Faculty Profiles - KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Ryan Tsz Kin KWOK
郭子健

PhD in Nano Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2013

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry

(852) 3469 2692
chryan@ust.hk
Room 4095
Personal Web

ORCID

0000-0002-6866-3877

ResearcherID

H-1140-2011

Scopus ID

36673307000

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment Space used

Research Interest

Materials chemistry
Fluorescent biosensors
Bioimaging

Publications

All Years 308 2025 1 2024 17 2023 29 2022 31 2021 28 2020 41 2019 161

2025 1

Water-soluble AIE photosensitizer in short-wave infrared region for albumin-enhanced and self-reporting phototheranostics

Biomaterials, v. 314, March 2025, article number 122847
Xu, Yanzi; Zhang, Jianyu; Wang, Zhi; Zhang, Peijuan; Zhang, Zichen; Yang, Zhiwei; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Meng, Lingjie; Dang, Dongfeng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2024 17

A Holistic Perspective on Living Aggregate

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 146, (8), February 2024, p. 5030-5044
He, Wei; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Qiu, Zijie; Zhao, Zheng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Near-Infrared-II Excitable Pyridinium Probe with 1000-Fold ON/OFF Ratio for γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase and Cancer Detection

ACS Nano, v. 18, (31), July 2024, p. 20268-20282
Shen, Hanchen; Du, Lidong; Xu, Changhuo; Wang, Bingzhe; Zhou, Qingqing; Ye, Ruquan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Xing, Guichuan; Sun, Jianwei; Liu, Tzu-Ming; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Aggregative Luminescence from CsPbBr3 Perovskite Precursors

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2024, article number e202408586
Zhang, Siwei; Ma, Fulong; Jiang, Jinhui; Wang, Zaiyu; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Qiu, Zijie; Zhao, Zheng; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Apoptotic Vesicular Metabolism Contributes to Organelle Assembly and Safeguards Liver Homeostasis and Regeneration

Gastroenterology, v. 167, (2), July 2024, p. 343-356
Sui, Bingdong; Liu, Haixiang; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Shi, Songtao; Jin, Yan
Article

Co-aggregation as A Simple Strategy for Preparing Fluorogenic Tetrazine Probes with On-Demand Fluorogen Selection

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 63, (11), March 2024, article number e202313930
Segawa, Shinsuke; Wu, Jiajie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wong, Tsz Wai; He, Xuewen; Tang, Benzhong
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D-type neuropeptide decorated AIEgen/RENP hybrid nanoprobes with light-driven ROS generation ability for NIR-II fluorescence imaging-guided through-skull photodynamic therapy of gliomas

Aggregate, v. 5, (1), February 2024, article number e396
He, Xuelu; Luo, Yuan; Li, Yanying; Pan, Yuanbo; Kwok, Tsz Kin; He, Lulu; Duan, Xiaolin; Zhang, Pengfei; Wu, Aiguo; Tang, Ben Zhong; Li, Juan
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Exciting Bacteria to a Hypersensitive State for Enhanced Aminoglycoside Therapy by a Rationally Constructed AIE Luminogen

Advanced Healthcare Materials, May 2024, article number 2400362, p. 1-10
Chen, Chao; Li, Xing; Wang, Yilin; Sun, Yingshu; Bao, Yixuan; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Ruoyao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Mao, Duo; Hou, Peng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Glutathione-responsive Aggregation-induced Emission Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy of Lung Cancer

Small, May 2024, article number 2401334, p. 1-12
Sun, Feiyi; Chen, Yuyang; Lam, Wing Ki Kristy; Du, Wutong; Liu, Qingqing; Han, Fei; Li, Dan; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
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Is the whole equal to, or greater than, the sum of its parts? The similarity and difference between molecules and aggregates

Matter, v. 7, (7), July 2024, p. 2551-2566
Wang, Jin; Li, Wenlang; Ou, Xinwen; Chen, Xinmeng; Zhang, Jianyu; Yang, Shengyi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Matthew effect: General design strategy of ultra-fluorogenic nanoprobes with amplified dark–bright states in aggregates

Aggregate, January 2024, article number e499
Segawa, Shinsuke; Ou, Xinwen; Shen, Tianruo; Ryu, Tomohiro; Ishii, Yuki; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Onda, Ken; Miyata, Kiyoshi; He, Xuewen; Liu, Xiaogang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Mechanochemical Fabrication of Full-Color Luminescent Materials from Aggregation-Induced Emission Prefluorophores for Information Storage and Encryption

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 146, (27), June 2024, p. 18350-18359
Xie, Huilin; Wang, Jingchun; Lou, Zhenchen; Hu, Lianrui; Segawa, Shinsuke; Kang, Xiaowo; Wu, Weijun; Luo, Zhi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Jianquan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Platinum complexes with aggregation-induced emission

Chemical Society Reviews, v. 53, (11), June 2024, p. 5366-5393
Yang, Shengyi; Chen, Yingying; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Benzhong
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Recyclable and Environmentally Friendly Magnetic Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer for Sustainable Bacterial Inactivation in Water

ACS Nano, v. 18, (3), January 2024, p. 1907-1920
Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Chau, Hon Chung; Lee, Mei Suet; Koo, Tsin Hei; Lortz, Rolf Walter; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Yuanyuan; Tang, Benzhong
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Spiro-materials with aggregation-induced emission

Matter, v. 7, (10), October 2024, p. 3390-3421
Yang, Shengyi; Wang, Jin; Deng, Zihao; Xu, Yanzi; Su, Xuxian; Zhang, Liang; Yang, Shiping; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Study of transient absorption spectroscopy of a D-π-A structure aggregation-induced emission luminogen and its photodynamic therapy application

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 12, (34), July 2024, p. 8349-8356
Zhang, Siwei; Wang, Junqiao; Wang, Zaiyu; Shao, Ming; Zhang, Chen; Chen, Xinmeng; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Unrestricted molecular motions enable mild photothermy for recurrence-resistant FLASH antitumor radiotherapy

Bioactive Materials, v. 37, July 2024, p. 299-312
Shen, Hanchen; Wang, Hongbin; Ma, Jianlan; Zhang, Jianyu; Xu, Changhuo; Sun, Feiyi; Ou, Xinwen; Zhu, Xinyan; Du, Lidong; Ju, Huaqiang; Ye, Ruquan; Shi, Guangfu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Zhang, Tianfu; Ning, Shipeng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Visualizing Triplet Energy Transfer in Organic Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Host-Guest Materials

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, September 2024, article number e202412182
Deng, Zihao; Kong, Fan-Cheng; Deng, Ziqi; Zhou, JIaming; Yang, Shengyi; He, Shan; Zhang, Jianyu; Zuo, Yunfei; Wang, Jin; Chen, Xinmeng; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Jia, Guocheng; Chow, Philip C.Y.; Phillips, David Lee; Alam, Parvej; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2023 29

A versatile AIE fluorogen with selective reactivity to primary amines for monitoring amination, protein labeling, and mitochondrial staining

Aggregate, v. 4, (1), February 2023, article number e239
He, Xinyuan; Xie, Huilin; Hu, Lianrui; Liu, Pengchao; Xu, Changhuo; He, Wei; Du, Wutong; Zhang, Siwei; Xing, Hao; Liu, Xinyue; Park, Hojeong; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Li, Min-Hui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Jian; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Activation of Pyroptosis Using AIEgen-Based sp² Carbon-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 145, (32), August 2023, p. 17689-17699
Zhang, Liang; Wan, Shu-Cheng; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Meng-Jie; Yang, Qi-Chao; Zhang, Boxin; Wang, Wu-Yin; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Deng, Hexiang; Sun, Zhi-Jun; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Adipocyte-Targeting Type I AIE Photosensitizer for Obesity Treatment via Photodynamic Lipid Peroxidation

ACS Nano, v. 17, (11), May 2023, p. 11039-11053
Lee, Mei Suet; Lin, Dan Min; Chau, Hon Chung; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Ding, Dan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health

ACS Nano, v. 17, (15), July 2023, p. 14347-14405
Wang, Haoran; Alam, Parvej; Bai, Haotian; Bhalla, Vandana; Bryce, Martin R.; Chen, Chao; Chen, Sijie; Chen, Yuncong; Chen, Zhijun; Dang, Dongfeng; Ding, Dan; Duo, Yanhong; Gao, Meng; He, Wei; He, Xuewen; Hong, Xuechuan; Hong, Yuning; Hu, Rong; Huang, Xiaolin; James, Tony D.; Jiang, Xingyu; Konishi, Gen-Ichi; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Li, Kai; Li, Ying; Liang, Xing-Jie; Liang, Yongye; Liu, Bin; Liu, Guozhen; Liu, Xingang; Lou, Xiaoding; Luo, Liang; Mcgonigal, Paul R.; Mao, Zong-Wan; Niu, Guangle; Pucci, Andrea; Qian, Jun; Qin, Anjun; Qiu, Zijie; Rogach, Andrey L.; Tanaka, Kazuo; Tang, Youhong; Wang, Dong; Wang, Jianguo; Wang, Wen-Xiong; Wu, Shuizhu; Yang, Hai-Bo; Yang, Mingwang; Yang, Ying-Wei; Yoon, Juyoung; Zang, Shuang-Quan; Zhang, Pengfei; Zhang, Xin; Zhao, Na; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Jie; Zheng, Lei; Zheng, Zheng; Zhu, Ming-Qiang; Zhu, Wei-Hong; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Aggregation-Induced Emission Macromolecular Materials for Antibacterial Applications

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, v. 44, (13), July 2023, article number 2300104
Zuo, Yunfei; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Sun, Jianwei; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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AIEgen-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Preventing Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias Via Local Hyperthermia Therapy

Advanced Materials, August 2023
Zhang, Liang; Guo, Fuding; Xu, Saiting; Deng, Qiang; Xie, Mengjie; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Deng, Hexiang; Jiang, Hong; Yu, Lilei; Tang, Benzhong
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AIEgens/Mitochondria Nanohybrids as Bioactive Microwave Sensitizers for Non-Thermal Microwave Cancer Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 12, (12), February 2023, article number 2202907
Yu, Xinghua; Lyu, Ming; Ou, Xupei; Liu, Wenquan; Yang, Xing; Ma, Xiaoxi; Zhang, Tianfu; Wang, Longnan; Zhang, Ying-Chuan; Chen, Sijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zheng, Zheng; Cui, Hong-Liang; Cai, Lintao; Zhang, Pengfei; Tang, Benzhong
Article

An Alkaline Phosphatase-Responsive Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer for Selective Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer Cells

ACS Nano, v. 17, (8), April 2023, p. 7145-7156
Lam, Wing Ki; Chau, Hon Chung; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Sun, Feiyi; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sun, Jianwei; He, Xuewen; Tang, Benzhong
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Apoptotic extracellular vesicles are metabolized regulators nurturing the skin and hair

Bioactive Materials, v. 19, January 2023, p. 626-641
Ma, Lan; Chen, Chider; Liu, Dawei; Huang, Zhiqing; Li, Jiaqi; Liu, Haixiang; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Sui, Bingdong; Zhang, Xiao; Tang, Jianxia; Mao, Xueli; Huang, Weiying; Shi, Songtao; Kou, Xiaoxing
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Development of Sulfonamide-Functionalized Charge-Reversal AIE Photosensitizers for Precise Photodynamic Therapy in the Acidic Tumor Microenvironment

