1. Education Background
February 1978 – January 1982 BS in Chemistry Education, Department of Chemistry, Shaanxi Normal University
September 1984 – July 1987 Master's Degree in Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Shaanxi Normal University
March 1995 – March 1998 Doctoral Degree, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
2. Professional Experience
January 1982 – July 1993 Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Shaanxi Normal University (Promoted to Associate Professor in September 1992)
July 1993 – February 1995 Visiting Scholar, University of Birmingham, UK
April 1998–July 1998 Short-term assignment at Lancaster University, UK
August 1998–January 1999 Faculty member, Department of Chemistry, Shaanxi Normal University
January 1999–April 2003 Faculty member, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shaanxi Normal University
December 2002–March 2004 Member and Standing Committee Member, Party Committee, Vice President, Shaanxi Normal University
April 2004–May 2014 Member and Standing Committee Member, Party Committee, President, Shaanxi Normal University
May 2014–Present Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University
3. Research Interests
Fang Yu primarily engaged in research on new concept sensors and molecular materials: Proposed innovative preparation strategies for sensitive films, including monolayer chemical approaches, molecular gel techniques, and combinatorial design concepts, revealing the adlayer effect. Invented a layered sensor structure and developed film-based fluorescent sensors and detection equipment for explosives and illicit drugs. Pioneered the extension of molecular gel research to gel emulsion systems, overcoming limitations on the volume fraction of the dispersed phase in traditional gel emulsions. Developed a soft template preparation process for high-strength crosslinked polystyrene foam, achieving dual innovation in material variety and fabrication techniques. By integrating molecular gel theory, resolved critical challenges including atomization difficulties of gel propellants and long-term suspension stabilization of high-energy-density materials.
4. Representative Publications
[1] Simin Lin#, Xubin Wang#, Huisi Li, Jiancheng Zhou, Ruijuan Wen, Jianfei Ma, Shiwei Yin, Ling-Ya Peng*, Haonan Peng*, Yu Fang*. Single-Component-Based Multicolor Emissions Enabled by Symmetry Breaking. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 8130.
[2] Rongrong Huang#, Qinglong Qiao#, Deborah Seah, Tianruo Shen, Xia Wu, Fabio de Moliner, Chao Wang, Nannan Ding, Weijie Chi, Huaming Sun, Marc Vendrell*, Zhaochao Xu*, Yu Fang*, and Xiaogang Liu*. Precision Molecular Engineering of Compact Near-Infrared Fluorophores. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 5258.
[3] Xiangquan Liu, Rongrong Huang, Lingya Peng, Jinglun Yang, Junbao Yan, Binbin Zhai, Yan Luo, Chi Zhang, Shuwen Tan, Xiaoyan Liu*, Liping Ding*, Yu Fang*. Interfacially Fabricated Covalent Organic Framework Membranes for Film-Based Fluorescence Humidity Sensors and Moisture Driven Actuators. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 64, e202414472.
[4] Dingfang Hu, Lingya Peng, Wenjun Xu, Shenghui Zhang, Zhongshan Liu*, Yu Fang*. Ultrathin Near-Infrared Transmitting Films Enabled by Deprotonation-Induced Intramolecular Charge Transfer of a Dopant. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 8197.
[5] Yuanhong Shu, Yan Luo, Hexi Wei, Lingya Peng, Jingjing Liang, Binbin Zhai, Liping Ding*, and Yu Fang*. Fabrication of Large-Area Multi-Stimulus Responsive Thin Films via Interfacially Confined Irreversible Katritzky Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202402453.
[6] Rongrong Huang, Taihong Liu, Haonan Peng, Jing Liu, Xiaogang Liu*, Ding Liping* and Fang Yu*. Molecular Design and Architectonics towards Film Based Fluorescent Sensing. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 6960.
[7] Jing Zhang, Zhiwei Shi, Ke Liu, Qiyuan Shi, Liang Yi, Junjie Wang, Lingya Peng, Taihong Liu*, Miao Ma*, Yu Fang*. Fast and Selective Luminescent Sensing by Langmuir-Schaeffer Films Based on Controlled Assembly of Perylene Bisimide Modified with a Cyclometalated AuIII Complex. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202314996.
[8] Ke Liu, Jing Zhang, Qiyuan Shi, Liping Ding, Taihong Liu*, Yu Fang*. Precise Manipulation of Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer via Incorporating Charge Transfer toward High-Performance Film-Based Fluorescence Sensing. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 7408.
[9] Rongrong Huang, Chao Wang, Davin Tan, Kai Wang, Bo Zou, Yangtao Shao, Taihong Liu, Haonan Peng*, Xiaogang Liu*, Yu Fang*. Single-Fluorophore-Based Organic Crystals with Distinct Conformers Enabling Wide-Range Excitation-Dependent Emissions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202211106.
[10] Zhaolong Wang, Xinyu Gou, Qiyuan Shi, Ke Liu, Xingmao Chang, Gang Wang, Wenjun Xu, Simin Lin, Taihong Liu, and Yu Fang*. Through-Space Charge Transfer: A New Way to Develop High-Performance Fluorescence Sensing Film towards Opto-Electronically Inert Alkanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202207619.
5. Awards and Honors
Fang Yu was elected an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021.
Fang Yu. Key Technologies for Fluorescent Sensors of Explosives/Narcotics Films and Portable Detection Equipment, First Prize, 2022 Ministry of Education Award for Outstanding Scientific Research Achievements in Higher Education Institutions (Science and Technology), 2023
6. Academic Services
Current Member of the National Textbook Committee; Head of the Revision Group for the National High School and Compulsory Education Chemistry Curriculum Standards; Standing Council Member of the Chinese Chemical Society; Deputy Director of the Applied Chemistry Discipline Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society; President of the Shaanxi Association of Popular Science Writers; Chairperson of the Xi’an Association for Science and Technology
