赵祖金

▎基本信息

▎研究方向

▎招生专业

▎教育与工作经历 

▎科研与教学情况

  长期从事有机光电功能材料的光电机制研究和高性能功能材料开发，主要研究方向包括 (1)空间共轭新材料和多通道单分子导线；(2)聚集诱导发光材料的合成、机理及应用。已经在Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.、Adv. Mater.、Adv. Funct. Mater.、Chem. Sci.、Small、Chem. Commun.、Org. Lett.、J. Mater. Chem., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces、Chem. Eur. J.等国际期刊上共发表SCI论文112篇（第一作者/通讯作者72篇；IF > 5的52篇），引用2500余次；有5篇入选ESI高被引论文；h因子29。研究成果受到国内外同行的高度关注和正面评价，所提出的新方法和新理论被同行专家采纳和引用，并相继被MaterialsViews和Nature Index等专题亮点报道。授权中国专利7项。在国际会议上作特邀报告6次。撰写英文专著2章。承担国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目各1项，浙江省自然科学基金一般项目1项等；参加“973”项目1项，教育部“创新团队发展计划”项目1项，国家重大研究计划（培育项目）1项等。2014年，获得广东省自然科学杰出青年基金项目资助。指导博士生获国家奖学金1人次，优博基金特等资助1人次、一等资助1人次、二等资助1人次；指导硕士生获国家奖学金3人次。

获奖情况：

• 2014年获得广东省自然科学杰出青年基金资助

• 2014年入选 广东省高等学校第八批“千百十人才培养工程”（校级）

• 2013年入选华南理工大学第三批“杰出人才引进计划”

• 2011年入选杭州市131第三层次人才

• 2011年被评为优秀科研工作者

主要科研项目：

1.项目名称：具有聚集诱导发光和热激活延迟荧光特性的新型发光材料的设计合成与应用；经费来源：广东省自然科学杰出青年基金项目，100万；起止年月：2014.10—2018.10。项目负责人。

2.项目名称：基于四苯基乙烯的折叠型空间共轭有机高分子：分子设计、合成、性能和应用；项目编号：51273053；经费来源：国家自然科学基金，80万；面上项目；起止年月：2013.1—2016.12。项目负责人。

3.项目名称：聚集诱导发光增强的折叠型空间共轭新材料；项目编号：2013ZZ0002；经费来源：中央高校基本科研业务费，20万；重点项目；起止年月：2013.1—2014.12。项目负责人。

4.项目名称：基于新型噻咯分子的线性和超支化功能高分子的设计、合成及应用; 项目编号：21104012；经费来源：国家自然科学基金，26万；青年项目；起止年月：2012.1—2014.12。项目负责人。

5.项目名称：新型高效有机硼类光电功能材料的合成与应用；项目编号：Y4110331；经费来源：浙江省自然科学基金，9万；一般项目；起止年月：2011.1—2013.12。项目负责人。

6.项目名称：高效率、低成本有机高分子发光材料研究，国家重点基础研究计划（973计划），起止年月： 2015.1—2019.12。主要参与者。

7.项目名称：手性分子合成组装及应用；项目编号：IRT 1231；经费来源：教育部“创新团队发展计划”，300万；起止年月：2013.1—2015.12。主要参与者。

8.项目名称：通过调控构筑基元的几何构型实现超分子聚合物的可控聚合；项目编号：91127032；经费来源：国家重大研究计划-可控自组装体系及功能化（培育项目）；70万；起止年月：2012.1—2014.12。主要参与者。

9.项目名称：强荧光稀土高分子复合材料的原位聚合及性能研究; 项目编号: 2010R50017；经费来源：浙江省重点科技创新团队项目, 15万；起止年月：2012.1—2013.12。主要参与者。

成果专利：

1、Ben Zhong Tang, Zujin Zhao（赵祖金）, Ka Wai Jim, Wing Yip Lam, Shuming Chen, Hoi Sing Kwok, LIGHT EMITTING TETRAPHENYLENE DERIVATIVES, ITS METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH SUCH DERIVATIVES, 美国专利，专利号：WO 2011/106990 A1，公开日期：2012年11月29日。

2、唐本忠, 赵祖金, 詹嘉慧, 林荣业, 陈树明, 郭海成，四苯乙烯发光衍生物、其制备方法以及使用该衍生物的发光器件，中国专利，专利号：CN102858911 A，公开日期：2012年11月29日。

3、赵祖金、常峥峰、林莉雅、叶尚辉、刘云圻、冯海柯、邱化玉，一类基于四取代芘的发光材料及其制备方法与应用，中国专利，专利号：CN102363623A，公开日期：2012年2月29日。

4、赵祖金，常峥峰，江鹏，陈健，邱化玉，一类含硼发光材料及其制备方法与应用，中国专利，专利号：CN102899027B，公开日期：2014年3月12日。

5、赵祖金、郭延举、冯海柯、邱化玉，一类硅杂环戊烯类化合物的制备方法，中国专利，专利号：CN102304144A，公开日期：2012年1月4日。

6、邱化玉、郭延举、冯海柯、赵祖金、尹守春，一类硅杂桥环烯类化合物的制备方法，中国专利，专利号：CN102286014A，公开日期：2011年12月21日。

7、尹守春、张靖、冯海柯、赵祖金、邱化玉，含联三吡啶的不同噻咯类化合物及其制备方法和用途，中国专利，专利号：CN102286015A，公开日期：2011年12月21日。

