Kuang-Lieh Lu (呂光烈)

 

(O)︰(02) 2905-3570

(LAB)：(02) 2905-2482

 

E-mail: 146173@mails.fju.edu.tw

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Education

Ph.D.    National Taiwan University, 1989

M.S.     National Taiwan University, 1983

B.S.   National Taiwan Normal University, 1974

Experience

1994-present         Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica

2008-present         Adjunct Professor, National Central University

2002-2016             Adjunct Professor, National Taiwan Normal University

2013/06-2013/07   Visiting Professor, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

2007-2008             Director, Office of General Affairs, Academia Sinica

2005/08-2005/10   Visiting Professor, Northwestern University, U.S.A.

1999-2003             Deputy Director, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica

2001-2002             General Secretary, The Chemical Society Located in Taipei

2001/03-2001/04   Visiting Professor, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

1994-1995             Visiting Scholar, The University of Oxford, UK

1989-1994             Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica

1988-1989             Visiting Scientist, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.

1983-1989             Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica

 

Awards and honors   

 

Chemical Technology Award, Chemical Society Located in Taipei, 2017

Outstanding Research Award, NSC (ROC), 2010

National Innovation Award, 2007

Research Interest           

Inorganic Chemistry

Supramolecular Chemistry

Metal-Organic Frameworks

Invited Lectures and Seminars

2018    43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC2018), Sendai, Japan. (Invited lecture)

            Ta-shue Chou Lectureship, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2018 Cross-Strait Quadrilateral Workshop on Frontiers of Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Symposium on Contemporary Coordination Chemistry, Hualien, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2017    The 4rd Japan-Taiwan-Singapore-Hong Kong Quadrilateral Symposium on Coordination Chemistry, 2017, Hong Kong. (Invited lecture)

National Chi Nan University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2016    2016 Global Research Efforts on Energy and Nanomaterials (GREEN 2016), Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2016 The EMN Meeting on Metal-Organic Frameworks, Qingdao, China. (Invited lecture)

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2015    2015 International Conference on Nanospace Materials, Taipei. (Keynote lecture)

5th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC5), Hong Kong. (Invited lecture)

2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2015), Hawaii. (Invited lecture)

2015 Trilateral Japan-Singapore-Taiwan symposium, Singapore. (Invited lecture)

2015 International Symposium for Advanced Materials Research (ISAMR 2015), Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2014    41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC-41), Singapore. (Invited lecture)

National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Central University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Tunghai University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2013    1st Japan-Taiwan-Singapore Joint Symposium on Coordination Chemistry. Osaka, Japan. (Invited lecture)

National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2012    Post-Conference Symposium “Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry”,

Saint-Petersburg, Russia. (Invited lecture)

Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan. (Invited lecture)

Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. (Invited lecture)

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Osaka, Japan. (Invited lecture)

Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan. (Invited lecture)

National Central University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2011    3rd Taiwan-Korea bilateral symposium, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Shanghai-Taipei Material Chemistry Workshop, Shanghai, China. (Invited lecture)

National Seminar on Nanostructured Materials and Applications, India. (Keynote lecture)

National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2010    2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2010), Hawaii. (Invited lecture)

The Cross-the-strait Symposium on Material Science 2010, Fujian, China. (Invited lecture)

Pre-Symposium, Organometallic Chemistry, 24th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC), Taiwan. (Invited lecture) 

2009  237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA. (Invited lecture)

Taipei-Shanghai Symposium of Materials Chemistry, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

6th Singapore International Chemical Conference (SICC-6). Singapore. (Invited lecture)

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2008   IUMRS International Conference in Asia 2008 (IUMRS-ICA 2008), Nagoya, Japan. (Invited lecture)

ICAM-2008 (International Conference on Advanced Materials 2008), Kerala, India. (Invited lecture)

International Symposium on Molecular Information and Dynamics 2008, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Prof. Srinivasan Endowment Lectures, Madurai Kamaraj University, India. Vivekananda College, Madurai, India. (Invited lecture)

