Yanke Che, PhD
Email：ykche@tjut.edu.cn, yanke.che@utah.edu
Education:
2000 B.S.Department of Chemistry, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.
2003 M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
2006 Ph.D.Institute of Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Professional Experience:
2026.2–Present, Professor, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China00
2022.7 – present, Adjunct Professor, University of Utah
2013.2–2026.1, Professor,Institute of Chemistry.Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
2009.10– 2012.12, Research Assistant Professor,University of Utah
2008.9 –2009.9, PostdocResearch Fellow, University of Utah.
2007.1 –2008.8, PostdocResearch Fellow,Southern Illinois University.
Research Interests:
DynamicOrganic Crystals,Solution-processing Photoprinting,Living Self-Assembly, Fluorescence SensingofHazardous Chemicals
Honors and Awards:
2025First Prize of Analysis and Testing Science Award, China Association for Instrumental Analysis
2019 Distinguished Young Scholar, National Natural Science Foundation of China
2013 Excellent Young Scholar, National Natural Science Foundation of China
Recent Synergistic Activities:
Publications and Patents:
1. 107papers published, including 11 inJ. Am. Chem. Soc.,7inAngew. Chem.4 inNature. Commun.,3 inAdv. Mater.,14inAnal. Chem.4 inACSSens.,and many others, Adv. Sci., Chem. Mater., Nano Lett., small.etc.
2. Papers have been cited more than 3000 times since 2017 (Google Scholar).
3. More than 50 IP disclosures (patents issued or pending), some have been licensed to industry.
Selected Recent Papers:
1.Xiaozhen Che, Lishan Sun, Chenglong Liao, Hongwei Ji, Yanjun Gong,*Yanke Che,*Jincai Zhao,A Triple-Acceptor Motif for Chalcogen-Bond-Directed Circular Assemblies that Enhance Singlet Oxygen Generation,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2026,138, e6178676.
2.Lishan Sun, Tianyan Zhang, Zongjun Yu, Chenglong Liao, Hongwei Ji, Yanjun Gong, Wenjing Song, Ling Zang,* Yanke Che,* and Jincai Zhao, Dynamic Crystalline Nanofibers for Analyte-Specific Fluorescence,Anal. Chem.2026,98, 4339–4348.
3.Xiaozhen Che, Chenglong Liao, Lishan Sun, Yanjun Gong, Hongwei Ji, Yanke Che∗, Ling Zang∗, Jin-Song Hu∗, and Jincai Zhao, Crystalline nanofiber photosensitizers with twisted dual-acceptors: high light harvesting and singlet oxygen quantum yield,Natl Sci Rev,2026,13, nwaf524.
4.Chenglong Liao, Yanxue Che, Yanjun Gong, Zongjun Yu, Lishan Sun, Hongwei Ji, Tie Wang,*Ling Zang,* Yanke Che,* and Jincai Zhao,Sub-Centimeter-Long Tubular Organic Crystal FeaturingPhotoregulated Microfluidic Transport,Chem. Mater.2025,37,9471−9478.
5.Wenjun Tai, Lishan Sun, Shuya Liu, Qiongzheng Hu, Li Yu,*Yanke Che,*Yanjun Gong,*Jincai Zhao,Crafting defects in two-dimensional organicplatelets via seeded coassembly enablesemergent molecular recognition,Nature Commun.,2025,16:7968.
6.Ji-Zhe Zhang, Xin-Biao Xu, Yanjun Gong, Zhu-Bo Wang,Xiao-Zhuo Qi, Xiao-Jing Liu, Yuan-Hao Yang, Zheng-Hui Tian,Jia-Qi Wang, Yan-Lei Zhang, Ming Li, Yongxian Guo, Yingde Yan,Chun-Hua Dong, Xi-Feng Ren, Yifan Zhang, Chuang Zhang,Guang-Can Guo, Yanke Che,* Chang-Ling Zou,*Nature Commun.,2025, 16:8213.
