Ben Zhong Tang 唐本忠
Member,
The Chinese Academy of Sciences 中国科学院院士
Academician,
Asia Pacific Academy of Materials 亚太材料科学院院士
Fellow, World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in
Developing Countries 发展中国家世界科学院院士
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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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 Chinese Academy
of Sciences (CAS), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Asia Pacific Academy of Materials
(APAM), World Academy of
Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS), and
International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering
(IUSBSE).
Tang has published >1,500 papers. His publications have been cited >113,000
times, with an h-index of 151. He has
been listed by Clarivate Analytics as Highly
Cited Researcher in both areas of Chemistry
and Materials Science since
2014. He received the State Natural
Science Award (1st Class) from Chinese Government (2017), Scientific and
Technological Progress Award from Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (2017), Senior Research Fellowship from Croucher Foundation (2007), etc. He is now serving as Editor-in-Chief
of Aggregate published by Wiley.
(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
- Listed as a Highly Cited
Researcher in Chemistry by
Clarivate Analytics (2014–2020)
- Listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science by Clarivate
Analytics (2014–2020)
- Fellow, World Academy of Sciences
for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (2020)
- Fellow, Chinese Chemical
Society (CCS; 2020)
- Fellow, International Union
of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE; 2020)
- CCTV
Science & Technology Innovation Figures Award (2018)
- Academician,
Asia Pacific
Academy of Materials (2017)
- 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)
- Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC; 2013)
- Member, Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS; 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 &
Chinese Chemical Society (2016–2020)
- 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
- Multicolor Fluorescent Polymeric Hydrogels Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, in
press.
- NIR-II AIEgens: A Win-Win Integration towards
Bioapplications Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, in
press.
- Innovative Synthetic Protocols for Aggregation-Induced
Emission Luminogens: Recent Advances and Prospects Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, in
press.
- Mechanistic Connotations of Restriction of
Intramolecular Motions (RIM) Nat.
Sci. Rev. 2021, in
press.
- Stimuli-Responsive AIEgens Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, in press.
- Structural and Process Controls of AIEgens for NIR-II
Theranostics Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, in
press.
- Aggregate Science: Much to Explore in the Meso World Matter 2021, 4, 338.
- Aggregology: Exploration and Innovation at Aggregate
Level Aggregate 2020, 1, 4.
- Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Organic Aggregate Nat. Rev. Mater. 2020, 5, 869.
- Aggregation-Induced
Emission: More Is Different Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9788.
- Aggregation-Induced Emission: New Vistas at Aggregate
Level Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9888.
- Sugar-Based
Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: Design, Structures and Applications
Chem. Rev. 2020, 120,
- Nanomaterials with Supramolecular Assembly Based on AIE
Luminogens for Theranostic Applications Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2004208.
- Catalyst:
Aggregation-Induced Emission – How Far Have We Come and Where Are We Going
Next? Chem 2020, 6, 1195.
- Aggregate Science: from
Structures to Properties Adv. Mater.
2020, 32, 2001457.
- Multifaceted Functionalities Constructed from
Pyrazine-Based AIEgen System Coord.
Chem. Rev. 2020, 422, 213472.
- Chiral AIEgens–Chiral Recognition, CPL Materials and Other Chiral Applications Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, 416, 213329.
- AIE Bioconjugate for Biomedical Applications Adv. Opt. Mater. 2020, 8, 2000162.
- Polymerization-Induced
Emission Mater. Horiz. 2020,
7, 987.
- Promising Applications of
Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens in Organic Optoelectronic Devices PhotoniX 2020, 1, 11.
- Circularly Polarized Luminescence from
AIEgens J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8, 3284.
- Supramolecular Materials Based on AIE Luminogens:
Constructions and Applications Chem.
Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 1144.
- Clusterization-Triggered Emission:
Uncommon Luminescence from Common Materials Mater. Today 2020,
32, 275.
- Assembled Organic Agents for Fluorescence and
Photoacoustic Bioimaging Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 21.
- AIE Polymers:
Synthesis and Applications
Prog.
Polym. Sci. 2020, 100, 101176.
- Self-assembly of
AIEgens
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, 406,
213142.
- 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 (>1,500 papers)
2021
- Robust
Supramolecular Nanotunnels Built from Molecular Bricks Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, in press.
