Ben Zhong Tang, Ph.D.
Stephen K. C. Cheong Professor of Science, Chair Professor of Chemistry
Department of
Chemistry, Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 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
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Academic Qualifications
(2)
Research
Interest
(3)
Professional
Services
(4)
Examples
of Review Articles
(5) Highlights of Research Achievements
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Examples
of Recent Publications
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Examples
of Invited Talks
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Photo
Collections and Useful Links
(1) Academic Qualifications
12/2012-present Stephen
K. C. Cheong Professor of Science, Hong Kong
University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
05/2012-present Chair Professor, Division
of Biomedical Engineering, HKUST, Hong Kong, China
07/2008-present Chair Professor,
Department of Chemistry, HKUST, Hong Kong, China
07/1994-06/2008 Assistant/Associate/Full Professor,
Department of Chemistry, HKUST, Hong Kong, China
04/1989-06/1994 Postdoctoral Research
Associate, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
04/1983-03/1988 PhD, Department of
Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
02/1978-01/1982 BS, Department of
Polymer Science & Engineering, South China University of Technology
(2) Research Interest Polymer Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biomedical Engineering
Exploration of new polymerization reactions, synthesis of new functional (macro)molecules, decipherment of new luminescent processes, creation of new advanced materials, and development of new fluorescent biosensors.
(3) Scientific Honors and Professional Services
- Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry (2013)
- MACRO2012 Lecture Award, PMSE Division, American Chemical Society (2012)
- Outstanding Contribution Award, Science China Chemistry (2012)
- Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2009)
- 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 American Chemical Society
- Editor-in-Chief, RSC Polymer Chemistry Series, published by Royal Society of Chemistry
- Associate Editor, Polymer Chemistry, published by Royal Society of Chemistry
- Associate Editor, Progress in Chemistry, published by Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Editor, Polymer Bulletin, published by Springer (2010-2012)
- Executive Advisory Board Member, all Macromolecular Journals, published by Wiley-VCH
- Editorial Advisory Board Member, Polymer, published by Elsevier
- 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 American Scientific Publishers
- Honorary Editorial Board Member, Nanobiosensors in Disease Diagnosis, published by Dove Medical Press
- Editorial
Advisory Board Member, Polymer
Chemistry, published by Royal
Society of Chemistry (2010-2012)
- 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
- Bioprobes Based on AIE Fluorogens Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, in press.
- Self-assembly of Organic Luminophors with Gelation-Enhanced Emission Characteristics Soft Matt. 2013, 9, 4564.
- Recent Progress in the Development of New Acetylenic Polymers Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2013, 214, 175.
- Functional Polyacetylenes: Hybrids with Carbon Nanotubes Polym. Chem. 2013, 4, 211.
- Tetraphenylethene: a Versatile AIE Building Block for the Construction of Efficient Luminescent Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 23726.
- Luminogenic Polymers with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Prog. Polym. Sci. 2012, 37, 182.
- Aggregation-Induced Emission Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 5361.
- 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
- Functional Polyacetylenes Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 745.
- Liquid-Crystalline and Light-Emitting Polyacetylenes J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2003, 41, 2607.
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Selected Highlights of Research Achievements
- Chem. Comm. highlighted our joint
work with Z. Zhao on AIE-active tetranaphthylethene
(2013, 49,
2491) as the inside
front cover of its March 28, 2013 issue.
- Adv. Healthcare Mater. highlighted our
joint work with B. Liu on the polymer-amplified
red emissions from AIE nanoparticles for targeted in-vivo imaging (2013, 2, 500) as the inside
front cover of its March 2013 issue.
- Small highlighted our joint work with B. Liu on
the AIE nanoparticles for cellular imaging (2012, 8, 3655) as the front
cover of issue 23 on 7 Dec 2012.
- JACSb
highlighted our joint work with B. Liu on Specific Detection of Integrin
αvβ3 by AIE Bioprobe
as JACS Image Challenge #210
on 12 Sept 2012.
- Russell Johnson
published his interview
of Ben Zhong Tang in the Author Profile
column of Journal
of Materials Chemistry Blog on 22 Aug 2012.