7.Lishan Sun, Tianyan Zhang, Yanxue Che, Jiangfan Shi, Yangyang Ren, Yan Yan, Hongwei Ji,Wenjing Song, Yanjun Gong,* Ling Zang,* Yanke Che,* and Jincai Zhao,Photoinduced Proton-Transfer-Mediated Molecular Recognition inMolecular Crystals,Anal. Chem.,2025,97, 10010-10018.
8.Yangyang Ren, Chenglong Liao, Yanxue Che, Hongwei Ji, Yanjun Gong,* Ling Zang,*Yanke Che,* and Jincai Zhao,Measurement of Anisotropic Exciton Transport Lengths inOrganic Crystals Using Photoetching,Small,2025,2503430.
9.Lishan Sun, Chenglong Liao, Zihua Zhu, Yangyang Ren, Ran Duan, Hongwei Ji, Ling Zang,*Yanke Che,* and Jincai Zhao,Lockable Multiple Twisting in Donor−Acceptor Molecules forEmergent Crystalline Structures and Optical Properties,Chem. Mater.2025,37, 1570−1577.
10.Chenglong Liao, Xiaozhen Che, Yanjun Gong, Hongwei Ji, Ling Zang,* Yanke Che,* and Jincai Zhao,Nanorings Resembling Beehives for Ultrasensitive FluorescenceDetection,ACS Sens.2024, 9,6228−6235.
11.Chenglong Liao, Yanjun Gong, Yanxue Che, Hongwei Ji, Bing Liu,* Ling Zang,* Yanke Che,* Jincai Zhao, Concentric hollow multi-hexagonal platelets from a small molecule,Nature Commun.2024, 15:5668.
12.Yangyang Ren, Yanjun Gong,* Yanxue Che, Chenglong Liao, Hongwei Ji, Linfeng Cui,* Ling Zang,Yanke Che,* and Jincai Zhao,Seeded Growth of Three-Dimensional Block HeterojunctionsFeaturing Photoinduced Emission Enhancement,Chem. Mater.2024,36, 6567-6574.
13.Lishan Sun, Yanjun Gong, Yanxue Che, Hongwei Ji, Bing Liu,* Yanke Che,* and Jincai Zhao, Light-Regulated Nucleation for Growing Highly Uniform Single-Crystalline Microrods,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, 63,e202402253.
14.Chenglong Liao, Yanjun Gong, Yanxue Che, Linfeng Cui, Yangxin Liu, Hongwei Ji, Yifan Zhang, Ling Zang, Jincai Zhao,* Yanke Che*,Living Self-Assembly of Metastable and Stable Two-Dimensional Platelets from a Single Small Molecule,Chem. Eur. J.2023,e202301747.
15.Yanjun Gong, Liyang Fu, Yanxue Che, Hongwei Ji, Yifan Zhang,* Ling Zang, Jincai Zhao, Yanke Che*, Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Platelets with Heat-Resistant Luminescence and Large Two-Photon Absorption Cross Sections via Cooperative Solution/Solid Self-Assembly,J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023,145,9771-9776.
16.Liyang Fu, Yanxue Che, Yanjun Gong,* Hongwei Ji, Yifan Zhang, Ling Zang,* Jincai Zhao, Yanke Che*, Control over the Geometric Shapes and Mechanical Properties of Uniform platelets via Tunable Two-Dimensional Living Self-Assembly,Chem. Mater.2023,35,1310–1317.
17.Xiaoming Du, Yanjun Gong, Yangyang Ren, Liyang Fu, Ran Duan, Yibin Zhang,* Yifan Zhang, Jincai Zhao, and Yanke Che*,Development of Binary Coassemblies for Sensitively and Selectively Detecting Gaseous Sarin,Anal. Chem.2022,94, 16418−16426.
18.Yanjun Gong, Chuanqin Cheng, Hongwei Ji, Yanke Che*, Ling Zang, Jincai Zhao, Yifan Zhang*, Unprecedented Small Molecule-Based Uniform Two-Dimensional Platelets with Tailorable Shapes and Sizes,J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022,144,15403–15410.
