学习经历及工作经历：
2024.06—至今 william威廉亚洲官方，特聘研究员，博士生导师
2020.08—2024.05 英国牛津大学，博士后，玛丽居里学者，合作导师：Lapo Bogani教授
2019.12—2020.08 德国马普高分子研究所，博士后，课题组长，合作导师：Klaus Müllen教授
2015.10—2019.11 德国马普高分子研究所，博士，导师：Klaus Müllen教授
2012.09—2015.06 williamhill体育登录入口高分子科学与工程学院，工学硕士，导师：傅强教授
2008.09—2012.06 williamhill体育登录入口轻工科学与工程学院，工学学士
主要研究方向
碳纳米结构的设计与精准构筑，新型碳基自旋分子材料的合成与性质研究，功能化共轭碳纳米结构与超分子化学，有机光电磁材料的器件制备和应用研究
本课题组立足于有机化学，以碳基分子材料的精确制备与功能化为导向，发展新型有机功能分子体系及新型分子基碳纳米材料，探索其光、电、磁特性及在半导体器件中的应用。
课题组诚招博后、博士、硕士研究生、研究助理以及联合培养学生，欢迎对有机化学、材料学、和碳基分子材料与器件这一新兴交叉学科领域感兴趣的学生积极踊跃联系！
主要工作业绩
开发结构精确的碳基材料，是构建功能导向高性能器件的重要基础。主要围绕“碳基材料的精确可控制备”这一主题，提出了精准调控石墨烯纳米带超晶格结构的分子设计策略，首次实现了拓扑性质石墨烯纳米带的精准合成与拓扑能带结构调控；开发了多种高效合成新方法，发展出了独具特色的碳基材料包括空位缺陷石墨烯分子和非平面石墨烯纳米带；突破了碳基材料中弱磁交换耦合的限制，在菱形石墨烯分子中实现了强磁交换耦合作用，为发展基于碳基材料的自旋电子器件提供了实验依据。以通讯/第一/共同第一作者在Nature、Nat. Chem.、J. Am. Chem. Soc.、Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.、Nano Lett.等期刊发表多篇高水平论文，获欧洲专利一项，并主持欧盟委员会玛丽居里项目一项。
主要奖励和荣誉
2023年 入选国家海外高层次人才引进计划青年项目
2023年 入选williamhill体育登录入口双百B人才项目
2020年 欧洲委员会玛丽居里独立项目(Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships)
代表性成果 （获奖成果、专著、论文、专利） (*通讯作者, †共同一作)
1. Xuelin Yao,* Heng Zhang, Fanmiao Kong, Antoine Hinaut, Rémy Pawlak, Masanari Okuno, Robert Graf, Peter N. Horton, Simon J. Coles, Ernst Meyer, Lapo Bogani, Mischa Bonn, Hai I. Wang,* Klaus Müllen,* and Akimitsu Narita*, N = 8 Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons: Solution Synthesis and High Charge Carrier Mobility. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202312610.
2. Kalyan Biswas,† Diego Soler,† Shantanu Mishra,† Qiang Chen,† Xuelin Yao,† Ana Sánchez-Grande, Kristjan Eimre, Pingo Mutombo, Cristina Martín-Fuentes, Koen Lauwaet, José M. Gallego, Pascal Ruffieux, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Klaus Müllen, Rodolfo Miranda, José I. Urgel,* Akimitsu Narita,* Roman Fasel,* Pavel Jelínek,* and David Ecija*, Steering Large Magnetic Exchange Coupling in Nanographenes near the Closed-Shell to Open-Shell Transition. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 2968−2974.
3. Shantanu Mishra,† Xuelin Yao,† Qiang Chen,† Kristjan Eimre, Oliver Gröning, Ricardo Ortiz, Marco Di Giovannantonio, Juan Carlos Sancho-García, Joaquín Fernández-Rossier, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Klaus Müllen, Pascal Ruffieux, Akimitsu Narita,* and Roman Fasel,* Large Magnetic Exchange Coupling in Rhombus-Shaped Nanographenes with Zigzag Periphery. Nat. Chem., 2021, 13, 581−586.
4. Xuelin Yao, Wenhao Zheng, Silvio Osella, Zijie Qiu, Shuai Fu, Dieter Schollmeyer, Beate Müller, David Beljonne, Mischa Bonn, Hai I. Wang, Klaus Mullen,* and Akimitsu Narita*, Synthesis of Nonplanar Graphene Nanoribbon with Fjord Edges. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5654−5658.
5. Qiang Sun,† Xuelin Yao,† Oliver Gröning, Kristjan Eimre, Carlo A. Pignedoli, Klaus Müllen, Akimitsu Narita,* Roman Fasel, and Pascal Ruffieux*, Coupled Spin States in Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons with Asymmetric Zigzag Edge Extensions. Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 6429−6436.
6. Marco Di Giovannantonio,*† Xuelin Yao,† Kristjan Eimre,† Jose I. Urgel, Pascal Ruffieux, Carlo A. Pignedoli,* Klaus Müllen,* Roman Fasel, and Akimitsu Narita*, Large-Cavity Coronoids with Different Inner and Outer Edge Structures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12046−12050.
7. Xuelin Yao, Xiao-Ye Wang, Christopher Simpson, Giuseppe M. Paternò, Michele Guizzardi, Manfred Wagner, Giulio Cerullo, Francesco Scotognella, Mark D. Watson, Akimitsu Narita,* and Klaus Müllen*, Regioselective Hydrogenation of a 60-Carbon Nanographene Molecule toward a Circumbiphenyl Core. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4230−4234.
8. Xuelin Yao, Ke Zhang, Klaus Müllen,* and Xiao-Ye Wang*, Direct C-H Borylation at the 2- and 2,7-Positions of Pyrene Leading to Brightly Blue- and Green-Emitting Chromophores. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2018, 7, 1–7.
9. Oliver Gröning,*† Shiyong Wang,† Xuelin Yao,† Carlo A. Pignedoli, Gabriela Borin Barin, Colin Daniels, Andrew Cupo, Vincent Meunier, Xinliang Feng, Akimitsu Narita, Klaus Müllen, Pascal Ruffieux and Roman Fasel, Engineering of Robust Topological Quantum Phases in Graphene Nanoribbons. Nature, 2018, 560, 209–214.
10. Xuelin Yao, Wenjin Yu, Xin Xu, Feng Chen, and Qiang Fu,* Amphiphilic, Ultralight, and Multifunctional Graphene/Nanofibrillated Cellulose Aerogel Achieved by Cation-Induced Gelation and Chemical Reduction. Nanoscale, 2015, 9, 3959–3964.
11. Xuelin Yao, Xiaodong Qi, Yuling He, Dongsheng Tan, Feng Chen,* and Qiang Fu,* Simultaneous Reinforcing and Toughening of Polyurethane via Grafting on the Surface of Microfibrillated Cellulose. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 4, 2497–2507.