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 33, (30), July 2023, article number 2300746
Yang, Xueqin; Xu, Changhuo; Zhang, Xun; Li, Pei; Sun, Feiyi; Liu, Xinyue; Wang, Xinyuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yang, Jinglei; Lam, Wing Yip; Liang, Yongye; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Dual Behavior Regulation: Tether‐free Deep‐brain Stimulation by Photothermal and Upconversion Hybrid Nanoparticles

Advanced Materials, March 2023, article number 2210018
Sun, Feiyi; Shen, Hanchen; Yang, Qinghu; Yuan, Zhaoyue; Chen, Yuyang; Guo, Weihua; Wang, Yu; Yang, Liang; Bai, Zhantao; Liu, Qingqing; Jiang, Ming; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Ye, Ruquan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
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Effects of Plasticizers on Structural Transitions and Heterogeneity of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films as Studied via AIE Materials

Macromolecules, v. 56, (21), November 2023, p. 8641-8650
Fu, Zhen-zhen; He, Wei; Yao, Yihang; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Wang, Ke; Tang, Benzhong; Fu, Qiang
Article

Enzyme-free photothermally amplified fluorescent immunosorbent assay (PAFISA) for sensitive cytokine quantification

Aggregate, v. 4, (6), December 2023, article number e384
Li, Dian; He, Wei; Lin, Xuyan; Cui, Xiaodong; Nagl, Stefan; Wu, Angela Ruohao; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Wu, Renhua; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Fast Delivery of Multifunctional NIR-II Theranostic Nanoaggregates Enabled by the Photoinduced Thermoacoustic Process

Advanced Science, April 2023, article number 2301104
Xie, Huilin; Zhang, Chen; Li, Tingting; Hu, Lianrui; Zhang, Jianquan; Guo, Heng; Liu, Zhao; Peng, Dinglu; Li, Zeshun; Wu, Weijun; Gao, Ji; Bi, Zhenyu; Wang, Jinghan; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Guo, Zhihong; Xi, Lei; Li, Kai; Tang, Benzhong
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In Vivo Aggregation of Clearable Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Interlocked Surface Motifs for Cancer Therapeutics Amplification

Nano Letters, v. 23, (16), August 2023, p. 7683-7690
Tan, Yue; Huang, Di; Luo, Caiming; Tang, Jinhao; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Liu, Jinbin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Integrating Anion-π⁺ Interaction and Crowded Conformation to Develop Multifunctional NIR AIEgen for Effective Tumor Theranostics via Hippo-YAP Pathway

ACS Nano, v. 17, (21), November 2023, p. 21182-21194
Yang, Shiping; Yu, Hongchi; Liu, Junkai; Ma, Lunjie; Hou, Zhe; Ma, Jia; Miao, Michael Z.; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Sun, Jianwei; Sung, Herman H. Y.; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Liu, Xiaoheng; Tang, Benzhong
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Integration of AIEgens into covalent organic frameworks for pyroptosis and ferroptosis primed cancer immunotherapy

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), September 2023, article number 5355
Zhang, Liang; Song, An; Yang, Qi-Chao; Li, Shu-Jin; Wang, Shuo; Wan, Shu-Cheng; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Deng, Hexiang; Tang, Benzhong; Sun, Zhi-Jun
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Molecular Engineering of AIE Photosensitizers for Inactivation of Rabies Virus

Small, July 2023, article number 2303542
Bai, Yujie; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Liu, Yongsai; Jin, Hongli; Liu, Xingqi; Wu, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Mengyao; Feng, Na; Huang, Pei; Zhang, Haili; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xia, Xianzhu; Li, Yuanyuan; Tang, Benzhong; Wang, Hualei
Article

More Is Better: Dual-Acceptor Engineering for Constructing Second Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens to Boost Multimodal Phototheranostics

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 145, (41), October 2023, p. 22776-22787
Yang, Shiping; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Zhijun; Zhang, Rongyuan; Ou, Xinwen; Xu, Weilin; Kang, Miaomiao; Li, Xue; Yan, Dingyuan; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Sun, Jianwei; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Multifunctional Hydrazone-Based AIEgens Enabled by Hydrogen-Halogen Interaction

Advanced Optical Materials, December 2023, article number 2302781
Zhang, Minjie; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Zicong; Kwok, Ryan T.K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Jia, Guocheng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Powerful Synergy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Photosensitizer in Photodynamic Therapy

ACS Nano, v. 17, (19), September 2023, p. 18952-18964
Sun, Feiyi; Shen, Hanchen; Liu, Qingqing; Chen, Yuyang; Guo, Weihua; Du, Wutong; Xu, Changhuo; Wang, Bingzhe; Xing, Guichuan; Jin, Zhuwei; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Ye, Ruquan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Jianping; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Precise Molecular Engineering of Type I Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission for Image-Guided Photodynamic Eradication of Biofilm

Molecules, v. 28, (14), July 2023, article number 5368
Shi, Jinghong; Wang, Yucheng; He, Wei; Ye, Ziyue; Liu, Mengli; Zhao, Zheng; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Rational Design of AIE Photosensitizers with Full-Visible Color Emission and Efficient ROS Generation

Advanced Optical Materials, November 2023, article number 2302197
Yin, Weidong; Ma, Yucheng; Chen, Shuge; Xing, Longjiang; Ji, Shaomin; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Huo, Yanping; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Recent advances in aggregation-induced emission materials for enhancing solar energy utilization

Nanoscale Horizons, v. 8, (4), February 2023, p. 453-459
Liu, Haixiang; Bai, Haotian; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Red/NIR emissive aggregation-induced emission-active photosensitizers with strong donor–acceptor strength for image-guided photodynamic therapy of cancer

Luminescence, October 2023
Ma, Yucheng; Yin, Weidong; Ji, Shaomin; Wang, Jin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Huo, Yanping; Sun, Jianwei; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Restriction of molecular motion to a higher level: towards bright AIE dots for biomedical applications

iScience, v. 26, (5), May 2023, article number 106568
Xu, Changhuo; Shen, Hanchen; Liu, Tzu-Ming; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

The Role of Structural Hydrophobicity on Cationic Amphiphilic Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer-Bacterial Interaction and Photodynamic Efficiency

ACS Nano, v. 17, (17), September 2023, p. 17004-17020
Lee, Michelle M. S.; Yu, Eric Y.; Yan, Dingyuan; Chau, Joe H. C.; Wu, Qian; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Ding, Dan; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Visualizing intracellular dynamics with AIE probes

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 7, (15), 21 March 2023, p. 2973-2994
Lee, Mei Suet; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Chau, Hon Chung; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Dong; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

Water-Soluble Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Near-Infrared Emission for Advanced Phototheranostics

Small Science, v. 3, (9), September 2023, article number 2300052
Shen, Hanchen; Xu, Changhuo; Ye, Ruquan; Liu, Tzu-Ming; Zhang, Jianyu; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Guo, Zhihong; Sun, Jianwei; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2022 31

A clickable AIEgen for visualization of macrophage-microbe interaction

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, v. 216, 15 November 2022, article number 114614
Zhang, Zicong; He, Wei; Deng, Ziwei; Liu, Yanling; Wen, Haifei; Wang, Yucheng; Ye, Ziyue; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Qiu, Zijie; Zhao, Zheng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A nonconjugated radical polymer with stable red luminescence in the solid state

Materials Horizons, v. 9, (10), July 2022, p. 2564-2571
Wang, Zhaoyu; Zou, Xinhui; Xie, Yi; Zhang, Haoke; Hu, Lianrui; Chan, Christopher Chang Sing; Zhang, Ruoyao; Guo, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Williams, Ian Duncan; Zeng, Zebing; Wong, Kam Sing; Sherrill, C. David; Ye, Ruquan; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

A Photoactivatable AIEgen for Selective Imaging and Killing of Estrogen Receptor- Positive Cells

ACS Materials Letters, v. 4, (9), 18 August 2022, p. 1831-1839
Xu, Changhuo; Zou, Hang; Hu, Lianrui; Shen, Hanchen; Sung, Ho Yung; Feng, Haitao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Lei; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Ratiometric Theranostic System for Visualization of ONOO^-Species and Reduction of Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity

Biomaterials Science, v. 10, (4), February 2022, p. 1083-1089
Chau, Hon Chung; Zhang, Ruoyao; Lee, Mei Suet; Lam, Wing Ki; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A wearable AIEgen-based lateral flow test strip for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RBD protein and N protein

Cell Reports Physical Science, v. 3, (2), February 2022, article number 100740
Zhang, Guo-Qiang; Gao, Zhiyuan; Zhang, Jingtian; Ou, Hanlin; Gao, Heqi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Ding; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Aggregation-induced emission luminogens for augmented photosynthesis

Exploration, v. 2, (3), October 2022, article number 20210053
Liu, Haixiang; Yan, Neng; Bai, Haotian; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Cell Death Research

ACS Bio & Med Chem Au, v. 2, (3), 15 June 2022, p. 236-257
Zuo, Yunfei; Shen, Hanchen; Sun, Feiyi; Li, Pei; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Amplification of Activated Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescence by Introducing Twisted Molecular Geometry for Understanding Neutrophil-Involved Diseases

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 144, (8), 2 March 2022, p. 3429-3441
Chen, Chao; Gao, Heqi; Ou, Hanlin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Youhong; Zheng, Donghui; Ding, Dan
Article

Biological Synthesis and Process Monitoring of an Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen-Based Fluorescent Polymer

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 2, (9), 26 September 2022, p. 2162-2168
Liu, Chenchen; Bian, Xuhui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Han, Lei; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Biomimetic Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanodots with Hitchhiking Function for T Cell-Mediated Cancer Targeting and NIR-II Fluorescence-Guided Mild-Temperature Photothermal Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 32, (45), 3 November 2022, article number 2206346
Yang, Xing; Yang, Ting; Liu, Qiqi; Zhang, Xiuwen; Yu, Xinghua; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Hai, Luo; Zhang, Pengfei; Tang, Ben Zhong; Cai, Lintao; Gong, Ping
Article

Design of Smart Aggregates: Toward Rapid Clinical Diagnosis of Hyperlipidemia in Human Blood

Advanced Materials, v. 34, (49), December 2022, article number 2207671
Sun, Feiyi; Zhao, Wei; Shen, Hanchen; Fan, Ni; Zhang, Jianyu; Liu, Qingqing; Xu, Changhuo; Luo, Jiaming; Zhao, Mengying; Chen, Yuyang; Lam, Wing Ki; Yang, Xueqin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Zhang, Hongfei; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Development of an HPV Genotype Detection Platform Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) and Flow-Through Hybridization Technologies

Molecules, v. 27, (20), 18 October 2022, article number 7036
Ma, Chun Ho; Li, Liejun; Cai, Shuheng; Lin, Pei; Lam, Wing Ki; Lee, Tsz Him; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xie, Longxu; Kun, Tit-Sang (Tom); Tang, Benzhong
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Evoking Highly Immunogenic Ferroptosis Aided by Intramolecular Motion-Induced Photo-Hyperthermia for Cancer Therapy

Advanced Science, v. 9, (10), April 2022, article number 2104885
Chen, Chao; Wang, Zaiyu; Jia, Shaorui; Zhang, Yuan; Ji, Shenglu; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Shi, Yang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Fluorescent Imaging and Sorting of High-Lipid-Content Strains of Green Algae by Using an Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen

ACS Nano, v. 16, (9), 27 September 2022, p. 14973-14981
Liu, Haixiang; Yan, Neng; Wong, Tin Yan; Lam, Hei Ning; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sun, Jianwei; Tang, Benzhong
Article

H₂O₂-Responsive NIR-II AIE Nanobomb for Carbon Monoxide Boosting Low-Temperature Photothermal Therapy