8、冯海柯、郭延举、赵祖金、邱化玉，一种噻咯类衍生物及其制备方法和应用，中国专利，专利号：CN102229617A，公开日期：2011年11月2日。

9、唐本忠、陈龙、赵祖金、秦安军、胡蓉蓉，一种具有空间共轭效应的折叠有机分子及制备方法和应用，申请号：201510006784.3，申请日期：2015年1月1日。

10、唐本忠、陈龙、赵祖金、秦安军、胡蓉蓉，一种含四苯基乙烯的有机半导体材料及其制备方法和应用，申请号：201410228560.2，申请日期：2014年5月28日。

11、曹志海，徐畅，赵祖金，戚栋明，一种水溶性引发剂引发的细乳液聚合制备聚集诱导发光型聚合物荧光纳米粒子的方法，申请号：201510018731.3，申请日期：2015年1月14日。

12、曹志海，徐畅，赵祖金，戚栋明，一种油溶性引发剂引发的细乳液聚合制备聚集诱导发光型聚合物荧光纳米粒子的方法，申请号：201510018483.2，申请日期：2015年1月14日。

文章列表：

2016

• Baiquan Liu, Han Nie, Xingbang Zhou, Shiben Hu, Dongxiang Luo, Dongyu Gao, Jianhua Zou,* Miao Xu, Lei Wang, Zujin Zhao,* Anjun Qin, Junbiao Peng, Honglong Ning,* Yong Cao, Ben Zhong Tang, Manipulation of Charge and Exciton Distribution Based on Blue Aggregation-Induced Emission Fluorophors: A Novel Concept to Achieve High-Performance Hybrid White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26, 776.

• Bin Chen, Guangxue Feng, Bairong He, Chiching Goh, Shidang Xu, Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz, Laura Aparicio-Ixta, Jian Zhou, Laiguan Ng, Zujin Zhao,* Bin Liu,* Ben Zhong Tang*, Silole-based Red Fluorescent Organic Dots for Bright Two-Photon Fluorescence in vitro Cell and in vivo Blood Vessel Imaging, Small, 2016, 12, 782.

• Zheng-Feng Chang, Ling-Min Jing, Bin Chen, Mengshi Zhang, Xiaolei Cai, Jun-Jie Liu, Yan-Chun Ye, Xiaoding Lou,* Zujin Zhao,* Jin-Liang Wang*, Bin Liu,* Ben Zhong Tang, Red-emissive AIE molecules with large two-photon absorption cross sections and application in live cell imaging, Chemical Science, 2016, In press.

• Han Nie, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Non-Doped Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, Material Matters, 2016, In press.

• Xuemei Xu, Wei Zhao, Pengcheng Gao, Xuemei Zeng, Huiqing Li, Guang Feng, Zujin Zhao, Xiaoding Lou,* Coordination of the Electrical and Optical Signals Revealing the Nanochannel with “Onion-like” Gating Mechanism and its Sensing Application, NPG Asia Materials, 2016, 8, e234.

• Heping Shi, Dehua Xin, Xinggui Gu, Pengfei Zhang, Huiren Peng, Shuming Chen,* Gengwei Lin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* The synthesis of novel AIE Emitters with triphenylethene-carbazole skeleton and para-/meta- substituted arylboron groups and their application in efficient non-doped OLEDs, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4, 1228.

• Long Chen, Chongyang Zhang, Gengwei Lin, Han Nie, Wenwen Luo, Zeyang Zhuang, Siyang Ding, Rongrong Hu, Shi-Jian Su, Fei Huang, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Solution-processable, star-shaped bipolar tetraphenylethene derivatives for the fabrication of efficient nondoped OLEDs, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4, 2775. (Highlighted as Back Cover)

• Shifeng Gan, Wenwen Luo, Bairong He, Long Chen, Han Nie, Rongrong Hu, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang*, Integration of aggregation-induced emission and delayed fluorescence into electronic donor-acceptor conjugates,Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4, DOI: 10.1039/c5tc03588k. (Hot Article 2015)

• Tingzhong Li, Sicong He, Jianan Qu, Hao Wu, Shuizhu Wu, Zujin Zhao, Anjun Qin, Rongrong Hu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Thermoresponsive AIE polymers with fine-tuned response temperature, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4, 2964.

• Yuan Zhuang, Qi Xu, Fujian Huang, Pengcheng Gao, Zujin Zhao, Xiaoding Lou,* Fan Xia, A Ratiometric Fluorescent Bioprobe for Highly Reproducible Detection of Telomerase in Bloody Urines of Bladder Cancer Patients, ACS Sensors, 2016, In press.

• Xiaoding Lou, Mengshi Zhang, Zujin Zhao, Xuehong Min, Abdul Hakeem, Pengcheng Gao, Fan Xia, A Superior Photostable AIE Fluorogen for Lysosome-Targetable Imaging of Living Cells, Nanoscale, 2016, Submitted.

• Bin Chen, Han Nie, Rongrong Hu, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Red fluorescent siloles with aggregation-enhanced emission characteristics, Science China Chemistry, 2016, Accepted.

• Jian Zhou,* Bairong He, Jiayun Xiang, Bin Chen, Gengwei Lin, Wenwen Luo, Xiaoding Lou, Shuming Chen,* Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang, Tuning the AIE activities and emission wavelengths of tetraphenylethene-containing luminogens, ChemistrySelect, 2016, DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600008.

