From September 26, 2023, at the invitation of the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University, Ivanovo State University of Chemical Engineering, and the Institute of Oriental Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a six member Shaanxi Normal University delegation headed by Prof. Fang Yu of the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials, along with vice dean Prof. Ding Liping, Prof. Liu Kaiqiang, and Assoc. Prof. Liu Taihong, as well as Prof. Meng Xia and Prof. Natasha, Russian interpreter and Russian teacher from the School of Foreign Languages, visited Moscow, Ivanovo and St. Petersburg in Russia for an eight day academic exchange.

Meeting with officals and teachers of Chemistry Department of Moscow State University

Attending bilateral cooperation and exchange forum at Ivanovo State University of Chemical Engineering

Fang Yu signing guest book at Ivanovo State University of Chemical Engineering

Visiting Ivanovo University of Chemical Engineering

Academic exchange with teachers of Ivanovo State University of Chemical Engineering and the Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences

After arriving in Moscow on September 27, the delegation visited the laboratories of the Department of Chemistry and the Science and Technology Museum of Moscow State University, Ivanovo State University of Chemical Technology, and the Institute of Oriental Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and took part in the academic exchanges organized by Russian hosts. Prof. Fang Yu gave a report titled Film-based Fluorescent Sensors: From Sensing Materials to Hardware Structures, in which he elaborated the pioneering contributions made by his group in the theory and technology of film fluorescent sensing during the 20 years before and after the establishment of the INCSMM. The report was warmly received by Russian scholars, who had discussions and interactions with Fang Yu.

Prof. Ding Liping and Assoc. Prof. Liu Taihong gave presentations titled Cross-reactive Fluorescent Sensors and Discriminative Applications and Tunable Excited-State Fluorescence and Sensing Applications, respectively, presenting a general exposition of the interactive response fluorescence sensing and two-photon technology and theory, reflecting the group’s heritage and innovation in the field of fluorescence research. Prof. Liu Kaiqiang gave a report titled Controlled Crystallization in Supramolecular Gel, expounding on the challenges and mechanisms of creation, performance regulation and domain-limited crystallization of functional gel materials. The reports aroused great interest and attention from Russian scholars.

During this visit, the delegation carried out discussions and interactions with Russian institutions on the future bilateral cooperation intentions and modes of cooperation, and preliminarily reached an agreement to set up a bilateral joint research center, which is to be led by Prof. Fang Yu and Academician Oskar Kaufman of Ivanovo University of Chemical Technology, and to hold a bilateral symposium between China and Russia at the beginning of next year, thus laying the foundation of the long-term transnational in-depth academic cooperation in the future.