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, July 2022, article number e202207213
Ma, Gongcheng; Liu, Zhongke; Zhu, Chunguang; Chen, Huajie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Pengfei; Tang, Ben Zhong; Cai, Lintao; Gong, Ping
Article

Inspiration from nature: BioAIEgens for biomedical and sensing applications

Biomaterials, v. 288, September 2022, article number 121712
Lee, Michelle Mei Suet; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Chau, Hon Chung; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
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Leveraging bacterial survival mechanism for targeting and photodynamic inactivation of bacterial biofilms with red natural AIEgen

Cell Reports Physical Science, v. 3, (3), March 2022, article number 100803
Lee, Mei Suet; Wu, Qian; Chau, Hon Chung; Xu, Wenhan; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Dong; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

Molecular Crystal Engineering of Organic Chromophores for NIR-II Fluorescence Quantification of Cerebrovascular Function

ACS Nano, v. 16, (2), February 2022, p. 3323-3331
Li, Yuanyuan; Fan, Xiaoxiao; Li, Yirun; Liu, Shunjie; Chuah, Clarence; Tang, Youhong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Xuefeng; Qian, Jun; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

One-Pot Synthesis of Customized Metal–Phenolic-Network-Coated AIE Dots for In Vivo Bioimaging

Advanced Science, v. 9, (11), April 2022, article number 2104997
Xu, Changhuo; Peng, Chen; Yang, Xueqin; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhao, Zheng; Yan, Bo; Zhang, Jun; Gong, Junyi; He, Xuewen; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 143, (30), August 2021, p. 11820-11827
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Phototriggered Aggregation-Induced Emission and Direct Generation of 4D Soft Patterns

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Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, v. 14, 2021, p. 413-435
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 10, (24), December 2021, article number 2101055
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Sensitive and specific detection of peroxynitrite and in vivo imaging of inflammation by a "simple" AIE bioprobe

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Advanced Materials, v. 33, (36), September 2021, article number 2102258
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Chemical Science, v. 12, (10), March 2021, p. 3427-3436
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Biomaterials, v. 279, December 2021, article number 121227
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Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 5, (2), January 2021, p. 723-743
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Advanced Optical Materials, v. 8, (14), 1 Jul 2020, article number 2000855
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A ratiometric fluorescent probe based on AIEgen for detecting HClO in living cells

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ACQ-to-AIE Transformation: Tuning Molecular Packing by Regioisomerization for Two-Photon NIR Bioimaging

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Advanced Materials, v. 32, (36), September 2020, article number 2001457
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AIE Bioconjugates for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Optical Materials, 28 May 2020
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AIE luminogens as fluorescent bioprobes

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AIE-based energy transfer systems for biosensing, imaging, and therapeutics

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Bioinspired Simultaneous Changes in Fluorescence Color, Brightness, and Shape of Hydrogels Enabled by AIEgens

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (11), March 2020, article number 1906493
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Bright Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles for Two-Photon Imaging and Localized Compound Therapy of Cancers

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Chemical Science, v. 11, (29), 7 August 2020, p. 7676-7684
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Catalyst-Free Multicomponent Tandem Polymerizations of Alkyne and Amines toward Nontraditional Intrinsic Luminescent Poly(aminomaleimide)s

Macromolecules, v. 53, (10), May 2020, p. 3756-3764
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Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials

Materials Today, v. 32, January-February 2020, p. 275-292
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Design of AIEgens for Near-Infrared IIb Imaging Through Structural Modulation at Molecular and Morphological Levels

Nature Communications, v. 11, (1), March 2020, article number 1255
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Biomaterials, v. 248, July 2020, article number 120036
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Biomaterials, v. 261, December 2020, article number 120340
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Nano Today, v. 34, October 2020, article number 100893
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Small Methods, v. 4, (7), July 2020, article number 2000046
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Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 142, (35), 2 September 2020, p. 15146-15156
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Advanced Functional Materials, v. 30, (10), March 2020, article number 1909268
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Reverse Thinking of the Aggregation-Induced Emission Principle: Amplifying Molecular Motions to Boost Photothermal Efficiency of Nanofibers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (46), 9 November 2020, p. 20371-20375
Li, Haoxuan; Wen, Haifei; Zhang, Zhijun; Song, Nan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Lei; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
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Selective viable cell discrimination by a conjugated polymer featuring aggregation-induced emission characteristic

Biomaterials, v. 230, February 2020, article number 119658
Hu, Rong; Zhou, Taotao; Li, Baixue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shen, Jianlei; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Simultaneously boosting the conjugation, brightness and solubility of organic fluorophore by using AIEgens

Chemical Science, v. 11, (32), 28 August 2020, p. 8438-8447
Qi, Ji; Duan, Xingchen; Cai, Yuanjing; Jia, Shaorui; Chen, Chao; Zhao, Zheng; Li, Ying; Peng, Huiqing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
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Single AIEgen for multiple tasks: Imaging of dual organelles and evaluation of cell viability

Biomaterials, v. 242, June 2020, article number 119924
Zhang, Ruoyao; Niu, Guangle; Liu, Zhiyang; Chau, Hon Chung; Su, Huifang; Lee, Mei Suet; Gu, Yuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Three‐Pronged Attack by Homologous Far‐red/NIR AIEgens to Achieve 1+1+1>3 Synergistic Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (24), June 2020, p. 9610-9616
Xu, Wenhan; Lee, Michelle Mei Suet; Nie, Jingjun; Zhang, Zhihan; Kowk, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Xu, Fujian; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
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Time-Dependent Photodynamic Therapy for Multiple Targets: A Highly Efficient AIE-Active Photosensitizer for Selective Bacterial Elimination and Cancer Cell Ablation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (24), June 2020, p. 9470-9477
Li, Qiyao; Li, Ying; Min, Tianliang; Gong, Junyi; Du, Lili; Li, Kai; Phillips, David Lee; Liu, Junkai; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Ho, Chun Loong; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Kai; Wang, Jianguo; Tang, Benzhong
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Two Are Better Than One: A Design Principle for Ultralong-Persistent Luminescence of Pure Organics

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (22), June 2020, article number 2001026
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Liu, Junkai; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Zhang, Xuepeng; He, Zikai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Chan, Chang Sing; Wong, Kam Sing; Peng, Qian; Tang, Benzhong
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Ultrafast discrimination of Gram-positive bacteria and highly efficient photodynamic antibacterial therapy using near-infrared photosensitizer with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Biomaterials, v. 230, February 2020, article number 119582
Lee, Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Zheng, Liang; Yu, Bingran; Leung, Chun Sing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Xu, Fujian; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
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Unusual Through-Space Interactions between Oxygen Atoms that Mediate Inverse Morphochromism of an AIE Luminogen

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (22), May 2020, p. 8552-8559
Viglianti, Lucia; Xie, Ni; Sung, Ho Yung; Voityuk, Alexander A.; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Tu, Yujie; Baldoli, Clara; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Licandro, Emanuela; Blancafort, Lluís; Tang, Benzhong
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Visualizing Semipermeability of the Cell Membrane Using a pH-Responsive Ratiometric AIEgen

Chemical Science, v. 11, (22), June 2020, p. 5753-5758
Gu, Yuan; Zhao, Zheng; Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Han; Wang, Yiming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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A facile design for multifunctional AIEgen based on tetraaniline derivatives

Science China Chemistry, v. 62, (6), June 2019, p. 732-738
Liu, Beibei; He, Wei; Lu, Hao; Wang, Kun; Huang, Mingming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gao, Longcheng; Yang, Jiping; Tang, Benzhong
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A highly efficient and AIE-active theranostic agent from natural herbs

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (7), July 2019, p. 1454-1461
Lee, Mei Suet; Zheng, Liang; Yu, Bingran; Xu, Wenhan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Xu, Fujian; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
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A New Strategy toward “Simple” Water‐Soluble AIE Probes for Hypoxia Detection

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 29, (34), August 2019, article number 1903278
Xu, Changhuo; Zou, Hang; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-induced Emission: Fundamental Understanding and Future Developments

Materials Horizons, v. 6, (3), March 2019, p. 428-433
Chen, Yuncong; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-Induced Nonlinear Optical Effects of AIEgen Nanocrystals for Ultradeep In Vivo Bioimaging

Advanced Materials, v. 31, (44), November 2019, article number 1904799
Zheng, Zheng; Li, Dongyu; Liu, Zhiyang; Peng, Huiqing; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong
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AIE Featured Inorganic-Organic Core@Shell Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency siRNA Delivery and Real-Time Monitoring

Nano Letters, v. 19, (4), April 2019, p. 2272-2279
He, Xuewen; Yin, Feng; Wang, Dongyuan; Xiong, Linghong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Pengfei; Zhao, Zheng; Lam, Wing Yip; Yong, Ken-Tye; Li, Zigang; Tang, Benzhong
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AIE-based theranostic systems for detection and killing of pathogens

Theranostics, v. 9, (11), 2019, p. 3223-3248
He, Xuewen; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Zhao, Zheng; Wang, Zaiyu; Luo, liang; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
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Aptamer-anchored rubrene-loaded organic nanoprobes for cancer cell targeting and imaging

CCS Chemistry, v. 1, (3), August 2019, p. 251-260
Li, Yuanyuan; Li, Chuansheng; Jiang, Tao; Zhou, Lihua; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Tang, Benzhong
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Bio-orthogonal AIE Dots Based on Polyyne-Bridged Red-emissive AIEgen for Tumor Metabolic Labeling and Targeted Imaging

Chemistry - An Asian Journal, v. 14, (6), March 2019, p. 770-774
Zhang, Pengfei; Jiang, Tao; Li, Yuanyuan; Zhao, Zheng; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gu, Xinggui; Tang, Benzhong
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Boosting Fluorescence-Photoacoustic-Raman Properties in One Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Surgery

Chem, v. 5, (10), October 2019, p. 2657-2677
Qi, Ji; Li, Jun; Liu, Ruihua; Li, Qiang; Zhang, Haoke; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Dingbin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
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Boosting Non-Radiative Decay to Do Useful Work: Development of a Multi-Modality Theranostic System from an AIEgen

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (17), April 2019, p. 5628-5632
Wang, Dong; Lee, Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Shan, Guogang; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Hu, Xianglong; Tang, Benzhong
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Drawing A Clear Mechanistic Picture for the Aggregation-induced Emission Process

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (6), June 2019, p. 1143-1150
Zhang, Haoke; Liu, Junkai; Du, Lili; Ma, Chao; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Niu, Yingli; Qin, Anjun; Sun, Jingzhi; Peng, Qian; Sung, Ho Yung Hermans; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong
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Dual-Mode Ultrasensitive Detection of Nucleic Acids via an Aqueous "seesaw" Strategy by Combining Aggregation-Induced Emission and Plasmonic Colorimetry

ACS Applied Nano Materials, v. 2, (1), January 2019, p. 163-169
Shen, Jianlei; Zhang, Yiru; Hu, Rong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Zhiming; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Engineering Sensor Arrays Using Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Pathogen Identification

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 29, (4), January 2019, article number 1805986
Zhou, Chengcheng; Xu, Wenhan; Zhang, Pengbo; Jiang, Meijuan; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lee, Mei Suet; Shan, Guogang; Qi, Ruilian; Zhou, Xin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Shu; Tang, Benzhong
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Facile emission color tuning and circularly polarized light generation of single luminogen in engineering robust forms

Materials Horizons, v. 6, (2), February 2019, p. 405-411
Cheng, Yanhua; Liu, Shunjie; Song, Fengyan; Khorloo, Michidmaa; Zhang, Haoke; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; He, Zikai; Tang, Benzhong
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Facile Synthesis of AIEgens with Wide Color Tunability for Cellular Imaging and Therapy

