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 and NUS News
Professor Donglin JIANG was awarded SNIC-AsCA2019 Singapore Award 2025
Coupling Reactions for the Growth of Covalent Organic Frameworks
Donglin Jiang
Nature Synthesis 2026, 5, 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 2026, 5, XXXX–XXXX. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00895-4
Potassium-Ion Conduction in Covalent Organic Frameworks
Shanshan Tao, Ruoyang Liu, Xinyu Mu, Xingyao Ye, Xianghong Niu, Shuo-Wang Yang, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, XXXX–XXXX. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c19643
Homochiral Helicene Covalent Organic Frameworks (JACS Cover Page)
Qianqian Yan, Xingyao Ye, Shanshan Tao, Ruoyang Liu, Yongfeng Zhi, and Donglin Jiang*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 821–827. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c16423
Enhanced Proton Conductivity in Azole-Functionalized Three-Dimensional Crystalline Covalent Organic Frameworks
Aiping Yao, Changyan Zhu, Jun Liu, Hongliang Xu, Kuizhan Shao, Chunyi Sun,* Chao Qin, Xinlong Wang,* Hong-Ying Zang, Zhongmin Su, and Donglin Jiang*
Nature Communications 2026, 17, 1115. Doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67873-4
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, 37, e13499. DOI:10.1002/adma.202513499
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
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. 2020, 6, 2461–2483. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.08.024 (Invited)
Covalent Organic Frameworks: Pore Design and Interface Engineering
Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 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, 6010–6022. DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35157A