• Lingxiang Pan, Wenwen Luo, Ming Chen, Junkai Liu, Lu Xu, Rongrong Hu, Zujin Zhao, Anjun Qin,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Tetraphenylpyrazine-based luminogens with aggregation-enhanced emission characteristics: preparation and property, Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, Accepted.

2015

• Long Chen, Ya-Hao Wang, Bairong He, Han Nie, Rongrong Hu, Fei Huang, Anjun Qin, Xiao-Shun Zhou,* Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Multichannel Conductance of Folded Single-Molecule Wires Aided by Through-Space Conjugation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 4231.

• Fan Bu, Ruihong Duan, Yujun Xie, Yuanping Yi, Qian Peng,* Rongrong Hu, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Unusual Aggregation-Induced Emission of a Coumarin Derivative as a Result of the Restriction of Intramolecular Twisting Motion, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 14492.

• Zujin Zhao,* Bairong He, Ben Zhong Tang,* Aggregation-induced emission of siloles, Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 5347.

• Ming Chen, Lingzhi Li, Han Nie, Jiaqi Tong, Lulin Yan, Bin Xu, Jing Zhi Sun, Wenjing Tian, Zujin Zhao, Anjun Qin,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Tetraphenylpyrazine-based AIEgens: facile preparation and tunable light emission, Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 1932.

• Qiuhua Zhu, Yilin Zhang, Lan Huang, Han Nie, Zujin Zhao, Shuwen Liu,* Kam Sing Wong,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Insight into the Strong Aggregation-Induced Emission of Low-Conjugated Racemic C6-Unsubstituted Tetrahydropyrimidines through Crystal-Structure-Property Relationship of Polymorphs, Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 4690.

• Xun-Gao Liu*, Hui Wang, Bin Chen, Yang Zou, Zhi-Guo Gu, Zujin Zhao*, Liang Shen, A luminescent metal-organic framework constructed by a tetraphenylethene-based ligand for sensing volatile organic compounds, Chemical Communication, 2015, 51, 1677.

• Han Nie, Bin Chen, Changyun Quan, Jian Zhou, Huayu Qiu, Rongrong Hu, Shi-Jian Su, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Modulation of aggregation-induced emission and electroluminescence of silole derivatives by a covalent bonding pattern, Chemistry‒A European Journal, 2015, 21, 8137.

• Fan Bu, Erjing Wang, Qian Peng, Rongrong Hu, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Structural and theoretical insights into the AIE attribute of phosphindole oxide: the balance between rigidity and flexibility, Chemistry‒A European Journal, 2015, 21 4440.

• Chao Zheng, Haiqin Deng, Zujin Zhao, Anjun Qin, Rongrong Hu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Multicomponent Tandem Reactions and Polymerizations of Alkynes, Carbonyl Chlorides, and Thiols, Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 1941.

• Weizhang Li, Xiuying Wu, Zujin Zhao, Anjun Qin, Rongrong Hu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Catalyst-Free, Atom-Economic, Multicomponent Polymerizations of Aromatic Diynes, Elemental Sulfur, and Aliphatic Diamines toward Luminescent Polythioamides, Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 7747.

• Yong Liu, Jia Wang, Die Huang, Jie Zhang, Shang Guo, Rongrong Hu, Zujin Zhao, Anjun Qin,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Synthesis of 1,5-regioregular polytriazoles by efficient NMe4OH-mediated azide-alkyne click polymerization, Polymer Chemistry, 2015, 6, 5545.

• Zhihai Cao,* Chang Xu, Lihua Liang, Bin Chen, Zujin Zhao,* Hangnan Chen, Gan Qu, Dongming Qi,* Guorong Shan, Ulrich Ziener, A Green Miniemulsion-Based Synthesis of Polymeric Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles, Polymer Chemistry, 2015, 6, 6378.

• Mengxia Gao, Yue Wu, Bin Chen, Bairong He, Han Nie, Tingyan Li, Fupeng Wu, Wenjun Zhou, Jian Zhou,* Zujin Zhao,* Di(naphthalen-2-yl)-1,2-diphenylethene-based conjugated polymers: aggregation-enhanced emission and explosive detection, Polymer Chemistry, 2015, 6, 7641. (Highlighted as Back Cover)

• Zhiming Wang, Han Nie, Zhenqiang Yu, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang*, Multiple stimuli-responsive and reversible fluorescence switches based on a diethylamino-functionalized tetraphenylethene, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 3, 9103. (Hot Article 2015)

• Jiayun Xiang, Xiaolei Cai, Xiaoding Lou, Guangxue Feng, Xuehong Min, Wenwen Luo, Bairong He, Chi Ching Goh, Lai Guan Ng, Jian Zhou, Zujin Zhao,* Bin Liu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Biocompatible Green and Red Fluorescent Organic Dots with Remarkably Large Two-Photon Action Cross Sections for Targeted Cellular Imaging and Real-Time Intravital Blood Vascular Visualization, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 14965.

• Bole Yu, Ying Chen, Pingping Duan, Shifeng Gan, Mei Hong,* Zujin Zhao,* Jing Zhao,* Rhodium-catalyzed C–H activation of hydrazines leads to isoquinolones with tunable aggregation-induced emission property, Chemical Communication, 2015, 51, 14365.

• Bairong He, Han Nie, Long Chen, Xiaoding Lou, Rongrong Hu, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* High fluorescence efficiencies and large Stokes shifts of folded fluorophores consisting of a pair of alkenyl-tethered, π-stacked oligo-p-phenylenes, Organic Letters, 2015, 17, 6174.

