Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Bingzhao Wu, Zhewen Guo, Guangfeng Li, Jun Zhao, Yuhang Liu, Jinbing Wang, Huigang Wang, Xuzhou Yan
Summary: The study demonstrates the synergistic combination of ACQ and AIE units in two hexagonal metallacycles, resulting in tunable fluorescence and enhanced emissive efficacy. This synergistic enhancement of orthogonal effects was achieved via coordination-driven self-assembly.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qifei Shen, Kai Gao, Zhiqin Zhao, Anran Gao, Yanzi Xu, Heng Wang, Lingjie Meng, Mingming Zhang, Dongfeng Dang
Summary: Multifunctional metallacycles with solid-state emission are highly important in cancer therapy. Here, an aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active metallacycle of DTPABT-MC-R is developed with efficient emission in the NIR region in the solid state. DTPABT-MC-R-based nanoparticles also display excellent photo-stability, and impressive photosensitive characteristics, finally leading to applications in cellular imaging and photodynamic therapy (PDT).
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Jiangman Sun, Hui Li, Xinggui Gu, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: Photoactivatable materials with AIE characteristics, which can be remotely activated by light, have great potential in acquiring biochemical information with high spatial and temporal resolution.
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Polymer Science
Jing-Han Gao, Baoquan Wan, Ming-Sheng Zheng, Jun-Wei Zha
Summary: This study successfully prepared a self-healing silicon elastomer by introducing citric acid and urea into the polydimethylsiloxane polymer chains. The elastomer exhibited tunable mechanical properties and excellent stretchability. Additionally, the study achieved luminescence by introducing citric acid into the polymer chains, which is a novel approach.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Pan-Pan Dong, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Qiu-Chen Peng, Hai-Yang Li, Kai Li, Shuang-Quan Zang, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: In this work, a series of butterfly-like isomers named oxacalix[2]naphthalene[2]pyrazine (ONP) were synthesized conveniently by a one-step catalyst-free reaction, showing typical characteristics of aggregation-induced emission (AIE). The AIE properties of ONP can be attributed to the restriction of intramolecular vibration (RIV). The coordination ability of ONP molecules with pyrazine groups makes them ideal ligands for constructing luminescent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and different ONP isomers have different binding capacities.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Haoran Wang, Qiyao Li, Parvej Alam, Haotian Bai, Vandana Bhalla, Martin R. Bryce, Mingyue Cao, Chao Chen, Sijie Chen, Xirui Chen, Yuncong Chen, Zhijun Chen, Dongfeng Dang, Dan Ding, Siyang Ding, Yanhong Duo, Meng Gao, Wei He, Xuewen He, Xuechuan Hong, Yuning Hong, Jing-Jing Hu, Rong Hu, Xiaolin Huang, Tony D. James, Xingyu Jiang, Gen-ichi Konishi, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Chunbin Li, Haidong Li, Kai Li, Nan Li, Wei-Jian Li, Ying Li, Xing-Jie Liang, Yongye Liang, Bin Liu, Guozhen Liu, Xingang Liu, Xiaoding Lou, Xin-Yue Lou, Liang Luo, Paul R. McGonigal, Zong-Wan Mao, Guangle Niu, Tze Cin Owyong, Andrea Pucci, Jun Qian, Anjun Qin, Zijie Qiu, Andrey L. Rogach, Bo Situ, Kazuo Tanaka, Youhong Tang, Bingnan Wang, Dong Wang, Jianguo Wang, Wei Wang, Wen-Xiong Wang, Wen-Jin Wang, Xinyuan Wang, Yi-Feng Wang, Shuizhu Wu, Yifan Wu, Yonghua Xiong, Ruohan Xu, Chenxu Yan, Saisai Yan, Hai-Bo Yang, Lin-Lin Yang, Mingwang Yang, Ying-Wei Yang, Juyoung Yoon, Shuang-Quan Zang, Jiangjiang Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Tianfu Zhang, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhang, Na Zhao, Zheng Zhao, Jie Zheng, Lei Zheng, Zheng Zheng, Ming-Qiang Zhu, Wei-Hong Zhu, Hang Zou, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: This review provides a comprehensive summary of the advantages and applications of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogens in imaging of biological structure, dynamic physiological processes, disease diagnosis and treatment, as well as detection and monitoring of specific analytes. It also discusses future directions to promote research and development in the fields of life and health.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Haoran Wang, Qiyao Li, Parvej Alam, Haotian Bai, Vandana Bhalla, Martin R. Bryce, Mingyue Cao, Chao Chen, Sijie Chen, Xirui Chen, Yuncong Chen, Zhijun Chen, Dongfeng Dang, Dan Ding, Siyang Ding, Yanhong Duo, Meng Gao, Wei He, Xuewen He, Xuechuan Hong, Yuning Hong, Jing-Jing Hu, Rong Hu, Xiaolin Huang, Tony D. James, Xingyu Jiang, Gen-ichi Konishi, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Chunbin Li, Haidong Li, Kai Li, Nan Li, Wei-Jian Li, Ying Li, Xing-Jie Liang, Yongye Liang, Bin Liu, Guozhen Liu, Xingang Liu, Xiaoding Lou, Xin-Yue Lou, Liang Luo, Paul R. McGonigal, Zong-Wan Mao, Guangle Niu, Tze Cin Owyong, Andrea Pucci, Jun Qian, Anjun Qin, Zijie Qiu, Andrey L. Rogach, Bo Situ, Kazuo Tanaka, Youhong Tang, Bingnan Wang, Dong Wang, Jianguo Wang, Wei Wang, Wen-Xiong Wang, Wen-Jin Wang, Xinyuan Wang, Yi-Feng Wang, Shuizhu Wu, Yifan Wu, Yonghua Xiong, Ruohan Xu, Chenxu Yan, Saisai Yan, Hai-Bo Yang, Lin-Lin Yang, Mingwang Yang, Ying-Wei Yang, Juyoung Yoon, Shuang-Quan Zang, Jiangjiang Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Tianfu Zhang, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhang, Na Zhao, Zheng Zhao, Jie Zheng, Lei Zheng, Zheng Zheng, Ming-Qiang Zhu, Wei-Hong Zhu, Hang Zou, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: This review provides a comprehensive summary of the applications of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogens in biological imaging, dynamic physiological processes, disease diagnosis and treatment, and specific analyte detection and monitoring. The review also discusses critical issues and future directions, aiming to promote the development of AIE in the fields of life and health.