Cai Yimin
Ph.D, Assistant researcher
Main research areas:
1. Design and synthesis of organic functional materials 2. Recognition and separation of radionuclides 3. Irradiation stability of functional materials
Contact information:
E-mail: ymcai@scu.edu.cn
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
Sichuan University
Chengdu 610064, China
Tel: +86-28-85412890
E-mail: ymcai@scu.edu.cn
Education and Experience
2021.07-present: Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Assistant Professor.
2016.09—2021.07, Sichuan University, Ph.D.
2012.09—2016.06, Sichuan University, B.S.
Interests
1. Design and synthesis of organic functional materials
2. Recognition and separation of radionuclides
3. Irradiation stability of functional materials
代表性论文和成果Selected Publications：
(1) Pengcheng Wu, Hui Liu, Mengqi Sun, Yaxin Zeng, Jiawei Ye, Song Qin, Yimin Cai*, Wen Feng*, and Lihua Yuan, Covalent triazine frameworks for the selective sorption of palladium from highly acidic radioactive liquid wastes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 27320-27331. (Cover work).
(2) Yimin Caiǂ, Qiang Yanǂ, Mengxin Wang, Jing Chen, Haiying Fu, Jiawei Ye, Steven D. Conradson, Lihua Yuan*, Chao Xu*, and Wen Feng*, Endowing 2,6-bis-triazolyl-pyridine of poor extraction with superior efficiency for actinide/lanthanide separation at high acidity by anchoring to a macrocyclic scaffold, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 416, 125745. (ǂ Equal contribution).
(3) Yimin Cai, Saraj A. Ansari, Kuirong Fu, Beichen Zhu, Haoyang Ma, Lixi Chen, Steven D. Conradson, Song Qin, Haiying Fu, Prasanta K. Mohapatra*, Lihua Yuan, and Wen Feng*, Highly efficient actinide(III)/lanthanide(III) separation by novel pillar[5]arene-based picolinamide ligands: A study on synthesis, solvent extraction and complexation, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 405, 124214.
(4) Lixi Chen, Yimin Cai, Wen Feng, Lihua Yuan*, Pillararenes as macrocyclic hosts: a rising star in metal ion separation, Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 7883-7898.
(5) Xiangyang Yuan, Yimin Cai, Lixi Chen, Shihang Lu, Xi Xiao, Lihua Yuan, Wen Feng*, Phosphine oxides functionalized pillar[5]arenes for uranyl extraction: Solvent effect and thermodynamics, Separation and Purification Technology, 2020, 230, 115843.
