Lecture：Functional materials withaggregation-induced emission features
Time：19 April, 16:00-17:30
Venue：Dongtang Hall, Building No.13
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Abstract
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) isa unique and abnormal fluorescence phenomenon that has attracted increasingresearch interest over the past decades. Since its discovery in 2001, manyAIE-active molecules with different structure, functional groups and opticalproperties have been reported. These AIE-active molecules can be furtherutilized to fabricate various functional materials, which have exhibited greatpotential for different applications [1].
The functionalmaterials with AIEgen inside created a unique research direction in both functionalmaterials and AIE research communities. In this talk, the progress of combiningpolymers with AIEgens to form functional materials has been updated, especiallytheir applications for visualization, monitoring, sensing and detecting havebeen emphasized. A few case studies in our group for AIE hydrogels inbiomedical applications have been highlighted [2-4].
The recently developed vortex fluidicdevice (VFD) is a relatively inexpensive research tool for controlling chemicalreactivity and selectivity, materials synthesis and probing the structure ofself-organized systems, offering a range of benefits over conventionalprocessing [5]. Here, a few case studies will also be talked todemonstrate the innovation of combining AIE and VFD together to form AIEhydrogels as well [6-8]
Thissignificant strategy in functionalised materials with AIE features has thepotential for developing more efficient techniques for characterizing advancednanomaterials and understanding biological processes and detection methodologies.
Reference
[1] J Mei, Y Hong, JWY Lam,A Qin, Y Tang, BZ Tang. Aggregation-induced emission: The whole is morebrilliant than the parts. Advanced Materials 2014, 26: 5429-5479.
[2] J Tavakoli, E Laisak, MGao, Y Tang. AIEgen quantitatively monitoring the release of Ca2+during swelling and degradation process in alginate hydrogels. MaterialsScience and Engineering C 2019, 104, 109951.
[3] J Tavakoli, J Gascooke,N Xie, BZ Tang, Y Tang. Enlightening freeze-thaw process of physicallycross-linked poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogels by aggregation-induced emissionfluorogens. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2019, 1(6), 1390-1398.
[4] J Tavakoli, H Zhang, BZTang, Y Tang. Aggregation-induced emission lights up the swelling process: Anew technique for swelling characterization of hydrogels. MaterialsChemistry Frontiers 2019, 3(4), 664-667.
[5] J Britton, KA Stubbs,GA Weiss, CL Raston. Vortex fludic chemical transformations. Chemistry-A EuropeanJournal 2017, 23: 13270-13278.
[6] J Tavakoli, S Pye, AHMMReza, N Xie, J Qin, CL Raston, BZ Tang, Y Tang. Tuning aggregation-inducedemission nanoparticle properties under thin film formation. MaterialsChemistry Frontiers 2020, 4, 537-545.
[7] J Tavakoli, N Joseph,CL Raston, Y Tang. A hyper-branched polymer tunes the size and enhances thefluorescent properties of aggregation-induced emission nanoparticles. NanoscaleAdvances 2020, 2 (2), 633-641
[8] J Tavakoli, C Raston, YMa, Y Tang. Vortex fluidic mediated one-step fabrication of polyvinyl alcoholhydrogel films with tunable surface morphologies and enhanced self-healingproperties. Science China Materials 2020, DOI.: 10.1007/s40843-020-1301-y
Bio:
Dr Youhong Tang is a Professorand was an Australian Research Council-Discovery Early Career Researcher(ARC-DECRA) in Flinders University. Currently, he is the Deputy Director ofInternational Laboratory for Health Technologies and Deputy Director of ACSRF-Joint ResearchCentre on Personal Health Technologies, a research leader in Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology (ERA rank 5 in nanotechnology) and Medical DeviceResearch Institute (ERA rank 5 in materials engineering) in FlindersUniversity, Australia. He was elected as a Project Management Professional ofProject Management Institute (PMI), US in 2008, a Fellow of Royal Society ofChemistry (FRSC), UK in 2018 and a Fellow of the Royal Australian ChemicalInstitute (FRACI), Australia in 2021.
Dr Tang obtained his PhD degree in the Hong KongUniversity of Science and Technology in 2007 and moved to Flinders Universityin 2012 from the University of Sydney. He is a material science and engineeringresearcher with research interests mainly focused on (1) Structure-processing-propertyrelationship of polymeric (nano)materials; (2) Biomaterials, biosensors and theirdevices with aggregation-induced emission features.
