Zhen Shen
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Nanjing University
China
Biography
Professor at Nanjing University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2007,12-present) Visiting professor at Tohoku University, Japan (2010,01-2010,02) Post-doctoral fellow at Ehime University, Japan. (2001,09-2003,09) Post-doctoral fellow at Regensburg University, Germany. (2000,10-2001,09) PhD from Nanjing University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2000.09)
Research Interest
Her research focuses primarily on the synthesis, spectroscopy and electrochemistry of red organic dyes suitable for use in the visible-near infrared region. Three different types of dye compound are studied: novel porphyrin analogues, boron- dipyrromethenes and D-p-A type of organic dyes. A key goal of the research is to synthesize dyes suitable for use in practical applications such as sensors for the detection of toxic metals both in vivo and in vitro and as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cell.
Publications
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“Experimentation and Theoretic Calculation of a BODIPY Sensor Based on Photoinduced Electron Transfer for Ions Detection.†Lu, Hua; Zhang, Shu-Shu; Liu, Han-Zhuang; Wang, Yan-Wei; Shen, Zhen*; Liu, Chun-Gen;* You, Xiao-Zeng.*J. Phys. Chem. A (2009), 113(51), 14081-14086.
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"Conformation-Dependent Stacking Behavior of Porphyrin Assemblies Observed by Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ". Li, Min; Xu, Hai-Jun; Deng, Ke; Shen, Zhen;* You, Xiao-Zeng; Zeng, Qing-Dao;* Wang, Chen.*J. Phys. Chem. C, (2010), 114(4), 1881-1884.
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“Dihydronaphthalene-Fused Boron–Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) Dyes: Insight into the Electronic and Conformational Tuning Modes of BODIPY Fluorophoresâ€. Yan-Wei Wang, Ana B. Descalzo, Zhen Shen,* Xiao-Zeng You, and Knut Rurack *Chem. Eur. J. (2010), 16, 2887 – 2903.
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“Specific Cu2+-induced J-aggregation and Hg2+-induced fluorescence enhancement based on BODIPYâ€. Hua Lu, Zhaoli Xue, John Mack, Zhen Shen,* Xiaozeng You and Nagao Kobayashi Chem. Commun., (2010), 46, 3565–3567.
