Zewei Quan currently is a professor of chemistry at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). My current research interests include solution-phase synthesis, self-assembly, and high-pressure behavior of nanoparticles.
I received my B.Sc. degree (with honor) in chemistry from Wuhan University (2000-2004). My Ph.D. research was conducted at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences with Prof. Jun Lin (2004-2009). I came to the U.S. to become a postdoctoral fellow and later a research scientist at the State University of New York at Binghamton, where I worked with Prof. Jiye Fang (2009-2012). After that, I joined Los Alamos National Laboratory as Oppenheimer Fellow (2012-2015).

Education:

2004-2009, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Inorganic Chemistry, Ph.D.

2000-2004, Wuhan University, Chemistry, B. Sc.

Professional Experience:

2012-2015, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oppenheimer Fellow

2009-2012, State University of New York at Binghamton, Postdoctor and Research Scientist

Research Interests:

Inorganic functional materials

 preparation of novel luminescent materials and research on optoelectronic devices

 unique properties of optoelectronic materials under extreme conditions.

Research Achievements:

Total 180 peer-reviewed papers, citations >13000, H-index:  61

Selected publications:

1.Regulating Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Zero-Dimensional Chiral Hybrid Metal Halides；

Yulian Liu, Yi Wei, Zewei Quan*；Accounts of Materials Research, 2025, 6, 5, 638–647.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/accountsmr.5c00033

2.Cooperative Regulation of ns2 Lone-Pair Expression Realizes Distinct Excitonic Emissions in Hybrid Germanium, Tin, and Lead Halides

Jiang Han, Yawen Li, Peijie Zhang, Bin Xu, Xiaofan Xu, Zewei Quan*；Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 1291–1299.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c15554

3. Pressure-controlled free exciton and self-trapped exciton emission in quasi-one-dimensional hybrid lead bromides

Bin Xu, Yawen Li, Peibin Hong, Peijie Zhang, Jiang Han, Zewen Xiao, Zewei Quan*；Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 7403.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51836-2

4.Efficient Ultraviolet Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Zero-Dimensional Hybrid Cerium Bromides

Chen Li,# Yi Wei,# Yan Zhang, Zhishan Luo, Yulian Liu, Meiying He and Zewei Quan*；Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202403727.

 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202403727

5.Pressure-Regulated Excitonic Transitions in Emergent Metal Halides

Qian Li,# Bin Xu# and Zewei Quan*；Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023, 56, 22, 3282–3291.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00537

6.Pressure-Induced Free Exciton Emission in a Quasi-Zero-Dimensional Hybrid Lead Halide

Jiang Han,# Yawen Li,# Pengfei Shen,# Prof. Qian Li, Yulian Liu, Yi Wei, Peijie Zhang and Zewei Quan*；Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202316348.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202316348

7.Integrating Achiral and Chiral Organic Ligands in Zero-Dimensional Hybrid Metal Halides to Boost Circularly Polarized Luminescence

Yulian Liu,# Zhishan Luo,# Yi Wei, Chen Li, Yulin Chen, Xin He, Xiaoyong Chang and Zewei Quan*；Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202306821 .

 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202306821

8.Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Zero-Dimensional Hybrid Lead-Tin Bromide with Near-Unity Photoluminescence Quantum Yield

Yi Wei,# Chen Li,# Yawen Li, Zhishan Luo, Xiaoyu Wu, Yulian Liu, Liming Zhang, Xin He, Wei Wang, and Zewei Quan*；Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e2022126.

 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202212685

9.Integrated Afterglow and Self-Trapped Exciton Emissions in Hybrid Metal Halides for Anticounterfeiting Applications

Zhishan Luo,# Yejing Liu,# Yulian Liu,# Chen Li, Yawen Li, Qian Li, Yi Wei, Liming Zhang, Bin Xu, Xiaoyong Chang and Zewei Quan*；Advanced Materials, 2022, 2200607.

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202200607

10.Pressure-Induced Remarkable Enhancement of Self-Trapped Exciton Emission in One-Dimensional CsCu2I3 with Tetrahedral Units

Qian Li, Zhongwei Chen, Bo Yang, Li Tan, Bin Xu, Jiang Han, Yusheng Zhao, Jiang Tang and Zewei Quan*；Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 1786-1791.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13419