缅北禁地

I joined 缅北禁地 in September 2019 as a NUAcT Fellow. Previously, I obtained a PhD in rare-earth metal chemistry in January 2012, from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), under the supervision of Prof. Yaofeng Chen. After Shanghai, initially supported by an EU Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship, I worked at Universities of Nottingham (06.2012 - 10.2015) and Manchester (10.2015-09.2019) as a postdoctoral researcher, in the group of Prof. Steve Liddle, investigating actinide metal chemistry.

At 缅北禁地, my group investigates alkali metal chemistry in unconventional environments.

Alkali metals (AMs: Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs) are ubiquitous elements and have widespread technical applications in batteries, pharmaceutical and food industries. Alkali metal chemistry provides textbook examples at A-level, GCSE and university levels. The state-of-the-art alkali metal chemistry has been dominated by 1 oxidation state.

My research aims at systematically expanding alkali metal chemistry into new and unconventional oxidation states, i.e. 0 and -1, for the first time in over hundreds of years. The AM(0/-1) complexes will have novel structural properties and reactivity, such as inert small molecule activation (e.g. N2 activation). Furthermore, the AM(0) complexes may provide new insights into the Li-battery process, and suggest new avenues to tackle a grand challenge in the Li-battery industry: Li-metal deposition.

Another frontier of my research is using unconventional alkali metal chemistry to develop novel electron-storage materials and investigate their applications in energy storage.

• Lu E, Atkinson BE, Wooles AJ, Boronski JT, Doyle LR, Tuna F, Cryer JD, Cobb PJ, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Whitehead GFS, Kaltsoyannis N, Liddle ST. . Nature Chemistry 2019, 11(9), 806-811.
• Lu E, Sajjad S, Berryman VEJ, Wooles AJ, Kaltsoyannis N, Liddle ST. . Nature Communications 2019, 10(1), 634.
• Hu S-X, Lu E, Liddle ST. . Dalton Transactions 2019, 48(34), 12867-12879.
• Du J, King DM, Chatelain L, Lu E, Tuna F, McInnes EJL, Wooles AJ, Maron L, Liddle ST. . Chemical Science 2019, 10(13), 3738-3745.
• Magnall R, Balazs G, Lu E, Tuna F, Wooles AJ, Scheer M, Liddle ST. . Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2019, 58(30), 10215-10219.
• Lu E, Wooles AJ, Gregson M, Cobb PJ, Liddle ST. . Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57(22), 6587-6591.
• Lu E, Chu J, Chen Y. . Accounts of Chemical Research 2018, 51(2), 557-566.
• Lu E, Boronski JT, Gregson M, Wooles AJ, Liddle ST. . Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57(19), 5506-5511.
• Gardner BM, Kefalidis CE, Lu E, Patel D, McInnes EJL, Tuna F, Wooles AJ, Maron L, Liddle ST. . Nature Communications 2017, 8(1), 1898.
• Han X, Xiang L, Lamsfus CA, Mao W, Lu E, Maron L, Leng X, Chen Y. . Chemistry - A European Journal 2017, 23(59), 14728-14732.
• Gregson M, Lu E, Mills DP, Tuna F, McInnes EJL, Hennig C, Scheinost AC, McMaster J, Lewis W, Blake AJ, Kerridge A, Liddle ST. . Nature Communications 2017, 8, 14137.
• Gregson M, Lu E, Tuna F, McInnes EJL, Hennig C, Scheinost AC, McMaster J, Lewis W, Blake AJ, Kerridge A, Liddle ST. . Chemical Science 2016, 7(5), 3286-3297.
• Lu E, Tuna F, Lewis W, Kaltsoyannis N, Liddle ST. . Chemistry - A European Journal 2016, 22(33), 11554-11558.
• Lu E, Cooper OJ, Tuna F, Wooles AJ, Kaltsoyannis N, Liddle ST. . Chemistry - A European Journal 2016, 22(33), 11559-11563.
• Lu E, Liddle ST. . In: Stephen T. Liddle, ed. Molecular Metal-Metal Bonds: Compounds, Synthesis, Properties. Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2015, pp.325-395.
• Poineau F, Sattelberger AP, Lu E, Liddle ST. . In: Stephen T. Liddle, ed. Molecular Metal-Metal Bonds: Compounds, Synthesis, Properties. Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2015, pp.175-224.
• Lu E, Liddle ST. . Dalton Transactions 2015, 44(29), 12924-12941.
• Lu E, Cooper OJ, McMaster J, Tuna F, McInnes EJL, Lewis W, Blake AJ, Liddle ST. . Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2014, 53(26), 6696-6700.
• Lu E, Lewis W, Blake AJ, Liddle ST. . Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2014, 53(35), 9356-9359.