• Yuan Zhuang, Mengshi Zhang, Bin Chen, Ruixue Duan, Xuehong Min, Zhenyu Zhang, Fuxin Zheng, Huageng Liang, Zujin Zhao, Xiaoding Lou,* Fan Xia, Quencher Group Induced High Specificity Detection of Telomerase in Clear and Bloody Urines by AIEgens, Analytical Chemistry, 2015, 87, 9487.

• Long Chen, Han Nie, Bin Chen, Gengwei Lin, Wenwen Luo, Rongrong Hu, Fei Huang, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* 2,5-Dicarbazole-functioned siloles with aggregation-enhanced emission for the application in OLEDs, Journal of Photonics for Energy, 2015, 5, 053598.

• Changyun Quan, Han Nie, Rongrong Hu, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* A Silole-Based Efficient Electroluminescent Material with Good Electron-Transporting Potential, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 33, 842.(Highlighted as Front Cover)

• Jiayun Xiang, Han Nie, Yibin Jiang, Jian Zhou, Hoi Sing Kwok, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Blue fluorophores comprised of tetraphenylethene and imidazole: aggregation-induced emission and electroluminescence, Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2015, 8, 274.

• Changyun Quan, Han Nie, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* N-type Organic Luminescent Materials Based on Siloles with Aggregation-Enhanced Emission, Proc. SPIE 9566, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices XIX, 95660C (22 September 2015); doi:10.1117/12.2187863.

2014

• Long Chen, Yibin Jiang, Han Nie, Ping Lu, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Hoi Sing Kwok, Fei Huang, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Creation of bifunctional materials: Improve electron-transporting ability of light emitters based on AIE-active 2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsiloles, Advanced Functional Materials, 2014, 24, 3621.

• Long Chen, Yibin Jiang, Han Nie, Rongrong Hu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Fei Huang, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Rational design of aggregation-induced emission luminogen with weak electron donor-acceptor interaction to achieve highly efficient undoped bilayer OLEDs, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6, 17215.

• Xiaoding Lou, Zujin Zhao, Chao Dong, Xuehong Min, Yuan Zhuang, Xuemei Xu, Fan Xia,* Ben Zhong Tang,* A new turn-on chemosensor for bio-thiols based on the nanoaggregates of tetraphenylethene-coumarin fluorophore, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 14691.

• Zujin Zhao,* Bin Chen, Junlong Geng, Zhengfeng Chang, Laura Aparicio-Ixta, Han Nie, Chi Ching Goh, Lai Guan Ng, Anjun Qin, Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz, Bin Liu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Red emissive biocompatible nanoparticles from tetraphenylethene-decorated BODIPY luminogens for two-photon excited fluorescence cellular imaging and mouse brain blood vascular visualization, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2014, 31, 481.

This work on the development of red emissive biocompatible nanoparicles for two-photon excited fluorescence cellular imaging and vascular visualization was highlighted by Particle & Particle Systems Characterization as a cover image.

• Bin Chen, Han Nie, Ping Lu, Jian Zhou, Anjun Qin, Huayu Qiu, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Conjugation versus rotation: good conjugation weakens aggregation-induced emission effect of siloles, Chemical Communication, 2014, 50, 4500.

• Zujin Zhao,* Bairong He, Han Nie, Bin Chen, Ping Lu, Anjun Qin, Ben Zhong Tang,* Stereoselective synthesis of folded luminogens with arene-arene stacking interactions and aggregation-enhanced emission, Chemical Communication, 2014, 50, 1131.

• Carrie Y. K. Chan, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Zujin Zhao, Shuming Chen, Ping Lu, Herman H. Y. Sung, Hoi Sing Kwok, Yuguang Ma, Ian D. Williams, Ben Zhong Tang,* Aggregation-induced emission, mechanochromism and blue electroluminescence of carbazole and triphenylamine-substituted ethenes, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014, 2, 4320.

• Bin Chen, Yibin Jiang, Long Chen, Han Nie, Bairong He, Ping Lu, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Hoi Sing Kwok, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* 2,5-Difluorenyl-substituted siloles for the fabrication of high-performance yellow organic light-emitting diodes, Chemistry–A European Journal, 2014, 20, 1931.

• Bin Chen, Yibin Jiang, Bairong He, Jian Zhou, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Ping Lu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Huayu Qiu, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Synthesis, structure, photoluminescence and electroluminescence of siloles that contain planar fluorescent chromophores, Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2014, 9, 2937.

• Bairong He, Zhengfeng Chang, Yibin Jiang, Xiaofei Xu, Ping Lu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Jian Zhou, Huayu Qiu, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Piezochromic luminescent and electroluminescent materials comprised of tetraphenylethene plus spirobifluorene or 9,9-diphenylfluorene, Dyes and Pigments, 2014, 106, 87.

• Xiaofei Xu, Shanghui Ye, Bairong He, Bin Chen, Jian Zhou, Ping Lu, Zujin Zhao,* Huayu Qiu,* Dimesitylboryl-functionalized fluorene derivatives: promising luminophors with good electron-transporting ability for deep blue organic light-emitting diodes, Dyes and Pigments, 2014, 101, 136.

• Bairong He, Zhengfeng Chang, Yibin Jiang, Bin Chen, Ping Lu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao,* Huayu Qiu,* Impacts of intramolecular B–N coordination on photoluminescence, electronic structure and electroluminescence of tetraphenylethene-based luminogens, Dyes and Pigments, 2014, 101, 247.

