Publications
Efficient Organic Emitters Enabled by Ultrastrong Through-Space Conjugation
Nat. Photon. 2024. 10.1038/s41566-024-01527-7
Two-photon Clusteroluminescence Enabled by Through-Space Conjugation for In Vivo Bioimaging
Secondary Through-Space Interactions Facilitated Single-Molecule White-Light Emission from Clusteroluminogens.
How to Manipulate Through-Space Conjugation and Clusteroluminescence of Simple AIEgens with Isolated Phenyl Rings.
First (co-first) and corresponding authored publications
(35) Efficient organic emitters enabled by ultrastrong through-space conjugation. Nat. Photon. 2024, 10.1038/s41566-024-01527-7. (Link)
(34) Luminescence Modulation in Boron-Cluster-Based Luminogens via Boron Isotope Effects. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024. 63, e202410430. (Link)
(33) Two-photon Clusteroluminescence Enabled by Through-Space Conjugation for In Vivo Bioimaging. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024. 63, e202413751. (Link)
(32) Narrowband Clusteroluminescence with 100% Quantum Yield Enabled by Through-space Conjugation of Asymmetric Conformation. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 6426. (Link)
(31) Fabrication of Efficient and Red-emissive Salicylaldehyde Schiff Base Isomers toward Multi-scenario Information Decryption. J. Mater. Chem. C 2024, 12, 11394-11401 (Link)
(30) An All-rounder for NIR-II Phototheranostics: Well-tailored 1064nm Excitable Molecule for Photothermal Combating Orthotopic Breast Cancer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401877. (Link)
(29) Manipulating Noncovalent Conformational Lock via Side-chain Engineering for Luminescent at Aggregate Level. Aggregate 2024, 5, e560. (Link)
(28) Multi-site Isomerization of Synergistically Regulated Stimuli-responsive AIE materials towards Multi-level decryption. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 3920. (Link)
(27) Multifunctional Hydrozone-based AIEgens Enabled by Hydrogen-halogen Interaction. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2024, 12, 2302781. (Link)
(26) Fjord-type AIEgens Based on Inherent Through-space Conjugation. CCS Chem. 2023, 6, 1739-1747. (Link)
(25) Nocovalent Interactions Colorize Aggregate Photophysics. Matter 2023, 6, 3702-3704. (Link)
(24) More is Better: Dual-acceptor Engineering for Constructing Second Near-infrared Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogens to Boost Multimodal Phototheranostics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 22776-22787. (Link)
(23) Chromene-based BioAIEgens: "In Water" Synthesis, Regiostructure-dependent Fluorescence and ER-specific Imaging. Nat. Sci. Rev. 2023, 10, nwad233. (Link) (Highlighted by EurekAlert!)
(22) Activation of Pyroptosis Using AIEgen-based sp2 Carbon-linked Covalent Organic Framework. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 14, 17689-7699. (Link)
(21) Regulating the Proximity Effect of Heterocycle-containing AIEgens. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 3772. (Link)
(20) NIR Clusteroluminescence of Non-conjugated Phenolic Resins Enabled by Through-space Interactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306762. (Link)
(19) Facile Conversion of Water to Functional Molecules and Cross-linked Polymeric Films with Efficient Clusteroluminescence Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 3115. (Link)
(18) Hydrazone-Based AIEgens with Photofluorochromic Ability for Rewritable, Intensity-Variable, and High-Resolution Photopattern. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2213927. (Link)
(17) Insights into Self-Assembly of Nonplanar Molecules with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 20559-20565. (Link)
(16) A Dihydroazulene-based Photoflurochromic AIE System for Rewritable 4D Information Encryption. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202208460. (Link)
(15) Secondary Through-Space Interactions Facilitated Single-Molecule White-Light Emission from Clusteroluminogens. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3492. (Link) (Featured in Editors' Highlight of "Materials science and chemistry")
(14) Y-Shaped Pyrene-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Blue Emitters for High-Performance OLED Devices. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 2200917. (Link)
(13) Mitochondria-Targeting Phototheranostics by Aggregation-Induced NIR-II Emission Luminogens: Modulating Intramolecular Motion by Electron Acceptor Engineering for Multi-Model Synergetic Therapy, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2110526. (Link)
(12) White-light Emission from Organic Aggregates: a Review. Adv. Photon. 2022, 4, 014001. (Link) (Highlighted by Featured News from SPIE)
(11) Stimuli-responsive Materials from Ferrocene-based Organic Small Molecules for Wearable Sensors. Small 2021, 17, 2103125. (Link)
(10) Taming Reactive Oxygen Species: Mitochondria-Targeted AIEgen for Neuron Protection via Photosensitization-Triggered Autophagy. CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 2791-2799. (Link)
(9) How Do Molecular Motions Affect Structures and Properties at Molecule and Aggregate Levels? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11820-11827. (Link)
(8) Visualization and Manipulation of Solid-State Molecular Motions in Crystallization Processes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9468-9477. (Link)
(7) How to Manipulate Through-Space Conjugation and Clusteroluminescence of Simple AIEgens with Isolated Phenyl Rings. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9565-9574. (Link)
(6) An Air-Stable Organic Radical from a Controllable Photoinduced Domino Reaction of a Hexa-aryl Substituted Anthracene. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 7359-7369 (Link).
