Prof. Dr. Yu Chen

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Materials Engineering
KeywordsMacromolecular science, Nonlinear optics, Organic Synthesis, Electronic and photonic materials, Phthalocyanine chemistry

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityShanghai
InstitutionEast China University of Science and Technology
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry
Homepagehttp://www.ecust.edu.cn

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael HanackInstitut für Organische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2000

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2008Yu Chen*, M. E. EI-Khouly, J. J. Doyle, Y. Lin, Y. Liu, E. Notaras, W. J. Blau, S. M. O¿Flaherty: Handbook of Organic Electronics and Photonics. American Scientific Publishers, 2008
2008N. He, Yu Chen*, J. Doyle, Y. Liu, W. J. Blau: Optical and nonlinear optical properties of an octasubstituted liquid crystalline copper phthalocyanine. In: Dyes and Pigments , 2008, 569-573
2008Y. Liu, Yu Chen*, L. Cai, J. Wang, Y. Lin, J.J.Doyle, W.J. Blau: Optical limiting properties of axially substituted indium phthalocyanines in the solid PMMA composite films. In: Mater. Chem. Phys. , 2008, 189-192
2007Yu Chen*, Y. Lin, Y. Liu, J. Doyle, N. He, X. Zhuang, J. Bai, W. J. Blau: Carbon nanotube-based functional materials for optical limiting (Invited review). In: J. Nanosci. Nanotechn. , 2007, 1268-1283
2007Yu Chen*, N. He, J.J. Doyle, Y. Liu, X. Zhuang, W.J. Blau: Enhancement of optical limiting response by embedding gallium phthalocyanine into polymer host. In: J. Photochem. Photobio. A: Chem. , 2007, 414-417
2007S. Yoshimoto, K. Sato, S. Sugawara, Yu Chen, O.Ito, T. Sawaguchi, O. Niwa and K. Itaya: Formation of supramolecular nanobelt arrays consisting of cobalt(II) picket-fence porphyrin on Au surfaces. In: Langmuir , 2007, 809-816
2007Yu Chen*, J. Doyle, Y. Liu, A. Strevens, Y. Lin, M. E. EI-Khouly, Y. Araki, W. J. Blau, O. Ito: Optoelectronic and nonlinear optical properties of tBu4PcTiO/polymer composite materials. In: J. Photochem. Photobio. A: Chem. , 2007, 263-270
2007Y. Liu, S. M. O¿Flaherty, Yu Chen*, Y. Araki, J. Bai, J., W. J. Blau, Osamu Ito: Photophysical and nonlinear optical properties of m-oxo-bridged indium and gallium phthalocyanines. In: Dyes and Pigments , 2007, 88-92
2007Yu Chen,* Y. Lin, M. E. EI-Khouly, X. Zhuang, Y. Araki, O. Ito, W. Zhang: Supramolecular Zinc Phthalocyanine-Perylene Bisimide Triad: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties. In: J. Phys. Chem. C , 2007, 16096-16099
2007Yu Chen*, X. Zhuang, A. K.Y Jen, W. Zhang, Y. liu, Y.Lin, Y. Araki, O. Ito, A. Yan: Synthesis and characterization of phthalocyanine-based soluble light harvesting CIGS Complex. In: Chem. Mater. , 2007, 5256-5261
2007Yu Chen,* M. E. EI-Khouly, X.D. Zhuang, N. He, Y. Araki, Y. Lin and O. Ito: Synthesis and photoinduced electron transfer process of a novel triphenylamine-substituted polyfluorene-C60 triad. In: Chem. Eur. J. , 2007, 1709-1714
2006 R. Zhu, X. Qiu, Yu Chen, S.X. Qian: Effect of axially substitution on the ultrafast dynamics and third-order optical nonlinearity of metallophthalocyanines films. In: J. Luminescence , 2006, 522-527
2006 R. Zhu, X. Qiu, Yu Chen, S.X. Qian: Nonlinear optical properties of indium phthalocyanine axially grafted polystyrene thin films. In: Chin. Phys. Lett. , 2006, 622-624
2006K. Kitazume, Yu Chen, M. Itou, Y. Araki, S. Uchida, O. Ito: Photoinduced electron-transfer processes between phthalocyanines and perylene derivatives. In: J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines , 2006, 1190-1196
2006Yu Chen*, M. Hanack, W. J. Blau, D.Dini, J. Doyle, Y. Liu, Y. Lin and J. Bai: Soluble axially substituted phthalocyanines: synthesis and nonlinear optical response (Review). In: J. Mater. Sci , 2006, 2169-2185
2006Yu Chen*, Y. Araki, D. Dini, Y. Liu, O. Ito, M. Fujitsuka: The steady-state and time-resolved photophysical properties of a dimeric indium phthalocyanine complex. In: Mater. Chem. Phys. , 2006, 212-216
2005Yu Chen*, Michael Hanack, Yasuyuki Araki, Osamu Ito: Axially modified gallium phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines for optical limiting. In: Chemical Society Reviews, 2005, 517-529
2005Yu Chen*, Yasuyuki Araki, Michael Hanack, Mamoru Fujitsuka, Osamu Ito: Steady-state and time-resolved photophysical studies on a series of gallium phthalocyanine monomers and dimers. In: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2005, 4655-4658
2005Yu Chen*, Tatsuro Midorikawa, Jinrui Bai, Yin Liu, Yasuyuki Araki and Osamu Ito : Synthesis and photophysical properties of a charm-bracelet type C60-grafted PPV derivative . In: Polymer, 2005, 9803-9809
2005Yu Chen*, Mohamed E. EI-Khouly, Mikio Sasaki, Yasuyuki Araki, Osamu Ito: Synthesis of the axially substituted titanium Pc-C60 dyad with a convenient method. In: Organic Letters, 2005, 1613-1616
