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Aggregation-induced emission: right there shining

在哪里运动受限, 就在哪里发光

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本文通过典型研究实例列举了具有聚集诱导发光(AIE)性能的荧光探针分子的一些新用途, 如监测分子聚集体形成细节、 双亲高分子链的共非溶剂效应 壳聚糖溶液中的多步溶胶-凝胶转变 测量玻璃化转变温度的新方法以及原位显示动态高分子组装过程的初始阶段等. 在这些研究中, AIE-型荧光探针充分显示了其原位、 实时、 动态变化大和对比度高的特点, 揭示了其他研究手段难以提供的动态信息细节. 这类工作机理独特的荧光探针将在未来的材料结构与性能的内在关系研究中发挥越来越重要的作用.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51573158 and 21094571), the National Program for Support of Top-Notch Young Professionals, the Innovation and Technology Commission of Hong Kong (ITCC-NERC14SC01); the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (16308016, C2014-15G, C6009-17G and A-HKUST605/16), and the Technology Plan of Shenzhen (JCYJ20160229205601482).

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  1. MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Nan Jiang  (姜南), Tanxiao Shen  (沈谈笑), Jing Zhi Sun  (孙景志) & Ben Zhong Tang  (唐本忠)

  2. Department of Chemistry, the Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 999077, China

    Ben Zhong Tang  (唐本忠)

  3. Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Ben Zhong Tang  (唐本忠)

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Nan Jiang received her BSc degree from Hebei University in 2010. She conducted her graduate study and obtained her Master’s degree in polymer chemistry and physics in 2014. She is currently a PhD candidate at Zhejiang University under the supervision of Prof. Ben Zhong Tang and Prof. Jing Zhi Sun. Her research focuses on the development of new functional AIE materials.

Tanxiao Shen is a PhD candidate at the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University. After receiving BEng and MEng degrees from Sichuan University in 2014 and 2017, respectively, he joined Prof. Jing Zhi Sun and Prof. Ben Zhong Tang’s group. His research interest includes the synthesis and applications of functional polyacetylenes and materials with AIE characteristics.

Jing Zhi Sun is a professor at the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University. He received BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from Jilin University. In 1986 and 1996, he worked at Liaoyang Petroleum & Fiber Co. Ltd. and obtained his engineering license in 1991. After postdoctoral research at the College of Materials and Chemical Engineering at Zhejiang University, he joined the university as an assistant professor in 2001 and was promoted to professor in 2006. His research interest includes AIE mechanism, materials, and applications; design and synthesis of functional polyacetylenes; assembly of organic π-conjugated moieties and inorganic semiconductor nanostructures; and fundamental research on charge generation, photoconductivity, and charged carrier transport in organic solids.

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 and Technology (HKUST). He received BSc and PhD degrees from South China University of Technology and Kyoto University, respectively. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto, 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 and the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2009 and 2013, respectively. His research interest includes macro-molecular chemistry, materials science, and biomedical theranostics. He is spearheading the research on AIE, a topic ranked second in Chemistry and Materials Science by Thomson Reuters in its report on Research Fronts 2015.

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Jiang, N., Shen, T., Sun, J.Z. et al. Aggregation-induced emission: right there shining. Sci. China Mater. 62, 1227–1235 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-019-9443-8

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