Research Statement
His research interests mainly focus on the design, synthesis, crystal growth, and characterizations of new nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals, which feature non-centrosymmetric crystal structures and thus exhibit second harmonic genaration responses. He and co-authors designed and synthesized a series of borate beryllium-free deep-UV NLO crystals which overcome the layering growth tendency of the benchmark KBBF crysytal. Furthermore, they discovered a variety of non-π-congruated deep-UV NLO materials, proposed effective design strategies, and revealed new mechanisms on the structure-property relationships. In recent years, he and co-authors has published more than 80 SCI papers, including the first-author/corresponding-author papers in Angew. Chem. (4 papers), Nat. Commun. (1 paper), and JACS (6 papers), as well as Coord. Chem. Rev. (2 papers), with total citations by other researchers for more than 2500 times. In particular, 5 papers are authorized as ESI Highly Cited Papers. More than 10 Chinese and 1 US patents are authorized.
Team members:
Nonlinear optical crystal research team
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We thirst for talented Ph.D or postdoctor majored in inorganic synthetic chemistry, structural chemistry, or inorganic material chemistry.
Selected Publications
（1） Youchao Liu, Xiaomeng Liu, Shuai Liu, Qingran Ding, Yanqiang Li, Lina Li, Sangen Zhao,* Zheshuai Lin, Junhua Luo, Maochun Hong, An Unprecedented Antimony(III) Borate with Strong Linear and Nonlinear Optical Responses, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 7793, 2020.
（2） Shuai Liu,# Xiaomeng Liu,# Sangen Zhao,* Youchao Liu, Lina Li, Qingran Ding, Yanqiang Li, Zheshuai Lin,* Junhua Luo, Maochun Hong, An exceptional peroxide birefringent material resulting from d‐π interactions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 9414, 2020.
（3） Qingran Ding, Xiaomeng Liu, Sangen Zhao,* Yusong Wang, Yanqiang Li, Lina Li, Shuai Liu, Zheshuai Lin, Maochun Hong, Junhua Luo,* Designing a Deep-UV Nonlinear Optical Fluorooxosilicophosphate, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 6472, 2020.
（4） Youchao Liu, Yaoguo Shen, Sangen Zhao*, Junhua Luo, Structure-property relationship in nonlinear optical materials with π-conjugated CO3 triangles, Coord.Chem.Rev.407, 213152, 2020.
（5） Yanqiang Li, Fei Liang, Sangen Zhao,* Lina Li, Zhenyue Wu, Qingran Ding, Shuai Liu, Zheshuai Lin,* Maochun Hong, and Junhua Luo,* Two Non-π-Conjugated Deep-UV Nonlinear Optical Sulfates, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 3833？3837, 2019.
（6） Zhao, Sangen; Yang, Xiaoyan; Yang, Yi; Kuang, Xiaojun;* Lu, Fengqi; Shan, Pai; Sun, Zhihua, Lin, Zheshuai;* Hong, Maochun; Luo, Junhua,* Non-Centrosymmetric RbNaMgP2O7 with Unprecedented Thermo-Induced Enhancement of Second Harmonic Generation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 1592, 2018.
（7） Shen Yaoguo; Zhao Sangen;* Luo Junhua,* The role of cations in second-order nonlinear optical materials based on π-conjugated [BO3]3- groups, Coord. Chem. Rev.366, 1, 2018.
（8） Sangen Zhao, Yi Yang, Yaoguo Shen, Bingqing Zhao, Lina Li, Chengmin Ji, Zhenyue Wu, Daqiang Yuan, Zheshuai Lin,* Maochun Hong, and Junhua Luo,* Cooperation of Three Chromophores Generates the Water-Resistant Nitrate Nonlinear Optical Material Bi3TeO6OH(NO3)2, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 540–544, 2017.
（9）Sangen Zhao, Lei Kang, Yaoguo Shen, Xiaodong Wang, Muhammad Adnan Asghar, Zheshuai Lin,* Yingying Xu, Siyuan Zeng, Maochun Hong, and Junhua Luo,* Designing a Beryllium-Free Deep-Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Material without a Structural Instability Problem, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 2961-2964, 2016.
（10）Yaoguo Shen, Yi Yang, Sangen Zhao,* Bingqing Zhao, Zheshuai Lin, Chengmin Ji, Lina Li, Ping Fu, Maochun Hong, Junhua Luo,* Deep-ultraviolet transparent Cs2LiPO4exhibits an unprecedented second harmonic generation, Chem. Mater. 28, 7110-7116, 2016.
（11） Sangen Zhao, Pifu Gong, Siyang Luo, Sijie Liu, Lina, Li, Muhammad Adnan Asghar, Tariq Khan, Maochun Hong, Zheshuai Lin, and Junhua Luo,* Beryllium-Free Rb3Al3B3O10F with Reinforced Interlayer Bonding as a Deep-Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Crystal, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 2207-2210, 2015.
（12） Sangen Zhao, Pifu Gong, Siyang Luo, Lei Bai, Zheshuai Lin,* Yuanyuan Tang, Yuelan Zhou, Maochun Hong, and Junhua Luo,* Tailored Synthesis of a Nonlinear Optical Phosphate with a Short Absorption Edge, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 4217-4221, 2015.
（13）Sangen Zhao, Pifu Gong, Xiang Xu, Shuquan Zhang, Zhihua Sun, Zheshuai Lin,* Maochun Hong, Chuangtian Chen, Junhua Luo,* Beryllium-free Li4Sr(BO3)2 for deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical applications, Nat. Commun., 5, 4019, 2014.
（14）Sangen Zhao, Pifu Gong, Siyang Luo, Lei Bai, Zheshuai Lin,* Chenming Ji, Tianliang Chen, Maochun Hong, and Junhua Luo,* Deep-Ultraviolet Transparent Phosphates RbBa2(PO3)5 and Rb2Ba3(P2O7)2 Show Nonlinear Optical Activity from Condensation of [PO4]3- Units, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 8560-8563, 2014.