Chemical Science, v. 10, (12), March 2019, p. 3494-3501
Xu, Wenhan; Lee, Mei Suet; Zhang, Zhihan; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
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Functionalized Acrylonitriles with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Structure Tuning by Simple Reaction-Condition Variation, Efficient Red Emission, and Two-Photon Bioimaging

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 141, (38), August 2019, p. 15111-15120
Niu, Guangle; Zheng, Xiuli; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Haoke; Wang, Jianguo; He, Xuewen; Chen, Yuncong; Shi, Xiujuan; Ma, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Wong, Kam Sing; Wang, Pengfei; Tang, Benzhong
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Highly efficient photothermal nanoagent achieved by harvesting energy via excited-state intramolecular motion within nanoparticles

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), February 2019, article number 768
Zhao, Zheng; Chen, Chao; Wu, Wenting; Wang, Fenfen; Du, Lili; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Xiong, Yu; He, Xuewen; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gao, Xike; Sun, Pingchuan; Phillips, David Lee; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
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Highly Photostable Two-Photon NIR AIEgens with Tunable Organelle Specificity and Deep Tissue Penetration

Biomaterials, v. 208, July 2019, p. 72-82
Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Gu, Yuan; Wang, Jianguo; Ma, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Wong, Kam Sing; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong
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In Situ Monitoring Apoptosis Process by a Self-Reporting Photosensitizer

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 141, (14), April 2019, p. 5612-5616
Zhang, Tianfu; Li, Yuanyuan; Zheng, Zheng; Ye, Ruquan; Zhang, Yiru; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Lab-in-cell Based on Spontaneous Amino-yne Click Polymerization

Science China Chemistry, v. 62, (9), September 2019, p. 1198-1203
Hu, Rong; Chen, Xu; Zhou, Taotao; Si, Han; He, Benzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Molecular Transmission: Visible and Rate-Controllable Photoreactivity and Synergy of Aggregation-Induced Emission and Host-Guest Assembly

Chemistry of Materials, v. 31, (3), February 2019, p. 1092-1100
Wei, Peifa; Li, Zhao; Zhang, Jingxuan; Zhao, Zheng; Xing, Hao; Tu, Yujie; Gong, Junyi; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Hu, Shimin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Non-aromatic Annulene-based Aggregation-induced Emission System via Aromaticity Reversal Process

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), December 2019, article number 2952
Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Du, Lili; Xiong, Yu; He, Wei; Gao, Xiuxiu; Li, Chunli; Liu, Yingjie; Xu, Bin; Zhang, Jing; Song, Fengyan; Yu, Ying; Zhao, Xueqian; Cai, Yuanjing; He, Xuewen; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Xuhui; Phillips, David Lee; Wang, Hua; Tang, Benzhong
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Palladium-catalyzed polyannulation of pyrazoles and diynes toward multifunctional poly(indazole)s under monomer non-stoichiometric conditions

Polymer Chemistry, v. 10, (39), September 2019, p. 5296-5303
Gao, Qingqing; Han, Ting; Qiu, Zijie; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhang, Jun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Ratiometric Detection of Mitochondrial Thiol with a Two-Photon Active AIEgen

ACS Applied Bio Materials, v. 2, (7), May 2019, p. 3120-3127
Gu, Yuan; Zhao, Zheng; Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhang, Han; Shan, Guogang; Feng, Haitao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong
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Robust Serum Albumin-Responsive AIEgen Enables Latent Bloodstain Visualization in High Resolution and Reliability for Crime Scene Investigation

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v. 11, (19), May 2019, p. 17306-17312
Wang, Zhaoyu; Zhang, Pengfei; Liu, Haixiang; Zhao, Zheng; Xiong, Linghong; He, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ye, Ruquan; Tang, Benzhong
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Sparks fly when AIE meets with polymers

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (11), November 2019, p. 2207-2220
Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Shunjie; Han, Ting; Zhang, Haoke; Chuah, Clarence; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Specific and Quantitative Detection of Albumin in Biological Fluids by Tetrazolate-Functionalized Water-Soluble AIEgens

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 11, (33), July 2019, p. 29619-29629
Tu, Yujie; Yu, Yeqing; Zhou, Zhibiao; Xie, Sheng; Yao, Bicheng; Guan, Shujuan; Situ, Bo; Liu, Yong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Sijie; Huang, Xuhui; Zeng, Zebing; Tang, Benzhong
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Spontaneous and Fast Molecular Motion at Room Temperature in the Solid State

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (14), March 2019, p. 4536-4540
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Cheng, Yanhua; Zhang, Haoke; Liu, Junkai; Wu, Wenjie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong
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Super-Resolution Visualization of Self-Assembling Helical Fibers Using Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens in Stimulated Emission Depletion Nanoscopy

ACS Nano, v. 13, (10), October 2019, p. 11863-11873
Dang, Dongfeng; Zhang, Haoke; Xu, Yanzi; Xu, Ruohan; Wang, Zhi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Lei; Meng, Lingjie; Tang, Benzhong
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SwissKnife-Inspired Multifunctional Fluorescence Probes for Cellular Organelle Targeting Based on Simple AIEgens

Analytical Chemistry, v. 91, (3), February 2019, p. 2169-2176
Ni, Jenshyang; Lee, Mei Suet; Zhang, Pengfei; Gui, Chen; Chen, Yuncong; Wang, Dong; Yu, Zhenqiang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Three-Component Regio- and Stereoselective Polymerizations toward Functional Chalcogen-Rich Polymers with AIE-Activities

Journal of The American Chemical Society, v. 141, (37), September 2019, p. 14712-14719
Gao, Qingqing; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Han, Ting; Qiu, Zijie; He, Xuewen; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Tuning Organelle Specificity and Photodynamic Therapy Efficiency by Molecular Function Design

ACS Nano, v. 13, (10), October 2019, p. 11283-11293
Liu, Zhiyang; Zou, Hang; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Shan, Guogang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Lei; Tang, Benzhong
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Visualization and Manipulation of Molecular Motion in the Solid State through Photoinduced Clusteroluminescence

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, v. 10, (22), November 2019, p. 7077-7085
Zhang, Haoke; Du, Lili; Wang, Lin; Liu, Junkai; Wan, Qing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong
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Visualizing and Monitoring Interface Structures and Dynamics by Luminogens With Aggregation-induced Emission

Journal of Applied Physics, v. 126, (5), August 2019, article number 050901
Zhang, Haoke; Sun, Jing Zhi; Liu, Junkai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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1 + 1 >> 2: Dramatically Enhancing the Emission Efficiency of TPE-Based AIEgens but Keeping their Emission Color through Tailored Alkyl Linkages

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (16), 21 February 2018, article number 201707210
Dang, Dongfeng; Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Liu, Yong; Chen, Ming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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A bifunctional aggregation-induced emission luminogen for monitoring and killing of multidrug-resistant bacteria

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (42), October 2018, article number 1804632
Li, Ying; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Jiangjiang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xie, Sheng; Tang, Rongbing; Jia, Yuexiao; Yang, Junchuan; Wang, Le; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Wenfu; Jiang, Xingyu; Tang, Benzhong
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A multifunctional luminogen with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for selective imaging and photodynamic killing of both cancer cells and Gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (23), May 2018, p. 3894-3903
Kang, Miaomiao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Jianguo; Zhang, Han; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Li, Ying; Zhang, Pengfei; Zou, Hang; Gu, Xinggui; Li, Feng; Tang, Ben Zhong
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A Photostable AIE Luminogen with Near Infrared Emission for Monitoring Morphological Change of Plasma Membrane

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B, v. 6, (10), March 2018, p. 1501-1507
Zhang, Weijie; Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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A simple approach to bioconjugation at diverse levels: Metal-free click reactions of activated alkynes with native groups of biotargets without prefunctionalization

Research, v. 2018, article number 3152870
Hu, Xianglong; Zhao, Xueqian; He, Benzhao; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Shi, Xiujuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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A Simple Mitochondrial Targeting AIEgen for Image-guided Two-photon Excited Photodynamic Therapy

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (17), May 2018, p. 2557-2565
Jiang, Meijuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Xuesong; Gui, Chen; Lam, Wing Yip; Qu, Jianan; Tang, Benzhong
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A substitution-dependent light-up fluorescence probe for selectively detecting Fe³⁺ ions and its cell imaging application

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (35), August 2018, article number 1802833
Feng, Xing; Li, Ying; He, Xuewen; Liu, Haixiang; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Elsegood, Mark R. J.; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen with Near-Infrared-II Excitation and Near-Infrared-I Emission for Ultradeep Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy

ACS Nano, v. 12, (8), August 2018, p. 7936-7945
Qi, Ji; Sun, Chaowei; Li, Dongyu; Zhang, Hequn; Yu, Wenbin; Zebibula, Abudureheman; Lam, Wing Yip; Xi, Wang; Zhu, Liang; Cai, Fuhong; Wei, Peifa; Zhu, Chunlei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Streich, Lina L.; Prevedel, Robert; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-induced emission luminogen-based fluorescence detection of hypoxanthine: a probe for biomedical diagnosis of energy metabolism-related conditions

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (28), July 2018, p. 4575-4578
Zhang, Zhiling; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong; Ng, Ka Ming
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Aggregation-Induced Emission: A Trailblazing Journey to the Field of Biomedicine

ACS Applied Bio Materials, v.1, (6), December 2018, p. 1768-1786
Zhu, Chunlei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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An Easily Accessible Ionic Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen with Hydrogen-Bonding-Switchable Emission and Wash-Free Imaging Ability

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (18), April 2018, p. 5011-5015
Chen, Yuncong; Zhang, Weijie; Zhao, Zheng; Cai, Yuanjing; Gong, Junyi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong
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Bright Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Strong Two-Photon Absorption, Excellent Organelle Specificity, and Efficient Photodynamic Therapy Potential

ACS Nano, v. 12, (8), August 2018, p. 8145-8159
Zheng, Zheng; Zhang, Tianfu; Liu, Haixiang; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ma, Chao; Zhang, Pengfei; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong
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Dual fluorescence of tetraphenylethylene-substituted pyrenes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for white-light emission

Chemical Science, v. 9, (25), July 2018, p. 5679-5687
Feng, Xing; Qi, Chunxuan; Feng, Haitao; Zhao, Zheng; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Exploration of biocompatible AIEgens from natural resources

Chemical Science, v. 9, (31), August 2018, p. 6497-6502
Gu, Yuan; Zhao, Zheng; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Pengfei; Liu, Junkai; Niu, Guangle; Li, Shiwu; Wang, Zhaoyang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ni, Xinlong; Sun, Jingzhi; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Facile access to deep red/near-infrared emissive AIEgens for efficient non-doped OLEDs

Chemical Science, v. 9, (28), 2018, p. 6118-6125
Lee, Will W.H.; Zhao, Zheng; Cai, Yuanjing; Xu, Zeng; Yu, Ying; Xiong, Yu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yue; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Ma, Dongge; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Fluorogenic Ag⁺-Tetrazolate Aggregation Enables Efficient Fluorescent Biological Silver Staining

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (20), May 2018, p. 5750-5753
Xie, Sheng; Wong, Alex Y. H.; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Ying; Su, Huifang; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Sijie; Tang, Benzhong
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Highly efficient photosensitizers with far-red/near-infrared aggregation-induced emission for in vitro and in vivo cancer theranostics

