School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Associate professor
Polymer Physics and Chemistry
18722181025
renxiangkui@tju.edu.cn
Room B450, Building 50, Tianjin University, Jinnan District, Tianjin, China
Xiangkui Ren received his PhD degree from Nankai University in 2010. He spent the period of 2007–2009 as an exchange student at The University of Akron in USA under the supervision of S. Z. D. Cheng. In July 2010, He joined Peking University as a postdoctoral researcher. Now, he is an associate professor in the Department of Polymer Engineering and Science, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University. His research focuses on the phase behavior, crystal/liquid-crystalline structure, and photoelectric property of organic materials.
- Doctoral degree| Nankai University| Condensed Matter Physics| 2010
- Exchange student| The University of Akron, USA| Polymer Physics and Chemistry| 2009
- Master Degree| Nankai University| Condensed Matter Physics| 2007
- Bachelor degree| Hebei Normal University| Physics| 2003
- Phase behavior and crystal Structure of functional materials.
- Liquid crystalline structure of photoelectric materials.
- Optical materials with aggregation-induced emission property.
- Nonlinear optical properties of functional materials.
- Biomaterials.
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2016.6-2019.12
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering | School of Chemical Engineering and Technology,Tianjin University | Associate professor  -
2012.12-2016.6
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering | School of Chemical Engineering and Technology,Tianjin University | Lecturer  -
2010.7-2012.12
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering | College of Chemistry, Peking University | Postdoc Research Associate 
- Papers
- [1] Hai-Jie Ben, Xiang-Kui Ren*, Bo Song, Xiaopeng Li, Yakai Feng, Wei Jiang, Er-Qiang Chen, Zhaohui Wang and Shichun Jiang*. Synthesis, crystal structure, enhanced photoluminescent property and fluoride detection ability of S-heterocyclic annulated perylene diimide-polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane dye. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017, 5, 2566-2576.
- [2] Hui Jing, Lin Lu, Yakai Feng, Jun-Feng Zheng*, Liandong Deng, Er-Qiang Chen* and Xiang-Kui Ren*. Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission, and Liquid Crystalline Structure of Tetraphenylethylene−Surfactant Complex via Ionic Self-Assembly, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016, 120, 27577-27586.
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- [3] Mei Li, Jia-Ru Xu, Yang Zeng, Hai-Jie Ben, Fang-Lian Yao, Shuang Yang, Er-Qiang Chen and Xiang-Kui Ren*. Ionic self-assembled derivatives of perylene diimide: Synthesis, aggregated structure and molecular packing behavior, Dyes and Pigments, 2017, 139, 79-86.
- [4] Hai-Jie Ben, You Fan, Ya-Juan Shi, Rui Liu, Yu Chen*, Xiang-Kui Ren* and Shichun Jiang*. Polyhedral-oligosilsesquioxane containing poly(methyl methacrylate) perylenebisimide microspheres with high solid state emission, Dyes and Pigments, 2017, 137, 584-592.
- [5] Lin Lu, Xiang-Kui Ren*, Rui Liu, Xu-Qiang Jiang, Lai-Yao Geng, Jun-Feng Zheng,* Yakai Feng, and Er-Qiang Chen. Ionic self-assembled derivative of tetraphenylethylene: synthesis, enhanced solid-state emission, liquid crystalline structure and Cu2+ detection ability. ChemPhysChem, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700926.
- [6] Xiang-Kui Ren, Yu-Chun Wu, Shao-Jie Wang, Shi-Dong Jiang, Jun-Feng Zheng, Shuang Yang, Er-Qiang Chen*, Chien-Lung Wang and Chain-Shu Hsu*. Crystal Structure and Molecular Packing Behavior of Poly(2,3-diphenyl-1,4-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives Containing Alkyl Side-Chains. Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 155-163.
- [7] Xiangkui Ren, Bin Sun, Chi-Chun Tsai, Yingfeng Tu, Siwei Leng, Kaixia Li, Zhuang Kang, Ryan M. Van Horn, Xiaopeng Li, Meifang Zhu, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Wen-Bin Zhang* and Stephen Z. D. Cheng*. Synthesis, Self-assembly, and Crystal Structure of a Shape-Persistent Polyhedral-Oligosilsesquioxane Nanoparticle Tethered Perylene Diimide. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2010, 114, 4802-4810.
- [8] Xiangkui Ren, Yakai Feng*, Jintang Guo, Haixia Wang, Qian Li, Jing Yang, Xuefang Hao, Juan Lv, Nan Ma* and Wenzhong Li. Surface modification and endothelialization of biomaterials as potential scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 2015, 44, 5680-5742.
- [9] Juan Lv, Jing Yang, Xuefang. Hao, Xiangkui Ren*, Yakai Feng* and Wencheng Zhang*. Biodegradable PEI modified complex micelles as gene carriers with tunable gene transfection efficiency for ECs. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2016, 4, 997-1008.
- [10] Qian Li, Xuefang Hao, Juan Lv, Xiangkui Ren*, Kunyu Zhang, Ihsan Ullah, Yakai Feng*, Changcan Shi* and Wencheng Zhang. Mixed micelles obtained by co-assembling comb-like and grafting copolymers as gene carriers for efficient gene delivery and expression in endothelial cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017, 5, 1673-1687.
- [11] Jing Yang, Wen Liu, Juan Lv, Yakai Feng*, Xiangkui Ren* and Wencheng Zhang*. REDV–polyethyleneimine complexes for selectively enhancing gene delivery in endothelial cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2016, 4, 3365-3376.
- [12] [10] Changcan Shi, Qian Li, Wencheng Zhang, Yakai Feng* and Xiangkui Ren*. REDV Peptide Conjugated Nanoparticles/pZNF580 Complexes for Actively Targeting Human Vascular Endothelial Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 20389-20399.
- [13] Xiangkui Ren, Daying Yang, Tianhao Zhang*, Zhang Sen, Zhou Lin, Jianguo Tian and Jingjun Xu. Polymeric photorefractive surface waves. Optics Communications, 2010, 283, 3792-3797.