- Phys.Org highlighted our joint work with B. Liu on development
of AIE fluorogens that provide new probes for cancer
diagnosis and therapy on 18 July 2012.
- Erica Mills highlighted our joint work with J. Yu on supersensitive detection of explosives
by recyclable AIE luminogen-functionalized mesoporous materials (Chem.
Cummun. 2012,
48, 7167) as a news item (Lighting
the way to explosive detection) in Chemistry
World published by RSC on 12 June 2012.
- Russell Johnson
highlighted our work on synthesis and
self-assembly of AIE-active triazoles (J. Mater.
Chem. 2012, 22, 10472–10479) in the Journal of
Materials Chemistry Blog as a one of This
Week’s Hot Papers on 6 June 2012.
- J. Mater. Chem. highlighted the self-assembly structures
of our AIE luminogens (2012, 22,
10472) as the front
cover of issue 21 on 7 June 2012.
- Our work on the development of
fluorescent explosive sensors was highlighted by Xiaoyun Yang
in Asian Scientists
on 26 April 2012.
- Russell Johnson
highlighted our work in the Polymer
Chemistry Blog on the development of fluorescent chemosensor for
explosives detection (Polym. Chem.,
2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2py20057k)
on 16 April 2012.
- R. Blakeburn highlighted our work in
the Chemical Science Blog on an AIE-active
hemicyanine fluorogen with stimuli-responsive red/blue emission (Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, DOI: 10.1039/c2sc01108e)
on 20
March 2012.
- J. Nicolas highlighted our
work in the column of Polymer Chemistry
Author of the Week on the metal-free click polymerization of propiolates
and azides (Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00586G)
on 2
March 2012.
- Our paper
entitled “Metal-Free
Click Polymerization of Propiolates and Azides: Facile Synthesis of
Functional Poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s” was amongst the top
ten accessed articles published
in Polymer
Chemistry in Feb 2012.
- Adv. Funct. Mater. highlighted our joint work
with B. Liu on the development of biocompatible AIE nanoparticles as NIR
fluorescent bioprobes for in vivo imaging applications (2012, 22,
771) as the front
cover of issue 4 on 22 Feb 2012.
- 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), Physics
News (2 May 2011), Asian Scientist (2 May 2011), Red Orbit (2 May 2011), and Science News World (4 July
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
- 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)].
(6) Selected Examples of Recent Publications (>500 peer-reviewed papers; h-index = 72)
- Long-Term Fluorescent Cellular Tracing by the Aggregates of AIE Bioconjugates J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, in press.
- Synergy between Twisted Conformation and Effective Intermolecular Interaction: Strategy for Efficient Mechanochromic Luminogens with High Contrast Adv. Mater. 2013, 23, in press.
- Highly Fluorescent and Photostable Probe for Long-Term Bacterial Viability Assay Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2013, 2, in press.
- Hyperbranched Poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s: Metal-Free Click Polymerization, Light Refraction, Aggregation-Induced Emission, Explosive Detection, and Fluorescent Patterning Macromolecules 2013, 46, in press.
- Construction of Functional Macromolecules with Well-Defined Structures by Indium-Catalyzed Three-Component Polycoupling of Alkynes, Aldehydes and Amines Macromolecules 2013, 46, in press.
- Effects of Substitution with Donor-Acceptor Groups on the Properties of Tetraphenylethene Trimer: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Solvatochromism and Mechanochromism J. Phys. Chem. 2013, 117, in press.
- Lipid-PEG-Folate Encapsulated Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics: Cellular Uptake Mechanism and Two-Photon Fluorescence Imaging Small 2013, 9, in press.
- AEE-Active Polytriazole Synthesized by Efficient 1,3-Dipolar Polycycloaddition of Activated Azide and Alkyne and Its Application in Explosive Detection Macromol. Rapid Comm. 2013, 34, in press.
- Full-Range Intracellular pH Sensing by an AIE-Active Two-Channel Ratiometric Fluorogen J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4926.
- A Photostable AIE Luminogen for Specific Mitochondrial Imaging and Tracking J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 62.
- Photostable Fluorescent Organic Dots with Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE Dots) for Noninvasive Long-Term Cell Tracing Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 1150.
