Faculty
Educational background:
2008.08-2012.07 B. Eng. Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University
2012.08-2017.07 Ph.D. Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University
Work experience:
2017.09-2020.09 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Chemistry University of Warwick
2020.10-Present Research Assistant Professor Shenzhen Grubbs Institute SUSTech
Research Area
Functional Supramolecular Assemblies; Supramolecular Photochemistry
Publications
At SUSTECH
15. Xianjia Yan, Yuqing Lei, Huiying Guo, Xu Yu, Jiajia Guo*, and Qiao Song*. Kinetically trapped supramolecular fluorophores: Suppressing molecular motion for enhanced brightness and stability in water. CCS Chem. doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.025.202505887.
14. Lingfeng Fan, Yong Wu, Cong-Qiao Xu, Hanqiu Jiang, Zhenhua Xie, Yubin Ke, Jun Li, and Qiao Song*. Heavy-atom-free supramolecular photosensitizers derived from conventional fluorophores. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202508968. (Hot Paper)
13. Ruicong Feng, Xianjia Yan, Yufeng Sang, Xindi Liu, Zhi Luo, Zhenhua Xie, Yubin Ke, and Qiao Song*. Transitioning room-temperature phosphorescence from solid states to aqueous phases via a cyclic peptide-based supramolecular scaffold. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202421729. (Hot Paper)
12. Yufeng Sang, Ruicong Feng, Yuqian Wang, and Qiao Song*. Supramolecular method enabling effective through-space charge transfer in thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials with pure orange emission. Polym. Chem. 2025, 16, 62-68. (Polymer Chemistry 15th Anniversary Collection)
11. Jun-Qian Bian, Li Qin, Li-Wen Fan, Jiajia Fu, Yong-Feng Cheng, Yu-Feng Zhang, Qiao Song, Peng-Fei Wang, Zhong-Liang Li, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Peng Yu, Jun-Bin Tang*, and Xin-Yuan Liu*. Cu(I)-catalysed chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective radical 1,2-carboalkynylation with two different terminal alkynes. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 4922.
10. Xiaowo Kang, Weijun Wu*, Yu Hu, Xindi Liu, Wenhui Wang, Qiao Song, Yu Xiong, Jan Paczesny, Yinyin Bao, and Zhi Luo*. Unraveling the internal structure of 4D-printed stimuli-responsive materials using a molecular probe. Appl. Mater. Today 2025, 43, 102646.
9. Zihe Cheng, Stephen C. L. Hall, Qiao Song, and Sébastien Perrier*. Strengthening the self-assembly of supramolecular polymeric nanotubes in water via the introduction of hydrophobic moieties. ACS Macro Lett. 2025, 14, 292–298.
8. Zihe Cheng, Qiao Song, Stephen C. L. Hall, and Sébastien Perrier*. pH-Responsive nanotubes from asymmetric cyclic peptide-polymer conjugates. Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 1894-1906.
7. Yong Wu, Yuqian Wang, Xu Yu, and Qiao Song*. Comprehensive study of artificial light-harvesting systems with a multi-step sequential energy transfer mechanism. Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2404269.
6. Yuqing Lei, Yuqian Wang, Sophie K. Hill, Zihe Cheng, Qiao Song*, and Sébastien Perrier*. Supra-fluorophores: Ultrabright fluorescent supramolecular assemblies derived from conventional fluorophores in water. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2401346.
5. Haicheng Lu, Yuqian Wang, Sophie K. Hill, Hanqiu Jiang, Yubin Ke, Shaohui Huang, Dunjin Zheng, Sébastien Perrier, and Qiao Song*. Supra-cyanines: Ultrabright cyanine-based fluorescent supramolecular materials in solution and solid states. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202311224.
4. Yuqian Wang, Ruicong Feng, Yang Yu, and Qiao Song*. Supramolecular thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials via through-space charge transfer. CCS Chem. 2024, 6, 1165-1173.
3. Qiao Song*, Zihe Cheng, and Sébastien Perrier*. Supramolecular peptide nanotubes as artificial enzymes for catalysing ester hydrolysis. Polym. Chem. 2023, 14, 4712-4718.
