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Wei-Jian Xu. has received his Ph.D. degree in Inorganic chemistry from Sun Yat-Sen University in 2017, China. His research interests are focused on organic-inorganic hybrid materials with applicable physical properties such as ferroelectricity, dielectricity, piezoelectricity, and nonlinear optical property. He published 28 publications on prestigious international journals, including J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., and Adv. Mater., (h index 17, >1600 citations, Scopus, 04/14/2023) with 12 as the first/corresponding author. He was awarded with a Post-doctoral fellowship (2018-2021) in the group of Prof. João Rocha and Dr. Andrei Kholkin at CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro (UA). Currently, He is a researcher at CICECO/UA.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Wei-Jian Xu

Citation names

  • Xu, Wei-Jian

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C112-53A3-C51B
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1818-0284
Researcher Id
S-1569-2016

Email addresses

  • weijxu@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Complexo de Laboratorios Tecnologicos, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Chinese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/09/01 - 2017/06/30
Concluded
 Inorganic chemistry (Doctor)
Major in Inorganic chemistry
Sun Yat-Sen University, China
2008/09/01 - 2012/06/30
Concluded
 Applied chemistry (Bachelor)
Major in Applied chemistry
Jiangsu University, China
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/04/18 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Department of Chemistry & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro,, Portugal
2018/07/02 - 2021/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Photo-responsive organic-inorganic hybrid multiferroics: A way toward multifunctional electronics
PTDC/CTM-CTM/4044/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Li, Qi-Yao; Li, Mao-Fan; Chen, Xiao-Xian; Gong, Ya-Ping; Liu, De-Xuan; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zhang, Wei-Xiong. "Near-room-temperature dielectric switch and thermal expansion anomaly in a new hybrid crystal: (Me2NH2)[CsFe(CN)5(NO)]". CrystEngComm 24 27 (2022): 4864-4868. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ce00754a.
    10.1039/d2ce00754a
  2. Zeng, Ying; Hu, Chun-Li; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zeng, Teng-Wu; Zhu, Zhao-Xiang; Chen, Xiao-Xian; Liu, De-Xuan; et al. "An Exceptional Thermally Induced Four-State Nonlinear Optical Switch Arising from Stepwise Molecular Dynamic Changes in a New Hybrid Salt". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 2 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202110082.
    10.1002/anie.202110082
  3. Ye, Hui; Hu, Wang-Hua; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zeng, Ying; Chen, Xiao-Xian; Huang, Rui-Kang; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. Corresponding author: Zhang, Wei-Xiong. "Two enantiomeric perovskite ferroelectrics with a high Tc raised by inserting intermolecular hydrogen bonds". APL Materials 9 3 (2021): 031102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0035793.
    10.1063/5.0035793
  4. Meng, Qian-Ru; Xu, Wei-Jian; Hu, Wang-Hua; Ye, Hui; Chen, Xiao-Xian; Yuan, Wei; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "An unprecedented hexagonal double perovskite organic–inorganic hybrid ferroelastic material: (piperidinium)2[KBiCl6]". Chemical Communications 57 51 (2021): 6292-6295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cc02085d.
    10.1039/d1cc02085d
  5. Xu, Wei-Jian; Romanyuk, Konstantin; Zeng, Ying; Ushakov, Andrei; Shur, Vladimir; Tselev, Alexander; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; et al. Corresponding author: Rocha, João. "Statics and dynamics of ferroelectric domains in molecular multiaxial ferroelectric (Me3NOH)2[KCo(CN)6]". Journal of Materials Chemistry C 9 33 (2021): 10741-10748. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1tc01261d.
    10.1039/d1tc01261d
  6. Xu, Wei-Jian; Romanyuk, Konstantin; Martinho, José M. G.; Zeng, Ying; Zhang, Xue-Wen; Ushakov, Andrei; Shur, Vladimir; et al. "Photoresponsive Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Ferroelectric Designed at the Molecular Level". Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 40 (2020): 16990-16998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c06048.
    10.1021/jacs.0c06048
  7. Qiu, Rong-Guan; Chen, Xiao-Xian; Huang, Rui-Kang; Zhou, Dong-Dong; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. Corresponding author: Zhang, Wei-Xiong. "Nitroprusside as a promising building block to assemble an organic–inorganic hybrid for thermo-responsive switching materials". Chemical Communications 56 41 (2020): 5488-5491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cc01877e.
    10.1039/d0cc01877e
  8. Xu, Wei-Jian; Zeng, Ying; Yuan, Wei; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. Corresponding author: Zhang, Wei-Xiong. "A large room-temperature entropy change in a new hybrid ferroelastic with an unconventional bond-switching mechanism". Chemical Communications 56 69 (2020): 10054-10057. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cc04092d.
