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
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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
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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
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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, Journal
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 An-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.
- JACSb
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.
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- 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
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