
Ben Zhong Tang 唐本忠
Member, The Chinese Academy of Sciences 中国科学院院士 (MCAS)
Fellow, The Royal
Society of Chemistry(英国)皇家化学会会士 (FRSC)
Academician, Asia
Pacific Academy of Materials 亚太材料科学院院士 (APAM)
Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Phone: +852-2358-7375 (office: Rm. CYT-6002); E-mail: tangbenz@ust.hk
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Scholar Profile of Dr. Tang
Ben Zhong Tang is Stephen K. C. Cheong Professor of Science, Chair Professor of Chemistry,
and Chair Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST). His research interests include materials
science, macromolecular chemistry, and biomedical theranostics. His lab is spearheading the research on
aggregation-induced emission (AIE).
Tang received BS and PhD degrees from South China
University of Technology (SCUT) and Kyoto University, respectively. He conducted postdoctoral research at
University of Toronto. He joined HKUST as
an assistant professor in 1994 and was promoted to chair professor in
2008. He was elected to the Chinese
Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials in 2009, 2013 and 2017, respectively.
Tang has published >1,300 papers. His publications have been cited >90,000
times, with an h-index of 139. He has
been listed by Thomson Reuters as Highly
Cited Researcher in both areas of Chemistry and Materials Science since
2014. He received the State Natural
Science Award (1st Class; 2017) from the Chinese Government, the Scientific
and Technological Progress Award from the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (2017), Senior Research Fellowship from the Croucher Foundation (2007), etc. He is now serving as Editor-in-Chief
of Materials Chemistry Frontiers (RSC
& CCS).
(1) Academic
Qualifications
(2) Professional Services
(3) Examples of Review Articles
(4) Examples of Recent Publications
(5) Useful Links
(1) Academic Qualifications
12/2012–present Stephen K. C. Cheong Professor of Science,
HKUST
07/2008–present
Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry, HKUST
07/1994–06/2008 Assistant/Associate/Full Professor,
Department of Chemistry, HKUST
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)
Scientific Honors and Professional Services
- Director, Hong Kong Branch of National Engineering
Research Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction
- Director, SCUT–HKUST
Joint Research Institute
- CCTV
Science & Technology Innovation Figures Award (2018)
- State Natural Science Award (1st Class), Chinese
Government (2017)
- Scientific and Technological Progress Award, The
Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (2017)
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Guangzhou 广州市荣誉市民
(2015)
- Listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry by Web of Science Group
(2014–2019)
- Listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science by Web of Science
Group (2014–2019)
- Academician, Asia Pacific Academy
of Materials (2017)
- Fellow, The Royal Society
of Chemistry (2013)
- Member, Chinese
Academy of Sciences (2009)
- State Natural Science Award (2nd Class), Chinese Government (2007)
- Croucher Senior
Research Fellowship Award, Croucher Foundation (2007)
-
- Editor-in-Chief,
Materials
Chemistry Frontiers published by Royal Society of Chemistry
- Editor-in-Chief, RSC Polymer
Chemistry Series, published by Royal Society of Chemistry
- Editor,
Advances in Polymer Science,
Published by Springer
- Editor, Science
China Chemistry, Published by Springer
- Associate Editor, Progress
in Chemistry, published by Chinese Academy of Sciences
(3) Selected
Examples of Invited Review Articles
- Clusterization-Triggered Emission: Uncommon Luminescence
from Common Materials Mater. Today 2020, in
press.
- Assembled
organic agents for fluorescence and photoacoustic bioimaging Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, in press.
- Self-assembly of AIEgens Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, in press.
- AIE Polymers: Synthesis and
Applications Prog. Polym. Sci. 2020, in press.
- AIE-Based Cancer Theranostics Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, 402, 213076.
- Sparks Fly When AIE Meets
with Polymers Mater. Chem. Front. 2019,
3, 2207.
- AIE Luminogens for Activity-Based Sensing Acc. Chem.
Res. 2019, 2559.