    10.1039/d0cc04092d
  9. Xu, Wei-Jian; Kopyl, Svitlana; Kholkin, Andrei; Rocha, João. "Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites: Polar properties and applications". Coordination Chemistry Reviews 387 (2019): 398-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2019.02.012.
    10.1016/j.ccr.2019.02.012
  10. Wang, Sha-Sha; Huang, Rui-Kang; Chen, Xiao-Xian; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Temperature-Induced Structural Phase Transitions in Two New Postperovskite Coordination Polymers". Crystal Growth & Design 19 2 (2019): 1111-1117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01615.
    10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01615
  11. Yuan, Wei; Zeng, Ying; Tan, Ya-Yin; Zhou, Jian-Hua; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "A new ferroelastic hybrid material with a large spontaneous strain: (Me3NOH)2[ZnCl4]". Chemical Communications 55 61 (2019): 8983-8986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cc03862k.
    10.1039/c9cc03862k
  12. Hu, Wang-Hua; Xu, Wei-Jian; Meng, Qian-Ru; Zhang, Xue-Wen; He, Chun-Ting; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Switching hydrogen bonds to readily interconvert two room-temperature long-term stable crystalline polymorphs in chiral molecular perovskites". Chemical Communications 55 77 (2019): 11555-11558. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cc05967a.
    10.1039/c9cc05967a
  13. Huang, Ning-Yu; Mo, Zong-Wen; Li, Lu-Jian; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zhou, Hao-Long; Zhou, Dong-Dong; Liao, Pei-Qin; Zhang, Jie-Peng; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Direct synthesis of an aliphatic amine functionalized metal–organic framework for efficient CO2 removal and CH4 purification". CrystEngComm 20 39 (2018): 5969-5975. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ce00574e.
    10.1039/c8ce00574e
  14. Xu, Wei-Jian; Zeng, Ying; Yuan, Wei; Qiu, Rong-Guan; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Room-temperature optic-electric duple bistabilities induced by plastic transition". Chemical Communications 54 27 (2018): 3347-3350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8cc00867a.
    10.1039/c8cc00867a
  15. Zhang, Shi-Yong; Liao, Jin-Sheng; Xu, Wei-Jian; Liang, Fu-Yong; Peng, Guang-Huai; Liu, Sui-Jun; Wen, He-Rui; Du, Zi-Yi. "Structural phase transitions, dielectric bistability and luminescence of two bulky ion-pair crystals [N(C3H7)4]2[Ln(NO3)5] (Ln = Tb, Dy)". New Journal of Chemistry 41 18 (2017): 9963-9968. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7nj01597f.
  16. Su, Yu-Jun; Wei, Ke-Xin; Huang, Bo; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Zeng, Ming-Hua; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Deformable Mn(iii)-Schiff-base dimer for anomalously large positive and negative anisotropic thermal expansions". CrystEngComm 19 13 (2017): 1725-1728. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CE00292K.
    10.1039/C7CE00292K
  17. Xu, Wei-Jian; Li, Peng-Fei; Tang, Yuan-Yuan; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Xiong, Ren-Gen; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "A Molecular Perovskite with Switchable Coordination Bonds for High-Temperature Multiaxial Ferroelectrics". Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 18 (2017): 6369-6375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b01334.
    10.1021/jacs.7b01334
  18. Xu, Wei-Jian; He, Chun-Ting; Ji, Cheng-Min; Chen, Shao-Li; Huang, Rui-Kang; Lin, Rui-Biao; Xue, Wei; et al. "Molecular Dynamics of Flexible Polar Cations in a Variable Confined Space: Toward Exceptional Two-Step Nonlinear Optical Switches". Advanced Materials 28 28 (2016): 5886-5890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600895.
    10.1002/adma.201600895
  19. Xu, Wei-Jian; Chen, Shao-Li; Hu, Zhi-Tao; Lin, Rui-Biao; Su, Yu-Jun; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "The cation-dependent structural phase transition and dielectric response in a family of cyano-bridged perovskite-like coordination polymers". Dalton Transactions 45 10 (2016): 4224-4229. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5DT03481G.
    10.1039/c5dt03481g
  20. Shi, Qi; Xu, Wei-Jian; Huang, Rui-Kang; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Li, Yang; Wang, Pengfei; Shi, Fa-Nian; et al. "Zeolite CAN and AFI-Type Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks with Large 12-Membered Ring Pore Openings Synthesized Using Bulky Amides as Structure-Directing Agents". Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 50 (2016): 16232-16235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b11197.
    10.1021/jacs.6b11197
  21. Wang, Xu-Dong; Xu, Yang-Fan; Rao, Hua-Shang; Xu, Wei-Jian; Chen, Hong-Yan; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Kuang, Dai-Bin; Su, Cheng-Yong. "Novel porous molybdenum tungsten phosphide hybrid nanosheets on carbon cloth for efficient hydrogen evolution". Energy & Environmental Science 9 4 (2016): 1468-1475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5EE03801D.
    10.1039/c5ee03801d