Chemical Society Located in Taipei, Annual Meeting, Changhua, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Symposium in Metallo-supramolecular Chemistry, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Prof. Ta-Shue Chou Memorial Symposium, Academia Sinica. (Invited lecture)

National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2007    Bangladesh Chemical Congress, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Invited lecture)

11th ICCT (International Chemical Conference, Taipei), Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

The Taipei-Beijing Bilateral Workshop on Frontiers of Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Chinese Culture University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Chi Nan University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2006  University of Burgundy, Dijon, France. (Invited lecture)

Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, Toulouse, France. (Invited lecture)

National Dong-Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Chin-Yi Institute of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2005  10th ICCT (International Coordination Conference, Taipei), Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

      Coordination Chemistry Conference at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. (Invited lecture)

      Northwestern University, USA. (Invited lecture)

National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

      Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

      The China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

      National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

      National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2004    Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

      National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

      National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2003  National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2002  Madurai Kamaraj University, India. (Invited lecture)

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India. (Invited lecture)

Sun Yet-sen University, China. (Invited lecture)

Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

4th International Symposium for Chinese Inorganic Chemists, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

2001  University of Louis Pasteur, France. (Invited lecture)

Leiden University, the Netherlands. (Invited lecture)

National Chen Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Central University, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Sun Yet-sen University, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Invited lecture)

 

Service to Academic

 Community

 

Advisory Board, Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2013, 1-2014, 12).

Advisory Board, Journal of Materials Chemistry (2009, 8-2012, 12).

Co-organizer, 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC2018), Sendai, Japan.

Co-organizer, 4rd Japan-Taiwan-Singapore-Hong Kong Quadrilateral Symposium on Coordination Chemistry, 2017, Hong Kong.

Co-organizer, 3rd Japan-Taiwan-Singapore-Hong Kong Quadrilateral Symposium on Coordination Chemistry, 2016, Taipei.

Co-organizer, Symposium on "Discrete Coordination Compounds with Multiple Intra- and/or Intermolecular Non-covalent Interactions," Pacifichem 2015, Hawaii.

Co-organizer, 2nd Japan-Singapore-Taiwan Trilateral Symposium on Coordination Chemistry, 2015, Singapore.

Co-organizer, Symposium on "Discrete Coordination Systems with Switchable Structures and Properties", Pacifichem 2010, Hawaii.

Councilor, Chemistry Research Promotion Center, NSC (2010, 1-2013, 12).

Advisory Committee, National Science Council (2005, 8-2008, 7).

Panel Member, National Science Council (2002, 8-2005, 7).

General Secretary, The Chemical Society Located in Taipei, 2001-2002.

Deputy Director, Institute of Chemistry (1999, 7-2003, 2).

Editorial Board, Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society (1997- ).

 

Research achievements (2013-2018)

 

My major interest is developing efficient self-assembly strategies for use in the synthesis of metal–organic compounds, including coordination polymers, nanotubes and metallacycles. These projects encompass the field of host–guest supramolecular chemistry. In the past five years, the primary research achievements of the KLLu laboratory involve studies related to metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), from which unusual structures were constructed and the dimensions of research of MOFs directed towards optoelectronics applications have been expanded. MOFs have emerged as a promising class of materials with a wide spectrum of useful properties. However, much less efforts have been directed towards investigating MOFs for use in micro and optoelectronic applications. Our studies on the fundamental dielectric, semiconducting, conducting and optical properties of various MOFs have made us highly competitive in this cutting edge research field. In addition, our results have been found to be very promising for optical and microelectronic applications and would benefit the industrial upgrade in Taiwan.

 

Development of metallacycles. The innovative self-assembly synthetic strategies developed by our group allowed us to synthesize a wide variety of discrete neutral metallacycles in high yields with predesigned geometries. The effective one-step preparation, the high degree of stability, tunable cavity size, recognition capability and switchable properties make these Re-based metallacycles intriguing and potentially useful supramolecules. The results for our work on metallacycles are summarized in Acc. Chem. Res. 2012, 45, 1403; Coord. Chem. Rev. 2005, 249, 1085 & 2012, 256, 3008. Since 2013, the metallacycle project has progressed very well, as summarized in our papers in Coord. Chem. Rev. 2014, 280, 96 and J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Rev. 2015, 23, 25.