2. Qiao Song*, Jingyu Zhang, Xinxin Yu, Zihe Cheng, Jie Yang, Stephen C. L. Hall, and Sébastien Perrier*. Tailoring the luminescence of FRET systems built using supramolecular polymeric nanotubes. Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 4366-4371. (Polymer Chemistry Recent HOT Articles and Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series).
1. Qiao Song, Andrew Kerr, Jie Yang, Stephen C. L. Hall, and Sébastien Perrier*. Tubular supramolecular alternating copolymers fabricated by cyclic peptide–polymer conjugates. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 9096-9103.
Prior to SUSTECH
14. Qiao Song, Zihe Cheng, Maria Kariuki, Stephen C. L. Hall, Sophie K. Hill, Julia Y. Rho, and Sébastien Perrier. Molecular self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry of cyclic peptides. Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 13936-13995.
13. Qiao Song, Sofia Goia, Jie Yang, Stephen C. L. Hall, Michael Staniforth, Vasilios G. Stavros, and Sébastien Perrier. Efficient artificial light-harvesting system based on supramolecular peptide nanotubes in water. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 382-389.
12. Enrique Folgado?, Qiao Song?, Sébastien Perrier, Vincent Ladmiral, and Mona Semsarilar. Fluorinated nanotubes: synthesis and self-assembly of cyclic peptide–poly(vinylidene fluoride) conjugates. Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 4235-4243.
11. Qiao Song, Jie Yang, Stephen C. L. Hall, Pratik Gurnani, Sébastien Perrier. Pyridyl disulfide reaction chemistry: An efficient strategy toward redox-responsive cyclic peptide–polymer conjugates. ACS Macro Lett. 2019, 8, 1347-1352.
10. Qiao Song, Jie Yang, Julia Y. Rho and Sébastien Perrier. Supramolecular switching of the self-assembly of cyclic peptide–polymer conjugates via host–guest chemistry. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 5291-5294.
9. Qiao Song, Jiang-Fei Xu and Xi Zhang. Polymerization of supramonomers: A new way for fabricating supramolecular polymers and materials. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017, 55, 604-609.
8. Wenwen Xu?, Qiao Song?, Jiang-Fei Xu, Michael J. Serpe and Xi Zhang. Supramolecular hydrogels fabricated from supramonomers: A novel wound dressing material. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 11368-11372.
7. Qiao Song?, Yongfeng Gao?, Jiang-Fei Xu, Bo Qin, Michael J. Serpe and Xi Zhang. Supramolecular microgels fabricated from supramonomers. ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 1084-1088.
6. Qiao Song, Yang Jiao, Zhiqiang Wang and Xi Zhang. Tuning the energy gap by supramolecular approaches: Towards near-infrared organic assemblies and materials. Small 2016, 12, 24-31.
5. Qiao Song, Fei Li, Zhiqiang Wang and Xi Zhang. A supramolecular strategy for tuning the energy level of naphthalenediimide: Promoted formation of radical anions with extraordinary stability. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 3342-3346.
4. Qiao Song, Fei Li, Liulin Yang, Zhiqiang Wang and Xi Zhang. Supramolecular polymers synthesized by thiol-ene click polymerization from supramonomers. Polym. Chem. 2015, 6, 369-372.
3. Qiao Song, Fei Li, Xinxin Tan, Liulin Yang, Zhiqiang Wang and Xi Zhang. Supramolecular polymerization of supramonomers: A way for fabricating supramolecular polymers. Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 5895-5899.
2. Fei Li?, Qiao Song? and Xi Zhang. Two-dimensional folded nanosheets lead to an unusual circular dichroism effect in aqueous solution. Langmuir 2014, 30, 6064-6070.
1. Qiao Song, Zhi Luo, Xinming Tong, Yi Du and Yanbin Huang. Glutathione as the end capper for cyclodextrin/PEG polyrotaxanes. Chin. J. Polym. Sci. 2014, 32, 1003-1009.