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  Zien Zhang(张子恩


 Address: College of Energy Materials And Chemistry. Inner Mongolia Universitty, 010021 Hohhot 



 Email: 2732375033@qq.com











Education Experiences:


2014.09-2018.07: Inner Mongolia University , Material Chemistry, Bachelor of Engineering


2018.07-2025.07: Northwest University, Chemistry (Integrated Master's-PhD Program), Doctor of Science (ScD)


2023.12-2024.07: Visiting Student / Visiting Scholar at Xiamen University & Jiageng Innovation Laboratory.


Research Interests:


Construction and Application of Functional Assemblies Based on Organometallic Units


Design, Preparation and Application of Dynamic Intelligent Polymers


Host-Guest Chemistry Based on Supramolecular Coordination Cages


Construction of Chemical Automation Platforms

Major Outcomes




1. Zi-En Zhang, Yi-Fan Zhang, Yan-Zhen Zhang, Hui-Lin Li, Li-Ying Sun, Li-Juan Wang, Ying-Feng Han*. Construction and Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Multifunctional Coordination Cages with Triangular Metal-Metal-Bonded Units. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 7446-7453.


 2. Zi-En Zhang, Le Zhang, Lu-Wen Zhang, Ying-Feng Han*. Endo-Functionalization of Tailored-Adaptive Nanospace for Efficient Binding of Organic Molecules in Nonaqueous Media. Natl. Sci. Rev. 2025, 12, nwaf296.


 3. Zi-En Zhang, Yuan-Yuan An, Bo Zheng, Jin-Ping Chang, Ying-Feng Han*. Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Crown Ether Based Metal-Carbene Cages into Multiple Stimuli-Responsive Cross-Linked Supramolecular Metallogel. Sci. China: Chem. 2021, 64, 1177-1183. 


 4. Zi-En Zhang, Yuan-Yuan An, Fang Wang, Hui-Lin Li, Wei-Lin Jiang, Ying-Feng Han*. Construction and Hierarchical Self-Assembly of a Supramolecular Metal‒Carbene Complex with Multifunctional Units. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202303043. 


 5. Li-Juan Wang, Zi-En Zhang, Yan-Zhen Zhang, Ying-Feng Han*. Cavity-Partitioned Self-Assembled Cage for Sequential Separation in Aqueous Solutions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202407278.


 6. Ming-Ming Gan, Zi-En Zhang, Yi-Fan Zhang, Heng Zhang, Li-Ying Sun, Ying-Feng Han*. Supramolecular Polymer Network Constructed by a Functionalized Polyimidazolium Salt Derived from Metal-Carbene Template Approach. Sci. China: Chem. 2024, 67, 1224-1228 


 7. Ming-Ming Gan, Zi-En Zhang, Xin Li, Ying-Feng Han*. Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Fluorinated Poly-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Pillarplexes. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110624.


 8. Jin-Ping Chang, Li-Ying Sun,* Zi-En Zhang, Yuan-Yuan An, Le Zhang, Jian-Gang Yu, Ying-Feng Han*. A Metal-Carbene Template Approach Enables Efficient Synthesis of a Functionalized Cage-Annulated Cown Ether. Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 8584-8587.