Recently, a collaborative work by Prof. Ma Jiani of the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials at Shaanxi Normal University, along with Professors Nada Doslic and Nikola Basarić of the Ruder Boskovic Institute in Croatia, was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026, doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c21621).

This marks another advancement in the series of collaborative research conducted over more than a decade by the two teams on the rational design of photo-quinone methyl precursors and the investigation of their photochemical reaction mechanisms. Previously, their collaborative works were published in journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society (2017, 139, 18349–18357), the Journal of Organic Chemistry (2019, 84, 8630–8637; 2023, 88, 15176–15188), and a review article was published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2025, 27, 15272–17292).

Previously, on January 16, 2026, Prof. Doslic visited the institute and engaged in academic discussions with Prof.r Ma Jiani and students from her research group. Prof. Doslic spoke highly of the institute’s facilities and cultural environment, and expressed her desire to further deepen collaboration between the two institutions. Prof. Basarić has invited Prof. Ma to attend the PhotoIUPAC International Conference in Croatia this July and present an invited keynote report.

Zhang Jinbin, Science and Technology Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Croatia, expressed his approval and encouragement for the academic exchanges and collaborative research between INCSMM and RBI, and will provide guidance on their future exchanges and cooperation.