Selected Publications and Achievements：
1. Kang Kang; Jessica A. Lohrman; Sangaraiah Nagarajan; Lixi Chen; Pengchi Deng; Xin Shen; Kui-rong Fu; Wen Feng*; Darren W. Johnson*; Lihua Yuan*. Convergent ditopic receptors enhance anion binding upon alkali metal complexation for catalyzing Ritter reaction, Org. Lett., 2019. 21 (3), 652-655.

2. Xiangyang Yuan; Yinmin Cai; Lixi Chen; Shihang Lu; Xin Xiao; Lihua Yuan; Wen Feng*. Phosphine oxides functionalized pillar[5]arenes for uranyl extraction: Solvent effect and thermodynamics, Sep. Purif. Technol., 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.115843.

3. Junshan Geng; Ying Wang; Yimin Cai; Bin Yang; Lihua Yuan; Wen Feng*. Radiation stability of phosphine oxide functionalized pillar[5]arenes, Radiochim. Acta, 2019, 107, 8, 713-724.

4. Junshan Geng; Ying Wang; Bin Yang; Lihua Yuan; Wen Feng*. Radiation stability of alkylated pillar[5]arenes, Radiat. Phy. Chem., 2019, 161, 1-8.

5. Lixi Chen; Ying Wang; Xiangyang Yuan; Yi Ren; Ning Liu; Lihua Yuan; Wen Feng*. Highly selective extraction of uranium from nitric acid medium with phosphine oxide functionalized pillar[5]arenes in room temperature ionic liquid, Sep. Purif. Technol., 2018, 192, 152-159.

6. Seraj A. Ansari; Prasanta K. Mohapatra*; Lixi Chen; Lihua Yuan; Wen Feng*. Complexation of Actinides with Phosphine Oxide Functionalized Pillar[5]arenes: Extraction and Spectroscopic Studies, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 36, 4022-4030.

7. Xiangyang Yuan; Yiming Jia; Yimin Cai; Wen Feng*; Yiming Li; Xiaopeng Li*; Lihua   Yuan*. Unusual binding selectivity with non-selective homoditopic pillar[5]arene oxime:  serendipitous discovery of a unique approach to heterobinuclear metalation in solution, Chem. Comm., 2017, 53, 2838-2841.

8. Arijit Sengupta*; Manpreet Singh; Mahesh Sundarajan; Lihua Yuan; Yuyu Fang; Xiangyang Yuan; Wen Feng*. Understanding the extraction and complexation of thorium using structurally modified CMPO functionalized pillar[5]arenes in ionic liquid: Experimental and theoretical investigations, Inorg. Chem. Comm., 2017, 75, 33-36.

9. Caixia Li; Lei Wu; Lixi Chen; Xiangyang Yuan; Yiming Cai; Wen Feng*; Ning Liu; Yi Ren; Arijit Sengupta*; Mallekav S. Murali; Prasanta K. Mohapatra; Guohong Tao; Huaqiang Zeng; Songdong Ding; Lihua Yuan*. Highly efficient extraction of actinides with pillar[5]arene-derived diglycolamides in ionic liquid via a unique mechanism involving competitive host-guest interactions, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 19299-19310.

10. Juan Du; Kang Kang; Jinchuan Hu; Lijun Mao; Lihua Yuan; Wen Feng*. Effect of Hydrogen Binding on Selective Recognition of Halide Anions, Chin. J. Chem., 2016, 34(9), 866-872.

11. Yuyu Fang; Xiangyang Yuan; Lei Wu; Zhiyong Peng; Wen Feng*; Ning Liu; Dingguo Xu; Shoujian Li; Arijit Sengupta; Prasanta Kumar Mohapatra and Lihua Yuan*, Ditopic CMPO-pillar[5]arenes as unique receptors for efficient separation of americium(III) and europium(III), Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 4263-4266.

12. Yuyu Fang; Caixia Li; Lei Wu; Bing Bai; Xing Li; Yiming Jia; Wen Feng* and Lihua Yuan*, Non-symmetric pillar[5]arene based on triazole-linked 8-oxyquinolines as a sequential sensor for thorium(IV) followed by fluoride ion, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 14584 – 14588.

13. Bing Bai; Yuyu Fang; Quan Gan; Yuanyou Yang; Lihua Yuan; Wen Feng*, Phosphorous-Based Pillar[5]arenes for Uranyl Extraction, Chin. J. Chem., 2015, 33, 361-367.

14. Youjia Wang; Lei Wu; Yunchang Yang; Wen Feng*; Lihua Yuan, Efficient separation of thorium from rare earths with a hydrogen-bonded oligoaramide extractant in highly acidic media, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 2015, 350, 543-549.

15. Jinchuan Hu; Long Chen; Jie Shen; Jian Luo; Pengchi Deng; Yi Ren; Huaqiang Zeng; Wen   Feng*; and Lihua Yuan*, Convergent heteroditopic cyclo[6]aramides as macrocyclic ion-pair receptors for constructing [2]pseudorotaxanes, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50(59), 8024 – 8027.

16. Lei Wu, Yuyu Fang, Yiming Jia, Yuanyou Yang, Jiali Liao, Ning Liu, Xinshi Yang, Wen Feng*, Jialin Ming and Lihua Yuan*, Pillar[5]arene-based diglycolamides for highly efficient separation of americium(III) and europium(III), Dalton Trans., 2014, 43(10), 3835–3838.

17. Hongzhu Chu; Lutao He; Qian Jiang; Yuyu Fang; Yiming Jia; Xiangyang Yuan; Shuliang Zou; Xianghui Li; Wen Feng*; Yuanyou Yang; Ning Liu; Shunzhong Luo; Yanqiu Yang; Liang Yang; Lihua Yuan*, CMPO-calix[4]arenes with spacer containing intramolecular hydrogen bonding: effect of local rigidification on solvent extraction towards f-block elements, J. Hazard. Mater., 2014, 264, 211-218.

