Sunyunyan

2019/08-2024/12‚  Deparment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign‚ Ph.D.

2015/09-2019/06‚  School of Physical Science and Techanology‚Chemistry Department, ShanghaiTech University‚ B.S.

2025/2-Present‚  School of Life Sciences‚ East China Normal University‚ Assistant Professor

Functional Biomaterials,Ultrasound-responsive nanodrugs,Drug Delivery

1. Sun, Y.; Xie, F.; Moore, J. S. The Restoring Force Triangle as a Mnemonic Device for Mechanochemistry.2024, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 31702–31714

2. Sun, Y.†*; Wang, K. †#, Huang, X., Wei, S., Contreras, E., Jain, P., Campos, L. M., Kulik, H. J.*, Moore, J. S.*Caged AIEgens: Multi-Color and White Emission Triggered by Mechanical Activation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 27117–27126 (†co-first author, #undergraduate mentee, *corresponding author). (Selected as the ACS Editor’s Choice)

3. Sun, Y.†; Kevlishvili, I.†; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Burke, Z. P.#; Craig, S. L.; Kulik, H. J.; Moore, J. S. The Tension Activated Carbon-Carbon Bond. Chem, 2024, 10, 3055-3066 (†co-first author, #undergraduate mentee). 

 Selected Highlights:

            “New tool could facilitate discovery of new mechanically responsive materials” UIUC News, 2024

            “Simple tool could facilitate discovery of new mechanically-responsive materials” Phys&Org, 2024, 

            “Simple Physical Organic Model to Predict Mechanochemical Bond-Breaking” Chem, 2024, Preview

4. Sun, Y, Neary, W. J., Huang, X., Kouznetsova, T. B., Ouchi T., Kevlishvili, I., Wang, K. #, Chen,     Y., Kulik, H. J., Craig, S. L., Moore, J. S. A Thermally Stable SO2 Releasing Mechanophore: Facile     Activation, Single-Event Spectroscopy, and Molecular Dynamic Simulations. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 10943–10952 (#undergraduate mentee). Featured by Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0813: “Thermally Stable, Mechano-sensitive SO2-Releasing Polymer”

5. Sun, Y.†; Neary, W. J.†; Burke, Z. P. #; Qian, H.; Zhu, L.; Moore, J. S. Mechanically Triggered Carbon Monoxide Release with Turn-On Aggregation-Induced Emission. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 3, 1125–1129. (†co-first author， #undergraduate mentee)

Selected Highlights:

              “A mechanochemical two for one” Aggregate, 2022, e196

              “Building a ring to delivery carbon monoxide” JACS Spotlights 2022, 144, 1473-1474

              “First mechanophore to release carbon monoxide triggered by mechanical force” UIUC News, 2022

6. Wang, J.†; Zhao, S.†; Yi, J.†; Sun, Y., Agrawal, M., Oelze, M., Li, K., Moore, J. S., Chen, Y. Injectable Mechanophore Nanoparticles for Deep-tissue Mechanochemical Dynamic Therapy. (†co-first author) ACS Nano 2024, 18, 25997–26010.

7. Wang, J.; Üner, N.B.; Dubowsky S.E.; Confer, M.P.; Bhargava, R.; Sun, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Sankaran, R. M.; Moore, J. S. Plasma Electrochemistry for Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation via Pinacol Coupling. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,       145, 10470–10474.

8. Lou, Y.; Xu, L.; Gan, N.; Sun, Y.; Lin. B., Chemically Recyclable Polyesters from CO2, H2 and 1,3-butadiene. The Innovation. 2022, 3 (2), 100216

9. Neary, W. J.; Sun, Y.; Moore, J. S. Selective Ring-Opening Allene Metathesis: Polymerization or Ruthenium Vinylidene Formation. ACS Macro Lett. 2021, 5, 642-648.

10. Liu, M.; Sun, Y.; Liang, Y.; Lin, B. Highly Efficient Synthesis of Functionalizable Polymers from a CO2/1,3-Butadiene-Derived Lactone. ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6, 1373–1378.

            (ACS Editor’s Choice, Top 1 most read articles in December 2017 and January 2018)

·       Seemon Pines Award, University of Illinois (2023)

·       ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award, ACS PMSE Division (2023)

·       Chia-Chen Chu Fellowship, University of Illinois (2022)

·       Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows, University of Illinois (2022)

·       R. C. Fuson Travel Award, University of Illinois (2022)

·       Robert M. Joyce Travel Award, University of Illinois (2022)

·       R. C. Fuson Fellowship, University of Illinois (2021)

·       Harold R. Synder Fellowship, University of Illinois (2020)

·       Outstanding Bachelor Graduate of Shanghai, China (Top 2%, 2019)

·       Dean’s Scholarship, ShanghaiTech University (2–7%, 2017&2018)

·       Chancellor’s Scholarship,ShanghaiTech University (Top 2%, 2016)