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (39), September 2018, article number 1802105
Wang, Dong; Lee, Mei Suet; Shan, Guogang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Su, Huifang; Cai, Yuchen; Tang, Benzhong
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Highly Emissive AlEgens with Multiple Functions: Facile Synthesis, Chromism, Specific Lipid Droplet Imaging, Apoptosis Monitoring, and In Vivo Imaging

Chemistry of Materials, v. 30, (21), November 2018, p. 7892-7901
Dang, Dongfeng; Liu, Haixiang; Wang, Jianguo; Chen, Ming; Liu, Yong; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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In situ monitoring of molecular aggregation using circular dichroism

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), November 2018, article number 4961
Zhang, Haoke; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Jia; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Shi, Lin; Sun, Jing Zhi; Tang, Zhiyong; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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In Situ Monitoring of RAFT Polymerization by Tetraphenylethylene‐Containing Agents with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics

Angewandte Chemie, v. 57, (21), May 2018, p. 6274-6278
Liu, Shunjie; Cheng, Yanhua; Zhang, Haoke; Qiu, Zijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Light-driven transformable optical agent with adaptive functions for boosting cancer surgery outcomes

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), December 2018, article number 1848
Qi, Ji; Chen, Chao; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Hu, Xianglong; Ji, Shenglu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
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Malonitrile-Functionalized Tetraphenylpyrazine: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Ratiometric Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide, and Mechanochromism

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v. 28, (6), February 2018
Chen, Ming; Chen, Rui; Shi, Yang; Wang, Jianguo; Cheng, Yanhua; Li, Ying; Gao, Xuedon; Yan, Yun; Sun, Jing Zhi; Qin, Anjun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Manipulating the Molecular Backbone to Achieve Highly Emissive Sky-Blue AIEgens and Their Applications in Nondoped Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Advanced Electronic Materials, v. 4, (11), November 2018, article number 1800354
Dang, Dongfeng; Wang, Zhiheng; Liu, Kunkun; Liu, Yong; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Su, Shi-Jian; Tang, Benzhong
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Multifunctional AIEgens: Ready Synthesis, Tunable Emission, Mechanochromism, Mitochondrial, and Bacterial Imaging

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (1), January 2018, article number 1704589
Jiang, Meijuan; Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Ying; Sung, Ho Yung; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Yilin; Lam, Wing Yip; Williams, Ian D.; Huang, Xuhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Ben Zhong
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Organic Mitoprobes based on Fluorogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission

Israel Journal of Chemistry, v. 58, (8), August 2018, p. 860-873
Cai, Xiaolei; Hu, Fang; Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
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Rational Design of a Water-soluble NIR AIEgen, and its Application in Ultrafast Wash-free Cellular Imaging and Photodynamic Cancer Cell Ablation

Chemical Science, v. 9, (15), 2018, p. 3685-3693
Wang, Dong; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Hu, Xianglong; Zou, Hang; Luo, Qianxin; Lee, Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Rational Design of Perylenediimide-Substituted Triphenylethylene to Electron Transporting Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens (AIEgens) with High Mobility and Near-Infrared Emission

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v. 28, (11), March 2018
Zhao, Zheng; Gao, Simin; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Pengfei; Wu, Wenting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xiong, Yu; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Chen, Yuncong; Gao, Xike; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Rational design of red AIEgens with a new core structure from non-emissive heteroaromatics

Chemical Science, v. 9, (40), October 2018, p. 7829-7834
Chen, Ming; Hu, Xianglong; Liu, Junkai; Li, Baixue; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Viglianti, Lucia; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Real-Time and High-Resolution Bioimaging with Bright Aggregation-Induced Emission Dots in Short-Wave Infrared Region

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (12), March 2018, article number 1706856
Qi, Ji; Sun, Chaowei; Zebibula, Abudureheman; Zhang, Hequn; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Zhao, Xinyuan; Xi, Wang; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Red/NIR-Emissive Benzo[d]imidazole-Cored AIEgens: Facile Molecular Design for Wavelength Extending and In Vivo Tumor Metabolic Imaging

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (50), December 2018, article number 1805220
Ni, Jen-Shyang; Zhang, Pengfei; Jiang, Tao; Chen, Yuncong; Su, Huifang; Wang, Dong; Yu, Zhen-Qiang; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Zhao, Zujin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Redox-Active AIEgen-Derived Plasmonic and Fluorescent Core@Shell Nanoparticles for Multimodality Bioimaging

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 140, (22), June 2018, p. 6904-6911
He, Xuewen; Zhao, Zheng; Xiong, Linghong; Gao, Pengfei; Peng, Chen; Li, Rong Sheng; Xiong, Yu; Li, Zhi; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Cheng Zhi; Ma, Nan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Regio- and Stereoselective Polymerization of Diynes with Inorganic Comonomer: A Facile Strategy to Conjugated Poly(p‑arylene dihalodiene)s with Processability and Postfunctionalizability

Macromolecules, v. 51, (9), May 2018, p. 3497-3503
Gao, Qingqing; Qiu, Zijie; Elsegood, Mark R.J.; Chen, Ming; Wang, Jianguo; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Specific Two-Photon Imaging of Live Cellular and Deep-Tissue Lipid Droplets by Lipophilic AIEgens at Ultralow Concentration

Chemistry of Materials, v. 30, (14), July 2018, p. 4778-4787
Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Kwong, Pui Chun John; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Congping; Wang, Jianguo; Chen, Yuncong; Feng, Xing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Elsegood, Mark Robert James; Qu, Jianan; Ma, Chao; Wong, Kam Sing; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Strategies to Enhance the Photosensitization: Polymerization and the Donor–Acceptor Even–Odd Effect

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (46), November 2018, p. 15189-15193
Liu, Shunjie; Zhang, Haoke; Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Junkai; Du, Lili; Chen, Ming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong
Article

The unusual aggregation-induced emission of coplanar organoboron isomers and their lipid droplet-specific applications

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 2, (8), August 2018, p. 1498-1507
Ni, Jen-Shyang; Liu, Haixiang; Liu, Junkai; Jiang, Meijuan; Zhao, Zheng; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Peng, Qian; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Theranostics based on AIEgens

Theranostics, v. 8, (18), 2018, p. 4925-4956
Wang, Dong; Lee, Michelle Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Ultrabright Red AIEgens for Two-photon Vascular Imaging with High Resolution and Deep Penetration

Chemical Science, v. 9, (10), January 2018, p. 2705-2710
Qin, Wei; Zhang, Pengfei; Li,hui; Lam, Wing Yip; Cai, yuanjing; Kwok, tsz kin; Qian, Jun; Zheng,wei; Tang, benzhong
Article

Ultrasensitive virion immunoassay platform with dual-modality based on a multifunctional aggregation-induced emission luminogen

ACS Nano, v. 12, (9), September 2018, p. 9549-9577
Xiong, Linghong; He, Xuewen; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xiong, Yu; Gao, Pengfei; Yang, Fan; Huang, Yalan; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Cheng, Jinquan; Zhang, Renli; Tang, Benzhong
Article

聚集诱导发光材料在生物成像、疾病诊断及治疗的应用

科技导报=Science & Technology Review, v. 36, (22), November 2018, p. 27-53
江美娟; 郭子健; 唐本忠
Article

Aggregation and Chirality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 10735, 2018, article number 107350H
Zhang, Haoke; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Conference paper

2017 29

A Highly Sensitive Bimodal Detection of Amine Vapours Based on Aggregation Induced Emission of 1,2-Dihydroquinoxaline Derivatives

Chemistry: A European Journal, v. 23, (59), October 2017, p. 14911-14917
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Su, Huifang; Qiu, Zijie; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Red-emissive Antibody-AIEgen Conjugate for Turn-on and Wash-free Imaging of Specific Cancer Cells

Chemical Science, v. 8, (10), October 2017, p. 7014-7024
Shi, Xiujuan; Yu, Yee Yung; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Jiang, Meijuan; He, Zikai; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

A Simple and Sensitive Method for an Important Physical Parameter: Reliable Measurement of Glass Transition Temperature by AIEgens

Macromolecules, v.50, (19), October 2017, p. 7620-7627
Qiu, Zijie; Chu, Eric K. K.; Jiang, Meijuan; Gui, Chen; Xie, Ni; Qin, Wei; Alam, Parvej; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

AIE-active Theranostic System: Selective Staining and Killing of Cancer Cells

Chemical Science, v. 8, (3), March 2017, p. 1822-1830
Gui, Chen; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Chun Sing; Lam, Wing Yip; Jiang, Meijuan; Deng, Haiqin; Cai, Yuanjing; Zhang, Weijie; Su, Huifang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

AIEgens for Biological Process Monitoring and Disease Theranostics

Biomaterials, v. 146, November 2017, p. 115-135
Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

AIEgens for Dark through-bond Energy Transfer: Design, Synthesis, Theoretical Study and Application in Ratiometric Hg²⁺ Sensing

Chemical Science, v. 8, (3), March 2017, p. 2047-2055
Chen, Yuncong; Zhang, Weijie; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Hu, Yubing; Lam, Wing Yip; Gu, Xinggui; He, Zikai; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Chen, Bin; Gui, Chen; Tang, Benzhong
Article

An Acidic pH Independent Piperazine-TPE AIEgen as a Unique Bioprobe for Lysosome Tracing

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), November 2017, p. 7593-7603
Cai, Yuanjing; Gui, Chen; Samedov, Kerim; Su, Huifang; Gu, Xinggui; Li, Shiwu; Luo, Wenwen; Sung, Ho Yung; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Aptamer-Decorated Self-Assembled Aggregation-Induced Emission Organic Dots for Cancer Cell Targeting and Imaging

Analytical Chemistry, v. 90, (2), 16 December 2018, p. 1063-1067
Zhang, Pengfei; Zhao, Zheng; Li, Chuansheng; Su Huifang; Wu, Yayun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Dramatic Differences in Aggregation-Induced Emission and Supramolecular Polymerizability of Tetraphenylethene-Based Stereoisomers

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (29), July 2017, p. 10150-10156
Peng, Huiqing; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Han, Ting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Xuhui; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Facile Synthesis of Red/NIR AIE Luminogens with Simple Structures, Bright Emissions, and High Photostabilities, and Their Applications for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets and Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 27, (46), December 2017, article number 1704039
Wang, Dong; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shan, Guogang; Leung, Chun Sing Anakin; Lee, Mei Suet; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Functionality and Versatility of Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogens

Applied Physics Reviews, v. 4, (2), June 2017, article number 021307
Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Functionalized AIE nanoparticles with efficient deep-red emission, mitochondrial specificity, cancer cell selectivity and multiphoton susceptibility

Chemical Science, v. 8, (6), June 2017, p. 4634-4643
Nicol, Alexander William; Qin, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Burkhartsmeyer, Jeffrey Mark; Zhu, Zhenfeng; Su, Huifang; Luo, Wenwen; Lam, Wing Yip; Qian, Jun; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Furan Is Superior to Thiophene: A Furan-Cored AIEgen with Remarkable Chromism and OLED Performance

Advanced Science, v. 4, (8), August 2017, article number 1700005
Zhao, Zheng; Nie, Han; Ge, Congwu; Cai, Yuanjing; Xiong, Yu; Qi, Ji; Wu, Wenting; Kwok tsz kin; Gao, Xike; Qin, An-jun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

High-Contrast Visualization and Differentiation of Microphase Separation in Polymer Blends by Fluorescent AIE Probes

Macromolecules, v. 50, (15), August 2017, p. 5807-5815
Han, Ting; Gui, Chen; Lam, Wing Yip; Jiang, Meijuan; Xie, Ni; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Highly Stable Organic Small Molecular Nanoparticles as an Advanced and Biocompatible Phototheranostic Agent of Tumor in Living Mice