- Self-healing Hyperbranched Poly(aroyltriazole)s Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 1093.
- Aggregation-Induced Emission of Tetraphenylethene–Hexaphenylbenzene Adducts: Effects of Twisting Amplitude and Steric Hindrance on Light Emission of Nonplanar Fluorogens Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 5617.
- A Polytriazole Synthesized by 1,3-Dipolar Polycycloaddition Showing Aggregation-Enhanced Emission and Utility in Explosive Detection Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2013, 34, 796.
- Fabrication
of Chitosan Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission
Characteristics and Their Applications in Long-Term Live Cell Imaging Macromol. Rapid Comm. 2013,
34, 767.
- Selective Sensor for the Fast “Turn-On” Detection of Primary Amine Gas Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 4848.
- A New Route to Functional Polymers: Atom-Economical Synthesis of Poly(pyrazolylnaphthalene)s by Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Polycoupling of Phenylpyrazole and Internal Diynes Polym. Chem. 2013, 4, 2841.
- From Tetraphenylethene to Tetranaphthylethene: Structural Evolution in AIE Luminogen Continues Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 2491.
- Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polyacetylenes with Increasing Length of Alkyl Tails: From Highly Ordered Smectic to Smectic C Phase Macromolecules 2013, 46, 588.
- Immobilization of Organic Fluorogen on PDVB with Assistance of Supercritical CO2 for Functional Polymer Films J. Mater. Chem. 2013, 1, 1717.
- Metal-Free Click Polymerizations of Activated Azide and Alkynes Polym. Chem. 2013, 4, 1396.
- Stoichiometric Imbalance-Promoted Synthesis of Polymers Containing Highly Substituted Naphthalenes: Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Polycoupling of Arylboronic Acids and Internal Diynes Polym. Chem. 2013, 4, 1372.
- Mesogen Jacketed Liquid Crystalline Polyacetylene Containing Triphenylene Discogen: Synthesis and Phase Structure Polym. Chem. 2013, 4, 996.
- A Pyridinyl-Functionalized Tetraphenylethylene Fluorogen for Specifically Sensing Trivalent Cations Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 1503.
- Discriminatory Detection of Cysteine and Homocysteine Based on Dialdehyde Functionalized AIE Fluorophores Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 613.
- Biotin-decorated Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics: Fabrication, Cytotoxicity and Biological Applications J. Mater. Chem. B 2013, 1, 676.
- Aggregation-Enhanced Emission and Efficient Electroluminescence of Tetraphenylethene-Cored Luminogens Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 594.
- Facile Synthesis of Soluble Nonlinear Polymers with Glycogen-Like Structures and Functional Properties from “Simple” Acrylic Monomers Polym. Chem. 2013, 4, 95.
- Real-time Monitoring of Cell Apoptosis and Drug Screening Using Fluorescent Light-up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 17972.
- Click Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission, E–Z Isomerization, Self-organization, and Multiple Chromisms of Pure Stereoisomers of a Tetraphenylethene-Cored Luminogen J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9956.
- Specific Detection of Integrin αvβ3 by Light-up Bioprobe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9569.
- Monitoring and Inhibition of Insulin Fibrillation by a Small Organic Fluorogen with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 1680.
- Graphene Oxide as a Novel Nanoplatform for Enhancement of Aggregation-Induced Emission of Silole Fluorophores Adv. Mater. 2012, 22, 4191.
- A Polyferroplatinyne Precursor for the Rapid Fabrication of L10-FePt-type Bit Patterned Media by Nanoimprint Lithography Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 1034.
- 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, 771.
- 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.
- Discriminative Fluorescence Detection of Cysteine, Homocysteine and Glutathione via Reaction-Dependent Aggregation of Fluorophore-Analyte Adducts J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 17063.
- What Makes Efficient Circularly Polarised Luminescence in the Condensed Phase: Aggregation-Induced Circular Dichroism and Light Emission Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 2737.
- An AIE-Active Hemicyanine Fluorogen with Stimuli-Responsive Red/Blue Emission: Extending the pH Sensing Range by ‘Switch + Knob’ Effect Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 1804.