- Molecular Motion in the Solid State ACS Mater. Lett.
2019, 1, 425.
- Structure, Assembly, and
Function of (Latent)-Chiral AIEgens ACS
Mater. Lett. 2019, 1, 192.
- AIE-Based Theranostic Systems for Detection and Killing
of Pathogens Theranostics 2019, 9, 3223.
- Aggregation-Induced Emission: Fundamental Understanding and
Future Developments Mater. Horiz. 2019, 6, 428.
- Macrocycles and Cages
Based on Tetraphenylethylene with Aggregation-Induced Emission Effect Chem.
Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 7452.
- Journey of
Aggregation-Induced Emission Research ACS
Omega 2018,
3, 3267.
- Polymerizations Based
on Triple-Bond Building Blocks Prog.
Polym. Sci. 2018, 78, 92.
- AIEgens
for Biological Process Monitoring and Disease Theranostics Biomaterials 2017, 146, 115.
- AIE Luminogens for
Bioimaging and Theranostics: from Organelles to Animals Chem 2017,
3, 56.
- Functionality and
Versatility of Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Luminogens Appl. Phys. Rev. 2017, 4, 021307.
- Circularly-Polarized
Luminescence (CPL) from Chiral AIE Molecules and Macrostructures Small 2016, 12, 6495.
- Organic Dots Based on
AIEgens for Two-Photon Fluorescence Bioimaging Small 2017,
13, 6430.
- Kinetic Trapping–A
Strategy for Directing the Self-assembly of Unique Functional
Nanostructures Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 11870.
- Fabrication of
Fluorescent Nanoparticles Based on AIE Luminogens (AIE Dots) and Their
Applications in Bioimaging Mater.
Horiz. 2016, 3, 283.
- Aggregation-Induced
Emission: Together We Shine, United We Soar! Chem. Rev. 2015,
115, 11718.
- Aggregation-Induced
Emission of Siloles Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 5347.
- Mechanochromic Luminescence
of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 3429.
- AIE Luminogens: Emission
Brightened by Aggregation Mater. Today 2015, 18, 365.
- Multicomponent
Polymerization of Alkynes Adv. Polym. Sci. 2015, 269,
17.
- Biosensing by Luminogens
with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Chem. Soc. Rev. 2015,
44, 4228.
- Specific
Light-up Bioprobes Based on AIEgen Conjugates Chem. Soc. Rev.
2015, 44, 2798.
- Aggregation-Induced
Emission: The Whole Is More Brilliant than the Parts Adv. Mater. 2014,
26, 5429.
- AIE Macromolecules:
Syntheses, Structures and Functionalities Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014,
43, 4494.
- Bioprobes Based on AIE Fluorogens Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 2441.
- 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.
(4) Selected
Examples of Recent Publications (>1,300
papers)
2019
- Time-Dependent Solid-State
Molecular Motion and Colour Tuning of Host-Guest Systems by Organic
Solvents Nature Commun. 2019, 10,
in press.
- Photoresponsive Spiro-polymers Generated In Situ by
C–H-Activated Polyspiroannulation Nature Commun. 2019, 10,
in press.
- A Dual-Color Emissive AIEgen for Specific and Label-Free
Double-Stranded DNA Recognition and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Detection J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, in
press.
- New Wine in Old Bottle:
Prolonging Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Crown Ethers by
Supramolecular Interactions Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, in press.
- Unusual Through-Space Interactions between Oxygen Atoms
Mediate Inverse Morphochromism of an AIE Luminogen Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, in press.
- Time-dependent
Photodynamic Therapy for Multiple Targets: A Highly Efficient AIE-active
Photosensitizer for Selective Bacterial Elimination and Cancer Cell
Ablation Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, in press.
- A
Conjugated Polymeric Supramolecular Network with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Enhancement: An Efficient Light‐Harvesting System with an Ultrahigh Antenna Effect Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, in press.