(5) Highly Selective and Productive Synthesis of Carbon Dioxide-Based Copolymer upon Zwitterionic Growth. Macromolecules 2021, 54, 2178-2186 (Link) (Front Cover)
(4) Restriction of Intramolecular Motion (RIM): Investing AIE Mechanism from Experimental and Throretical Studies. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 2021, 37, 1-15 (Link) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
(3) The Effect of Auxiliary Ligand on the Mechanism and Reactivity: DFT Study on H2 Activation by Lewis Acid–Transition Metal Complex (tris(phosphino)borane)Fe(L). Catal. Sci. Technol. 2017, 7, 4866-4878 (Link)
(2) Rational Design of FLP Catalysts for Reversible H2 Activation: a DFT Study of the Geometric and Electronic Effects. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2018, 29, 1226-1232 (Link)
(1) Three Years' Achievements and Expectations of Top Talent Training Program in Basic Sciences. Univ. Chem. 2019, 34, 146 (Link)
Co-authored publications
(62) Luminescent Radical Polymers. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202403493. (Link)
(61) Water-Soluble AIE Photosensitizer in Short-Wave Infrared Region for Albumin-Enhanced and Self-Reporting Phototheranostics. Biomaterials 2024, 314, 122847. (Link)
(60) BOIMPY Scaffold: Accessing Ultrahigh Molar Extinction Coefficient AIEgen for SWIR Imaging-Guided Photothermal Cancer Ablation. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2411838. (Link)
(59) Visualizing Triplet Energy Transfer in Organic Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Host- Guest Materials. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202412182. (Link)
(58) Sergeant-and-soldier Effect in An Organic Room-temperature Phosphorescent Host-guest System. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2410739 (Link)
(57) Virtual Screening for Ultra-small NIR Emitter with Only Two Isolated Hexatomic Rings. Chem 2024. (Link)
(56) Activating Electronic Delocalization: Through-Space Lone-Pair Interactions versus Hydrogen Bonding. ACS Materials Lett. 2024, 6, 3941-3950. (Link)
(55) Fluorescent Nanocable as a Biomedical Tool: Intracellular Self-Assembly Formed by a Natural Product Interconnects and Synchronizes Mitochondria. ACS Nano 2024, 18, 21447-21458 (Link)
(54) Weak Interaction-based Organic Luminescent Materials. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 44, 2453-2468. (Link)
(53) Is the Whole Equal to, or Greater than, the Sum of its Parts? The Smilarity and Difference between Molecules and Aggregates. Matter 2024, 7, 2551-2566. (Link)
(52) Exciting Bacteria to a Hypersensitive State for Enhanced Aminoglycoside Therapy by a Rationally Constructed AIE Luminogen. Adv. Health. Mater. 2024, 13, 2400362. (Link)
(51) Donor-Acceptor Modulating of Ionic AIE Photosensitizers for Enhanced ROS Generation and NIR-II Emission. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2402182. (Link)
(50) Unlocking the NIR-II AIEgens for High Brightness through Intramolecular Electrostatic Locking. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202404142. (Link)
(49) Isolated flat band in artificially designed Lieb lattice based on macrocycle supramolecular crystal. Commun. Mater. 2024, 5, 54. (Link)
(48) Near-Infrared Emission Beyond 900 nm from Stable Radicals in Nonconjugated Poly(diphenylmethane). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202403827. (Link)
(47) Unrestricted molecular motions enable mild photothermy for recurrence-resistant FLASH antitumor radiotherapy. Bioact. Mater. 2024, 37, 299-312. (Link)
(46) The Superiority of Nonconjugated Structures in Fluorescence: Through-Space vs. Through-Bond Charge Transfer. Sci. China Chem. 2024, 67, 3121-3130. (Link)
(45) Tuning Molecular Packing by Twisting Structure to Facilely Construct Highly Efficient Solid-State Fluorophores for Two-Photon Bioimaging and Photodynamic Therapy. Adv. Func. Mater. 2024, 34, 2315692. (Link)
