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Ben Zhong Tang, Ph.D. Chair Professor of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Phone: +852-2358-7375 (O), +852-2358-8801 (Lab); Fax: +852-2358-1594 (O); E-mail: tangbenz@ust.hk

(1) Academic Qualifications

(2) Research Interest

(3) Professional Services

(4) Examples of Review Articles

(5) Highlights of Research Achievements

(6) Examples of Recent Publications

(7) Examples of Invited Talks

(8) Photo Collections and Useful Links

(1) Academic Qualifications

07/2008-present Chair Professor of Chemistry, HKUST, China
07/1994-06/2008 Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, HKUST, China
04/1989-06/1994 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Toronto, Canada
04/1983-03/1988 PhD, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
02/1978-01/1982 BS, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, South China University of Technology

(2) Research Interest Polymer Chemistry and Materials Science

Exploration of new catalyst systems, development of new polymerization reactions, synthesis of new functional molecules, deciphering of new natural processes, and creation of new advanced materials

(3) Scientific Honors and Professional Services

Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Feng Xinde Polymer Prize, Elsevier (2007)
State Natural Science Award (2nd Class), Chinese Government (2007)
Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Award, Croucher Foundation (2007)
Wang Baoren Award for Accomplishments in Basic Polymer Research, Chinese Chemical Society (2007)
Distinguished Young Scholar (for overseas scientists of Chinese origin), National Science Foundation of China (2002)
Science News Contributor, Noteworthy Chemistry, published by the American Chemical Society
Editor-in-Chief, RSC Polymer Chemistry Series, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Editor, Polymer Bulletin (published by Springer)
Associate Editor, Progress in Chemistry (published by Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Executive Advisory Board Member, all Macromolecular Journals, published by Wiley-VCH
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Polymer, published by Elsevier
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Polymer Chemistry, published by Royal Society of Chemistry
Editorial Board Member, Progress in Polymer Science, published by Elsevier
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, published by Wiley
Editorial Board Member, J ournal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, published by Springer
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, published by the American Scientific Publishers
Honorary Editorial Board Member, Nanobiosensors in Disease Diagnosis, published by Dove Medical Press
International Advisory Board Member, Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics, published by Wiley-VCH (2007–2011)
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Macromolecules, published by American Chemical Society (2008-2010)

(4) Selected Examples of Invited Review Articles

Luminogenic Polymers with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Prog. Polym. Sci. 2012, 37, 182.
Aggregation-Induced Emission Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 5361.
Mechanism Study of Aggregation-Induced Emission Prog. Chem. 2011, 23, 623.
Click Polymerization Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 2522. (Most Accessed Article)
Click Polymerization: Progresses, Challenges, and Opportunities Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8693.
Aggregation-Induced Emission of Tetraarylethene Luminogens Curr. Org. Chem. 2010, 14, 2109.
Fluorescent Bio/chemosensors Based on Silole and Tetraphenylethene Luminogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission Feature J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 1858.
Acetylenic Polymers: Syntheses, Structures and Functions Chem. Rev. 2009, 109, 5799.
Aggregation-Induced Emission: Phenomenon, Mechanism and Applications Chem. Commun. 2009, 4332. (most cited Feature Article)
Aggregation-Induced Emission of Silole Molecules and Polymers: Fundamental and Applications J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2009, 19, 249.
Functional Hyperbranched Macromolecules Constructed from Acetylenic Triple-Bond Building Blocks Adv. Polym. Sci. 2007, 209, 1.
Acetylenes with Multiple Triple Bonds: a Group of Versatile A_n-Type Building Blocks for the Construction of Functional Hyperbranched Polymers Polymer 2007, 48, 6181.
Functional Polyacetylenes Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 745.
Liquid-Crystalline and Light-Emitting Polyacetylenes J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2003, 41, 2607.
Optically Active Polyacetylenes: Helical Chirality and Biomimetic Hierarchical Structures Polym. News 2001, 26, 262.