  22. Sun, Yu-Zhi; Huang, Bo; Xu, Wei-Jian; Zhou, Dong-Dong; Chen, Shao-Li; Zhang, Shi-Yong; Du, Zi-Yi; et al. "Plastic Crystals with Polar Halochromate Anion: Thermosensitive Dielectrics Based upon Plastic Transition and Dipole Rotation". Inorganic Chemistry 55 21 (2016): 11418-11425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01911.
    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01911
  23. Xie, Kai-Ping; Xu, Wei-Jian; He, Chun-Ting; Huang, Bo; Du, Zi-Yi; Su, Yu-Jun; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Order-disorder phase transition in the first thiocyanate-bridged double perovskite-type coordination polymer: [NH4]2[NiCd(SCN)6]". CrystEngComm 18 24 (2016): 4495-4498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CE00898D.
    10.1039/c6ce00898d
  24. Xu, Wei-Jian; Xie, Kai-Ping; Xiao, Zhi-Feng; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Controlling Two-Step Phase Transitions and Dielectric Responses by A-Site Cations in Two Perovskite-like Coordination Polymers". Crystal Growth & Design 16 12 (2016): 7212-7217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01404.
    10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01404
  25. Huang, Bo; Wang, Bao-Ying; Du, Zi-Yi; Xue, Wei; Xu, Wei-Jian; Su, Yu-Jun; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Zeng, Ming-Hua; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Importing spontaneous polarization into a Heisenberg ferromagnet for a potential single-phase multiferroic". Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4 37 (2016): 8704-8710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6TC02715F.
    10.1039/c6tc02715f
  26. Xu, Wei-Jian; Du, Zi-Yi; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Structural phase transitions in perovskite compounds based on diatomic or multiatomic bridges". CrystEngComm 18 41 (2016): 7915-7928. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CE01485B.
    10.1039/c6ce01485b
  27. Wang, Bao-Ying; He, Chun-Ting; Huang, Bo; Xu, Wei-Jian; Xue, Wei; Du, Zi-Yi; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Thermal-induced reversible ferroelastic phase transition in a new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor". Science China Chemistry 58 7 (2015): 1137-1143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11426-015-5325-x.
    10.1007/s11426-015-5325-x
  28. Chen, Yan-Cong; Prokleska, Jan; Xu, Wei-Jian; Liu, Jun-Liang; Liu, Jiang; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Jia, Jian-Hua; Sechovsky, Vladimir; Tong, Ming-Liang. "A brilliant cryogenic magnetic coolant: magnetic and magnetocaloric study of ferromagnetically coupled GdF3". Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 47 (2015): 12206-12211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TC02352A.
    10.1039/c5tc02352a
  29. Wang, Bao-Ying; Xu, Wei-Jian; Xue, Wei; Lin, Rui-Biao; Du, Zi-Yi; Zhou, Dong-Dong; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Chen, Xiao-Ming. "Restraining the motion of a ligand for modulating the structural phase transition in two isomorphic polar coordination polymers". Dalton Transactions 43 24 (2014): 9008-9011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4DT00675E.
    10.1039/c4dt00675e
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/04/13 Nitroprusside-based organic-inorganic functional hybrids Materials 2022
2019/06/10 structure determination of molecular perovskites from powder XRD data I National Crystallographic Meeting (Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/03/15 - Current Design and synthesis of hybrid ferroelectric crystals
Co-supervisor
Department of Chemistry & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro,, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/02/09 - 2023/08/09 As Guest Editor to organise Special Issue for journal Frontiers in Chemistry: "Metal-organic frames (MOF) - Based Materials and Their Applications". https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/52016/metal-organic-frames-mof---based-materials-and-their-applications (2023/02/09 - 2023/08/09)
Call (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/10/05 - 2017/10/08 Poster: Freezing of Ring-Puckering Molecular Motion in a Hexagonal Perovskite Compound
Conference
 Nature Conferences Ferroic Materials: Challenges and Opportunities
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
2017/07/16 - 2017/07/21 Poster: A high-temperature multi-axial ferroelectrics perovskite
Conference
 6th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (Melbourne, Australia)
2016/12/03 - 2016/12/08 Poster: Molecular Dynamics of Flexible Polar Cation in Variable Confined Space: Toward Exceptional Two-step Nonlinear Optical Switches
Conference
 14th Conference of the Asian Crystallographic Association (Hanoi, Vietnam)
2016/07/25 - 2016/08/01 Workshop: Application of Classical Simulation Method in Material Science
Workshop
 Application of Classical Simulation Method in Material Science
NeoTrident Train Center Course Series, China
2014/09/05 - 2014/09/12 Workshop: Solving Crystal Structure from Powder X-ray Diffraction Data
Workshop
 Solving Crystal Structure from Powder X-ray Diffraction Data
Peking University College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, China
Distinctions

Award

2016 “National Scholarship” for distinguished graduate students
The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China