

  • Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations of two three-dimensional coordination polymers through regioselective [2+2] photodimerization reactions.

    Dong Liu;Zhi-Gang Ren;Hong-Xi Li;Jian-Ping Lang

  • Luminescent Zn(II) Coordination Polymers for Highly Selective Sensing of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in Water.

    Tian Yi Gu;Tian Yi Gu;Ming Dai;David James Young;Zhi Gang Ren

  • Three Zinc(II) Coordination Polymers Based on Tetrakis(4-pyridyl)cyclobutane and Naphthalenedicarboxylate Linkers: Solvothermal Syntheses, Structures, and Photocatalytic Properties

    Ming Dai;Ming Dai;Xin-Ran Su;Xiao Wang;Bing Wu

  • Assembly of [CunIn]-based coordination polymers from cracking the 3D framework of bulk CuI via flexible N-heterocyclic ligands.

    Ling-Ling Li;Hong-Xi Li;Zhi-Gang Ren;Dong Liu

  • One silver(I)/tetraphosphine coordination polymer showing good catalytic performance in the photodegradation of nitroaromatics in aqueous solution

    Xin-Yi Wu;Hai-Xiao Qi;Jin-Jiao Ning;Jian-Feng Wang

  • Rational construction of functional molybdenum (tungsten)–copper–sulfur coordination oligomers and polymers from preformed cluster precursors

    Wen-Hua Zhang;Zhi-Gang Ren;Jian-Ping Lang;Jian-Ping Lang

  • Cadmium(II) Coordination Polymers of 4-Pyr-poly-2-ene and Carboxylates: Construction, Structure, and Photochemical Double [2 + 2] Cycloaddition and Luminescent Sensing of Nitroaromatics and Mercury(II) Ions

    Wei-Jie Gong;Zhi-Gang Ren;Hong-Xi Li;Jian-Guo Zhang

  • A 1D anionic coordination polymer showing superior Congo Red sorption and its dye composite exhibiting remarkably enhanced photocurrent response

    Bing Wu;Wen-Hua Zhang;Zhi-Gang Ren;Jian-Ping Lang;Jian-Ping Lang

  • Cu(OAc)2·H2O-catalyzed N-arylation of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

    Zhong-Lin Xu;Hong-Xi Li;Zhi-Gang Ren;Wei-Yuan Du

  • pH-dependent solvothermal formation of two different 3D multiple interpenetrating nets from the same components of Zn(NO3)2, 1,3-benzenedicarboxylate and 1,4-bis[2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl]benzene

    Dong Liu;Zhi-Gang Ren;Hong-Xi Li;Yang Chen

  • Construction of [(η5-C5Me5)MoS3Cu3]-Based Supramolecular Assemblies from the [(η5-C5Me5)MoS3(CuNCS)3]- Cluster Anion and Multitopic Ligands with Different Symmetries

    Wen-Hua Zhang;Ying-Lin Song;Zhi-Gang Ren;Hong-Xi Li

  • Controllable Fluorescence Switching of a Coordination Chain Based on the Photoinduced Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Reversible Transformation of a syn-[2.2]Metacyclophane.

    Ni-Ya Li;Ni-Ya Li;Dong Liu;Zhi-Gang Ren;Christina Lollar

  • Temperature-Driven Assembly of Ln(III) (Ln = Nd, Eu, Yb) Coordination Polymers of a Flexible Azo Calix[4]arene Polycarboxylate Ligand

    Lei-Lei Liu;Zhi-Gang Ren;Lian-Wen Zhu;Hui-Fang Wang

  • Formation of [CuSCN]n-Based Topological Structures via a Family of Flexible Benzimidazolyl-Based Linkers with Different Spacer Lengths

    Ling-Ling Li;Rong-Xin Yuan;Lei-Lei Liu;Zhi-Gang Ren

  • [PyH][{TpMo(μ3-S)4Cu3}4(μ12-I)]: a unique tetracubane cluster derived from the S–S bond cleavage and the iodide template effects and its enhanced NLO performances

    Zhen-Hong Wei;Zhen-Hong Wei;Chun-Yan Ni;Hong-Xi Li;Zhi-Gang Ren

  • Construction of Cd(II) coordination polymers used as catalysts for the photodegradation of organic dyes in polluted water

    Duan-Xiu Li;Duan-Xiu Li;Chun-Yan Ni;Min-Min Chen;Ming Dai

  • Mo(W)/Cu/S cluster-based supramolecular arrays assembled from preformed clusters [Et4N]4[WS4Cu4I6] and [(n-Bu)4N]2[MoOS3Cu3X3] (X = I, SCN) with flexible ditopic ligands.

    Jian-Ping Lang;Qing-Feng Xu;Wen-Hua Zhang;Hong-Xi Li

  • How do substituent groups in the 5-position of 1,3-benzenedicarboxylate affect the construction of supramolecular frameworks?

    Dong Liu;Hong-Xi Li;Lei-Lei Liu;He-Ming Wang

  • Construction of polymeric and oligomeric lanthanide(III) thiolates from preformed complexes [(TMS)2N]3Ln(μ-Cl)Li(THF)3 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Sm; (TMS)2N = bis(trimethylsilyl)amide)

    Hong-Xi Li;Zhi-Gang Ren;Yong Zhang;Wen-Hua Zhang

  • Cracking the framework of bulk CuCN with flexible bipyrazolyl-based ligands to assemble [CuCN]n-based coordination polymers.

    Ling-Ling Li;Lei-Lei Liu;Ai-Xia Zheng;Yu-Jie Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian-Ping Lang
Jian-Ping Lang Soochow University
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang Soochow University
David J. Young
David J. Young Charles Darwin University
Brendan F. Abrahams
Brendan F. Abrahams University of Melbourne
Yinglin Song
Yinglin Song Harbin Institute of Technology
Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao McGill University
Pierre Braunstein
Pierre Braunstein University of Strasbourg
Li Wang
Li Wang Tianjin University
Seik Weng Ng
Seik Weng Ng University of Malaya
Xiulin Zhu
Xiulin Zhu Soochow University

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