(5) Selected Highlights of Research Achievements

R. Johnson highlighted our work on the construction of soft porous crystal with silole luminogens as a “Hot Paper” in a commentary entitled “Yellow to Red: A soft porous crystal with mechanofluorochromism on the JMC Blog.
T. M. Swager and O. Haze highlighted our work on the development of a polymerization reaction in a commentary entitled “Conjugated Polymers via Aroyl Chloride–Alkyne Polymerization” in SynFacts published by Thieme Stuttgart (SynFacts 2011, 11, 1190).
G. A. Baker highlighted our work on the detection of protease and antitrypsin by fluorogenic protein assembly in Noteworthy Chemistry published by ACS on June 6, 2011.
T. M. Swager and J. R. Cox highlighted our work on thiol-yen click polymerization in a commentary entitled “Click it!” in SynFacts published by Thieme Stuttgart (SynFacts 2011, 7, 385).
Our work on metal-free click polymerization has been highlighted by Medical News Today (1 May 2011).
Our work on hyperbranched polytriazoles with high molecular compressibility has been highlighted as a cover image of J. Mater. Chem.
JACS^b highlighted our work on fluorescent CO₂ sensors as JACS Image Challenge #118 on 5 Jan 2011.
Macromolecules highlighted our Perspective paper on “Click Polymerization” as a cover image in Volume 43, Issue 21, 2010.
Our work on superamplification effect in the detection of explosives highlighted as a “Hot Article” by Polymer Chemistry on its blog (http://blogs.rsc.org/py/) on Oct. 7, 2010.
Chemical & Engineering News of ACS highlighted our work on fluorescent sensor for carbon dioxide (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13951) as a Latest News on Sept. 27, 2010.
Asia Materials published by the Nature Publishing Group highlighted our work on the development of new solid-state emitters with high luminescence efficiencies (Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 2159).
Our joint work with A. K.-Y. Jen, C.-T. Chen and W.-C. Chen on the development of bioimaging micelles with aggregation-induced emission attribute was highlighted by Advanced Functional Materials as a cover image (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20, 1413).
C. Teutsch highlighted our joint work with K. K. L. Cheuk on fluorescent chemosensors with superamplification effect in Materials Views on 29 April 2010 (Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2010, DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900794).
Our work on the development of highly efficient solid emitter was highlighted by ChemComm as a cover image (Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 686).
T. M. Swager and J. M. Lobez highlighted our work on the structural modulation of solid-state emission of 2,5-bis(trialkylsilylethynyl)-3,4-diphenylsiloles (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7608) in a commentary entitled “Aggregation-Induced Emission” in SynFacts published by Thieme Stuttgart (SynFacts 2009, 5, 1345).
Materials Views published by Wiley-VCH highlighted our work on the synthesis of poly(triazole)s by metal-free “click” polymerization and the development of the polymers as multifaceted functional materials (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 1891).
Asia Materials published by the Nature Publishing Group highlighted our work on the development of a procedure that enables lasing from the AIE fluorogens embedded in a matrix of polymer nanowires (Templates for organic lasers, Jan. 14, 2009).
Timothy M. Swager and Jason R. Cox highlighted our work on the synthesis of functionalized siloles and their high-tech applications as advanced sensing materials (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 905) in a commentary entitled “Modular Analyte Sensing through Aggregation-Induced Emission” in SynFacts published by Thieme Stuttgart (SynFacts 2009, 5, 503).
Polymer featured our work on the development of new synthetic routes to functional hyperbranched polymers [Polymer 2007, 48 (21), cover image].
Chemical Technology of the Royal Society of Chemistry highlighted our work on the development of tunable photonic materials with high refractive indexes (Chem. Technol. 2007, 4, T42).
The morphological structure reminiscent of honeycomb self-assembled from one of our amphiphilic polyacetylenes was featured as the cover image of the Sept. issue of Acc. Chem. Res. in 2005.
Chemical & Engineering News of the American Chemical Society highlighted our work on the syntheses and novel properties of hyperbranched polyynes [C&EN, 2004, 82 (29), 19 (July 19)].
ISI identified our paper on the synthesis and optical properties of fullerene-containing polyacetylenes as one of the most cited papers in the area of materials research (Emerging Research Fronts; ESI Special Topics, December 2003).
Journal of Polymer Science highlighted our work on the exploration of new catalysts for acetylene polymerization and the development of functional, especially liquid-crystalline and light-emitting, polyacetylenes [JPS Part A: Polym. Chem. 2003, 41 (17), cover illustration].
Chemical & Engineering News of the American Chemical Society highlighted our discovery of an abnormal luminescence phenomenon, aggregation-induced emission, of silole molecules [C&EN, 2001, 79 (41), 29 (Oct. 8)].
The biomimetic honeycomb pattern generated by our amphiphilic polyacetylenes with amino acid pendants was featured as a cover image by Polymer News [2001, 26 (8), cover page].
High-Tech Materials Alerts of John Wiley & Sons highlighted our work on the high-yield production of iron nanoclusters-containing, soft ferromagnetic, mesoporous ceramic materials using hyperbranched organometallic polymer precursors (http://www.wiley.com/technical insights/htma.html; alert date: 29 Sept. 2000).
The structure of our nanocluster/polymer composites with high magnetizability was highlighted as a cover illustration of the special topic issue on Nanostructured Systems in Pure and Applied Chemistry [2000, 72 (1&2), cover page].
Chemical & Engineering News highlighted our work on the synthesis of luminescent C60-containing polyacetylenes and our discovery of the catalytic activity of C₆₀ in the acetylene polymerization [C&EN, 1999, 77 (42), 54 (Oct. 18)].
Our work on the synthesis and novel optical and electronic properties of polyacetylene-wrapped carbon nanotubes was highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News [1999, 77 (23), 25 (June 7)].
United Press International (UPI) reported our discovery of novel fullerene materials with tunable optical properties (UPI Science News, Orlando, Florida, 28 Sept. 1996). Advanced Materials highlighted our work as a selected news item in its Materials Forum (Adv. Mater. 1996, 8, 939). Our work was also picked up by Encyclopedia Britannica as an entry in its Year in Review 1996: Mathematics and Physical Sciences section.
Chemical & Engineering News highlighted our work on the development of a new ring-opening polymerization reaction for the synthesis of novel organometallic polymers [C&EN 1993, 71 (31), 22 (Aug. 2)].
Advanced Materials highlighted our work on the development of new catalyst systems and on the synthesis of optically active polyacetylenes containing heteroatom chiral centers (Adv. Mater. 1990, 2, 107).

