Xiaoyan Zhang leads the group of ‘Chemistry on 2D Materials’. His research focuses on combination of functional molecules with 2D materials through covalent and noncovalent approaches. The as-prepared molecules/2D materials hybrid systems are further explored in ad-hoc applications such as energy conversion and storage, sensing, nanodevices, etc. Through the research, a better understanding of the structure-property-function relationship is studied in detail, especially on how the molecules affect the properties of 2D materials.