19.Xinting Yu, Yanjun Gong, Hongwei Ji, Chuanqin Cheng, Chunxiao Lv*, Yifan Zhang, Ling Zang, Jincai Zhao, Yanke Che*, Rapid Assessment of Meat Freshness by the Differential Sensing of Organic Sulfides Emitted during Spoilage,ACS Sens.2022,7, 1395–1402.
20.Chuanqin Cheng, Linfeng Cui, Wei Xiong, Yanjun Gong, Hongwei Ji, Wenjing Song, Jincai Zhao, and Yanke Che*, Emergent Photostability Synchronization in Coassembled Array Members for the Steady Multiple Discrimination of Explosives,Adv. Sci.2022, 9,2102739.
21.Chuanqin Cheng, Yanjun Gong, Yongxian Guo, Linfeng Cui, Hongwei Ji, Hong Yuan*,
Lang Jiang*, Jincai Zhao, and Yanke Che*, Long-Range Exciton Migration in Coassemblies: Achieving High Photostability without Disrupting the Electron Donation of Fluorene
Oligomers,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021, 60,5827–5832.
22.Linfeng Cui, Yanjun Gong, Xinting Yu, Chunxiao Lv, Xiaoming Du, Jincai Zhao, and Yanke Che*,Development of a Fluorophore with Enhanced Unorthodox Chalcogen Bonding for Highly Sensitive Detection of Trimethyl Arsine Vapor,ACS Sens.2021, 6,2851−2857.
23.Yanjun Gong, Yongxian Guo, Fayuan Ge, Wei Xiong, Jie Su, Yang Sun, Chuang Zhang,
An-Min Cao, Yifan Zhang*, Jincai Zhao*, and Yanke Che*, Light-Driven Crawling of Molecular Crystals by Phase-Dependent Transient Elastic Lattice Deformation,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2020, 59,10337 –10342.
24.Lu Liu, Wei Xiong, Linfeng Cui, Zhenjie Xue, Chuanhui Huang, Qian Song, Wanqiao Bai,
Yage Peng, Xiangyu Chen, Keyan Liu, Shuwei Zhang, Lei Wen, Yanke Che*, and Tie Wang*, Universal Strategy for Improving the Sensitivity of Detecting Volatile Organic Compounds by Patterned Arrays,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2020, 132, 16087-16091.
25.Xiaoling Liu, Yanjun Gong, Wei Xiong, Linfeng Cui, Ke Hu, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Highly Selective Detection of Benzene, Toluene, and Xylene Hydrocarbons Using Coassembled Microsheets with Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-Enhanced Photostability,Anal. Chem.2019, 91,768−771.
26.Changkun Qiu, Xiaoling Liu, Chuanqin Cheng, Yanjun Gong, Wei Xiong, Yongxian Guo,
Chen Wang, Jincai Zhao, and Yanke Che*, Ultrasensitive Detection of Sulfur Mustard via Differential Noncovalent Interactions,Anal. Chem.2019,91, 6408–6412.
27.Changkun Qiu, Yanjun Gong, Yongxian Guo, Chuang Zhang, Peilong Wang*, Jincai Zhao, and Yanke Che*, Sensitive Fluorescence Detection of Phthalates by Suppressing the
Intramolecular Motion of Nitrophenyl Groups in Porous Crystalline Ribbons,Anal. Chem.2019, 91,13355−13359.
28.Wei Xiong, Yanjun Gong, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Sensitive Discrimination of Nerve Agent and Sulfur Mustard Simulants Using Fluorescent Coassembled Nanofibers with Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-Enhanced Photostability and Emission,Anal. Chem.2019, 91,1711−1714.
29.Ke Hu, Yin Liu, Wei Xiong, Yanjun Gong, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Fabrication of Single-Handed Nanocoils with Controlled Length via a Living Supramolecular Self-Assembly,Chem. Mater.2019, 31,1403–1407.