• Zhounan Yue, Yuk Fai Cheung, Hoi Wai Choi, Zujin Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang, Kam Sing Wong,* White Light Emission From InGaN/organic Molecule Light-Emitting Diode, 10th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2014.

2013

• Dan Ding, Chi Ching Goh, Guangxue Feng, Zujin Zhao, Jie Liu, Rongrong Liu, Nikodem Tomczak, Junlong Geng, Ben Zhong Tang,* Lai Guan Ng,* Bin Liu,* Ultrabright organic dots with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for real-time two-photon intravital vasculature imaging, Advanced Materials, 2013, 25, 6083.

• Kai Li, Zhenshu Zhu, Pingqiang Cai, Rongrong Liu, Nikodem Tomczak, Dan Ding, Jie Liu, Wei Qin, Zujin Zhao, Yong Hu, Xiaodong Chen, Ben Zhong Tang,* Bin Liu,* Organic dots with aggregation-induced emission (AIE dots) characteristics for dual-color cell tracing, Chemistry of Materials, 2013, 25, 4181.

• Jian Zhou, Zhengfeng Chang, Yibin Jiang, Bairong He, Man Du, Ping Lu, Yuning Hong, Hoi Sing Kwok, Anjun Qin, Huayu Qiu, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* From tetraphenylethene to tetranaphthylethene: structural evolution in AIE luminogen continues, Chemical Communication, 2013, 49, 2491.

This work on the mechanism of AIE phenomenon was highlighted by Chemical Communication as a cover image.

• Zhengfeng Chang, Yibin Jiang, Bairong He, Jian Chen, Zhiyong Yang, Ping Lu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Zujin Zhao,* Huayu Qiu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Aggregation-enhanced emission and efficient electroluminescence of tetraphenylethene-cored luminogens, Chemical Communication, 2013, 49, 594.

• Zujin Zhao,* Zhengfeng Chang, Bairong He, Bin Chen, Chunmei Deng, Ping Lu,  Huayu Qiu,* Aggregation-Induced emission and efficient solid-state fluorescence from tetraphenylethene-based N,C-chelate four-coordinate organoborons, Chemistry–A European Journal, 2013, 19, 11512.

• Zujin Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ben Zhong Tang,* Self-assembly of organic luminophors with gelation-enhanced emission characteristics, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 4564.

• Zhengfeng Chang, Shanghui Ye, Bairong He, Zirong Bei, Liya Lin, Ping Lu, Bin Chen, Zujin Zhao,* Huayu Qiu,* Efficient electroluminescence from excimers of 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(3,5-dimethylphenyl)pyrene, Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 2013, 8, 444.

• Jian Zhou, Bairong He, Bin Chen, Ping Lu, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Anjun Qin, Huayu Qiu, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Deep blue fluorescent 2,5-bis(phenylsilyl)-substituted 3,4-diphenylsiloles: synthesis, structure and aggregation-induced emission, Dyes and Pigments, 2013, 99, 520.

• Zhounan Yue, Yuk Fai Cheung, Hoi Wai Choi, Zujin Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang, Kam Sing Wong,* Hybrid GaN/Organic white light emitters with aggregation induced emission organic molecule, Optical Materials Express, 2013, 3, 1906.

• Bairong He, Shanghui Ye, Yanju Guo, Bin Chen, Xiaofei Xu, Huayu Qiu, Zujin Zhao,* Aggregation-enhanced emission and efficient electroluminescence of conjugated polymers containing tetraphenylethene units,Science in China B: Chemistry 2013, 56, 1221

2012

• Carrie Y. K. Chan, Zujin Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Jianzhao Liu, Shuming Chen, Ping Lu, Faisal Mahtab, Xiaojun Chen, Herman H. Y. Sung, Hoi Sing Kwok, Yuguang Ma, Ian D. Williams, Kam Sing Wong, Ben Zhong Tang,* Efficient light emitters in the solid state: synthesis, aggregation-induced emission, electroluminescence, and sensory properties of luminogens with benzene cores and multiple triarylvinyl peripherals, Advanced Functional Materials, 2012, 22, 378.

• Yong Yu, Jianzhao Liu, Zujin Zhao, Ka Ming Ng,* Kathy Qian Luo,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Facile preparation of non-self-quenching fluorescent DNA strands with the degree of labeling up to the theoretic limit, Chemical Communication, 2012, 48, 6360.

• Zujin Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ben Zhong Tang,* Tetraphenylethene: a versatile AIE luminogen for the construction of efficient luminescent materials for organic light-emitting diodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 23726.

• Tao Jiang, Wei Qin, Yibing Jiang, Shuming Chen, Yahong Lu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Bairong He, Ping Lu, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Hoi Sing Kwok, Zujin Zhao*, Huayu Qiu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Naphthalene-substituted 2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsiloles: synthesis, structure, aggregation-induced emission and efficient electroluminescence, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 20266.

• Zujin Zhao*, Junlong Geng, Zhengfeng Chang, Shuming Chen, Chunmei Deng, Tao Jiang, Wei Qin, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Hoi Sing Kwok, Huayu Qiu, Bin Liu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* A tetraphenylethene-based red luminophor for efficient non-doped electroluminescence device and cellular imaging, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 11018.

• Shuming Chen,* Qin Wei, Zujin Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang, Hoi Sing Kwok, One-step prepared nanoparticles as scattering media for extracting substrate waveguide light of organic light-emitting diodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 13386.