ACS Nano, v. 11, (7), July 2017, p. 7177-7188
Qi, Ji; Fang, Yuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Hu, Xianglong; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Ionization and Anion-π⁺ Interaction: A New Strategy for Structural Design of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (46), November 2017, p. 16974-16979
Wang, Jianguo; Gu, Xinggui; Zhang, Pengfei; Huang, Xiaobo; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Chen, Ming; Feng, Haitao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Iridium-catalyzed Polymerization of Benzoic Acids and Internal Diynes: a New Route for Constructing High Molecular Weight Polynaphthalenes without the Constraint of Monomer Stoichiometry

Polymer Chemistry, v. 8, (8), February 2017, p. 1393-1403
Han, Ting; Zhao, Zheng; Deng, Haiqin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Light-up Probe Based on AIEgens: Dual Signal Turn-on for Caspase Cascade Activation Monitoring

Chemical Science, v. 8, (4), 2017, p. 2723-2728
Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Chong-Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mao, Duo; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Long-Term Real-Time In Vivo Drug Release Monitoring with AIE Thermogelling Polymer

Small, v. 13, (7), February 2017, article number 1603404
Liow, Sing Shy; Dou, Qingqing; Kai, Dan; Li, Zibiao; Sugiarto, Sigit; Yu, Chris Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Xiaohong; Wu, Yunlong; Ong, Seow Theng; Kizhakeyil, Atish; Verma, Navin Kumar; Tang, Benzhong; Loh, Xianjun
Article

Mitochondrion-Anchoring Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Synergistically Boosts the Radiosensitivity of Cancer Cells to Ionizing Radiation

Advanced Materials, v. 29, (15), April 2017, article number 1606167
Yu, Chris Yee Yung; Xu, Huae; Ji, Shenglu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Li, Xiaolin; Krishnan, Sunil; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Non-conventional Fluorescent Biogenic and Synthetic Polymers Without Aromatic Rings

Polymer Chemistry, v. 8, (10), March 2017, p. 1722-1727
Ye, Ruquan; Liu, Yuanyue; Zhang, Haoke; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Yilin; Xu, Liguo; Hu, Rongrong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wong, Kam Sing; Lam, Wing Yip; Goddard, William A., III; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Polyyne Bridged AIE Luminogens with Red Emission: Design, Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 5, (8), January 2017, p. 1650-1657
Zhao, Zheng; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Pengfei; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yuncong; He, Zikai; Gu, Xinggui; He, Xuewen; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian D.; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Zhenfeng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Sensitive and Specific Detection of l -Lactate Using an AIE-Active Fluorophore

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 9, (44), October 2017, p. 38153-38158
Zhang, Zhiling; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong; Ng, Ka Ming
Article

Synthesis of Functional Poly(propargyl imine)s by Multicomponent Polymerizations of Bromoarenes, Isonitriles, and Alkynes

ACS Macro Letters, v.6, (12), December 2017, p. 1352-1356
Huang, Hanchu; Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

Two-photon AIE Bio-probe with Large Stokes Shift for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets

Chemical Science, v. 8, (8), August 2017, p. 5440-5446
Jiang, Meijuan; Gu, Xinggui; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Yilin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Ultrafast Delivery of Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles and Pure Organic Phosphorescent Nanocrystals by Saponin Encapsulation

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (41), October 2017, p. 14792-14799
Nicol, Alexander William; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Congping; Zhao, Weijun; Chen, Ming; Qu, Jianan; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

Uptake, Distribution, and Bioimaging Applications of Aggregation-Induced Emission Saponin Nanoparticles in Arabidopsis thaliana

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 9, (34), 30 August 2017, p. 28298-28304
Nicol, Alexander William; Wong, Kai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Song, Zhegang; Li, Ning; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Why Do Simple Molecules with "isolated" Phenyl Rings Emit Visible Light?

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (45), November 2017, p. 16264-16272
Zhang, Haoke; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Xie, Ni; He, Zikai; Liu, Junkai; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Niu, Yingli; Huang, Xuhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

Turn-On Red-Emissive Antibody-AIEgen Conjugates for Wash-Free Imaging of Specific Cancer Cell

Shi, Xiujuan; Yu, Chris Y. Y.; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Jiang, Meijuan; He, Zikai; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Conference paper

2016 19

A Highly Fluorescent AIE-active Theranostic Agent with Anti-tumor Activity to Specific Cancer Cells

Nanoscale, v. 8, (25), July 2016, p. 12520-12523
Zhao, Yueyue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Lysosome-Targeting AIEgen for Autophagy Visualization

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 5, (4), February 2016, p. 427-431
Leung, Wai Tung; Wang, Zhiming; Zhao, Engui; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Chun Sing; Wen, Rongsen; Li, Bingshi; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Near-infrared AIEgen for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets

Chemical Communications, v. 52, (35), May 2016, p. 5957-5960
Kang, Miaomiao; Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Li, Feng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Photostable AIEgen for Nucleolus and Mitochondria Imaging with Organelle-Specific Emission

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 4, (15), April 2016, p. 2614-2619
Yu, Yee Yung; Zhang, Weijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Activatable Fluorescent Nanoprobe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Selective In Vivo Imaging of Elevated Peroxynitrite Generation

Advanced Materials, v. 28, (33), September 2016, p. 7249-7256
Song, Zhegang; Mao, Duo; Sung, Hoi Pang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Kong, Deling; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Aggregation-Induced Emission and Photocyclization of Poly(hexaphenyl-1,3-butadiene)s Synthesized from “1+2” Polycoupling of Internal Alkynes and Arylboronic Acids

Macromolecules, v. 49, (16), August 2016, p. 5817-5830
Liu, Yajing; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Peng, Qian; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

AIEgen Based Light-up Probes for Live Cell Imaging

Science China Chemistry, v. 59, (1), January 2016, p. 53-61
Liang, Jing; Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

AIEgens for Real-time Naked-eye Sensing of Hydrazine in Solution and on a Paper Substrate: Structure-dependent Signal Output and Selectivity

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (14), April 2016, p. 2834-2842
Zhang, Ruoyu; Zhang, Chong-Jing; Song, Zhegang; Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

An AIE-active fluorescence turn-on bioprobe mediated by hydrogen-bonding interaction for highly sensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide and glucose

Chemical Communications, v. 52, (65), July 2016, p. 10076-10079
Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Dan; Nie, Han; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

An AIE-based Bioprobe for Differentiating the Early and Late Stages of Apoptosis Mediated by H₂O₂

Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for Biology and Medicine, v. 4, (33), July 2016, p. 5510-5514
Leung, Chun Sing; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Leung, Wai Tung; Deng, Haiqin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

BCl₃-mediated Polycoupling of Alkynes and Aldehydes: A Facile, Metal-free Multicomponent Polymerization Route to Construct Stereoregular Functional Polymers

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (28), July 2016, p. 4667-4674
Zhang, Yun; Tseng, Nai-Wen; Deng, Haiqin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Diaminomaleonitrile-based Schiff Bases: Aggregation-enhanced emission, Red Fluorescence, Mechanochromism and Bioimaging Applications

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (44), October 2016, p. 10430-10434
Han, Ting; Gu, Xinggui; Lam, Wing Yip; Leung, Chun Sing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Han, Tianyu; Tong, Bin; Shi, Jianbing; Dong, Yuping; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Donor-acceptor π-conjugated Aggregation-induced Emission Molecules for Reversible Nanometer-scale Data Storage

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (23), April 2016, p. 5363-5369
Li, Shuhong; Shang, Yanli; Wang, Lifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Functional Isocoumarin-containing Polymers Synthesized by Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Polycoupling of Aryl Diacid and Internal Diyne

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (14), April 2016, p. 2501-2510
Han, Ting; Deng, Haiqin; Yu, Yee Yung; Gui, Chen; Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Multicomponent Click Polymerization: A Facile Strategy toward Fused Heterocyclic Polymers

Macromolecules, v. 49, (15), August 2016, p. 5475-5483
Deng, Haiqin; Han, Ting; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Multicomponent Polymerization: Development of a One-Pot Synthetic Route to Functional Polymers Using Diyne, N-Sulfonyl Azide and Water/Ethanol as Reactants

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (36), September 2016, p. 5646-5654
Deng, Haiqin; Han, Ting; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Peptide-Induced AlEgen Self-Assembly: A New Strategy to Realize Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Light-Up Probes

Analytical Chemistry, v. 88, (7), April 2016, p. 3872-3878
Han, Aitian; Wang, Huaimin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ji, Shenglu; Li, Jun; Kong, Deling; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin; Yang, Zhimou; Ding, Dan
Article

Polyarylcyanation of Diyne: A One-Pot Three-Component Convenient Route for in Situ Generation of Polymers with AIE Characteristics

Macromolecules, v. 49, (23), December 2016, p. 8888-8898
Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Synthesis of Imidazole-Based AIEgens with Wide Color Tunability and Exploration of their Biological Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 26, (6), February 2016, p. 824-832
Song, Zhegang; Zhang, Weijie; Jiang, Meijuan; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Nie, Han; Williams, Ian Duncan; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2015 10

A Fluorescent Light-up Nanoparticle Probe with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics and Tumor-acidity Responsiveness for Targeted Imaging and Selective Suppression of Cancer Cells

Materials Horizons, v. 2, (1), January 2015, p. 100-105
Ding, Dan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yuan, Youyong; Feng, Guangxue; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Aggregation-Induced Emission: Together We Shine, United We Soar!

Chemical Reviews, v. 115, (21), November 2015, p. 11718-11940
Mei, Ju; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Biosensing by Luminogens with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics

Chemical Society Reviews, v. 44, (13), July 2015, p. 4228-4238
Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Color-tunable and Highly Solid Emissive AIE Molecules: Synthesis, Photophysics, Data Storage and Biological Application

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 3, (14), April 2015, p. 3445-3451
Li, Shu Hong; Shang, Yanli; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Song, Yanlin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Detection of Oligomers and Fibrils of Alpha-synuclein by AIEgen with Strong Fluorescence

Chemical Communications, v. 51, (10), February 2015, p. 1866-1869
Leung, Wai Tung; Guo, Feng; Hong, Yuning; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Chen, Sijie; Vaikath, Nishant N.; El-Agnaf, Omar Mukhtar; Tang, Youhong; Gai, Wei-Ping; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Hybridization Induced Fluorescence Turn-on of AIEgen-oligonucleotide Conjugates for Specific DNA Detection

RSC Advances, v. 5, (36), March 2015, p. 28332-28337
Zhang, Ruoyu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Light-Up Probe for Targeted and Activatable Photodynamic Therapy with Real-Time in Situ Reporting of Sensitizer Activation and Therapeutic Responses

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 25, (42), November 2015, p. 6586-6595
Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Chongjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xu, Shidang; Zhang, Ruoyu; Wu, Jien; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Photostable AIE Fluorogens for Accurate and Sensitive Detection of S-phase DNA Synthesis and Cell Proliferation

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 3, (25), July 2015, p. 4993-4996
Zhao, Yueyue; Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yilong; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Real-time Monitoring of the Mitophagy Process by a Photostable Fluorescent Mitochondrion-specific Bioprobe with AIE Characteristics

Chemical Communications, v. 51, (43), May 2015, p. 9022-9025
Zhang, Weijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yilong; Chen, Sijie; Zhao, Engui; Yu, Yee Yung; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Qichang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Smart Probe for Tracing Cancer Therapy: Selective Cancer Cell Detection, Image-Guided Ablation, and Prediction of Therapeutic Response in Situ

Small, v. 11, (36), September 2015, p. 4682-4690
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