(44) Pyrene-Based Deep-Blue Fluorophores with Narrow-Band Emission. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 3319. (Link)
(43) Manipulation ofAurophilicity in Constructed Clusters of Gold(I) Complexes with Boosted Luminescence and Smart Responsiveness. Spectrochim. Acta. A 2024, 311, 123979.(Link)
(42) Understanding the AIE phenomenon of Nonconjugated Rhodamine Derivatives via Aggregation-Induced Molecular Conformation Change. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 999. (Link)
(41) Dynamic Transition between Monomer and Excimer Phosphorescence in Organic Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Crystals. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2311384. (Link)
(40) Enolate Enables Unexpected Red Luminescence from Through-Bond/Through-space Complexation between Imide and Organic Base. Macromolecules. 2023, 56, 10082-10091. (Link)
(39) A Photoactivatable Luminescent Motif through Ring-Flipping Isomerization for Multiple Photopatterning. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 26645-26656. (Link)
(38) Adding Flying Wings: Butterfly-shaped NIR-II AIEgens with Multiple Molecular Rotors for Photothermal Combating of Bacterials Biofilms. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25705-25715. (Link)
(37) Excited-state Odd-even Effect in Through-space Interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 21104-21113. (Link)
(36) A Simple AIE-active Salicylideneaniline Towards Bimodal Encryption-Decryption with Unique ESIPT-Inhibited Amorphous State. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 466, 143353. (Link)
(35) Tunable Room-temperature Phosphorescence in Heavy-atom-free Metal Organic Frameworks by Ligand Functionalization. ACS Materials Lett. 2023, 5, 2691-2699. (Link)
(34) Strain Enhances the Activity of Molecule Electrocatalysts via Carbon Nanotube Supports. Nat. Cat. 2023, 6, 818-828. (Link)
(33) A New Strategy to Elevate Absorptivity of AIEgens for Intensified NIR-II Emission and Synergized Multimodality Therapy. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, e2306616 (Link)
(32) Water-soluble Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogens with Near-infrared Emission for Advanced Phototheranostics. Small Sci. 2023, 3, 2300052. (Link)
(31) Tailoring the Amphiphilic Structure of Zwitterionic AIE Photosensitizers to Boost Antitumor Immunity. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, e2303186 (Link)
(30) Controllable Secondary Through-space Interaction and Clusteroluminescence. CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 2832-2844. (Link)
(29) Manipulation of the Through-space Interactions in Diphenylmethane. Small Molecules. 2023, 1, e20220006. (Link)
(28) A Multiresponsive Functional AIEgen for Spatiotemporal Pattern Control and All-round Information Encryption. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202300353. (Link)
(27) De Nove Design of Reversibly pH-Switchable NIR-II Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Efficient Phototheranostics of Patient-Derived Tumor Xenograft. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 334-344. (Link)
(26) Modulating Hydrothermal Condition to Achieve Carbon Dots-Zeolite Composites with Multicolor Afterglow. Nano Res. 2022, 16, 7761-7769. (Link)
(25) On-surface Synthesis and Spontaneous Segregation of Conjugated Tetraphentlethylene Macrocycles. Commun. Chem. 2022, 5, 174. (Link)
(24) Highly Emissive Organic Cage in Single-molecule and Aggregate States by Anchoring Multiple Aggregation-cased Quenching Dyes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2022, 14, 53567. (Link)
(23) Design of Smart Aggregates: Towards Rapid Clinical Diagnosis of Hyperlipidemia in Human Blood. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, e2207671. (Link)
(22) Rational Design of NIR-II AIEgens with Ultrahigh Quantum Yields for Photo- and Chemiluminescence Imaging. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15391-15402. (Link)
