FacultyName:Hui Zou

Title:AssociateProfessor

Position:

Office:437, Shenghua Building

Phone:

Email:zouh@hfut.edu.cn

Education:

B.S.,Material Science and Engineering, TongjiUniversity,2007-2011

M.S.,Materials Science, TongjiUniversity,2011-2014

VisitingScholar, Material Science and Engineering, Universityof Tennessee, Knoxville,2016-2017

Ph.D.,Material Science and Engineering, TongjiUniversity,2014-2017

Biography:

Dr.Hui Zou is currently an Associate professor in the Department ofPolymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering, Hefei University of Technology. He received his receivedhis B.Sc. (2011), M.Sc. (2014), and Ph. D (2017) degrees, from TongjiUniversity. During his doctoral studies，Dr.Zou spent 6 months in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as avisiting scholar. After obtaining his doctoral degree, Dr. Zou joinedHefei University of Technology in 2017. His current scientificinterests are helical polymers, stimuli-responsive materials,functional polymerswith well-defined structures, and supramolecular functional polymersbased on host-guest inclusion complexation.

ResearchInterests：

HelicalPolymers: Design and synthesize helical polymers such aspolyisocyanides, polycarbenes, etc, and explored the self-assemblyand chiral separation properties of them.

Stimuli-ResponsivePolymers:Prepare stimuli-responsive polymers, such as thermo-, pH-, UV-,CO₂-responsivepolymers, and investigate the controlled drug release behavior oftheir aggregates in aqueous solutions.

FunctionalPolymers with Well-Defined Structures:Fabricate functional polymers with well-defined structures, such asstarlike polymers, H-type polymers, dumbbell-shaped polymers, polymerbrushes, and so forth, by “living”/controlled polymerization,e.g., atom transfer radical polymerization, ring openingpolymerization, isocyanide polymerization, etc..

SupramolecularPolymers: Construct supramolecular polymer with complex topology andspecial functionality based on host-guest recognition.

TeachingInterests:

PolymerChemistry, Technology of polymer synthesis, Research methods ofpolymer materials, General Chemistry,

SelectedFunded Projects:

Preparationof Poly(isocyanides)-based Smart Chiral Gels and Their Applicationsin Chiral Separation, 51803045, Young Scientists Fund of the NationalNatural Science Foundation of China, 2019-2021.

Preparationand Properties of Polyisocyanides-based Functional Polymers withComplex Topologies, JZ2021HGTB0084, Fundamental Research Funds forthe Central Universities, 2021-2022.

ControlledSynthesis and Properties of Helical Poly(isocyanides)-basedFunctional Copolymers with Optical Activity,JZ2023AKZR0556,Anhui ProvincialNatural Science Foundation, 2023-2026.

SelectedAwards and Honors:

ExcellentGraduates of Shanghai, Excellent Graduates of Tongji University,Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Advisor of Hefei University ofTechnology.

SelectedPublications：

(1)Hui Zou*,WeiLiu,ChaoWang,LiZhou,NaLiu*,Zong-Quan Wu*. Polyfluorene-block-poly(phenylisocyanide) Copolymers: One-Pot Synthesis, Helical Assembly, andCircularly Polarized Luminescence, Macromolecules,2023, 56(5), 1875-1883.

(2)Hui Zou*,ShanTai,Shu-YangZhao,LiZhou,NaLiu*,Zong-Quan Wu*. Facile preparation of optically active helicalpolycarbenes with salicylate substituents and theirpostpolymerization modification, ChemicalCommunications,2023, 59(28), 4201-4204.

(3)HuiZou*,Shan-ShanHan,Guo-QiangLi, LiZhou,NaLiu*,Zong-Quan Wu*. Controlled Synthesis, Chiral Assembly, and CircularlyPolarized Luminescence of Poly(Phenyl Isocyanide)-Block-PolyfluoreneCopolymers, MacromolarRapid Communications,2023, 44(15), 2300159.

(4)Bao-Rui Gao, Yong-Jie Wu, Lei Xu, HuiZou*,Li Zhou, Na Liu,* et al. Synthesis of Optically Active HelicalPolycarbenes through Helix-Sense-Selective Polymerization Strategyand Their Application in Chiral Separation, ACSMacro Letters,2022, 11(6), 785-791.

(5)Chao Wang, HuiZou*,Na Liu, Zong-Quan Wu*. Recent Advances in Polyallenes: Preparation,Self-Assembly, and Stimuli-Responsiveness, Chemistry- An Asian Journal,2021, 16(23), 3864-3872.

(6)HuiZou*,Qian-Wei Li, Qi-Liang Wu, Wen-Quan Liang, Xiao-Hua Hou, Li Zhou, etal. POSS-based starlike hybrid helical poly(phenyl isocyanide)s:their synthesis, self-assembly, and enantioselective crystallizationability, PolymerChemistry,2021, 12(27), 3917-3924.

(7)HuiZou*,Qiliang Wu, Qianwei Li, ChunyaoWang, Li Zhou, Xiao-Hua Hou, et al.Thermo- and redox-responsive dumbbell-shaped copolymers: fromstructure design to the LCST-UCST transition, PolymerChemistry,2020, 11(4), 830-842.

(8)Qian-Wei Li^#,Yi-Xu Su^#,HuiZou*,Yong-Yuan Chen, Li Zhou, Xiao-Hua Hou, et al. Self-assembly andfluorescence emission of UV-responsive azobenzene-containing helicalpoly(phenyl isocyanide) copolymers, PolymerChemistry,2020, 11(37), 6029-6036.

(9)Lei Xu, Xun-Hui Xu, Na Liu*, HuiZou*,Zong-Quan Wu*. A Facile Synthetic Route to MultifunctionalPoly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(phenylisocyanide) Copolymers: From Aggregation-Induced Emission toControlled Helicity, Macromolecules,2018, 51(19), 7546-7555.

(10)HuiZou,Weizhong Yuan*, Yeqiang Lu, Shanfeng Wang. UV light- andthermo-responsive supramolecular aggregates with tunable morphologiesfrom the inclusion complexation of dendritic/linear polymers,ChemicalCommunications,2017, 53(16), 2463-2466.