- Solid-State Intramolecular
Motions in Continuous Fibers Driven by Ambient Humidity for Fluorescent
Sensors Nat. Sci. Rev. 2021, in press.
- Efficient Killing of Multidrug-Resistant Internalized Bacteria by
AIEgens in Vivo Adv. Sci. 2020, in press.
- Revisiting an Ancient Inorganic Aggregation-Induced
Emission System: An Enlightenment to Clusteroluminescence Aggregate 2021, 2, in press.
- Enantiomeric Switching of the Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Processes in a Hierarchical Biomimetic System by Film Tilting ACS Nano 2021, 15, 1397.
- Single
Injection and Multiple Treatments: An Injectable Nanozyme Hydrogel as
AIEgen Reservoir and Release Controller for Efficient Tumor Therapy Nano Today 2021, 37, 101091.
- Zwitterionic AIEgens: Rational Molecular Design for
NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Synergistic Phototherapy Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2007026.
- Unusual Light-Driven Amplification through Unexpected
Regioselective Photogeneration of a Five-Membered Azaheterocyclic AIEgen Chem.
Sci. 2021, 12, 709.
- Development of
Reaction-Based AIE Handy Pen for Visual Detection of Toxic Vapors ACS Mater. Lett. 2021, 3, 249.
2020
- Substitution
Activated Precise Phototheranostics through Supramolecular Assembly of
AIEgen and Calixarene J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 15966.
- Molecular Motions in AIEgen Crystals: Turning on
Photoluminescence by Force-Induced Filament Sliding J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 14608.
- Planar Plus Twisted Molecular Structure Leads to High
Brightness of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for NIR-IIa
Fluorescence Imaging J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 15146.
- Reverse Thinking of Aggregation-Induced Emission
Principle: Amplifying Molecular Motions to Boost Photothermal Efficiency
of Nanofibers Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 20371.
- Exosome-Mimetic Supramolecular Vesicles with Reversible
and Controllable Fusion and Fission Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 21510.
- Natural-Killer Cell-Inspired Nanorobots with
Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Near-Infrared-II
Fluorescence-Guided Gliomas Theranostics ACS Nano 2020, 14, .
- Controllable and Diversiform Topological Morphologies
of Self-Assembling Supra-Amphiphiles with Aggregation-Induced Emission
Characteristics for Mimicking Light-Harvesting Antenna Adv. Sci. 2020, 7, 2001909.
- An Intelligent AIEgen with Nonmonotonic
Multiresponses to Multistimuli Adv.
Sci. 2020, 7, 2001845.
- Less is More: Silver-AIE Core@Shell Nanoparticles for
Multimodality Cancer Imaging and Synergistic Therapy Biomaterials 2020, 238, 119834.
- Tuning Molecular Emission of Organic Emitters from
Fluorescence to Phosphorescence through Push-Pull Electronic Effects Nature Commun. 2020, 11,
2617.
- A Flexible Topo-optical Sensing Technology with
Ultrahigh Contrast Nature Commun. 2020,
11,
1448.
- Design of AIEgens for Near-Infrared IIb Imaging through Structural
Modulation at Molecular and Morphological Levels Nature Commun. 2020,
11,
1255.
- Tuning Push-Pull Electronic Effects of AIEgens to Boost
Theranostic Efficacy for Colon Cancer J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11442.
- Phage-Guided Targeting,
Discriminated Imaging and Synergistic Killing of Bacteria by AIE
Bioconjugates J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020,
142, .
- Tumor-Exocytosed Exosome/AIEgen Hybrid Nano-vesicles
Facilitate Efficient Tumor Penetration and Photodynamic Therapy Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13836.
- ACQ-to-AIE Transformation: Tuning Molecular Packing by
Regioisomerization for Two-photon NIR Bioimaging Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12822.
- Crystallization-Induced
Reverse from Dark to Bright Excited Statesfor Construction of Solid-Emission-Tunable
Squaraines Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 10136.
- Fluorescence
Self-reporting Precipitation Polymerization Based on Aggregation-Induced
Emission for Constructing Optical Nanoagents Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 10122.
- An AIE Conjugated Polymer with
Ultra-strong ROS Generation Ability and Great Biosafety for Efficient
Therapy of Bacterial Infection Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9952.
- A
Conjugated Polymeric Supramolecular Network with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Enhancement: An Efficient Light‐Harvesting System with an Ultrahigh Antenna Effect Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9908.