• Zujin Zhao, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Shuming Chen, Chunmei Deng, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Cathy K. W. Jim, Yuning Hong, Ping Lu, Zhengfeng Chang, Xiaopeng Chen, Lu Ping, Hoi Sing Kwok, Huayu Qiu, Ben Zhong Tang,* Using tetraphenylethene and carbazole to create efficient luminophors with aggregation-induced emission, high thermal stability, and good hole-transporting property, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 4527.

• Zujin Zhao, Yanju Guo, Tao Jiang, Zhengfeng Chang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Liwen Xu, Huayu Qiu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* A fully substituted 3-silolene that functions as promising building block for hyperbranched poly(silylenevinylene), Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 2012, 33, 1074.

• Cathy K. W. Jim, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao, Jianzhao Liu, Yuning Hong, Ben Zhong Tang,* Luminescent and light refractive polymers: synthesis and optical and photonic properties of poly(arylene ethynylene)s carrying silole and tetraphenylethene luminogenic units, Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 2012, 33, 568.

• Zujin Zhao*, Shuming Chen, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Cathy K. W. Jim, Ping Lu, Zhengfeng Chang, Miaomiao Xue, Hoi Sing Kwok, Huayu Qiu, Ben Zhong Tang,* A facile and versatile approach to efficient luminescent materials for the application in organic light-emitting diodes, Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 2012, 7, 484.

• Shuming Chen*, Zujin Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang, Hoi Sing Kwok, Growth methods, enhanced photoluminescence, highly hydrophobic and light scattering of 4,4’-bis(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)biphenyl nanowires, Organic Electronics 2012, 13, 1996.

• Zujin Zhao, Tao Jiang, Yanjiu Guo, Liyuan Ding, Bairong He, Zhengfeng Chang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Jianzhao Liu, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Ping Lu, Liwen Xu, Huayu Qiu,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Silole-containing poly(silylenevinylene)s: synthesis, characterization, aggregation-enhanced emission and explosive detection, Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2012, 50, 2265. (

• Shouchun Yin, Jing Zhang, Haike Feng, Zujin Zhao, Liwen Xu, Huayu Qiu,* Ben Zhong Tang, Zn2+-selective fluorescent turn-on chemosensor based on terpyridine-substituted siloles. Dyes and Pigments 2012, 95, 174. (IF: 3.468)

• Miaomiao Xue, Liya Lin, Liyuan Ding, Yahong Lu, Bairong He, Yuan Deng, Yanju Guo, Yuning Hong, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Huayu Qiu, Zujin Zhao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* One-pot condensation of 2- and 2,5-halo-substituted benzophenones for the synthesis of halo-substituted 9,10-diphenylanthracenes, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012, 1, 331.

• Carrie Y. K. Chan, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Zujin Zhao, Na Zhao, Chunmei Deng, Shuming Chen, Ping Lu, Herman H. Y. Sung, Hoi Sing Kwok, Yuguang Ma, Ian D. Williams, Ben Zhong Tang,* A facile approach to highly efficient and thermally stable solid state emitters: Knitting up AIE-active TPE luminogens by aryl linkers, ChemPlusChem, 2012, 77, 949.

2011

• Zujin Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Shuming Chen, Jianzhao Liu, Ping Lu, Mario Rodriguez, José-Luis Maldonado, Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Huimin Su, Kam Sing Wong, Yuguang Ma, Hoi Sing Kwok, Huayu Qiu, Ben Zhong Tang,* Stereoselective synthesis, efficient light emission, and high bipolar charge mobility of chiasmatic luminogens, Advanced Materials, 2011, 23, 5430.

• Zujin Zhao, Ping Lu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Zhiming Wang, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Yuguang Ma, Ben Zhong Tang,* Molecular anchors in the solid state: Restriction of intramolecular rotation boosts emission efficiency of luminogen aggregates to unity, Chemical Science 2011, 2, 672.

• Zujin Zhao, Chunmei Deng, Shuming Chen, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ping Lu, Zhiming Wang, Hoi Sing Kwok, Yuguang Ma, Huayu Qiu, Ben Zhong Tang,* Full emission color luminogens based on tetraphenylethene, benzo-2,1,3-thiadiazole and thiophene building blocks, Chemical Communication, 2011, 47, 8847.

• Zujin Zhao, Zhefeng Li, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Jose-Luis Maldonado, Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz, Yang Liu, Wangzhang Yuan, Jianbin Xu, Qian Miao,* Ben Zhong Tang,* High hole mobility of 1,2-bis[4′-(diphenylamino)biphenyl-4-yl]-1,2-diphenylethene in field effect transistor, Chemical Communication, 2011, 47, 6924.

• Ju Mei, Jian Wang, Anjun Qin, Hui Zhao, Wangzhang Yuan, Zujin Zhao, Herman H. Y. Sung, Chunmei Deng, Shuang Zhang, Ian D. Williams, Jing Zhi Sun,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Construction of soft porous crystal with silole derivative: strategy of framework design, multiple structural transformability and mechanofluorochromism, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 22, 4290.

• Zujin Zhao, Shuming Chen, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Zhiming Wang, Ping Lu, Faisal Mahtab, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Yuguang Ma, Hoi Sing Kwok, Ben Zhong Tang,* Pyrene-substituted ethenes: aggregation-enhanced excimer emission and highly efficient electroluminescence, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21, 7210.

