astronomy

Xie Suyuan

Xie Suyuan is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Xie Suyuan rather than just read about it. In short: Xie Suyuan (Chinese: 谢素原; born April 1968), also rendered as Su-Yuan Xie, is a Chinese inorganic chemist whose research focuses on fullerene chemistry and carbon cluster chemistry. He is a professor at Xiamen University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Reference excerpt

Xie Suyuan (Chinese: 谢素原; born April 1968), also rendered as Su-Yuan Xie, is a Chinese inorganic chemist whose research focuses on fullerene chemistry and carbon cluster chemistry. He is a professor at Xiamen University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In April 2026, Xie was appointed president of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. Xie has worked on the synthesis, isolation, structural characterization, and functionalization of non-classical fullerenes and other carbon cluster materials.

Early life and education Xie was born in April 1968 in Fujian, China. He received a bachelor's degree from the Department of Chemistry of Fujian Normal University in 1988. He later studied at Central South University of Technology and the Kunming Institute of Precious Metals, receiving a master's degree in 1991. From 1996 to 1999, Xie studied at Xiamen University, where he received a doctorate in chemistry. He subsequently remained at Xiamen University as a faculty member.

Academic career After completing his doctoral studies, Xie joined Xiamen University, where he has held positions in the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He later became a professor and doctoral supervisor. From 2003 to 2005, Xie carried out visiting research at Clemson University in the United States on topics related to nanomaterials. In 2004, he became a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Xiamen University. Xie has been affiliated with the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces at Xiamen University. In 2021, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2022, he became director of the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, according to Chinese-language biographical sources. In April 2026, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University announced that Xie had been appointed president of the university.

Research Xie's research is primarily associated with fullerene chemistry, non-classical fullerenes, carbon clusters, and carbon-based nanomaterials. His work includes the synthesis, separation, structural characterization, and functionalization of fullerene cages and related carbon cluster materials.He has also worked on combustion and arc-discharge synthesis, chromatographic separation, and crystallographic structural characterization of new fullerene structures. According to Xiamen University, Xie's group discovered the principles of "tension release" and "local aromatization" for stabilizing novel fullerene-based materials. These principles were described as enabling the preparation of fullerene structures containing adjacent pentagons, thereby going beyond restrictions associated with the isolated-pentagon rule.

Honours and awards In 2001, he received the Chinese Chemical Society Young Chemist Award. In 2005, he received support from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He received the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award of China in 2006 and again in 2015. In 2009, he was appointed a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor. In 2021, Xie was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Academic service Xie has served as an associate editor of Science Bulletin and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science).

Selected publications Tan, Yuan-Zhi; Xie, Su-Yuan (2011). "The stabilization of fused-pentagon fullerene molecules". Nature Chemistry. 3 (4): 331–337. doi:10.1038/nchem.1008. PMID 21378913. "C60 Fullerene as the Active Site for CO2 Electroreduction". PubMed. Retrieved 17 June 2026. Wei, Tao; Wang, Song; Liu, Fupin; Tan, Yuan-Zhi; Zhu, Xianjun; Xie, Suyuan; Yang, Shangfeng. "Capturing the Long-Sought Small-Bandgap Endohedral Fullerene Sc3N@C82 with Low Kinetic Stability". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2015. 137(8), 3119–3123. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b00199. Xiang, Wenhao; Jiang, Xiaole; Yao, Yang-Rong; Xin, Jinpeng; Jin, Huaimin; Guan, Runnan; Zhang, Qianyan; Chen, Muqing; Xie, Su-Yuan; Popov, Alexey A.; Yang, Shangfeng (2022-11-30). "Monometallic Endohedral Azafullerene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144 (47): 21587–21595. doi:10.1021/jacs.2c08679. ISSN 0002-7863. Li, Fei; Liu, Jin-Ying; Chen, Bin-Wen; Ma, Wen-Bin; Xuan, Jun; Deng, Lin-Long; Xie, Su-Yuan (2025-02-21). "KO t Bu-Promoted [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Dimethyl Sulfoxide with Fullerenes". Organic Letters. 27 (7): 1631–1637. doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.4c04802. ISSN 1523-7060. Wu, Yin-Fu; Wang, Shan-Shan; Yao, Chun-Rui; Chen, Zuo-Chang; Li, Shu-Hui; Yao, Yang-Rong; Zhang, Xue-Peng; Su, Yin; Deng, Shun-Liu; Zhang, Qianyan; Gao, Fei; Xie, Su-Yuan; Huang, Rong-Bin; Zheng, Lan-Sun (2019-10-04). "General One-step Synthesis of Symmetrical or Unsymmetrical 1,4-Di(organo)fullerenes from Organo(hydro)fullerenes through Direct Oxidative Arylation". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84 (19): 12259–12267. doi:10.1021/acs.joc.9b01272. ISSN 0022-3263.

See also Xiamen University Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

References

External links Su-Yuan Xie profile, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xie Suyuan profile, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Xie Suyuan

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Xie Suyuan claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Xie Suyuan before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Xie Suyuan ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Xie Suyuan

In research: Xie Suyuan appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Xie Suyuan in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Xie Suyuan is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1968 births, Academic staff of Xiamen University, Chinese chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Xie Suyuan outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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