On May 18, 2024, Prof. Max von Delius of UIm University visited the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials and gave a report titled “Supramolecular Control: Strategic Uses of Carbon Nanohoops, Fluorinated Cyclohexanes and Organophosphates”.

Prof. Delius presented his group’s work in using supramolecular chemistry to address challenges in synthesis, materials science and systemic chemistry. He first introduced the selectivity to control the fluorene diaddition reaction by enclosing C in a three-shell complex (“Russian Doll”), and then the application of control self-assembly. Finally, he explained that this self-assembly enables persistent control of supramolecular assembly over time in the amide phosphate and acyl phosphate systems of chemical fuels.

Teachers and graduate students of the major of Physical Chemistry of the Institute and the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering attended in the report, which   was chaired by Prof. Ding Liping, and exchanged ideas with Prof. Delius.