2014 14

A dual-mode fluorescence “turn-on” biosensor based on an aggregation-induced emission luminogen

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (12), March 2014, p. 1717-1723
Song, Zhegang; Hong, Yuning; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe Based on ESIPT and AIE Processes for Alkaline Phosphatase Activity Assay and Visualization in Living Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (19), October 2014, p. 17245-17254
Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; He, Zikai; Hong, Yuning; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Recyclable and Reusable Supported Cu(I) Catalyzed Azide-alkyne Click Polymerization

Scientific Reports, v. 4, May 2014, article number 5107
Wu, Haiqiang; Li, Hongkun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; Sun, Jingzhi; Qin, An-jun; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Tetraphenylethene-based Caged Compound: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (60), August 2014, p. 8134-8136
Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mei, Ju; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

An Aggregation-Induced-Emission Platform for Direct Visualization of Interfacial Dynamic Self-Assembly

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 53, (49), October 2014, p. 13518-13522
Li, Junwei; Li, Yuan; Chan, Carrie Yin Kwan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Hongkun; Zrazhevskiy, Pavel; Gao, Xiaohu; Sun, Jing Zhi; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Distinct optical and kinetic responses from E/Z isomers of caspase probes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (27), July 2014, p. 4363-4370
Liang, Jing; Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Meng; Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Wenhua; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Fluorogen-Peptide Conjugates with Tunable Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Bioprobe Design

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (16), August 2014, p. 14302-14310
Zhang, Ruoyu; Yuan, Youyong; Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhu, Qing; Feng, Guangxue; Geng, Junlong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Hair-Inspired Crystal Growth of HOA in Cavities of Cellulose Matrix via Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Interface Interaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (12), June 2014, p. 9508-9516
He, Meng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Zhenggang; Duan, Bo; Tang, Benzhong; Zhang, Lina
Article

Highly Fluorescent and Photostable Probe for Long-Term Bacterial Viability Assay Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 3, (1), January 2014, p. 88-96
Zhao, Engui; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Leung, Wai Tung; Chan, Yin Kwan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Light-up Bioprobe with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics for Real-time Apoptosis Imaging in Target Cancer Cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (2), January 2014, p. 231-238
Ding, Dan; Liang, Jing; Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Meng; Feng, Guangxue; Yuan, Youyong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Rational design of fluorescent light-up probes based on an AIE luminogen for targeted intracellular thiol imaging

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (3), January 2014, p. 295-297
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Feng, Guangxue; Liang, Jing; Geng, Junlong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Targeted Theranostic Platinum(IV) Prodrug with a Built-In Aggregation-Induced Emission Light-Up Apoptosis Sensor for Noninvasive Early Evaluation of Its Therapeutic Responses in Situ

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 136, (6), February 2014, p. 2546-2554
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Targeted Theranostic Prodrugs Based On an Aggregation-induced Emission (AIE) Luminogen for Real-time Dual-drug Tracking

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (78), October 2014, p. 11465-11468
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Ruoyu; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Water-soluble bioprobes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for light-up sensing of heparin

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (26), July 2014, p. 4134-4141
Kwok, Tsz Kin; Geng, Junlong; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhao, Engui; Wang, Guan; Zhan, Ruoyu; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2013 7

Construction of Functional Macromolecules with Well-Defined Structures by Indium-Catalyzed Three-Component Polycoupling of Alkynes, Aldehydes, and Amines

Macromolecules, v. 46, (9), May 2013, p. 3246-3256
Chan, Carrie Yin Kwan; Tseng, Nai Wen; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Jianzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Enlarged Tetrasubstituted Alkenes with Enhanced Thermal and Optoelectronic Properties

Chemical Communications, v. 49, (65), August 2013, p. 7216-7218
Liu, Yang; Lv, Yun; Xi, He; Zhang, Xiying; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tao, Xutang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Fabrication of Chitosan Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics and Their Applications in Long-Term Live Cell Imaging

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, v. 34, (9), May 2013, p. 767-771
Li, Min; Hong, Yuning; Wang, Zhengke; Chen, Sijie; Gao, Meng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qin, Wei; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Qichang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Fluorescent Light-up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Alkaline Phosphatase Sensing and Activity Study

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 5, (17), September 2013, p. 8784-8789
Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shi, Haibin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Full-Range Intracellular pH Sensing by an Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Two-Channel Ratiometric Fluorogen

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 135, (13), April 2013, p. 4926-4929
Chen, Sijie; Hong, Yuning; Liu, Yang; Liu, Jianzhao; Leung, Wai Tung; Li, Min; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; Lam, Wing Yip; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Long-Term Fluorescent Cellular Tracing by the Aggregates of AIE Bioconjugates

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 135, (22), June 2013, p. 8238-8245
Wang, Zhengke; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xie, Ni; Hu, Qiaoling; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Specific Nucleic Acid Detection Based on Fluorescent Light-up Probe from Fluorogens with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics

RSC Advances, v. 3, (26), 2013, p. 10135-10138
Li, Yuqiong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

2012 4

An AIE-active Hemicyanine Fluorogen with Stimuli-responsive Red/Blue Emission: Extending the pH Sensing Range by “Switch + Knob” Effect

Chemical Science, v. 3, (6), June 2012, p. 1804-1809
Chen, Sijie; Liu, Jianzhao; Liu, Yang; Su, Huimin; Hong, Yuning; Jim, Cathy Ka Wai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Na; Qin, Wei; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong
Article

From A Fluorescent Chromophore in Solution to An Efficient Emitter in the Solid State

Chemistry - An Asian Journal, v. 7, (10), October 2012, p. 2424-2428
Liu, Yang; Lv, Yun; Zhang, Xiying; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Ping; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tao, Xutang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Real-Time Monitoring of Cell Apoptosis and Drug Screening Using Fluorescent Light-Up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 134, (43), October 2012, p. 17972-17981
Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Jianzhao; Xing, Bengang; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Supersensitive Detection of Explosives by Recyclable AIE Luminogen-Functionalized Mesoporous Materials

Chemical Communications, v. 48, (57), July 2012, p. 7167-7169
Li, Dongdong; Liu, Jianzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liang, Zhiqiang; Tang, Benzhong; Yu, Jihong
Article

2011 2

Fluorogenic Zn(II) and Chromogenic Fe(II) Sensors Based on Terpyridine-Substituted Tetraphenylethenes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 3, (9), September 2011, p. 3411-3418
Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Jianzhao; Tseng, Nai Wen; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Tuning the Electronic Nature of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Enhanced Hole-Transporting Property

Chemistry of Materials, v. 23, (10), May 2011, p. 2536-2544
Liu, Yang; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Ping; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2010 1

Sterol-containing Tetraphenylethenes: Synthesis, Aggregation-induced Emission, and Organogel Formation

Frontiers of Chemistry in China, v. 5, (3), September 2010, p. 325-330
Liu, Yang; Lam, Wing Yip; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Article 1

Water-soluble AIE photosensitizer in short-wave infrared region for albumin-enhanced and self-reporting phototheranostics

Biomaterials, v. 314, March 2025, article number 122847
Xu, Yanzi; Zhang, Jianyu; Wang, Zhi; Zhang, Peijuan; Zhang, Zichen; Yang, Zhiwei; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Meng, Lingjie; Dang, Dongfeng; Tang, Benzhong

Article 17

A Holistic Perspective on Living Aggregate

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 146, (8), February 2024, p. 5030-5044
He, Wei; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Qiu, Zijie; Zhao, Zheng; Tang, Benzhong

A Near-Infrared-II Excitable Pyridinium Probe with 1000-Fold ON/OFF Ratio for γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase and Cancer Detection

ACS Nano, v. 18, (31), July 2024, p. 20268-20282
Shen, Hanchen; Du, Lidong; Xu, Changhuo; Wang, Bingzhe; Zhou, Qingqing; Ye, Ruquan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Xing, Guichuan; Sun, Jianwei; Liu, Tzu-Ming; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregative Luminescence from CsPbBr3 Perovskite Precursors

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2024, article number e202408586
Zhang, Siwei; Ma, Fulong; Jiang, Jinhui; Wang, Zaiyu; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Qiu, Zijie; Zhao, Zheng; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Benzhong

Apoptotic Vesicular Metabolism Contributes to Organelle Assembly and Safeguards Liver Homeostasis and Regeneration

Gastroenterology, v. 167, (2), July 2024, p. 343-356
Sui, Bingdong; Liu, Haixiang; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Shi, Songtao; Jin, Yan

Co-aggregation as A Simple Strategy for Preparing Fluorogenic Tetrazine Probes with On-Demand Fluorogen Selection

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 63, (11), March 2024, article number e202313930
Segawa, Shinsuke; Wu, Jiajie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wong, Tsz Wai; He, Xuewen; Tang, Benzhong

D-type neuropeptide decorated AIEgen/RENP hybrid nanoprobes with light-driven ROS generation ability for NIR-II fluorescence imaging-guided through-skull photodynamic therapy of gliomas

Aggregate, v. 5, (1), February 2024, article number e396
He, Xuelu; Luo, Yuan; Li, Yanying; Pan, Yuanbo; Kwok, Tsz Kin; He, Lulu; Duan, Xiaolin; Zhang, Pengfei; Wu, Aiguo; Tang, Ben Zhong; Li, Juan

Exciting Bacteria to a Hypersensitive State for Enhanced Aminoglycoside Therapy by a Rationally Constructed AIE Luminogen

Advanced Healthcare Materials, May 2024, article number 2400362, p. 1-10
Chen, Chao; Li, Xing; Wang, Yilin; Sun, Yingshu; Bao, Yixuan; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Ruoyao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Mao, Duo; Hou, Peng; Tang, Benzhong

Glutathione-responsive Aggregation-induced Emission Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy of Lung Cancer

Small, May 2024, article number 2401334, p. 1-12
Sun, Feiyi; Chen, Yuyang; Lam, Wing Ki Kristy; Du, Wutong; Liu, Qingqing; Han, Fei; Li, Dan; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Is the whole equal to, or greater than, the sum of its parts? The similarity and difference between molecules and aggregates

Matter, v. 7, (7), July 2024, p. 2551-2566
Wang, Jin; Li, Wenlang; Ou, Xinwen; Chen, Xinmeng; Zhang, Jianyu; Yang, Shengyi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Matthew effect: General design strategy of ultra-fluorogenic nanoprobes with amplified dark–bright states in aggregates

Aggregate, January 2024, article number e499
Segawa, Shinsuke; Ou, Xinwen; Shen, Tianruo; Ryu, Tomohiro; Ishii, Yuki; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Onda, Ken; Miyata, Kiyoshi; He, Xuewen; Liu, Xiaogang; Tang, Benzhong

Mechanochemical Fabrication of Full-Color Luminescent Materials from Aggregation-Induced Emission Prefluorophores for Information Storage and Encryption

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 146, (27), June 2024, p. 18350-18359
Xie, Huilin; Wang, Jingchun; Lou, Zhenchen; Hu, Lianrui; Segawa, Shinsuke; Kang, Xiaowo; Wu, Weijun; Luo, Zhi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Jianquan; Tang, Benzhong

Platinum complexes with aggregation-induced emission

Chemical Society Reviews, v. 53, (11), June 2024, p. 5366-5393
Yang, Shengyi; Chen, Yingying; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Benzhong

Recyclable and Environmentally Friendly Magnetic Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer for Sustainable Bacterial Inactivation in Water

ACS Nano, v. 18, (3), January 2024, p. 1907-1920
Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Chau, Hon Chung; Lee, Mei Suet; Koo, Tsin Hei; Lortz, Rolf Walter; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Yuanyuan; Tang, Benzhong