(6) Selected Examples of Recent Publications (>400 peer-reviewed papers)

Biocompatible Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics as Far-Red/Near-Infrared Fluorescent Bioprobes for in Vitro and in Vivo Imaging Applications Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, in press.
Tetraphenylethenyl-Modified Perylene Bisimide: Aggregation-Induced Red Emission, Electrochemical Property and Ordered Microstructures J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, in press.
Metal-Free Click Polymerization of Propiolates and Azides: Facile Synthesis of Functional Poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, in press
A New Strategy for Dramatically Enhancing the Selectivity of AIE Molecules towards Biomacromolecules with the Aid of Graphene Oxide Chem.–Eur. J. 2012, 18, in press.
Tuning the Electronic Nature of Aggregation-induced Emission Chromophores with Enhanced Electron-Transporting Property J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, in press.
Using Tetraphenylethene and Carbazole to Create Efficient Luminophors with Aggregation-Induced Emission, High Thermal Stability, and Good Hole-Transporting Property J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, in press.
Construction of Soft Porous Crystal with Silole Derivative: Strategy of Framework Design, Multiple Structural Transformability and Mechanofluorochromism J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, in press.
Monitoring and Inhibition of Insulin Fibrillation by a Small Organic Fluorogen with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 1680
Efficient Light Emitters in the Solid State: Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission, Electroluminescence, and Sensory Properties of Luminogens with Benzene Cores and Multiple Triarylvinyl Peripherals Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 378.
High Efficiency Luminescent Liquid Crystal: Aggregation-Induced Emission Strategy and Biaxially Oriented Mesomorphic Structure J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 3323.
Siloles Symmetrically Substituted on Their 2,5-Positions with Electron-Accepting and Donating Moieties: Facile Synthesis, Aggregation-Enhanced Emission, Solvatochromism, and Device Application Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 549.
Deciphering Mechanism of Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE): Is E–Z Isomerisation Involved in an AIE Process? Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 493.
Luminogenic Materials Constructed from Tetraphenylethene Building Block: Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission, Two-Photon Absorption, Light Refraction, and Explosive Detection J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 232.
Synthesis of Functional Disubstituted Polyacetylenes Bearing Highly Polar Functionalities via Activated Ester Strategy ACS Macro Lett. 2012, 1, 75.