- Principles of
Aggregation-Induced Emission: Design of Deactivation Pathways for Advanced
AIEgens and Applications Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9856.
- Author Profile Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9811.
- Three-Pronged Attack by Homologous Far-Red/NIR AIEgens
to Achieve ‘1+1+1>3’ Synergistic Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9610.
- 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. 2020, 59, 9470.
- New Wine in Old Bottle:
Prolonging Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Crown Ethers by
Supramolecular Interactions Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9293.
- Dancing Brightly Under Light: Intriguing Photomechanical
Luminescence in Constructing Through-Space Conjugated AIEgens Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 8828.
- Unusual Through-Space Interactions between Oxygen Atoms
Mediate Inverse Morphochromism of an AIE Luminogen Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 8552.
- Multifunctional Au(I)-based AIEgens: Manipulating
Molecular Structures and Boosting Specific Cancer Cell Imaging and
Theranostics Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 7097.
- Achieving
Efficient Multichannel Conductance in Through-Space Conjugated
Single-Molecule Parallel Circuits Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 4581.
- Forster Resonance Energy Transfer: An
Efficient Way to Develop Stimulus-Responsive Room-Temperature
Phosphorescence Materials and Their Applications Matter 2020, 3, 449.
- Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens-Married 2D Black
Phosphorus Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Multimodal Theranostics Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2003382.
- An
All-Round Athlete on the Track of Phototheranostics: Subtly Regulate the
Balance between Radiative and Non-Radiative Decays for Multimodal
Imaging-Guided Synergistic Therapy Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2003210.
- Facile Synthesis of
Efficient Luminogens with AIE Features for Three-Photon Fluorescence
Imaging of the Brain through the Intact Skull Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2000364.
- Two Are Better than
One: A Design Principle for Ultralong Persistent Luminescence of Pure
Organics Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2001026.
- Biradical-Featured
Stable Organic-Small-Molecule Photothermal Materials for Highly Efficient
Solar-Driven Water Evaporation Adv. Mater. 2020,
32, 1908537.
- Bioinspired Simultaneous Changes in Fluorescence Color,
Brightness and Shape of Hydrogels Enabled by AIEgens Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1906493.
- A Multifunctional Blue-Emitting Material Designed via Tuning
Distribution of Hybridized Excited-State for High-Performance Blue and Host-Sensitized
OLEDs Adv. Mater. 2020, 30, 2002323.
- Molecular Engineering to Boost AIE-Active Free Radical
Photogenerators and Enable High-Performance Photodynamic Therapy under
Hypoxia Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020,
30, 2002057.
- A Multifunctional Bipolar Luminogen with Delayed
Fluorescence for High-Performance Monochromatic and Color-Stable
Warm-White OLEDs Adv. Funct. Mater.
2020, 30, 2000019.
- Mechanistic Study on High Efficiency Deep Blue
AIE-Based Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Magneto-Electroluminescence Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020,
30, 1908704.
- Constitutional Isomerization Enables Bright NIR-II
AIEgen for Brain-Inflammation Imaging Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1908125.
- Economic Sulfur Conversion to Functional Polythioamides
Through Catalyst-free Multicomponent Polymerizations of Sulfur, Acids, and
Amines J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 978.
- Time-Dependent
Solid-State Molecular Motion and Colour Tuning of Host-Guest Systems by
Organic Solvents Nature Commun. 2020, 11,
77.
- Multicolor
Tunable Polymeric Nanoparticle from Tetraphenylethylene-Cage for
Temperature Sensing in Living Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, .
- Red AIE-Active Fluorescent Probes with Tunable
Organelle-Specific Targeting Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1909268.
- Identification and
Single-Cell Analysis of Viable Circulating Tumor Cells by a
Mitochondrion-Specific AIE Bioprobe Adv.
Sci. 2020, 7, 1902760.
- Multifunctional Supramolecular Assemblies with Aggregation-Induced
Emission (AIE) for Cell Line Identification, Cell Contamination Evaluation
and Cancer Cell Discrimination ACS
Nano 2020, 14, .
- A
“Simple” Donor-Acceptor AIEgen with Multi-Stimuli Responsive Behavior Mater. Horiz. 2020, 7, 135.
- Boosting the Photodynamic Therapy
Efficiency by Using Stimuli-Responsive and AIE-featured Nanoparticles Biomaterials 2020, 232,
119749.
