In the afternoon of March 13, 2013, the State Key Laboratory of Explosive Science and Technology invited Prof. John McGrady of the University of Oxford in the UK to give an academic report titled “Molecular Wires: from Metal-Metal Bonds to Electron Transport” for teachers and students.

Prof. Wang Cheng, deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Explosive Science and Technology, Prof. Zhang Jianguo, Director of the Energetic Materials Research Department, Prof. Yang Shengyi of the Department of Physics, and some teachers and students listened to the report. The report was hosted by Professor Zhang Jianguo.

Prof. John McGrady first briefly introduced the general situation of Oxford University and the Department of Chemistry, and then reported the electronic structure and electrical properties of the complexes formed by metal-metal bonds, such as dpa, tpda, teptra and other nitrogen-containing ligands. The microscopic structure reveals the relationship between the length of its molecular chain segments and its properties, as well as its electron transfer, and finally reports the structure of the B-atom cluster compounds and their Wade rules. The content of the report was novel and the amount of information was large. In-depth exchanges and discussions were held with the teachers and students present. The report ended with applause.