WELCOME

Welcome to the Jiang Laboratory; we focus on exploring organic chemistry to develop synthetic macromolecules with predictable long-range structural orderings – covalent organic frameworks & 2D polymers. 

Fellow of The European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)

Professor Donglin JIANG was 2018–2025 The world’s most highly cited researcher in the field of Chemistry by Clarivate Analytics

19 July 2024, Dr. Yongzi CHEN and Dan ZHAO won the Best Poster Award separately at The 9th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds. Congratulations!!!

Professor Donglin JIANG was awarded SNIC-AsCA2019 Singapore Award 2025

Professor Donglin JIANG was 2025 The world’s most highly cited researcher in the field of Chemistry by Clarivate Analytics and NUS News

 

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10 March 2025
Chemistry World (Royal Society of Chemistry) | Feature | COFs head for the big time by Mina Notman
Highlighted our historic work in the field.

Homochiral Helicene Covalent Organic Frameworks
Qianqian Yan, Xingyao Ye, Shanshan Tao, Ruoyang Liu, Yongfeng Zhi, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, XXXXX–XXXXX. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c16423

Enhanced Proton Conductivity in Azole-Functionalized Three-Dimensional Crystalline Covalent Organic Frameworks
Xinlong Wang, Aiping Yao, Chunyi Sun, Changyan Zhu, Jun Liu, Hongliang Xu, Kuizhan Shao, Chao Qin, Hong-Ying Zang, Zhongmin Su,* and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Communications 2025, 16, XXXX.

2D Open Framework Materials: Chemistry, Materials, and Applications
Chunqing Ji, Haipei Shao, Yunchuan Pu, Haoyuan Zhang, He Li, Wen-Hua Li, Nengxiu Zhu, Wei Zhao, Donglin Jiang,* and Dan Zhao*
Advanced Materials 2025, XX, e13499. DOI:10.1002/adma.202513499

Coupling Reactions for the Growth of Covalent Organic Frameworks
Donglin Jiang
Nature Synthesis 2025, 4, XXXX–XXXX. DOI:10.1038/s44160-025-00926-0

Synthesis of covalent organic frameworks via coupling polymerization
Zhuoer Li, Shanshan Tao, Matthew Addicoat, Toshikazu Nakamura, and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Synthesis 2025, 4, XXXX–XXXX. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00895-4

Exploring Three-Dimensional Porphyrin-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Outstanding Solar Energy Conversion
Jiaqi Guo, Yunyu Guo, Mingxuan Zhang, Hongde Yu, Haohao Bi, Jingyi Feng, Jiahuan Wang, Keyu Geng, Thomas Heine, Junliang Sun, Di Li*, Donglin Jiang*, and Enquan Jin*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 30369–30379. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c09844

Polycrystalline Covalent Organic Frameworks: Multiscale Structural Insights from Morphological Diversity to Dynamic Lattice Evolution
Juan Li, Yukun Liu, Xuezeng Tian, Shulin Chen, Shanshan Tao, Masaki Takeguchi, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 26955–26968. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c09081

Harvesting Singlet and Triplet Excitation Energies in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Photocatalysis
Ruoyang Liu, Dan Zhao, Sailun Ji, Haipei Shao, Yongzhi Chen, Minjun Feng, Tie Wang, Juan Li, Ming Lin, Tze Chien Sum, Ning Yan, Shu Seki, and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Materials 2025, 24, 1245–1257. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02281-z

Covalent Organic Framework Photocatalysts for Green and Efficient Photochemical Transformations
Yongzhi Chen, Yuanyuan Guo, Tie Wang, Sailun Ji, Haipei Shao, Ming Lin, Shu Seki, Ning Yan, and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Communications 2025, 16, 6495. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61853-4

An Ethynyl-Linked sp-Carbon-Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework through Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Reactions
Hao Yang, Shanshan Tao, Shuyue He, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 19667–19674. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c01709

Semiconducting Covalent Organic Frameworks
Donglin Jiang*, Vincent Guan Wu Tan, Yifan Gong, Haipei Shao, Xinyu Mu, Zhangliang Luo, and Shuyue He
Chem. Rev. 2025, 125, 6203–6308. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00950

Superacid In-Situ-Protected Synthesis of Covalent Organic Frameworks
Xingyao Ye, Ruoyang Liu, Xinyu Mu, Shanshan Tao, Hao Yang, Xuejiao J. Gao, Shuo-Wang Yang, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 6942–6957. DOI/10.1021/jacs.4c17548

Crystalline, Porous Figure-Eight-Noded Covalent Organic Frameworks (Hot Paper)
Yaling Li, Shanshan Tao, Yongzhi Chen, Xingyao Ye, Haipei Shao, Ming Lin, Yongfeng Zhi, and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e2025103. DOI: 10.1002/anie.2025103

Vertically Expanded Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation into Oxygen
Shuailei Xie, Ruoyang Liu, Mengyu Liu, Hetao Xu, Xiong Chen, Xinchen Wang, and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202416771. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202416771

Synthesis of Single Crystal Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks and Uncovering Their Hidden Structural Features by Three-Dimensional Electron Diffraction
Lejian Deng, Wantao Chen, Guojun Zhou, Ying Liu, Lingmei Liu, Yu Han, Zhehao Huang*, Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 35427–35437. DOI/10.1021/jacs.4c14535