Stereoselective Synthesis, Efficient Light Emission, and High Bipolar Charge Mobility of Chiasmatic Luminogens Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 5430.
Cytophilic Fluorescent Bioprobes for Long-Term Cell Tracking Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 3298.
Reversible Switching of the Emission of Diphenyldibenzofulvenes via Thermal and Mechanical Stimuli Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 3261.
Fabrication of Silica Nanoparticles with Both Efficient Fluorescence and Strong Magnetization and Exploration of Their Biological Applications Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21, 1733.
High Solid-State Efficiency Fluorescent Main Chain Liquid Crystalline Polytriazoles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Macromolecules 2011, 44, 9618.
Specific Recognition of β-Cyclodextrin by a Tetraphenylethene Luminogen via Cooperative Boronic Acid/Diol Interaction Chem.–Eur. J. 2011, 17, 14736.
A New Polymerisation Route to Conjugated Polymers: Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Linear and Hyperbranched Poly(arylene chlorovinylene)s by Decarbonylative Polyaddition of Aroyl Chlorides and Alkynes Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 1850.
Towards High Efficiency Solid Emitters with Aggregation-Induced Emission and Electron-Transport Characteristics Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11216.
Full Emission Color Tuning in Luminogens Constructed from Tetraphenylethene, Benzo-2,1,3-thiadiazole and Thiophene Building Blocks Chem. Commun. 2010, 47, 8847.
High Hole Mobility of 1,2-Bis[4’-(diphenylamino)biphenyl-4-yl]-1,2-diphenylethene in Field Effect Transistor Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 6924.
Covalent Immobilization of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens in Silica Nanoparticles through Click Reaction Small 2011, 7, 1448.
Ferrocene-Functionalized Disubstituted Polyacetylenes with High Light Refractivity: Synthesis through Polymer Reaction by Using Click Chemistry and Application as Precursors to Magnetic Nanoparticles Chem.–Asian J. 2011, 6, 2753.
Fluorogenic Zn(II) and Chromogenic Fe(II) Sensors Based on Terpyridine-Substituted Tetraphenylethenes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2011, 3, 3411.
Tuning the Electronic Nature of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Enhanced Hole-Transporting Property Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 2536.
Synthesis, Structure, Aggregation-Induced Emission, Self-Assembly, and Electron Mobility of 2,5-Bis(triphenylsilylethynyl)-3,4-diphenylsiloles Chem.–Eur. J. 2011, 17, 5998.
Composites of Quaternized Poly(pyridylacetylene) and Silver Nanoparticles: Nanocomposite Preparation, Conductivity and Photoinduced Patterning J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 13627.
Construction of Efficient Solid Emitters with Conventional Chromophores and AIE Luminogens for Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 10949.
Pyrene-Substituted Ethenes: Aggregation-Enhanced Excimer Emission and Highly Efficient Electroluminescence J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 7210.
Hyperbranched Polytriazoles with High Molecular Compressibility: Aggregation-Induced Emission and Superamplified Explosive Detection J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 4056.
Molecular Anchors in the Solid State: Restriction of Intramolecular Rotation Boosts Emission Efficiency of Luminogen Aggregates to Unity Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 672.
A Facile Synthetic Route to Functional Poly(phenylacetylene)s with Tunable Structures and Properties Macromolecules 2011, 44, 6724.
Regioselective Alkyne Polyhydrosilylation: Synthesis and Photonic Properties of Poly(silylenevinylene)s Macromolecules 2011, 44, 5977.
Helical and Luminescent Disubstituted Polyacetylenes: Synthesis, Helicity, and Light Emission of Poly(diphenylacetylene)s Bearing Chiral Menthyl Pendant Groups Macromolecules 2011, 44, 2427.
Thiol-Yne Click Polymerization: Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Sulfur-rich Acetylenic Polymers with Controllable Chain Conformations and Tunable Optical Properties Macromolecules 2011, 44, 68.
Theoretical Study of Radiative and Non-radiative Decay Processes in Pyrazine Derivatives J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 135, 014304.
Specific Detection of d-Glucose by Tetraphenylethene-Based Fluorescent Sensor J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 660.
Fluorescent Chemosensor for Detection and Quantitation of Carbon Dioxide Gas J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13951.