- Polymorph Selectivity of AIE Luminogen under
Nano-Confinement to Visualize Polymer Microstructure Chem. Sci. 2019, in
press.
- Constitutional Isomerization Enables Bright NIR-Ⅱ AIEgen
for Brain-Inflammation Imaging Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2019, in
press.
- A ‘Simple’ Donor-Acceptor
AIEgen with Multi-Stimuli Responsive Behavior Mater. Horiz. 2019, 6, in
press.
- Ultralong
UV/Mechano-Excited Room Temperature Phosphorescence from
Purely Organic Cluster Excitons Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 5161.
- Non-aromatic Annulene-Based AIE System via Aromaticity
Reversal Process Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 2952.
- Zhao, W.; Cheung, T. S.;
Jiang, N.; Huang, W.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Zhang, X.; He, Z.; Tang, B. Z.
“Boosting the Efficiency of Organic Persistent Room-Temperature
Phosphorescence by Intramolecular Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer” Nature Communications 2019,
10, 1595.
- Boosting Fluorescence-Photoacoustic-Raman Properties in
One Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Surgery Chem 2019, 5, 2657.
- Evaluation of Structure-Function Relationships of
Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Simultaneous Dual Applications
of Specific Discrimination and Efficient Photodynamic Killing of
Gram-Positive Bacteria J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2019, 141, .
- Functionalized
Acrylonitriles with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Structure Tuning by
Simple Reaction-Condition Variation, Efficient Red Emission, and
Two-Photon Bioimaging J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 15111.
- Three-Component Regio- and
Stereoselective Polymerizations towards Functional Chalcogen-Rich Polymers
with AIE-Activities J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2019, 141, .
- Multiple
Anti-counterfeiting Guarantees from a Simple Tetraphenylethylene
Derivative–High-contrasted and Multi-state Mechanochromism and Photochormism
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17814.
- Restriction of Access to Dark State: A New Mechanistic
Model for Heteroatom-Containing AIE Systems Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14911.
- A
Functioning Macroscopic ‘Rubik's Cube’ Assembled via Controllable Dynamic
Covalent Interactions Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1902365.
- Tailoring the Molecular Properties with Isomerism Effect
of AIEgens Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1903834.
- Aggregation-Induced Nonlinear Optical Effects of AIEgen
Nanocrystals for Ultra-Deep In Vivo Bio-Imaging Adv. Mater. 2019,
31, 1904799.
- A New Strategy towards ‘Simple’ Water-soluble AIE Probes
for Hypoxia Detection Adv. Funct.
Mater. 2019, 29, 1903278.
- AIE-Active Functionalized Acrylonitriles: Structure
Tuning by Simple Reaction-Condition Variation, Efficient Red Emission and
Two-Photon Bioimaging J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2019, in press.
- Three-Component Regio- and Stereoselective
Polymerizations towards Functional Chalcogen-Rich Polymers with
AIE-Activities J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2019, in press.
- Restriction of Access to Dark State: A New Mechanistic
Model for Heteroatom-Containing AIE Systems Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, in press.
- AEE Conjugated Polymeric Supramolecular Network: an
Efficient Light-Harvesting System with Ultrahigh Antenna Effect Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, in press.
- Boosting Fluorescence-Photoacoustic-Raman Properties in
One Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Surgery Chem 2019, in
press.
- Aggregation-Induced Nonlinear Optical Effects of AIEgen
Nanocrystals for Ultra-Deep In Vivo Bio-Imaging Adv. Mater. 2019,
in press.
- A Functioning Macroscopic
‘Rubik's Cube®’ Assembled via Controllable Dynamic Covalent Interactions Adv.
Mater. 2019, in press.
- Tailoring the Molecular Properties
with Isomerism Effect of AIEgens Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2019, in
press.
- A New Strategy towards ‘Simple’ Water-Soluble AIE Probes
for Hypoxia Detection Adv. Funct.
Mater. 2019, 29, in press.
- A ‘Simple’ Donor-Acceptor
AIEgen with Multi-Stimuli Responsive Behavior Mater. Horiz. 2019, 6, in
press.