(21) A Mitochondrion-Targeting Two-Photo Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Hypoxia-Tolerant Photodynamic Therapy. Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 448, 137604. (Link)
(20) Intermolecular Hydrogen-bonds Assisted Solid-State Dual Emission molecules with Mechanical Force-Induced Enhanced Emission. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 8503-8514. (Link)
(19) Aggregation-Induced Emission in Super-Resolution Imaging: Cationic AIEgens for Tunable Organelle-Specific Imaging and Dynamic Tracking in Nanometer Scale. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 5932-5942. (Link)
(18) A Mitochondria-Targeting AIE Photosensitizer for Enhancing Specificity and Efficacy of Ferroptosis Inducer. Sci. China Chem. 2022, 65, 870-876. (Link)
(17) Organic Long-Persistent Luminescence from a Single-component Aggregate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 3050-3062. (Link). (Front Cover)
(16) Novel Quinolizine AIE System: Visualization of Molecular Motion and Elaborate Tailoring for Biological Application. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202117709. (Link) (Very Important Paper)
(15) Metal-Based AIE Theranostic Systemst. ChemMedChem. 2022, 17, e202100578. (Link)
(14) Mapping the Regioisomeric Space and Visible Color Range of Purely Organic Dual Emitters with Ultralong Phosphorescence Components: From Violet to Red towards Pure White-light. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202111805. (Link)
(13) A Facile Strategy of Boosting Photothermal Conversion Efficiency through State Transformation for Cancer Therapy. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2105999. (Link)
(12) Donor/π-Bridge Manipulation for Constructing a Stable NIR-II Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogen with Balanced Photo-theranostic Performance. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 26769-26776. (Link)
(11) Metallophilicity-Induced Clusterization: Single-Component White-Light Clusteroluminescence with Stimuli Responses, CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 3039-3049. (Link)
(10) Functionalized of Silk by AIEgens through Facile Bioconjugation: Full-Color Fluorescence and Long-Term Bioimaging, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 22, 12424-12430. (Link)
(9)"Simple" AIEgens for Non-doped Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Emission Close to Pure Red in the Standard Red, Green, and Blue Gamut, Adv. Photonics Res. 2021, 2, 2100004. (Link)
(8) Revisting an Ancient Inorganic Aggregagtion-Induced Emission System: an Enlightenment to Clusteroluminescence, Aggregate 2021, 2, e36. (Link) (Inside Front Cover)
(7) Switching Energy Dissipation Pathway: in situ Pronton-Induced Transformation of AIR-Active Self-Assembly to Boost Photodynamic Therapy, Biomater. Sci. 2021, 9, 4301-4307. (Link)
(6) Clusteroluminescence from Clutster Excitons in Smally Heterocyclics Free of Aromatic Rings, Adv. Sci. 2021, 8, 2004299 (Link)
(5) Positive/Negative Phototropism: Controllable Molecular Actuators with Different Bending Behavior, CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 1491-1500 (Link)
(4) Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalyzed C-H Activation of Heteroarenes: a Stepwise Carbene Mechanism due to Distance Effect, Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1102-1105 (Link)
(3) Spin-Reorientation-Induced Magnetodielectric Coupling Effects in Two Layered Perovskite Magnets, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 7413-7418 (Link)
(2) Boron-Based Lewis Acid Transition Metal Complexes as Potential Bifunctional Catalystst, Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 37, 2187-2202 (Link)
(1) A Near-Room-Temperature Organic-Inorganic Hybird Ferroelectric: [C6H5CH2CH2NH3]2[CdI4], Chem. Comm. 2017, 53, 5764-5766 (Link)