Changing the Behavior of Chromophores from Aggregation-Caused Quenching to Aggregation-Induced Emission: Development of Highly Efficient Light Emitters in the Solid State Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 2159.
Enhancement of Aggregation-Induced Emission in Dye-Encapsulating Polymeric Micelles for Bioimaging Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20, 1413.
Metal-Free Alkyne Polyhydrothiolation: Synthesis of Functional Poly(vinylenesulfide)s with High Stereoregularity by Regioselective Thio-Click Polymerization Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20, 1319.
Manipulating Localized Molecular Orbitals by Single-Atom Contacts Phys. Rev. Lett. 2010, 105, 126801.
Quantitation, Visualization, and Monitoring of Conformational Transitions of Human Serum Albumin by a Tetraphenylethene Derivative with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Anal. Chem. 2010, 82, 7035.
Inspecting Metal-Coordination-Induced Perturbation of Molecular Ligand Orbitals at a Submolecular Resolution J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 2295.
Steric Hindrance, Electronic Communication, and Energy Transfer in the Photo- and Electroluminescence Processes of AIE Luminogens J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 7963.
Crystallization-Induced Phosphorescence of Pure Organic Luminogens at Room Temperature J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 6090.
Simple Biosensor with High Selectivity and Sensitivity: Thiol-Specific Biomolecular Probing and Intracellular Imagining by AIE Fluorogen on a TLC Plate through a Thiol-Ene Click Mechanism Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 8433.
Fabrication of Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles Hybridized with AIE Luminogens and Exploration of Their Applications as Nanobiosensors in Intracellular Imaging Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4266.
Creation of Highly Efficient Solid Emitter by Decorating Pyrene Core with Tetraphenylethene Peripheries Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2221.
Synthesis and Curing of Hyperbranched Poly(triazole)s with Click Polymerization for Improved Adhesion Strength ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2010, 2, 566.
Fluorescent Bioprobes: Structural Matching in the Docking Processes of Aggregation-Induced Emission Fluorogens on DNA Surfaces Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 1232.
Aggregation-Induced Emission, Self-Assembly, and Electroluminescence of 4,4’-Bis(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)biphenyl Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 686. (Most downloaded article)
Click Polymerization: Progresses, Challenges, and Opportunities Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8693 (Perspective). (Most Read Article)
Smectic Aggregates of Sheet-Like Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polyacetylenes Directly Formed During Solution Polymerization Macromolecules 2010, 43, 6014.
Hyperbranched Conjugated Polysiloles: Synthesis, Structure, Aggregation-Enhanced Emission, Multicolor Fluorescent Photopatterning, and Superamplified Detection of Explosives Macromolecules 2010, 43, 4921.
Ferrocene-Functionalized Hyperbranched Polyphenylenes: Synthesis, Redox Activity, Light Refraction, Transition-Metal Complexation, and Precursors to Magnetic Ceramics Macromolecules 2010, 43, 680.
Structural Modulation of Solid-State Emission of 2,5-Bis(trialkylsilylethynyl)-3,4-diphenylsiloles Angew. Chem.-Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7608.
Metal-Free Click Polymerization: Synthesis and Photonic Properties of Poly(aroyltriazole)s Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 1891.
Functionalized Siloles: Versatile Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission, and Sensory and Device Applications Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 905.
Chiral Poly(4-ethynylbenzoyl-L-valine) Induced Helical Self-Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes with Tunable Electronic Absorption, Emission and Circular Dichroism Changes Chem.-Eur. J. 2009, 15, 2328.
Fluorescent Thermometer Operating in Aggregation-Induced Emission Mechanism: Probing Thermal Transitions of PNIPAM in Water Chem. Commun. 2009, 4974.
Pyrazine Luminogens with ‘Free’ and ‘Locked’ Phenyl Rings: Understanding of Restriction of Intramolecular Rotation as a Cause for Aggregation-Induced Emission Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 94, 253308.
Enhanced Electrical Conductivity of Nanocomposites Containing Hybrid Fillers of Carbon Nanotube and Carbon Black ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2009, 1, 1090.
Luminogenic Polyacetylenes and Conjugated Polyelectrolytes: Synthesis, Hybridization with Carbon Nanotubes, Aggregation-Induced Emission, Superamplification in Emission Quenching by Explosive, and Fluorescent Assay for Protein Quantitation Macromolecules 2009, 42, 9400.