 

Rare structures of MOFs. Fundamental studies on the design, structures and properties of MOFs are essential for the creation of a new research direction in this important field. In addition to some rare structures (Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6063 & 2009, 48, 9461), we also developed a family of unprecedented bamboo-like metal–organic nanotubes that were assembled from new, in situ generated benzenehexaolate (C6O66-) scaffolds (Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8343). It is noteworthy that this synthetic strategy is a general one and the benzenehexaolate ligand is unprecedented and unknown for transition metal complexes. These characteristics are significant as one reviewer pointed out “The potential significance of this work rests largely on whether or not the LEGO building block is generalizable” and the other reviewer commented “In my opinion, the most interesting aspect of this paper is the incorporation of the benzenehexaolate ligand. As far as I know, this ligand is very rare and might be unknown for transition metal complexes”. This paper was selected as a Cover Picture (Back Cover) by Angew. Chem.

 

Low-k and high-k MOFs. In the past five years, investigations of the fundamental semiconducting, conducting, dielectric and optical properties of various MOFs and their potential applications in our laboratory have been very rewarding. The sizes of integrated circuits toward the nanometer (nm) scale will require new types of ultra-low dielectric constant materials instead of the traditional SiO2 (k = 3.9). This provide a path for developing porous materials, particularly metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), for use as low dielectric materials. One of our strontium-based MOFs exhibited a very low dielectric constant (k = 2.4) with the highest thermal stability (420 ˚C) among all low-k MOFs. Our fundament studies, including structure–property relationships with regard to inter-layer dielectric applications, were summarized (Coord. Chem. Rev. 2018, 360, 77 & NPG Asia Mater. 2016, 8, e333). A patent for protecting our results on low-k, high thermal stability, high chemical stability and guest-free MOFs is pending and some private sector companies have expressed interest in these technologies.

 

Semiconducting and conducting MOFs. In addition to low-k and high-k studies, a Sr-based MOF that was recently prepared in our laboratory showed remarkable semiconducting behavior as evidenced by both experimental measurements and theoretical calculations (Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1605071 & ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 22767). Significantly, its bandgap (2.3 eV) was found to be comparable to those for other commonly used semiconducting materials e.g. CdSe, CdTe, ZnTe and GaP etc. This work presents a significant and encouraging step towards a new research direction directed toward potential applications of MOFs in optoelectronics devices. It should be noted here that this paper (Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1605071) was judged by the editor of the journal to be very important and very urgent.

 

Very recently, a new strategy for integrating the (–Cu–S–)n plane in a Cu-based metal‒organic framework to achieve an unprecedented high electrical conductivity (10.96 S/cm) was successfully developed. This value is the highest electrical conductivity among MOFs in the form of a single crystal reported to date.  A single crystal of the MOF was also found to have a very low activation energy (6 meV) and small bandgap (1.34 eV). This significant finding offers a prototypal approach for producing a new class of highly electrically conductive MOFs for applications in supercapacitors, thermoelectric, fuel cells, chemical sensing, and lithium-ion batteries. We believe that these materials have substantial potential for use in the future (Nat. Commun. in revision).

 

White Light Emission from MOFs. Among important results in the development of MOFs for optoelectronic applications, we successfully synthesized several MOFs that emit a continuous broad band covering the entire range of the visible spectrum. In particular, a judicious design strategy for the generation of natural white light from a single component, namely, a Sr-based MOF was achieved. The continuous broadband emission closely resembles the solar spectrum, thus making it more comfortable for the human eye. An alkaline earth metal was used to replace the commonly used lanthanides. The first electrically driven white light emission using this MOF material was reported (ACS Nano 2016, 10, 8366). A press release with the title “Lowering the cost and environmental footprint of white LEDs with MOFs and graphene” was distributed by ACS Nano. These results were also reported by a number of scientific news agencies incuding an ACS press release, Scienmag, Phy.org, ScienceDaily, Sciencenewsline, OOYUZbeta, Nanowerk, Environmentguru, eurekalert, Photonics Media, Chemcognition, news.todonotbe, us.makemefeed, grapheneentrepreneur, opennano and bebekmiring. This paper was also selected as the “Important Achievement of Academia Sinica” in 2016. Our work here represents a major discovery that should be very useful and timely for the development of solid-state lighting. This technology was transfered to a private sector company in Taiwan.