- A Smart
AIEgen-Functionalized Surface with Reversible Modulation of Fluorescence
and Wettability Mater. Horiz. 2019, 6, in
press.
- In-situ Generation of
Azonia-containing Polyelectrolytes for Luminescent Photopatterning and
Superbug Killing J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2019, 141, 11259.
- Spiro-functionalized
Diphenylethenes: Suppression of a Reversible Photocyclization Contributes
to the Aggregation-Induced Emission Effect J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019,
141, 9803.
- A Dual-Functional Photosensitizer for
Ultra-efficient Photodynamic Therapy and Synchronous Anticancer
Efficacy Monitoring Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019,
29, 1902673
- Visualization of
Biogenic Amines and in-Vivo Ratiometric Mapping of Intestinal pH by
AIE-active Polyheterocycles Synthesized by Metal-Free Multicomponent
Polymerizations Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1902240.
- Highly Efficient Photothermal
Nanoagent Achieved by Harvesting Energy via Excited-State Intramolecular
Motion within Nanoparticles Nature
Commun. 2019, 10, 768.
- In-Situ Monitoring Apoptosis Process by A Self-Reporting
Photosensitizer J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141,
5612.
- Molecular Motion in Aggregates:
Manipulating TICT for Boosting Photothermal Theranostics
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5359.
- Boosting Non-Radiative Decay
to Do Useful Work: Development of Multi-Modality Theranostic System from
AIEgen Angew. Chem.
Int. Ed. 2019, 58,
5628.
- Facile Synthesis of AIEgens
with Wide Color Tunability for Cellular Imaging and Therapy Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 3494.
- Spontaneous and Fast Molecular Motion at Room
Temperature in the Solid State Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 4536.
- Multistimuli Response and Polymorphism of a Novel
Tetraphenylethylene Derivative Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1900516.
- AIE Featured InorganicOrganic Core@Shell Nanoparticles
for High-Efficiency siRNA Delivery and Real-Time Monitoring Nano Lett. 2019,
19, 2272.
- Real-Time Monitoring of
Hierarchical Self-Assembly and Induction of Circularly Polarized
Luminescence from Achiral Luminogens ACS
Nano 2019, 13, 3618.
- Facile Emission Color Tuning and Circularly Polarized
Light Generation of Single Luminogen in Engineering Robust Forms
Mater. Horiz. 2019, 6, 405.
- Visualizing the Initial Step of Self-Assembly and
the Phase Transition by Stereogenic Amphiphiles with Aggregation-Induced
Emission ACS Nano 2019, 13, 839.
- AIE Multinuclear Ir(III)
Complexes for Biocompatible Organic Nanoparticles with Highly Enhanced
Photodynamic Performance Adv. Sci.
2019, 6, 1802050.
- Guest-Triggered Aggregation-Induced
Emission in Silver Chalcogenolate Cluster Metal-Organic Frameworks Adv. Sci. 2019, 6, 1801304.
- A Two-Photon AIEgen for Simultaneous
Dual-Color Imaging of Atherosclerotic Plaques Mater. Horiz. 2019, 6, 546.
2018
- In Situ Monitoring of Molecular Aggregation Using
Circular Dichroism Nature Commun.
2018, 9, 4961.
- Highly Sensitive Switching of
Solid-State Luminescence by Controlling Intersystem Crossing Nature Commun. 2018, 9,
3044.
- A Facile Strategy for Realizing Room
Temperature Phosphorescence and Single Molecule White Light Emission Nature Commun. 2018, 9,
2963.
- Light-Driven Transformable Optical Agent with
Adaptive Functions for Boosting Cancer Surgery Outcomes Nature Commun. 2018,
9, 1848.
- A Simple Approach to Bioconjugation
at Diverse Levels: Metal-Free Click Reactions of Activated Alkynes with
Native Groups of Biotargets without Prefunctionalization Research 2018, 1, 3152870.