30.Xinting Yu, Yanjun Gong, Wei Xiong, Mei Li*, Jincai Zhao, and Yanke Che*, Turn-on Fluorescent Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide and Triacetone Triperoxide via Enhancing Interfacial Interactions of a Blended System,Anal. Chem.2019, 91,6967−6970.
31.Chunyan Sun, Wei Xiong, Weidong Ye, Yingxuan Zheng, Ran Duan, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Fast and Ultrasensitive Detection of a Nerve Agent Simulant Using Carbazole-Based Nanofibers with Amplified Ratiometric Fluorescence Responses,Anal. Chem.2018,90, 12, 7131–7134.
32.Wei Xiong, Qijian Zhu, Yanjun Gong, Chen Wang, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Interpenetrated Binary Supramolecular Nanofibers for Sensitive Fluorescence Detection of Six Classes of Explosives,Anal. Chem.2018,90, 4273−4276.
33.Xiaoling Liu, Yanjun Gong, Yingxuan Zheng, Wei Xiong*, Chen Wang, Tie Wang, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Sensitive Detection of a Nerve-Agent Simulant through Retightening
Internanofiber Binding for Fluorescence Enhancement.Anal. Chem.2018, 90,1498−1501.
34.Yanjun Gong, Yifan Zhang, Wei Xiong, Ke Zhang*, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Molecular Interactions Control Quantum Chain Reactions toward Distinct Photoresponsive Properties of Molecular Crystals,J. Am. Chem. Soc.2017,139, 10649−10652.
35.Yin Liu, Cheng Peng, Wei Xiong, Yifan Zhang, Yanjun Gong, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Two-Dimensional Seeded Self-Assembly of a Complex Hierarchical Perylene-Based Heterostructure,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2017,56, 11380 –11384.
36.Qijian Zhu, Wei Xiong, Yanjun Gong, Yingxuan Zheng, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Discrimination of Five Classes of Explosives by a Fluorescence ArraySensor Composed of Two Tricarbazole-Nanostructures,Anal. Chem.2017,89, 11908−11912.
37.Zichao Zhou, Wei Xiong, Yifan Zhang, Dongjiang Yang, Tie Wang, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Internanofiber Spacing Adjustment in the Bundled Nanofibers for Sensitive Fluorescence Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds,Anal. Chem.2017, 89,3814−3818.
38.Cheng Peng, Yifan Zhang, Yibin Zhang, Zichao Zhou, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Diverse Macroscopic Helical Motions of Microribbons Driven by Electrons,Chem. Commun.,2017,53, 2578—2581.
39.Xiaojie Ma, Yibin Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Yin Liu, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Fabrication of Chiral-Selective Nanotubular Heterojunctions through Living Supramolecular Polymerization,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2016,55, 9539 –9543
40.Yifan Zhang, Cheng Peng, Bin Cui, Zhengfei Wang, Xibin Pang, Renmin Ma, Feng Liu*, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Direction-Controlled Light-Driven Movement of Microribbons,Adv. Mater.2016,28, 8538–8545.
41.Cheng Peng, Yibin Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Yanyong Hu, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Highly Fluorescent Nanotubes with Tunable Diameter and Wall Thickness Self-Assembled from Asymmetric Perylene Diimides,Small. 2016,12,4363–4369.
42.Yanyong Hu, Xiaojie Ma, Yibin Zhang, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Detection of Amines with Fluorescent Nanotubes: Applications in the Assessment of Meat Spoilage,ACS Sens.2016,1, 22−25.
43.Xiaojie Ma, Yibin Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Cheng Peng, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Stepwise Formation of Photoconductive Nanotubes through a New Top-Down Method,Adv. Mater.2015,27, 7746–7751.
44.Yifan Zhang, Cheng Peng, Zichao Zhou, Ran Duan, Hongwei Ji, Yanke Che*, and Jincai Zhao, Giant Morphological Change in Layered Microribbons Featuring Reversible Sliding of Stacking Layers,Adv. Mater.2015,27, 320–325.