18. Yiming Jia; Yuyu Fang; Yan Li; Lutao He; Wenhua Fan; Wen Feng*; Yuanyou Yang; Jiali Liao; Ning Liu; Lihua Yuan*, Pillar[5]arenes bearing phosphine oxide pendents as Hg²⁺ selective receptors, Talanta, 2014, 125, 322–328.

19. Lutao He; Qian Jiang; Rongzhao Gao; Xinshi Yang; Wen Feng*; Shunzhong Luo; Yanqiu Yang; Liang Yang; Lihua Yuan, Crescent aromatic oligothioamides as highly selective receptors for copper(II) ion, Sci. China Chem., 2014, 57(9), 1246-1256.

20. Jinchuan Hu, Long Chen, Yi Ren, Pengchi Deng, Xiaowei Li, Youjia Wang, Yiming Jia, Jian Luo, Xinshi Yang, Wen Feng*, and Lihua Yuan*, Nonaggregational Shape-Persistent Cyclo[6]aramide and Its Macrocyclic Effect toward Binding Secondary Ammonium Salts in Moderately Polar Media, Org. Lett., 2013, 15 (18), 4670–4673.

21. Yuyu Fang, Lei Wu, Jiali Liao, Long Chen, Yuanyou Yang, Ning Liu, Lutao He, Shuliang Zou, Wen Feng* and Lihua Yuan*, Pillar[5]arene-based phosphine oxides: novel ionophores for solvent extraction separation of f-block elements from acidic media，RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 12376-12383.

22. Lutao He, Qian Jiang, Yiming Jia, Yuyu Fang, Shuliang Zou, Yuanyou Yang, Jiali Liao, Ning Liu, Wen Feng*, Shunzhong Luo, Yanqiu Yang, Liang Yang and Lihua Yuan; Solvent extraction of thorium(IV) and rare earth elements with novel polyaramide extractant containing preorganized chelating groups, J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 2013, 88(10),1930–1936.

23. Qian Jiang, Lu-Tao He, Shun-Zhong Luo, Yan-Qiu Yang, Liang Yang, Wen Feng* and Li-Hua Yuan, Synthesis of a crescent aromatic oligothioamide and its highly selective recognition towards copper(II) ions, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2013, 24(10), 881-884

24. Rongzhao Gao; Jinchuan Hu; Ke Zhang; Youzhou He; Peng Liu; Shunzhong Luo; Yanqiu Yang; Liang Yang; Wen Feng*; Lihua Yuan, Highly Selective Fluorescent Recognition towards Th4+ Based on Coumarin-derivatized Crescent Aromatic Oligoamide, Chin. J. Chem., 2013, 31 (5), 689-694.

25. Xusong Pan, Chao Chen, Jiang Peng, Yongan Yang, Yinghan Wang, Wen Feng*, Pengchi Deng* and Lihua Yuan*; Supramolecular graft copolymers in moderately polar media based on hydrogen-bonded aromatic oligoamide units, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48(76), 9510 - 9512.

26. Xinshi Yang, Long Chen, Yongan Yang, Youzhou He, Shuliang Zou, Wen Feng*, Yuanyou Yang, Ning Liu, Jiali Liao, Lihua Yuan*, Synthesis of crescent aromatic oligoamides with preorganized chelating groups and their extraction towards transition metal ions, J. Hazard. Mater., 2012, 217-218, 171-176.

27. Hongle Liu, Xusong Pan, Lihua Yuan, Shuliang Zou, Peishen Li, Wei Wang, Youzhou He, Wen Feng*, Xiaoyong Yang*, Kai Luo, Yong Wu, Direct Perfluorination of An Acid-Sensitive Glycol Ether as Precursor for Perfluoro (2-(methoxymethoxy)ethyl vinyl ether), Synthetic Commun., 2012, 42, 959–966.

28. Yongan Yang, Wen Feng, Jinchuan Hu, Shuliang Zou, Rongzhao Gao, Kazuhiro Yamato, Mark Kline, Zhonghou Cai, Yi Gao, Yibing Wang, Yibao Li, Yanlian Yang, Lihua Yuan*, Xiaocheng Zeng*, Bing Gong*, Well-Defined Nanotubular Assemblies from Strong, Anisotropic Aggregation of Aromatic Oligoamide Macrocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133(46), 18590-18593.

29. Lu Zhang, Juan Du, Li Hua Yuan, Dong Zhang, Gui Ping Dan, Yuan You Yang, Wen Feng*, Synthesis of novel calixcrown derivatives with selective complexation towards cesium ions, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2011, 22, 284–287.

30. Zhengchuan Feng, Zheng Zhang,  Lihua Yuan, Wen Feng*, Zhen Huang*, Synthesis of Thymidine Derivatives Bearing Aromatic Oligoamides with Rigidified Backbone, Heterocycl. Commun., 2010, 16(4-6), 269-273.

31. Wen Feng, Kazuhiro Yamato, Liuqing Yang, Joseph S. Ferguson, Lijian Zhong, Shuliang Zou, Lihua Yuan,*, Xiao Cheng Zeng,*,and Bing Gong*, Efficient Kinetic Macrocyclization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 2629-2637.

32. Shuliansg Zou, Youzhou He, Yongan Yang, Yi Zhao, Lihua Yuan, Wen Feng,* Kazuhiro Yamato, Bing Gong*, Improving the Efficiency of Forming ‘Unfavorable’ Products: Eight-Residue Macrocycles from Folded Aromatic Oligoamide Precursors, Synlett, 2009, 9, 1437-1440.