Exploration of Effective Catalysts for Diyne Polycyclotrimerization, Synthesis of an Ester-Functionalized Hyperbranched Polyphenylene, and Demonstration of Its Utility as a Molecular Container with Implication for Controlled Drug Delivery Macromolecules 2009, 42, 7367.
Synthesis and Helical Conformation of Novel Optically Active Liquid Crystalline Poly(p-phenylene)s Containing Cyanoterphenyl Mesogen as Pendant Macromolecules 2009, 42, 5053.
Facile Polycyclotrimerization of “Simple” Arylene Bipropiolates: A Metal-Free, Regioselective Route to Functional Hyperbranched Polymers with High Optical Transparency, Tunable Refractive Index, Low Chromatic Aberration, and Photoresponsive Patternability Macromolecules 2009, 42, 4099.
Functional Polyacetylenes Carrying Mesogenic and Polynuclear Aromatic Pendants: Polymer Synthesis, Hybridization with Carbon Nanotubes, Liquid Crystallinity, Light Emission, and Electrical Conductivity Macromolecules 2009, 42, 2523.
Polytriazoles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics: Synthesis by Click Polymerization and Application as Explosive Chemosensors Macromolecules 2009, 42, 1421. (selected for inclusion into the Virtual Issue on Click Chemistry in Macromolecular Science)
Direct Polymerization of Highly Polar Acetylene Derivatives and Facile Fabrication of Nanoparticle-Decorated Carbon Nanotubes Macromolecules 2009, 42, 52.
The Smallest and One of the Brightest. Efficient Preparation and Optical Description of the Parent Borondipyrromethene System J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 5719.
Novel meso-Polyarylamine-BODIPY Hybrids. Synthesis and Study of Their Optical Properties J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 2053.
Crystallization-Induced Emission Enhancement in a Phosphorous-Containing Heterocyclic Luminogen J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 9098.
Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Aggregation-Induced Emission of BODIPY Derivatives J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 15845.
Thermally Induced Transfiguration of Polymer Nanowires under Irradiation of Electron Beams J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 14623.
Single Molecule’s Conductance Depending on Its Orientation J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 26.
Label-Free Fluorescent Probing of G-Quadruplex Formation and Real-Time Monitoring of DNA Folding by a Quaternized Tetraphenylethene Salt with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Chem.-Eur. J. 2008, 14, 6428.
Bioinspired Fabrication of Lotus Leaf-Like Membranes as Fluorescent Sensing Materials Chem. Asian J. 2008, 3, 1041.
Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence of Hexaphenylsilole Are Enhanced by Pressurization in the Solid State Chem. Commun. 2008, 2989.
An Imidazole-Functionalized Polyacetylene: Convenient Synthesis and Selective Chemosensor for Metal Ions and Cyanide Chem. Commun. 2008, 1094.
Hybrids of Triphenylamine-Functionalized Polyacetylenes and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: High Solubility, Strong Donor-Acceptor Interaction, and Excellent Photoconductivity Macromolecules 2008, 41, 8566.
Synthesis, Chain Helicity, Assembling Structure, and Biological Compatibility of Poly(phenylacetylene)s Containing L-Alanine Moieties Macromolecules 2008,41, 5997.
Hyperbranched Polytriazoles: Click Polymerization, Regioisomeric Structure, Light Emission, and Fluorescent Patterning Macromolecules 2008, 41, 3808. (selected for inclusion into the Virtual Issue on Click Chemistry in Macromolecular Science)
Synthesis of Sulfur-Containing Polyacetylenes and Fabrication of Their Hybrids with ZnO Nanoparticles Macromolecules 2008, 41, 3874.
Electronic Interactions and Polymer Effect in the Functionalization and Solvation of Carbon Nanotubes by Pyrene- and Ferrocene-Containing Poly(1-alkyne)s Macromolecules 2008, 41, 701.
Synthesis and Light-Emitting Properties of Disubstituted Polyacetylenes Carrying chromophoric Naphthylethynylphenyl Pendants J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 11227.
Processable Hybrids of Ferrocene-Containing Poly(phenylacetylene)s and Carbon Nanotubes: Fabrication and Properties J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 8896.
Aggregation-Enhanced Emissions of Intramolecular Excimers in Disubstituted Polyacetylenes J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 9281.
Fabrication of and Ultraviolet Lasing in TPE/PMMA Polymer Nanowires J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 17507.
Solvent Fuming Dual Responsive Switching of Both Wettability and Solid-State Luminescence in Silole Film Langmuir 2008, 24, 2157.