• Zujin Zhao*, Shuming Chen, Chunmei Deng, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Ping Lu, Zhiming Wang, Bingbing Hu, Xiaopeng Chen, Ping Lu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Yuguang Ma, Huayu Qiu, Ben Zhong Tang,* Construction of efficient solid emitters with conventional chromophores and AIE luminogens for blue organic light-emitting diodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21, 10949.

• Zujin Zhao, Dandan Liu, Faisal Mahtab, Linyuan Xin, Zhongfang Shen, Yong Yu, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Ping Lu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Bing Yang, Yuguang Ma, Ben Zhong Tang,* Synthesis, structure, aggregation-induced emission, self-assembly, and electron mobility of 2,5-bis(triphenylsilylethynyl)-3,4-diphenylsiloles, Chemistry–A European Journal, 2011, 17, 5998.

• Zujin Zhao*, Shanghui Ye, Yanju Guo, Zhengfeng Chang, Liya Lin, Tao Jiang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ping Lu, Huayu Qiu, Yunqi Liu,* Ben Zhong Tang, 1,3,6,8-Tetrakis[(triisopropylsilyl)ethynyl]pyrene: a highly efficient solid-state emitter for non-doped yellow electroluminescence devices, Organic Electronics 2011, 12, 2236.

• Zujin Zhao*, Jianzhao Liu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Huayu Qiu, Ben Zhong Tang,* Luminescent aggregates of a starburst silole-triphenylamine adduct for sensitive explosive detection, Dyes and Pigments2011, 91, 258.

• 33. Shuming Chen, Zujin Zhao, Zhiming Wang, Ping Lu, Zhao Gao, Yuguang Ma, Ben Zhong Tang, Hoi-Sing Kwok,* Bi-layer non-doped small-molecular white organic light-emitting diodes with high colour stability,Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2011, 44, 145101.

2010

• Zujin Zhao, Shuming Chen, Xiaoyuan Shen, Faisal Mahtab, Yong Yu, Ping Lu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Hoi Sing Kwok, Ben Zhong Tang,* Aggregation-induced emission, self-assembly, and electroluminescence of 4,4′-bis(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)biphenyl, Chemical Communication 2010, 46, 686. (IF: 6.718)

This work on the development of highly efficient solid emitter was highlighted by Chemical Communication as a cover image. This article is the top ten accessed articles from the online version of Chemical Communication.

• Zujin Zhao, Shuming Chen, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ping Lu, Yongchun Zhong, Kam Sing Wong, Hoi Sing Kwok, Ben Zhong Tang,* Creation of highly efficient solid emitter by decorating pyrene core with AIE-active tetraphenylethene peripheries,Chemical Communication 2010, 46, 2221.

• Zujin Zhao, Shuming Chen, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Cathy K. W. Jim, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Zhiming Wang, Ping Lu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Yuguang Ma, Ben Zhong Tang,* Steric hindrance, electronic communication, and energy transfer in the photo- and electroluminescence processes of aggregation-induced emission luminogens, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2010, 114, 7963.

• Yan Wan, Linyin Yan, Zujin Zhao, Xiaonan Ma, Qianjin Guo, Mingli Jia, Ping Lu,* Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz,* José Luis Maldonado, Mario Rodríguez, Andong Xia,* Gigantic two-photon absorption cross sections and strong two-photon excited fluorescence in pyrene core dendrimers with fluorene/carbazole as dendrons, and acetylene as linkages, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2010, 114, 11737.

• Zujin Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ben Zhong Tang,* Aggregation-induced emission of tetraarylethene luminogens, Current Organic Chemistry 2010, 14, 2109.

• Binbin Hu, Yifei Wang, Xiaopeng Chen, Zujin Zhao, Zhitao Jiang, Ping Lu,* Yanguang Wang,* Synthesis and photophysical properties of tetrafluorophenyl-modified carbazole oligomers, Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 7583.

• Zujin Zhao, Shuming Chen, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Cathy K. W. Jim, Zhiming Wang, Chunlei Wang, Ping Lu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Yuguang Ma, Ben Zhong Tang,* Luminescent tetraphenylethene-substituted silanes, Pure and Applied Chemistry 2010, 82, 863.

• Shuming Chen, Zujin Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang, Hoi Sing Kwok,* Non-doped white organic light-emitting diodes based on aggregation-induced emission, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2010, 43, 095101.

• Leijing Liu, Feipeng Chen, Bin Xu, Yujie Dong, Zujin Zhao, Wenjing Tian,* Lu Ping, Solution-processed white organic light-emitting diode based on a single-emitting small molecule, Synthetic Metals 2010, 160, 1986.

• Fei-Peng Chen, Bin Xu, Zujin Zhao, Wen-Jing Tian,* Ping Lu, Chan Im, White organic light-emitting diodes based on electroplex from polyvinyl carbazole and carbazole oligomers blends, Chinese Physics B 2010, 19, 037801.

• Zujin Zhao, Dandan Liu, Jacky Wing Yip Lam, Bin Yang, Yuguang Ma, Ben Zhong Tang,* Theoretical study of substituent effect on the charge mobility of 2,5-bis(trialkylsilylethynyl)-1,1,3,4-tetraphenylsiloles, Science in China B: Chemistry2010, 53, 2311.

• Shuming Chen, Zujin Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang, Hoi Sing Kwok,* Efficient RGBW OLEDs based on 4,4’-bis(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl) biphenyl, SID 10 Digest 2010, P-165, 1867.