Vertically Expanded Crystalline Porous Covalent Organic Frameworks
Shuailei Xie, Matthew Addicoat, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 32640–32650. DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c11880

Photocatalysis with Covalent Organic Frameworks
Yongzhi Chen and Donglin Jiang*
Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 3182–3193.  DOI:10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00517

Ketazine-Linked Crystalline Porous Covalent Organic Frameworks
Xinyu Mu, Shuailei Xie, Xingyao Ye, Shanshan Tao, Juan Li, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 25118–25124. DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c08231

Helicene Covalent Organic Frameworks for Robust Light Harvesting and Efficient Energy Transfers (VIP)
Cong Yin, Xingyao Ye, Shanshan Tao, Dan Zhao, Yongfeng Zhi, and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202411558. DOI:10.1002/anie.e202411558

Wiring Covalent Organic Frameworks with Conducting Polymers
Yifan Gong, Lejian Deng, Xiaoyi Xu, Ruoyang Liu, Juan Li, Ning Huang, and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202411806. DOI:10.1002/anie.e202411806 

Exceptional Anhydrous Proton Conduction in Covalent Organic Frameworks
Shanshan Tao and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2024, 146, 18151–18160. DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c06049

Accelerating Anhydrous Proton Transport in Covalent Organic Frameworks: Pore Chemistry and Its Impacts (VIP)
Shanshan Tao and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202408296. DOI:10.1002/anie.202408296

Molecular design of covalent organic framework photocatalysts
Yongzhi Chen and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Synthesis 2024, 3, 939–940. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00541-5

Hierarchical Assembly of Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Water and Air
Yongzhi Chen, Ruoyang Liu, Yuanyuan Guo, Gang Wu, Tze Chien Sum, Shuo Wang Yang, and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Synthesis 2024, 3, 998–1010 DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00542-4

Covalent Organic Frameworks: Linkage Chemistry and Its Critical Role in The Evolution of π Electronic Structures and Functions
Chunyu HeShanshan TaoRuoyang LiuYongfeng Zhi*, and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202403472 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403472

Light-Gating Crystalline Porous Covalent Organic Frameworks
Guangtong Wang, Yu Feng, Xingyao Ye, Zhongping Li, Shanshan Tao, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 10953–10962.DOI:10.1021/jacs.021648

Photoresponsive Covalent Organic Frameworks: Visible-Light Controlled Conversion of Porous Structures and Its Impacts
Yu Feng, Guangtong Wang, Ruoyang Liu, Xingyao Ye, Shanshan Tao, Matthew A. Addicoat, Zhongping Li, Qiuhong Jiang, and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202400009 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400009 (Hot Paper)

Linkage-Engineered Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Frameworks for Optimal Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Water and Air
Ruoyang Liu, Yongzhi Chen, Hongde Yu, Miroslav Položij, Yuanyuan Guo, Tze Chien Sum, Thomas Heine, and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Catalysis 2024, 7, 195–206. DOI: 10.1038/s41929-023-01102-3

Crystalline, Porous Helicene Covalent Organic Frameworks
Qianqian Yan, Shanshan Tao, Ruoyang Liu, Yongfeng Zhi, and Donglin Jiang*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202316092. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316092 (Hot Paper)

Reviews

Semiconducting Covalent Organic Frameworks
Donglin Jiang*, Vincent Guan Wu Tan, Yifan Gong, Haipei Shao, Xinyu Mu, Zhangliang Luo, and Shuyue He
Chem. Rev. 2025, 125, 6203–6308. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00950

Photocatalysis with Covalent Organic Frameworks
Yongzhi Chen and Donglin Jiang*
Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 3182–3193. DOI:10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00517

Covalent Organic Frameworks
Ke Tian Tan, Samrat Ghosh, Fuxiang Wen, David Rodríguez-San-Miguel, Feng Jie, Ning Huang, Wei Wang, Felix Zamora, Xinliang Feng, Arne Thomas, and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2023, 3, 1. DOI:10.1038/s43586-022-00181-z

Covalent Organic Frameworks: Chemistry of Pore Interface and Wall Surface Perturbation and Impact on Functions
Acc. Mater. Res. 2022, 3, 879–893. DOI:10.1021/accountsmr.2c00108 (Invited)

Covalent Organic Frameworks: An Ideal Platform for Designing Ordered Materials and Advanced Applications
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 120-242. 
DOI: 10.1039/DoCS00620C (Invited)

Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Conversions: Current Status, Challenges, and Perspectives
CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 2003–2024. DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.020.202000491 Invited)

Covalent Organic Frameworks: An Amazing Chemistry Platform for Designing Polymers
Chem. 20206, 2461–2483. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.08.024
(Invited)

Covalent Organic Frameworks: Pore Design and Interface Engineering
Acc. Chem. Res. 202053, 1672–1685. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00386

Covalent Organic Frameworks: Design, Synthesis, and  Functions
Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 8814–8933. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00550

Covalent Organic Frameworks: Chemical Approaches to Designer Structures and Built-in Functions
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 5050–5091. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904291

Covalent Organic Frameworks: A Materials Platform for Structural and Functional Designs
Ning Huang, Ping Wang, and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Reviews Materials 2016, 1, 16068. DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.68 (Front Cover Page) or author share via Springer Nature Sharedlt (Invited)

Conjugated Microporous Polymers: Design, Synthesis and Application
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42, 8012–8031. (Front Cover Page) DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60160A

Covalent Organic Frameworks
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 6010–6022DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35157A