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yucheng Ma, Zeyan Zhuang, Longjiang Xing, Jianqing Li, Zhiwen Yang, Shaomin Ji, Rong Hu, Zujin Zhao, Yanping Huo, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: The study introduces a series of red fluorophores as organelle-targeting antitumor photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission characteristics, showing promising efficacy in killing cancer cells and inhibiting tumor growth in living mice.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Guan Wang, Hao Yu, Liming Yang, Zhentao He, Liangyu Zhou, Jiangman Sun, Xinggui Gu, Wantai Yang, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: This study developed a novel strategy to construct white-light emitting polymer particles by modulating the aggregation microenvironment during polymer swelling and shrinking, demonstrating the potential for fast anti-counterfeiting in the solid state. This work highlights the importance of aggregation microenvironment in tuning the emission of luminogens and guides the development of high-efficiency emission-tunable materials.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Li Xu, Peipei Deng, Wenzhu Song, Mengling Liu, Mengru Wang, Yue Yu, Feng Wang
Summary: This article discusses the urgent need for a platform integrating selective discrimination, imaging, and synergistic elimination of Gram-positive bacteria, and introduces aggregation-induced emission materials (AIEgens) as promising antimicrobial agents. Through rational design and synthesis, three positively charged AIE-active cyclometalated iridium photosensitizers were developed for selective discrimination and imaging of Gram-positive bacteria. One of the photosensitizers exhibited the best antibacterial activity and was successfully applied in the treatment of S. aureus-infected wounds. The interaction between our iridium-based AIEgens and the surface components of Gram-positive bacteria enables selective discrimination, imaging, and synergistic elimination.
ACS MATERIALS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jiabao Zhuang, Bing Wang, Huan Chen, Keyi Zhang, Na Zhao, Nan Li, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: This article describes an organic near-infrared II photosensitizer (TPEQM-DMA) with potential to overcome the hypoxia obstacle in photodynamic therapy. TPEQM-DMA can produce superoxide anion and hydroxyl radical through a low-O2-dependent type-I photochemical process, leading to disruption of cellular redox homeostasis, mitochondrial dysfunction, and increased peroxidized lipids, inducing cellular apoptosis and ferroptosis. TPEQM-DMA nanoparticles were prepared to improve its pharmacological properties and showed promising NIR-II fluorescence imaging-guided photodynamic therapy effect in vivo for tumors.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuanyuan Liu, Yuanyuan Li, Ximing Luo, Peng Luo, Zhen Han, Qiuchen Peng, Kai Li, Hongwei Hou, Shuang Quan Zang
Summary: This study carefully prepared a silver cluster Ag-24 using a special method and found that it could serve as a chemical sensor for detecting pesticides in water by reacting with sulfur-containing compounds.
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ziyu Huo, Luoxin Zhuang, Ge Shi, Yanjie He, Zhe Cui, Peng Fu, Minying Liu, Xiaoguang Qiao, Xinchang Pang
Summary: The multifunctional nanoparticles prepared in this study can serve as a multi-stimuli responsive fluorescence probe for real-time visual monitoring of environmental changes, including magnetic field, temperature, pH, and CO2. These nanoparticles exhibit high colloidal stability during environmental changes.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rahul Dahiwadkar, Deeksha Rajput, Deepmala Singh, Virupakshi Soppina, Sriram Kanvah
Summary: In this study, fluorescent probes containing naphthalene or julolidine groups were synthesized to visualize lipid droplets in live cells and study their changes in size and number upon oleic acid stimulation. These probes exhibited solvatochromism and aggregation-induced emission, making them suitable for monitoring live-cell lipid droplet dynamics.
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Xunxue Zhang, Jiangting Hu, Hongliang Han, Zhongfeng Li, Tianyu Han
Summary: This study unveils the synthesis and photophysical properties of a donor-acceptor aggregation-induced emission (AIE) compound, DHPM, and its unique defect-induced photoluminescence (DIPL) behavior. DHPM is non-emissive in its crystalline state, but shows high emission at crystal defect points. Mechanical force down to mN level can activate the defect-induced photoluminescence, turning it into a mechanoresponsive luminescence. The aggregate of DHPM molecules into D-A coupling pi-dimers in the crystalline state inhibits luminescence, but external mechanical stimuli can disassemble the dimers and induce much higher photoluminescence.