The department of organic and polymer chemistry in College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Central South University was established by merging from the organic teaching and research section of the formerCentral South University of Technology and the medical chemistry center of theformerHunan Medical University. The department undertakes the construction of two second-classdisciplines—organic chemistry and polymer chemistry & physics(both are members of chemistryfirst-class disciplines), and conducts talent cultivation in these two disciplines at levels of Bachelor, Master, Ph.D. and Post-doctor degrees. Now the department has 20 faculty members,of which there are 7 professors, 13 associate professors, many of them have been honored as National Excellent Talents, Provincial Hundred Talents Program, Provincial Furong young scholar and other titles. Xiaoru Li, Chunyue Pan and Xiangzhi Song have served as the department chair successively, the current department chair is Guipeng Yu, the party branch secretary is Hongjian Peng, the department vice chairs are Weihong Wang and Yingping Zou.

The main research areas are as below:

1. The design and synthesis of functional fluorescent sensors, development of phototherapy medicine and interdisciplinary research of chemistry, biology and medicine. In recent years, the department has published more than 80 SCI cited papers on international academic journals, carried out more than 10 National Natural Science Foundation of China and other projects and has been authorized for more than 10 patents in this area.

2. The research of Organic Solar Cells(OSCs). In recent years the department has published over 180 SCI cited papers in the area of photoelectric organic polymers, has been authorized 3 international patents and 9 China invention patents, one of the patent was transferred. The department has carried out many national projects, such as the sub-project of “863” High-Tech projects, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the International cooperation and exchange project.

3. Design, assembly and adjustment of high performance polymer and its porous film and catalyst. In this area, the department has carried out over 10 national and provincial projects, more than 70 papers have been published on international academic journals, 3 provincial science rewards have been honored, over 20 invention patents have been authorized, and 2 technology achievements transformation have been achieved with national large listed companies.

4. Self-assembly and application of metal-organic polymer materials, including design, synthesis and application. In recent years, more than 60 SCI cited papers have been published on international academic journals, 12 National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and other projects have been carried out, and 5 invention patents have been authorized.