2005H. Bertagnolli, W.J. Blau,Yu Chen, D. Dini, M. P. Feth, S.M. O'Flaherty, M. Hanack, V. Krishnan: Synthesis, characterization and optical limiting properties of a gallium phthalocyanine dimer. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 683-689
2005Yu Chen*, Yasuyuki Araki, James Doyle, Adam Strevens, Osamu Ito, Werner J. Blau: Synthesis, characterization, and optoelectronic properties of a novel polyfluorene/poly(p-phenylenevinylene) copolymer. In: Chemistry of Materials, 2005, 1661-1666
2004V. Krishnan, M. P. Feth, E. Wendel, Yu Chen, M. Hanack, and H. Bertagnolli: EXAFS spectroscopy¿-Foundamentals, measurement techniques, data evaluation and applications in the field of phthalocyanines. In: Z. Phys. Chem., 2004, 1-15
2004Yu Chen, D. Dini, M. Hanack, M. Fujitsua, O. Ito: Excited state properties of monomeric and dimeric axially bridged indium phthalocyanines upon UV-Vis laser irreadiation. In: Chem. Commun., 2004, 340-341
2004Yu Chen, Y. Araki, M. Fujitsuka, M. Hanack, O. Ito, S.M. O'Flaherty, W.J. Blau: Photophysical studies on axially substituted indium and gallium phthalocyanines upon UV-Vis laser irradiation. In: Solid State Commun., 2004, 773-778
2004J.J. Doyle, S.M. O¿Flaherty, Yu Chen, T. Hegarty, M. Hanack, W.J. Blau: Polymer-phthalocyanine composite systems as solid-state passive optical limiters. In: Proceedings of the Society of Photooptical Instrumentation Engineers, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics (Eds: P.L. Heremans, M. Muccini, H. Hofstraat), 2004, 269-279
2004R.-Y. Zhu, Yu Chen, J. Zhou, B. Li, W.M. Liu, S.X. Qian, M. Hanack, Y. Araki, O.Ito: Ultrafast dynamics of the excitons in a series of axially and bridged substituted phthalocyanine thin films. In: Chemical Physics Letters, 2004, 308-312
2003Yu Chen, Michael Hanack, Sean M. O'Flaherty, Werner J. Blau: An axially grafted charm bracelet type indium phthalocyanine copolymer. In: Macromolecules, 2003, 3786-3788
2003S. M. O'Flaherty, S. V. Hold, M. J. Cook, T. Torres, Yu Chen, M. Hanack, W. J. Blau: Molecular engineering of peripherally and axially modified phthalocyanines for optical limiting and nonlinear optics. In: Adv. Mater., 2003, 19-32
2003S. M. O'Flaherty, S. V. Hold, Yu Chen, Michael Hanack, Werner J. Blau: Reverse saturable absorption based optical limiting properties of Indium and Gallium phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines. In: Organic Photonic Materials and Devices V - Proceedings of SPIE, 2003, 183-193
2003C. G. Claessens, A. Gouloumis, M. Barthel, Yu Chen, G. Martin, F. Agullo-Lopez, I. Ledoux-Rak, J. Zyss, M. Hanack, T. Torres: Second harmonic generation of a series of axially substituted titanium(IV)and gallium(III) tetra-tert-butylphthalocyanines. In: Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2003, 291-295
2003Yu Chen, M. Fujitsuka, S. M. O'Flaherty, M. Hanack, O. Ito, W. J. Blau: Strong optical limiting of soluble axially substituted gallium and indium phthalocyanines. In: Adv. Mater., 2003, 899-902
2003G. Y. Yang, M. Hanack, Y. W. Lee, Yu Chen, M. L. K. Yuen, S. Vagin, D. Dini: Synthesis and nonlinear optical properties of fluorine-containing naphthalocyanines. In: Chem. Eur. J., 2003, 2758-2762
2003Yu Chen, S. M. OÄFlaherty, M. Hanack, W. J. Blau: Synthesis and optical limiting properties of new axially aryloxy substituted gallium phthalocyanines. In: J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 2405-2408
2002T. Nagamura, A. Naito, I. Yoshida, Yu Chen, M. Hanack: All-optical reflectance control based on photoinduced complex refractive index changes in guided mode thin films containing indium or gallium phthalocyanines. In: J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. & Mater., 2002, 205-218
2002Yu Chen, M. Barthel, M. Seiler, L. R. Subramanian, H. Bertagnolli, M. Hanack: Axially bridged indium phthalocyanine dimer with direct In-In bond. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Eng. Ed., 2002, 3239-3242
2002A. Naito, I. Yoshida, T. Nagamura, Yu Chen, M. Hanack: High speed reflection type all-optical modulation based on guided mode thin films containing phthalocyanine derivatives. In: Shizuoka Daigaku Denshi Kogaku Kenkyusho Kenkyu Hokoku, 2002, 69-73
2002Yu Chen, L. R. Subramanian, Marku Barthel, Michael Hanack, Synthesis and characterization of soluble chloro-and aryl(Phthalocyaninato) gallium(III) and indium(III) complexes. In: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2002, 1032-1034
2002Yu Chen, L. R. Subramanian, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, S. M. O'Flaherty, W. J. Blau, T. Schneider, D. Dini, Michael Hanack: Synthesis and optical limiting properties of axially bridged phthalocyanines: [tBu4PcGa]2O and [tBu4PcIn]2O. In: Chem. Eur. J., 2002, 4248-4254
2002Yu Chen, S. O'Flaherty, M. Fujitsuka, M. Hanack, L. R. Subramanian, O. Ito, W. J. Blau: Synthesis, characterization and optical limiting properties of axially substituted gallium(III)complexes. In: Chem. Mater., 2002, 5163-5168