- Hyperbranched Conjugated Polyelectrolyte for Dual-Modality Fluorescence and Magnetic Resonance Cancer Imaging Small 2012, 8, 3523.
- Tetraphenylethene Modified Perylene Bisimide: Effect of the Number of Substituent on AIE Performance Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11671.
- Reversible Switching Emissions of Tetraphenylethene Derivatives among Multiple Colors with Solvent Vapor, Mechanical and Thermal Stimuli J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 21967.
- Ethynyl-Capped Hyperbranched Conjugated Polytriazole: Click Polymerization, Clickable Modification, and Aggregation-Enhanced Emission Macromolecules 2012, 45, 7692.
- Locking the Phenyl Rings of Tetraphenylethene Step by Step: Understanding the Mechanism of Aggregation-Induced Emission Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 10675.
- Synthesis, Solvatochromism, Aggregation-Induced Emission and Cell Imaging of Tetraphenylethene-Containing BODIPY Derivatives with Large Stokes Shifts Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 10099.
- Naphthalene-Substituted 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylsiloles: Synthesis, Structure, Aggregation-Induced Emission and Efficient Electroluminescence J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 20266.
- Systemic Studies of Tetraphenylethene–Triphenylamine Oligomers and a Polymer: Achieving both Efficient Solid-State Emissions and Hole-Transporting Capability Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 9929.
- Benzothiazolium-Functionalized Tetraphenylethene: an AIE Luminogen with Tunable Solid-State Emission Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8637.
- Fabrication of Small Organic Luminogens Honeycomb-Structured Films with Aggregation-Induced Emission Features J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 15869.
- Aggregation-Induced Red-NIR Emission Organic Nanoparticles as Effective and Photostable Fluorescent Probe for Bioimaging J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 15128.
- Supersensitive Detection of Explosives by Recyclable AIE Luminogen-Functionalized Mesoporous Materials Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7167.
- One-step Fabrication of Organic Nanoparticles as Scattering Media for Extracting Substrate Waveguide Light from Organic Light-Emitting Diodes J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 13386.
- A New Strategy for Dramatically Enhancing the Selectivity of AIE Molecules towards Biomacromolecules with the Aid of Graphene Oxide Chem.–Eur. J. 2012, 18, 7278.
- Fumaronitrile-Based Fluorogen: Red to Near Infrared Fluorescence, Aggregation-Induced Emission, Solvatochromism, and Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 10541.
- Facile Preparation of Non-self-quenching Fluorescent DNA Strands with Degree of Labeling up to Theoretic Limit Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6360.
- A Tetraphenylethene-Based Red Luminophor for an Efficient Non-doped Electroluminescence Device and Cellular Imaging J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 11018.
- Synthesis and Self-assembly of Tetraphenylethene and Biphenyl Based AIE-Active Triazoles J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 10472.
- Hyperbranched Conjugated Poly(tetraphenylethene): Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission, Fluorescent Photopatterning, Optical Limiting and Explosive Detection Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, 1481.
- Efficient Solid Emitters with Aggregation-Induced Emission and Intramolecular Charge Transfer Characteristics: Molecular Design, Synthesis, Photophysical Behaviors, and OLED Application Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 1518.
- Metal-Free Click Polymerization of Propiolates and Azides: Facile Synthesis of Functional Poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, 1075.
- Conjugated Hyperbranched Poly(aryleneethynylene)s: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, Superquenching by Explosive, Photopatternability, and Tunable High Refractive Indices Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 2847.
- Tetraphenylethenyl-Modified Perylene Bisimide: Aggregation-Induced Red Emission, Electrochemical Property and Ordered Microstructures J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 7387.
- Tuning the Electronic Nature of Aggregation-induced Emission Chromophores with Enhanced Electron-Transporting Property J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 5184.
- Construction of Soft Porous Crystal with Silole Derivative: Strategy of Framework Design, Multiple Structural Transformability and Mechanofluorochromism J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 4290.
- 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, 4527.
- 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.
(7) Selected Examples of Invited Talks at Recent Conferences (~200 invited lectures)
- SPIE International Symposium on Optics & Photonics, San Diego, USA, 25-29 Aug 2013
- 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
- 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 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