- Ultrafast Discrimination of Gram-Positive
Bacteria and Highly Efficient Photodynamic Antibacterial Therapy Using
Near-Infrared Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission
Characteristics Biomaterials 2020, 230,
119582.
- Selective Viable Cell Discrimination by a
Conjugated Polymer Featuring Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristic Biomaterials 2020, 230, 119658.
- Simultaneously Boosting Conjugation,
Brightness and Solubility of
Organic Fluorophore by AIEgen Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 8438.
- Cancer Cell Discrimination and Dynamic
Viability Monitoring through Wash-Free Bioimaging by AIEgens Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 7676.
- Endowing TADF Luminophors with AIE
Properties through Adjusting Flexible Dendrons for Highly Efficient
Solution-Processed Nondoped OLEDs Chem.
Sci. 2020, 11, 7194.
- pH-Responsive Au(I)-Disulfide Nanoparticles
with Tunable Aggregation-Induced Emission for Monitoring Intragastric
Acidity Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 6472.
- Visualizing Semipermeability of Cell
Membrane by a pH-responsive Ratiometric AIEgen Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 5753.
- One
Stone, Three Birds: One AIEgen with Three Colors for Fast Differentiating
Three Pathogens Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 4730.
- Fast
Surface Immobilization of Native Proteins through CatalystFree Amino-Yne
Click Bioconjugation Chem. Sci. 2020, 11,
3931.
- Type I Photosensitizers Based on Phosphindole
Oxide for Photodynamic Therapy: Apoptosis and Autophagy Induced by
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Chem.
Sci. 2020, 11, 3405.
- Polymorph Selectivity of AIE Luminogen under
Nano-Confinement to Visualize Polymer Microstructure Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 997.
- Highly Stable and Bright AIE Dots for
NIR-II Deciphering of Living Rats Nano
Today 2020, 34, 100893.
- Targeted
Theranostics for Tuberculosis: A Rifampicin-Loaded Aggregation-Induced
Emission Carrier for Granulomas Tracking and Anti-Infection ACS Nano 2020, 14, 8046.
- Evoking
Photothermy by Capturing Intramolecular Bond Stretching Vibration-Induced
Dark-State Energy ACS Nano 2020, 14, .
- Red AIE-Active Fluorescent Probes with Tunable
Organelle-Specific Targeting Adv.
Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1909268.
- Site-Selective, Multi-Step Functionalizations of CO2-Based
Hyperbranched Poly(alkynoate)s Toward Functional Polymetric Materials Adv. Sci. 2020, 7,
2000465.
- Identification
and Single-Cell Analysis of Viable Circulating Tumor Cells by a Mitochondrion-Specific
AIE Bioprobe Adv. Sci. 2020,
7, 1902760.
- Efficient Near-Infrared Photosensitizer
with Aggregation-Induced Emission for Imaging-Guided Photodynamic Therapy
in Multiple Xenograft Tumor Models ACS
Nano 2020, 14, .
- In Vivo Monitoring Tissue Regeneration by
A Ratiometric Lysosomal AIE Probe Chem.
Sci. 2020, 11, 3152.
- Highly Efficient Singlet Oxygen
Generation, Two-Photon Photodynamic Therapy and Melanoma Ablation by
Rationally Designed Mitochondria-Specific Near-Infrared AIEgens Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 2494.
- Manipulating Solid-State Intramolecular Motion towards
Controlled Fluorescence Patterns ACS
Nano 2020, 14, 2090.
2019
136.Photoresponsive
Spiro-polymers Generated In Situ by C–H-Activated
Polyspiroannulation Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 5483.
- 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 Commun. 2019, 10,
1595.
- Highly Efficient Photothermal Nanoagent Achieved by
Harvesting Energy via Excited-State Intramolecular Motion within
Nanoparticles Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 768.
- Boosting Fluorescence-Photoacoustic-Raman
Properties in One Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Surgery Chem 2019,
5, 2657.
- Dual-Color Emissive AIEgen for Specific
and Label-Free Double-Stranded DNA Recognition and Single Nucleotide
Polymorphisms Detection J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2019, 141, .
- 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.
- 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 ‘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
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- Red/NIR-Emissive Benzo[d]imidazole-Cored AIEgens:
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- Real-Time and High-Resolution
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(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).