2009

• Zujin Zhao, Zhiming Wang, Ping Lu, Carrie Y. K. Chan, Dandan Liu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Yuguang Ma, Ben Zhong Tang,* Structural modulation of solid-state emission of 2,5-bis(trialkylsilylethynyl)-3,4-diphenylsiloles, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009, 48, 7608.

Timothy M. Swager and Jose M. Lobez highlighted this work in a commentary entitled “Aggregation-Induced Emission” in SynFacts published by Thieme Stuttgart (SynFacts 2009, 12, 1345).

• Zujin Zhao, Juo-Hao Li, Xiaopeng Chen, Xiaoming Wang, Ping Lu,* Yang Yang,* Solution-Processable Stiff Dendrimers: Synthesis, Photophysics, Film Morphology, and Electroluminescence, The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2009, 74, 383.

• Xiaohang Chen, Xiaopeng Chen, Zujin Zhao, Ping Lu,* Yanguang Wang,* 2,4-Dicyano-3-diethylamino-9,9-diethylfluorene based blue light-emitting star-shaped compounds: synthesis and properties, Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2009, 27, 971.

2008

• Zujin Zhao, Juo-Hao Li, Xiaopeng Chen, Ping Lu,* Yang Yang,* Fluorescent conjugated dendrimers with fluorinated terminal groups: fibrous formation and electroluminescence properties, Organic Letters, 2008, 10, 3041.

• Zujin Zhao, Bin Xu, Zhongfeng Yang, Hongyan Wang, Xiaoming Wang, Ping Lu,* Wenjin Tian,* White light from excimer and electromer in Single-emitting-component electroluminescent diodes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C2008, 112, 8511.

• Zujin Zhao, Xinjun Xu, Hongbo Wang, Ping Lu,* Gui Yu, Yunqi Liu,* Zigzag molecules from pyrene-modified carbazole oligomers: synthesis, characterization and application in OLEDs, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73, 594.

• Zujin Zhao, Xinjun Xu, Xiaopeng Chen, Xiaoming Wang, Ping Lu,* Gui Yu, Yunqi Liu,* Synthesis and characterization of deep blue emitters from starburst carbazole/fluorene oligomers, Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 2658.

• Xiao-Hang Chen, Zujin Zhao, Yang Liu, Ping Lu,* Yan-Guang Wang,* Synthesis and properties of 1-(4-aminophenyl)-2,4-dicyano-3-diethylamino-9,9-diethylfluorenes: potential fluorescent material, Chemistry Letters 2008, 37, 570.

• Lei Xu, Zujin Zhao, Yajun Xing, Ping Lu,* Switchable 2,3-dithienylmaleimide bonded to different fluorophores: synthesis and photochromic properties, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A 2008, 9, 1590.

2007

• Zujin Zhao, Juo-Hao Li, Ping Lu,* Yang Yang,* Fluorescent, carrier-trapping dopants for highly efficient single-layer polyfluorene LEDs, Advanced Functional Materials, 2007, 17, 2203.

• Zujin Zhao, Yajun Xing, Zixing Wang, Ping Lu,* Dual-fluorescent donor-acceptor dyad with tercarbazole donor and switchable imide acceptor: promising structure for an integrated logic gate, Organic Letters 2007, 9, 547.

• Zujin Zhao, Yixin Zhao, Ping Lu,* Wenjin Tian,* Fluorene-centered, ethynylene-linked carbazole oligomers: synthesis, photoluminescence, and electroluminescence, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2007, 111, 6883.

• Zujin Zhao, Xinjun Xu, Zhitao Jiang, Ping Lu,* Gui Yu, Yunqi Liu,* Oligo(2,7-fluorene ethynylene)s with pyrene moieties: synthesis, characterization, photoluminescence and electroluminescence, The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2007, 72, 8345.

• Zujin Zhao, Shuqiang Yu, Lei Xu, Hongbo Wang, Ping Lu,* Novel, yellow-emitting anthracene/fluorene oligomers: synthesis and characterization, Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 7809.

• Jianchuan Ye, Jingyan Ge, Xiaopeng Chen, Zujin Zhao, Ping Lu,* Synthesis of 9-ethynyl-9-fluorenol and its derivatives for crystallographic and optical properties study, Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 11040.

• Shuqiang Yu, Haiyao Lin, Zujin Zhao, Zixing Wang, Ping Lu,* Excellent blue fluorescent trispirobifluorenes: synthesis, optical properties and thermal behaviors, Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 9112.

• Zujin Zhao, Xinjun Xu, Lei Xu, Gui Yu, Ping Lu,* Yunqi Liu,* New fluorophores with rod-, V- or star-shaped structure: synthesis, photoluminescence and electroluminescence, Synthetic Metals 2007, 157, 414.

2006

• Zujin Zhao, Peng Zhang, Fang Wang, Zixing Wang, Ping Lu,* Wenjin Tian,* Blue light-emitting, electron-transporting materials based on ethynyl-linked D–A systems, Chemical Physics Letters 2006, 423, 293.

• Zujin Zhao, Xinjun Xu, Fang Wang, Gui Yu, Ping Lu, Yunqi Liu, Daoben Zhu, Synthesis and characterization of light-emitting materials composed of carbazole, pyrene and fluorene, Synthetic Metals 2006, 156, 209.

• Ping Lu,* Zujin Zhao, ORGN 97-Emission from pyrene-modified oligocarbazoles, Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society 2006, 232, 97-ORGN.