- Redox-active AIEgen Derived Plasmonic and
Fluorescent Core@shell Nanoparticles for Multimodality Bioimaging J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6904.
- Room Temperature One-Step Conversion from
Elemental Sulfur to Functional Polythioureas through Catalyst-Free
Multicomponent Polymerizations J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6156.
- Facile Multicomponent Polymerizations toward
Unconventional Luminescent Polymers with Readily Openable Small
Heterocycles J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5588.
- Multiple yet Controllable Photoswitching in a
Single AIEgen System J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2018, 140, 1966.
- Strategies to Enhance the
Photosensitization: Polymerization and D/A Even-Odd Effect Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 15189.
- Manipulation of Molecular Aggregation States to
Realize Polymorphism, AIE, MCL, and TADF in a Single Molecule Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12473.
- A Versatile Molecular Design for High-Performance
Nondoped OLEDs with ~100% Exciton Utilization and
Negligible Efficiency Roll-Off Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 59, 9290.
- Design Efficient and Ultralong Pure Organic Room-Temperature
Phosphorescent Materials by Structural Isomerism Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7997.
- Making Invisible Visible: In Situ Monitoring the
RAFT Polymerization by Tetraphenylethylene-Containing Agents with
Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6274.
- Fluorogenic
Ag+-Tetrazolate Aggregation Enables Novel and Efficient
Fluorescent Biological Silver Staining Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5750.
- A Facilely Accessible
Ionic Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogen with Hydrogen Bonding
Switchable Emission and Wash-free Imaging Ability Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5011.
- Red/NIR-Emissive Benzo[d]imidazole-Cored AIEgens:
Facile Molecular Design for Wavelength Extending and In Vivo Tumor
Metabolic Imaging Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1805220.
- Dynamic Visualization of
Stress/Strain Distribution and Fatigue Crack Propagation by an Organic
Mechanoresponsive AIE Luminogen Adv.
Mater. 2018, 30, 1803924.
- Highly Efficient Photosensitizers with
Far-Red/Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission for In Vitro and In
Vivo Cancer Theranostics Adv. Mater.
2018, 30, 1802105.
- Corannulene-Incorporated AIE Nanodots
with Highly Suppressed Nonradiative Decay for Boosted Cancer Phototheranostics
in Vivo Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1801065.
- Real-Time and High-Resolution
Bioimaging with Bright Aggregation-Induced Emission Dots in Short-Wave
Infrared Region Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1706856.
- Engineering Sensor Arrays Using Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Pathogen
Identification Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1805986.
- A Bifunctional Aggregation-induced
Emission Luminogen for Monitoring and Killing of Multidrug-Resistant
Bacteria Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1804632.
- Mitochondria and Lysosomes-Targeted
Synergistic Chemo-Photodynamic Therapy Associated with Self-Monitoring by
Dual Light-Up Fluorescence Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1804362.
- Caking-Inspired Cold Sintering of Plastic
Supramolecular Films as Multifunctional Platforms Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1803370.
- Efficient Bipolar Blue AIEgens for
High-Performance Nondoped Blue OLEDs and Hybrid White OLEDs Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1803369.
- A Substitution-dependant Light-up Fluorescence
Probe for Selectively Detecting Fe3+ Ions and Its Cell Imaging
Application Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1802833.
- 1+1>>2:
Dramatically Enhancing the Emission Efficiency of TPE-Based AIEgens but
Keeping Their Emission Color through Tailored Alkyl Linkages Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1707210.
- Efficient Red/Near-Infrared Fluorophores Based on
Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene 1,1,5,5-Tetraoxide for Targeted
Photodynamic Therapy and in vivo Two-Photon Fluorescence Bioimaging Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1706945.
- Mechanical Insights into Aggregation-Induced
Delayed Fluorescence Materials with Anti-Kasha Behavior Adv. Sci. 2018, 5, 1801629.
