Recently, the team led by Professor Lixin Zhang and Dr. Yongtao Xie at the State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, ECUST, has achieved an important breakthrough in the field of enzyme catalysis. Their research was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society under the title “Enzyme-Catalyzed Intramolecular C-C Coupling Transformation of Nitriles”. The core innovation of this research can be summarized as teaching an enzyme a new skill.The molecular frameworks of many drugs a

Recently, a research team led by Professor Hongxiang Li from the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, ECUST, reported new progress in single-molecule electrochemical transistors in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The study, titled “High-Performance Electrochemically Gated Single-Molecule Transistor Enabled by Interfacial Engineering”, demonstrated the construction of high-performance single-molecule electrochemical tran

Recently, the research group led by Professor Jianhua Fan from the School of Biotechnology has published a research paper entitled “Genome-wide hypermutation-engineered Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 reveals membrane-mediated triclosan resistance” in Plant Physiology. Founded in January 1926 and sponsored by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), Plant Physiology is one of the oldest and most influential journals in plant science.In aquatic environments, broad-spectrum antimicrobials are w

Recently, the research team led by Professor Fuzhen Xuan from the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering has made important advances in the field of high-performance MEMS hydrogen (H₂) sensors. The paper, Interfacial stress decoupling enables stable palladium-based hydrogen sensing, has been published online in the academic journal Nature Communications.By introducing a dithiol-based self-assembled monolayer (SAM) for interfacial engineering, this study proposes a novel floating-structure hy

Recently, the team led by Changsheng Liu, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Associate Professor Yuanman Yu from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at ECUST published an article titled “Inflamed vessel-anchored release of H₂ across the blood-brain barrier for ischemic stroke neuroprotection” in Science Advances. This study develops a selective vessel-anchored molecular hydrogen (H₂) producing system. Without requiring nanoparticles to penetrate the blood-brain barri

Recently, a research team led by Professor Feng Gao from the School of Pharmacy, ECUST reported new progress in nucleic acid delivery and colitis therapy in Chemical Engineering Journal. Building on their previous work on antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) zinc-coordinated nanozymes and oral polymeric materials, the team developed an oral gold-conjugated cerium-based nanoplatform, successfully addressing key challenges in the efficient condensation, delivery, and transfection of antisense oligonucl

A research team led by Professor Yongdi Liu and Associate Professor Liang Zhou from the School of Resources and Environmental Engineering at East China University of Science and Technology has recently reported new progress in advanced oxidation technology in the leading environmental journal Water Research.The study, titled “Tailoring COFs for highly selective generation of singlet oxygen to boost antibiotic removal: Spatial regulation of PMS and photogenerated carriers,” proposed a novel nonra

Recently, the Clean Energy Materials and Devices research team from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at ECUST reported new research progress in quasi-one-dimensional perovskite materials for X-ray detection. The findings were published online in the internationally renowned journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition under the title “Quasi-one-dimensional perovskite single crystals enabling decoupled ionic–electronic transport for sensitive and stable X-ray detection”. The stu