(7) Selected Examples of Invited Talks at Recent Conferences (~180 invited lectures)

The 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, 19-23 August 2012.
The 44th IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Virginia, USA, 24-29 June 2012.
The 243rd ACS National Meeting, Denver, USA, 28 Aug-1 Sept 2011
The 16th International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry, Hamilton, Canada, 14–18 Aug 2011
Pacifichem 2010 Chemical Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 15–20 Dec 20100
SPIE International Symposium on Optics & Photonics, San Diego, USA, 1-4 Aug 2010
International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, Kyoto, Japan, 4-9 July 2010
The 43rd Silicon Symposium, St. Louis, USA, 20–22 May 2010
The 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 16-20 Aug 2009
The 13th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds, Luxembourg, 19-24 July 2009
SPIE International Symposium on Optics & Photonics, San Diego, USA, 10-14 Aug 2008
The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, 19-23 Aug 2007
The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, USA, 25-29 Mar 2007
SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, California, USA, 20-25 Jan 2007
SPIE International Symposium on Optics & Photonics, San Diego, USA, 13-17 Aug 2006
The 3rd IUPAC International Symposium on Macro- and Supramolecular Architectures and Materials, Tokyo, Japan, 28 May-1 June 2006
The 3rd International Conference on Photoresponsive Organics and Polymers, Val Thorens, France, 15-20 Jan 2006
Pacifichem 2005 Chemical Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 15-20 Dec 2005
The 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 28 Aug-1 Sept 2005
The 88th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Saskatoon, Canada, 27 May-1 June 2005

(8) Photo Collections and Useful Links

Last updated on 1 Feb 2012