- Specific Discrimination
of Gram-Positive Bacteria and Direct Visualization of Its Infection
towards Mammalian Cells by A DPAN-Based AIEgen Biomaterials 2018, 187, 47.
- Rational Design of Red AIEgens with New Core Structure from
Non-Emissive Heteroaromatics Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 7829.
- Exploration of Biocompatible AIEgens from Natural
Resources Chem.
Sci. 2018, 9, 6497.
- Facile Access to Deep red/Near-infrared
Emissive AIEgens for Efficient Non-doped OLEDs Chem.
Sci. 2018, 9, 6118.
- Red-emissive
Azabenzanthrone Derivatives for Photodynamic Therapy Irradiated with
Ultralow Light Power Density and Two-Photon Imaging Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5165.
- In Situ Generation
of Photoactivatable Aggregation-Induced Emission Probes for
Organelle-Specific Imaging Chem.
Sci. 2018, 9, 5730.
- Dual Fluorescence of
Tetraphenylethylene-substituted Pyrenes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics
for White-Light Emission Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5679.
- Deciphering the Working Mechanism of Aggregation-Induced
Emission of Tetraphenylethylene Derivatives by Ultrafast Spectroscopy Chem.
Sci. 2018, 9, 4662.
- Rational Design of A
Water-Soluble NIR Aiegen, and Its Applications for Ultrafast Wash-Free
Cellular Imaging and Photodynamic Cancer Cell Ablation Chem.
Sci. 2018, 9, 3685.
- Ultrabright Red AIEgens for Two-Photon Vascular Imaging
with High Resolution and Deep Penetration Chem.
Sci. 2018, 9, 2705.
- Remarkable
Multichannel Conductance of Novel Single-Molecule Wires Built on
Through-Space Conjugated Hexaphenylbenzene Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 4200.
- Rational Design of
Perylenediimide-Substituted Triphenylethylene to Electron Transporting
AIEgens with High Mobility and Near-Infrared Emission Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1705609.
- Highly Efficient Circularly
Polarized Electroluminescence from Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with
Amplified Chirality and Delayed Fluorescence Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1800051.
- Diversifed Photo/Electronic Functions Based on a Simple
Chalcone Skeleton: Effects of Substitution Pattern and Molecular Packing Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1706506.
- Malonitrile-Functionalized
Tetraphenylpyrazine: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Ratiometric Detection
of Hydrogen Sulfide and Mechanochromism
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1704689.
- Multifunctional AIEgens: Ready Synthesis, Tunable
Emission, Mechanochromism, Mitochondrial and Bacterial Imaging Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1704589.
- Biochromic Silole Derivatives: A Single Dye for Differentiation,
Quantitation and Imaging of Live/Dead Cells Mater. Horiz.
2018, 5, 969.
- Single-Molecular
Near-Infrared-II Theranostic System: Ultrastable Aggregation-Induced Emission
Nanoparticles for Long-Term Tracing and Efficient Photothermal Therapy ACS Nano 2018, 12, 11282.
- An
Ultrasensitive Virion Immunoassay Platform with Dual-Modality Based on a
Multifunctional Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen ACS Nano 2018, 12, 9549.
- Bright
Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Strong
Two-Photon Absorption, Excellent Organelle Specificity and Efficient
Photodynamic Therapy ACS Nano 2018, 12, 8145.
- Aggregation-Induced
Emission Luminogen with Near-Infrared-II Excitation and Near-Infrared-I
Emission for Ultradeep Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy ACS Nano 2018, 12, 7936.
2017
- White Light
Emission from a Single Organic Molecule with Dual Phosphorescence at Room
Temperature Nature
Commun. 2017, 8, 8, 416.
- Mitochondrial Imaging with Combined Fluorescence and
Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy Using a Probe of
Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristic J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017,
139, 17022.
- Ionization and Anion-π+
Interaction: A New Strategy for Structural Design of Aggregation-Induced
Emission Luminogens J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2017, 139, 16974.
- Why Do Simple Molecules
with ‘Isolated’ Phenyl Rings Emit Visible Light? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017,
139, 16264.
