We were delighted to welcome Prof. Hao Li’s research group from Zhejiang University for a wonderful joint group meeting. We spent an enjoyable day together at Shanghai Happy Valley and the Bund, sharing our latest scientific progress and exchanging inspiring ideas.

We are delighted to share that our invited review paper, titled "Diphanes: cage-like compounds featuring two cavities" has been published in Chem. Commun. as part of the "ChemComm Pioneering Investigators collection 2025". Congratulations to Jun for her insightful perspectives and dedicated efforts on this work!

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We are delighted to welcome Mr. Xiaohan Liu to our research group! Xiaohan begins his Ph.D. studies with us as a joint Ph.D. candidate from Zhengzhou University. Welcome aboard! We look forward to working with you and achieving great things together!

Our recent work titled "Formation Mechanism of Polycatenane by Direct Catenation" has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations to Weihao and Zhenghong for their outstanding contributions and in-depth efforts in this study! This work unveils the underlying mechanism of polycatenane formation via direct catenation, providing new insights into the design and synthesis of complex mechanically interlocked architectures.

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We are delighted to welcome Mr. Chenyu Zhang, Mr. Kehao Wang, Mr. Chensheng Chen, and Mr. Chengyi Zhu to our research group as UROPs! Chensheng and Chengyi are first-year undergraduates at SJTU. Chenyu is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree at Xi'an Shiyou University, and Kehao is studying at Wuhan University. Both Chenyu and Kehao will be completing their undergraduate dissertations with us. Welcome aboard, and we look forward to working with you!

We are pleased to announce that our paper titled "Symmetry Breaking: Case Studies with Organic Cage-Racemates" has been published in Acc. Chem. Res. Congratulations to Chenhao for his valuable insights and outstanding contributions to this work!

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We are overjoyed to share another heartwarming update from the Alumina group! Our member Xiaoning and her family have welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Chengxi (橙兮), into the world. This delightful news adds even more joy to our group—congratulations to Xiaoning and her family!

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We are delighted to share some wonderful news from the Alumina group! Our members Zhenyu and Ziying, along with their families, have recently welcomed new additions to their lives. In a delightful coincidence, Zhenyu’s baby, Yunning, and Ziying’s baby, Zhaozhao, were born just days apart, bringing double the joy to our group!

We are delighted to welcome the esteemed 2018 Wolf Prize Laureate, Prof. Makoto Fujita from the University of Tokyo, to our group. Prof. Fujita delivered an inspiring 237th Master Distinguished Lecture titled "Coordination Self-Assembly: From Origins to the Latest Advances." We deeply appreciate his valuable time and the opportunity to engage with his groundbreaking insights. It was an enriching and truly enjoyable experience for all of us!

Our research paper on "Interwoven Trimeric Cage-Catenanes with Topological Chirality" has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.! Congratulations to Lihua, Zhenghong and Weihao for their nice work!

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We are thrilled to welcome Nan's former supervisor, Prof. Chuanfeng Chen from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences to our group. He visited us and delivered an engaging lecture on the fascinating topic, "Efficient Circularly Polarized Electroluminescent Materials and Devices." We deeply appreciate his time and the insightful discussions!

We are delighted to welcome Mr Nan Xue as a Ph.D. student to join our research group! Nan completed his Master's degree under the joint supervision of Prof. Haiyan Lu at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Chuanfeng Chen at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Welcome!

We are thrilled to welcome Prof. Mingjiang Zhong from Yale University to our group. His visited us and delivered a lecture on the topic "Diversifying Polymer Properties through Precision Microstructure Engineering"!

We are delighted to announce that Lihua Chen has successfully defended her thesis today! Congratulations to Lihua on this significant achievement. We wish her a bright and prosperous future.