Yu-Lin Lu (鲁玉麟)

About

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the group of Prof. Andrew I. Cooper at the University of Liverpool. My research lies at the interface of supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering: I design self-assembled architectures — metal–organic cages and porous molecular crystals — whose confined spaces and dynamic structures give rise to function, from host–guest recognition and allosteric regulation to photocatalysis.

I received my B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Dalian University of Technology and my Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University under the supervision of Prof. Cheng-Yong Su, where I continued as a postdoctoral researcher. There, my work centred on functional metal–organic cages built from M(ImPhen)₃ metalloligands — their redox activity, stereochemical control and cage-confined catalysis. In Liverpool, I am exploring ionic clusters as building units for crystalline porous organic salts.

Experience

2024 – nowPostdoctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool
with Prof. Andrew I. Cooper
2022 – 2024Postdoctoral Researcher, Sun Yat-sen University
with Prof. Cheng-Yong Su

Education

2017 – 2022Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University
Advisor: Prof. Cheng-Yong Su
2013 – 2017B.S., Applied Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology

Selected Publications

All publications ()

^† Equal contribution. Full, up-to-date list on Google Scholar.

Structures

Single-crystal structures from my work — drag to rotate, scroll to zoom, ⤢ to enlarge.

Tools

Software I develop for everyday lab work and desktop life. Free and open source.

xStack PXRD Viewer

v1.6 · Windows 10/11 (64-bit) · MIT License

A desktop app for viewing, stacking and comparing powder X-ray diffraction patterns — from raw instrument files to publication-ready figures in a few clicks.

xStack main window with three stacked PXRD patterns, file browser and display settings — Main window (synthetic example data).

Batch import by drag & drop — two-column text (.xy, .xye, .dat, .csv …), Bruker / Rigaku .raw and .xrdml.
Stacked or overlay plots with per-curve scale, offset, colour and labels; live normalisation to the visible 2θ range.
Processing — Savitzky–Golay, moving-average and Gaussian smoothing, arPLS background subtraction, with live preview.
Peak analysis — positions, d-spacings, FWHM and Scherrer crystallite-size estimates.
Export SVG / PNG / CSV or copy straight to the clipboard; save editable .pxrdproj sessions.
Undo up to 30 steps; processing never overwrites your source files.

Download installer 65 MB Portable .exe 97 MB Source & docs on GitHub → What's new →

The installer needs no admin rights. Builds are not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may ask you to confirm (“More info → Run anyway”).

Edgelet Edge-docked app launcher

v0.2.0 · Windows 10/11 · MIT License

A small drawer of your favourite apps, files and folders tucked into the edge of the screen — touch the edge or press a hotkey and it slides out; launch something and it hides again.

Edgelet panel docked to the right screen edge with app and folder tiles — Panel, icon picker and strip layout. The interface is currently in Chinese.

Edge docking — drag it anywhere and it snaps to the nearest edge, leaving only a thin handle when hidden; multi-monitor aware.
Open it your way — hover the edge, press Alt+`, or click the tray icon.
Drag & drop apps, shortcuts, files or folders onto the panel; native 256 px icons, custom names and 50 built-in icons.
Layouts from a 1×6 strip to a 4×6 grid, three icon sizes, optional labels; follows the system light / dark theme.
Memos with dates and reminders — natural phrases such as 明天 or 周五下午3点 set the due time automatically.
Keyboard — arrows to move, Enter to open, F2 to rename, Esc to hide.

Download installer 107 MB Portable .exe 106 MB Source & docs on GitHub → What's new →