- Ultrafast Delivery of AIE
Nanoparticles and Pure Organic Phosphorescent Nanocrystals by Saponin
Encapsulation J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 14792.
- Dramatic
Differences in Aggregation-Induced Emission and Supramolecular
Polymerizability of Tetraphenylethene-Based Stereoisomers J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017,
139, 10150.
- Metal-Free Multicomponent Tandem
Polymerizations of Alkynes, Amines, and Formaldehyde toward Structure- and
Sequence-Controlled Luminescent Polyheterocycles J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5075.
- Spontaneous Amino-Yne Click Polymerization: A Powerful
Tool toward Regio-and Stereo-specific Poly(b-aminoacrylates) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5437.
- Highly Efficient Nondoped
OLEDs with Negligible Efficiency Roll-Off Fabricated From
Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017,
56, 12971.
- Multiscale Humidity
Visualization by Environmental Sensitive Fluorescent Molecular Rotors Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1703900.
- Furan Is Superior to
Thiophene: A Furan-cored AIEgen with Remarkable Chromism and OLED
Performance Adv. Sci. 2017, 4, 1700005.
- AIE Nanoparticles with High
Stimulated Emission Depletion Efficiency and Photobleaching Resistance for
Long-Term Super-resolution Bioimaging Adv.
Mater. 2017, 29, 1703643.
- Facile Synthesis of Red/NIR
AIE Luminogens with Simple Structures, Bright Emissions and High
Photostabilities, and Their Applications for Specific Imaging of Lipid
Droplets and Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017,
27, 1704039.
- Robust Red
Organic Nanoparticles for in vivo Fluorescence Imaging of Cancer Cell
Progression in Xenografted Zebrafish Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 1701418.
- Mitochondrion-Anchoring
Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission
Characteristics Synergistically Boosts the Radiosensitivity of Cancer
Cells to Ionizing Radiation Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1606167.
- Achieving High-Performance
Nondoped OLEDs with Extremely Small Efficiency Roll-Off by Combining Aggregation-Induced
Emission and Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 201606458.
- Tunable Mechanoresponsive
Self-assembly of An Amide-Linked Dyad with Dual-Sensitivity of
Photochromism and Mechanochromism Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 1701210.
- A Red-emissive
Antibody-AIEgen Conjugate for Turn-on and Wash-free Imaging of Specific
Cancer Cells Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 7014.
- Two-Photon AIE Bioprobe
with Large Stokes Shift for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 5440.
- Functionalized
AIE Nanoparticles with Efficient Deep-red Emission, Mitochondria
Specificity, Cancer Cell Selectivity and Multiphoton Susceptibility Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 4634.
- Light-Up Probe Based on
AIEgens: Dual Signal Turn-On for Cascade Caspase Activation Monitoring Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 2723.
- Aggregation-Induced
Emission: Mechanistic Study of Clusteroluminescence of Tetrathienylethene Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 2629.
- AIE-Active
Theranostic System: Selective Staining and Killing of Cancer Cells Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1822.
- Photoactivatable
Aggregation-Induced Emission Probes for Lipid Droplets-Specific Live Cell
Imaging Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1763.
- AIEgen-Based
Theranostic System: Targeted Imaging of Cancer Cells and Adjuvant Amplification
of Antitumor Efficacy of Paclitaxel Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 2191.
- AIEgens
for Dark through-Bond Energy Transfer: Design, Synthesis, Theoretical
Study and Its Application in Ratiometric Hg2+ Sensing Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 2047.
- Organic Solid Fluorophores
Regulated by Subtle Structure Modification: Color-Tunable and
Aggregation-Induced Emission Chem.
Sci. 2017, 8, 577.
- Highly Stable Organic Small
Molecular Nanoparticles as an Advanced and Biocompatible Phototheranostic
Agent of Tumor in Living Mice ACS
Nano 2017, 11,
7177–7188.