 

Summary. Research on semiconducting, conducting, dielectric and optical properties of MOFs and their applications is still at the very early stage of development. We are fortunate to have become a very competitive research group and to have made significant contributions in this important field.

 

Representative Publications

 

1.         Mendiratta, S.; Usman, M.; Lu, K. L.* "Expanding the Dimensions of Metal–Organic Framework Research towards Dielectrics," Coord. Chem. Rev. 2018, 360, 77–91.

2.         Usman, M.; Mendiratta, S.; Lu, K. L.* "Semiconductor Metal–Organic Frameworks: Future Low Bandgap Materials," Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1605071.

3.         Haider, G.; Usman, M.; Chen, T. P.; Perumal, P.; Lu, K. L.;* Chen, Y. F.* "Electrically Driven White Light Emission from Intrinsic Metal–Organic Framework," ACS Nano 2016, 10, 8366–8375. (A press release distributed by ACS Nano)

4.         Tseng, T. W.;* Luo, T. T.; Liao, S. H.; Lu, K. H.; Lu, K. L.* "Isorecticular Synthesis of Dissectible Molecular Bamboo Tubes of Hexarhenium(I) Benzene-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaolate Complexes," Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8343–8347. (Cover Picture (Back Cover))

5.         Usman, M.; Lu, K. L.* "Metal–Organic Frameworks: The Future of Low-κ Materials," NPG Asia Mater. 2016, 8, e333.

6.         Sathish, V.; Ramdass, A.; Thanasekaran, P.;* Lu, K.-L.;* Rajagopal, S.*  "Aggregation-Induced Phosphorescence Enhancement (AIPE) Based on Transition Metal Complexes – An Overview," J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Rev. 2015, 23, 25–44.

7.         Thanasekaran, P.; Lee, C. H.; Lu, K. L.* "Neutral Discrete Metal–Organic Cyclic Architectures: Opportunities for Structural Features and Properties in Confined Spaces," Coord. Chem. Rev. 2014, 280, 96–175.

8.         Thanasekaran, P.; Lee, C. C.; Lu, K. L.* Acc. Chem. Res. 2012, 45, 1403–1418.

9.         Luo, T. T.; Wu, H. C.; Jao, Y. C.; Huang, S. M.; Tseng, T. W.; Wen, Y. S.; Lee, G. H.; Peng, S. M.; Lu, K. L.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9461–9464.

10.      Luo, T. T.; Tsai, H. L.; Yang, S. L.; Liu, Y. H.; Yadav, R. D.; Su, C. C.; Ueng, C. H.; Lin, L. G.; Lu, K. L.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6063-6067.

Patents and Technology Transfer (2015-2018)

 

Patents

1.       Lin, C. H.; Luo, S. H.; Lu, K. L. "Superhydrophobic Mesoporous Metal Organic Frameworks," ROC (Taiwan) Patent TW I641643, 2018.

2.       Lu, K. L.; Usman, M.; Haider, G.; Mendiratta, S.; Luo, T. T.; Chen, Y. F. "Natural White Light Emission from a Dopant Free Strontium(II)–Organic Framework," ROC (Taiwan) Patent TW I572611, 2017.

3.       Lu, K. L.; Lin, H. C.; Yin, J. F. Photosensitizer Dyes and Application of the Same, ROC (Taiwan) Patent TW I503320 B, 2015.

 

Technology Transfer

1.    "Organic Electroluminescent Material Containing Alkaline Earth Metal Based Metal–Organic Frameworks and Organic Electroluminescent Device Using the same", Eternal Materials Co., Ltd, 2017.

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