Welcome to the Topological Carbon Nanostructures Laboratory (TCNL) led by Dr. Junzhi Liu. We are a new research group in the department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong.
Our research interests focus on the rational design, atomically precise synthesis, and detailed investigation of the exotic physical phenomena emerging from topological carbon nanostructures. We pursue a highly integrated multidisciplinary research program including physical, chemistry and functional materials, founded on modular bottom-up organic synthesis of functional carbon nanostructures at atomic level, their controlled assembly behaviors, and the evaluation of inherent electronic, optical, and magnetic properties. 

Available Positions: 1 postdoc position for starting as early as possible!!!
HKU-JNU (港大-暨大) Joint Postdoctoral Theme: 1 postdoc position for starting as early as possible!!!  (Please click here for details)
we have 2 PhD and 1 postdoc openings for the August 2020!
Please email Dr. Liu (juliu@hku.hk)

News

29.11.2019 Our collaborative paper “Quantum units from the topological engineering of molecular graphenoids” with University of Oxford, TU Dresden and MPIP was published in Science. Congratulations !!!

25.11.2019 Our invited review paper “Bottom-up synthesis of nitrogen-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons” was accepted by Synlett. Congratulations !!!
13.11.2019 Our paper "Dipyrene-fused dicyclopenta[a,f]naphthalenes" (Invited paper for the Special Issue: Functional Organic Materials) was published in J. Org. Chem.. Congratulations !!!
04.11.2019 The group welcomes the new assistant researcher Biao!
28.10.2019 The group welcomes the new Postdoc Mingguang!
23.10.2019 The group welcomes the new PhD student Junting!
30.08.2019 The group welcomes the first PhD student Yiyang!
05.08.2019 Dr. Junzhi Liu started his position at the Department of Chemistry, HKU!