- Nanocrystallization:
A Unique Approach to Yield Bright Organic Nanocrystals for Biological
Applications Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1604100 (1–6).
2016
- Gelation
Process Visualized by Aggregation-Induced Emission Fluorogens Nature Commun. 2016, 7, 12033.
- Fluorescence
Microscopy as an Alternative to Electron Microscopy for Microscale
Dispersion Evaluation of Organic-Inorganic Composites Nature Commun. 2016,
7, 11811.
- Real-Time Imaging of Cell Behaviors in Living Organisms
by a Mitochondria Targeting AIE Fluorogen Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 7132.
- Activatable
Fluorescent Nanoprobe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics
for Selective In Vivo Imaging of Elevated Peroxynitrite Generation Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 7249.
- A
Mitochondrion-Specific Photoactivatable Fluorescence Turn-on AIE-based
Bioprobe for Localization Super-Resolution Microscope Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 5064.
- Synthesis of Imidazole-Based AIEgens with Wide Color
Tunability and Exploration of Their Biological Applications Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 824.
- Rational
Molecular Design for Achieving Persistent and Efficient Pure Organic Room
Temperature Phosphorescence Chem 2016, 1, 592.
- A Colour-Tunable Chiral AIEgen: Reversible Coordination,
Enantiomer Discrimination and Morphology Visualization Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 6106.
- Luminescent
Photonic Crystals with Multi-functionality and Tunability Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 5692.
2015
- Synthesis and
Design of Aggregation-Induced Emission Surfactants: Direct Observation of
Micelle Transition and Microemulsion Droplets Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15160.
- Unusual Aggregation-Induced
Emission of a Coumarin Derivative as a Result of the Restriction of an
Intramolecular Twisting Motion Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54,
14492.
- Multichannel Conductance of
Folded Single-Molecule Wires Aided by Through-Space Conjugation Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4231.
- Mitochondrion-Specific
Live-Cell Bioprobe Operated in a Fluorescence Turn-On Manner and a
Well-Designed Photoactivatable Mechanism Adv. Mater. 2015, 27,
7093.
- Light-up
Probe for Targeted and Activatable Photodynamic Therapy with Real-time
In-situ Reporting of Sensitizer Activation and Therapeutic Responses Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2015, 25, 6586.
- Achieving Persistent Room
Temperature Phosphorescence and Remarkable Mechanochromism from Pure
Organic Luminogens Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 6195.
- A Luminogen with
Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristic for Wash-Free Bacterial
Imaging, High-Throughput Antibiotics Screening and Bacterial
Susceptibility Evaluation Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 4931.
- Insight into the Strong
Aggregation-Induced Emission of Low-Conjugated Racemic C6-Unsubstituted
Tetrahydropyrimidines through Crystal-Structure-Property Relationship of
Polymorphs Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 4690.
- Aggregation-Induced
Emission and Aggregation-Promoted Photochromism of
Bis(diphenylmethylene)dihydroacenes Chem. Sci. 2015, 6,
3538.
- Conjugation-Induced
Rigidity in Twisting Molecules: Filling the Gap between Aggregation-Caused
Quenching and Aggregation-Induced Emission Adv. Mater. 2015,
27, 4496.
- Single Molecule with Dual
Function on Nanogold: Biofunctionalized Construct for In Vivo
Photoacoustic Imaging and SERS Biosensing Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015,
25, 2316.
- High-order Nonlinear
Optical Effects in Organic Luminogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission Adv.
Mater. 2015, 27, 2332.
(5) Useful Links
Examples of Research
Highlights
·
Dr. Tang was honored
by a festschrift in J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. (2017, 55, 505–775).
·
AIE research highlighted by a Nature News
Feature Article “The
nanolight revolution is coming” on 3 March 2016 (Nature 2016, 531, 26–28).
·
The
New York Times published a story about AIE research (“Unusual Molecules Shine Light on New Applications”)
on 15
Feb 2016.
· Dr.
Tang was honored by a festschrift in J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. (2015, 25, 1–175).