Spiro-materials with aggregation-induced emission

Matter, v. 7, (10), October 2024, p. 3390-3421
Yang, Shengyi; Wang, Jin; Deng, Zihao; Xu, Yanzi; Su, Xuxian; Zhang, Liang; Yang, Shiping; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Study of transient absorption spectroscopy of a D-π-A structure aggregation-induced emission luminogen and its photodynamic therapy application

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 12, (34), July 2024, p. 8349-8356
Zhang, Siwei; Wang, Junqiao; Wang, Zaiyu; Shao, Ming; Zhang, Chen; Chen, Xinmeng; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Unrestricted molecular motions enable mild photothermy for recurrence-resistant FLASH antitumor radiotherapy

Bioactive Materials, v. 37, July 2024, p. 299-312
Shen, Hanchen; Wang, Hongbin; Ma, Jianlan; Zhang, Jianyu; Xu, Changhuo; Sun, Feiyi; Ou, Xinwen; Zhu, Xinyan; Du, Lidong; Ju, Huaqiang; Ye, Ruquan; Shi, Guangfu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Zhang, Tianfu; Ning, Shipeng; Tang, Benzhong

Visualizing Triplet Energy Transfer in Organic Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Host-Guest Materials

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, September 2024, article number e202412182
Deng, Zihao; Kong, Fan-Cheng; Deng, Ziqi; Zhou, JIaming; Yang, Shengyi; He, Shan; Zhang, Jianyu; Zuo, Yunfei; Wang, Jin; Chen, Xinmeng; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Jia, Guocheng; Chow, Philip C.Y.; Phillips, David Lee; Alam, Parvej; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Article 29

A versatile AIE fluorogen with selective reactivity to primary amines for monitoring amination, protein labeling, and mitochondrial staining

Aggregate, v. 4, (1), February 2023, article number e239
He, Xinyuan; Xie, Huilin; Hu, Lianrui; Liu, Pengchao; Xu, Changhuo; He, Wei; Du, Wutong; Zhang, Siwei; Xing, Hao; Liu, Xinyue; Park, Hojeong; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Li, Min-Hui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Jian; Tang, Benzhong

Activation of Pyroptosis Using AIEgen-Based sp² Carbon-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 145, (32), August 2023, p. 17689-17699
Zhang, Liang; Wan, Shu-Cheng; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Meng-Jie; Yang, Qi-Chao; Zhang, Boxin; Wang, Wu-Yin; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Deng, Hexiang; Sun, Zhi-Jun; Tang, Benzhong

Adipocyte-Targeting Type I AIE Photosensitizer for Obesity Treatment via Photodynamic Lipid Peroxidation

ACS Nano, v. 17, (11), May 2023, p. 11039-11053
Lee, Mei Suet; Lin, Dan Min; Chau, Hon Chung; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Ding, Dan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health

ACS Nano, v. 17, (15), July 2023, p. 14347-14405
Wang, Haoran; Alam, Parvej; Bai, Haotian; Bhalla, Vandana; Bryce, Martin R.; Chen, Chao; Chen, Sijie; Chen, Yuncong; Chen, Zhijun; Dang, Dongfeng; Ding, Dan; Duo, Yanhong; Gao, Meng; He, Wei; He, Xuewen; Hong, Xuechuan; Hong, Yuning; Hu, Rong; Huang, Xiaolin; James, Tony D.; Jiang, Xingyu; Konishi, Gen-Ichi; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Li, Kai; Li, Ying; Liang, Xing-Jie; Liang, Yongye; Liu, Bin; Liu, Guozhen; Liu, Xingang; Lou, Xiaoding; Luo, Liang; Mcgonigal, Paul R.; Mao, Zong-Wan; Niu, Guangle; Pucci, Andrea; Qian, Jun; Qin, Anjun; Qiu, Zijie; Rogach, Andrey L.; Tanaka, Kazuo; Tang, Youhong; Wang, Dong; Wang, Jianguo; Wang, Wen-Xiong; Wu, Shuizhu; Yang, Hai-Bo; Yang, Mingwang; Yang, Ying-Wei; Yoon, Juyoung; Zang, Shuang-Quan; Zhang, Pengfei; Zhang, Xin; Zhao, Na; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Jie; Zheng, Lei; Zheng, Zheng; Zhu, Ming-Qiang; Zhu, Wei-Hong; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-Induced Emission Macromolecular Materials for Antibacterial Applications

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, v. 44, (13), July 2023, article number 2300104
Zuo, Yunfei; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Sun, Jianwei; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

AIEgen-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Preventing Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias Via Local Hyperthermia Therapy

Advanced Materials, August 2023
Zhang, Liang; Guo, Fuding; Xu, Saiting; Deng, Qiang; Xie, Mengjie; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Deng, Hexiang; Jiang, Hong; Yu, Lilei; Tang, Benzhong

AIEgens/Mitochondria Nanohybrids as Bioactive Microwave Sensitizers for Non-Thermal Microwave Cancer Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 12, (12), February 2023, article number 2202907
Yu, Xinghua; Lyu, Ming; Ou, Xupei; Liu, Wenquan; Yang, Xing; Ma, Xiaoxi; Zhang, Tianfu; Wang, Longnan; Zhang, Ying-Chuan; Chen, Sijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zheng, Zheng; Cui, Hong-Liang; Cai, Lintao; Zhang, Pengfei; Tang, Benzhong

An Alkaline Phosphatase-Responsive Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer for Selective Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer Cells

ACS Nano, v. 17, (8), April 2023, p. 7145-7156
Lam, Wing Ki; Chau, Hon Chung; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Sun, Feiyi; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sun, Jianwei; He, Xuewen; Tang, Benzhong

Apoptotic extracellular vesicles are metabolized regulators nurturing the skin and hair

Bioactive Materials, v. 19, January 2023, p. 626-641
Ma, Lan; Chen, Chider; Liu, Dawei; Huang, Zhiqing; Li, Jiaqi; Liu, Haixiang; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Sui, Bingdong; Zhang, Xiao; Tang, Jianxia; Mao, Xueli; Huang, Weiying; Shi, Songtao; Kou, Xiaoxing

Development of Sulfonamide-Functionalized Charge-Reversal AIE Photosensitizers for Precise Photodynamic Therapy in the Acidic Tumor Microenvironment

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 33, (30), July 2023, article number 2300746
Yang, Xueqin; Xu, Changhuo; Zhang, Xun; Li, Pei; Sun, Feiyi; Liu, Xinyue; Wang, Xinyuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yang, Jinglei; Lam, Wing Yip; Liang, Yongye; Tang, Benzhong

Dual Behavior Regulation: Tether‐free Deep‐brain Stimulation by Photothermal and Upconversion Hybrid Nanoparticles

Advanced Materials, March 2023, article number 2210018
Sun, Feiyi; Shen, Hanchen; Yang, Qinghu; Yuan, Zhaoyue; Chen, Yuyang; Guo, Weihua; Wang, Yu; Yang, Liang; Bai, Zhantao; Liu, Qingqing; Jiang, Ming; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Ye, Ruquan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Effects of Plasticizers on Structural Transitions and Heterogeneity of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films as Studied via AIE Materials

Macromolecules, v. 56, (21), November 2023, p. 8641-8650
Fu, Zhen-zhen; He, Wei; Yao, Yihang; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Wang, Ke; Tang, Benzhong; Fu, Qiang

Enzyme-free photothermally amplified fluorescent immunosorbent assay (PAFISA) for sensitive cytokine quantification

Aggregate, v. 4, (6), December 2023, article number e384
Li, Dian; He, Wei; Lin, Xuyan; Cui, Xiaodong; Nagl, Stefan; Wu, Angela Ruohao; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Wu, Renhua; Tang, Benzhong

Fast Delivery of Multifunctional NIR-II Theranostic Nanoaggregates Enabled by the Photoinduced Thermoacoustic Process

Advanced Science, April 2023, article number 2301104
Xie, Huilin; Zhang, Chen; Li, Tingting; Hu, Lianrui; Zhang, Jianquan; Guo, Heng; Liu, Zhao; Peng, Dinglu; Li, Zeshun; Wu, Weijun; Gao, Ji; Bi, Zhenyu; Wang, Jinghan; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Guo, Zhihong; Xi, Lei; Li, Kai; Tang, Benzhong

In Vivo Aggregation of Clearable Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Interlocked Surface Motifs for Cancer Therapeutics Amplification

Nano Letters, v. 23, (16), August 2023, p. 7683-7690
Tan, Yue; Huang, Di; Luo, Caiming; Tang, Jinhao; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Liu, Jinbin; Tang, Benzhong

Integrating Anion-π⁺ Interaction and Crowded Conformation to Develop Multifunctional NIR AIEgen for Effective Tumor Theranostics via Hippo-YAP Pathway

ACS Nano, v. 17, (21), November 2023, p. 21182-21194
Yang, Shiping; Yu, Hongchi; Liu, Junkai; Ma, Lunjie; Hou, Zhe; Ma, Jia; Miao, Michael Z.; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Sun, Jianwei; Sung, Herman H. Y.; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Liu, Xiaoheng; Tang, Benzhong

Integration of AIEgens into covalent organic frameworks for pyroptosis and ferroptosis primed cancer immunotherapy

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), September 2023, article number 5355
Zhang, Liang; Song, An; Yang, Qi-Chao; Li, Shu-Jin; Wang, Shuo; Wan, Shu-Cheng; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Deng, Hexiang; Tang, Benzhong; Sun, Zhi-Jun

Molecular Engineering of AIE Photosensitizers for Inactivation of Rabies Virus

Small, July 2023, article number 2303542
Bai, Yujie; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Liu, Yongsai; Jin, Hongli; Liu, Xingqi; Wu, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Mengyao; Feng, Na; Huang, Pei; Zhang, Haili; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xia, Xianzhu; Li, Yuanyuan; Tang, Benzhong; Wang, Hualei

More Is Better: Dual-Acceptor Engineering for Constructing Second Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens to Boost Multimodal Phototheranostics

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 145, (41), October 2023, p. 22776-22787
Yang, Shiping; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Zhijun; Zhang, Rongyuan; Ou, Xinwen; Xu, Weilin; Kang, Miaomiao; Li, Xue; Yan, Dingyuan; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Sun, Jianwei; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Multifunctional Hydrazone-Based AIEgens Enabled by Hydrogen-Halogen Interaction

Advanced Optical Materials, December 2023, article number 2302781
Zhang, Minjie; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Zicong; Kwok, Ryan T.K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Jia, Guocheng; Tang, Benzhong

Powerful Synergy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Photosensitizer in Photodynamic Therapy

ACS Nano, v. 17, (19), September 2023, p. 18952-18964
Sun, Feiyi; Shen, Hanchen; Liu, Qingqing; Chen, Yuyang; Guo, Weihua; Du, Wutong; Xu, Changhuo; Wang, Bingzhe; Xing, Guichuan; Jin, Zhuwei; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Ye, Ruquan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Jianping; Tang, Benzhong

Precise Molecular Engineering of Type I Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission for Image-Guided Photodynamic Eradication of Biofilm

Molecules, v. 28, (14), July 2023, article number 5368
Shi, Jinghong; Wang, Yucheng; He, Wei; Ye, Ziyue; Liu, Mengli; Zhao, Zheng; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Rational Design of AIE Photosensitizers with Full-Visible Color Emission and Efficient ROS Generation

Advanced Optical Materials, November 2023, article number 2302197
Yin, Weidong; Ma, Yucheng; Chen, Shuge; Xing, Longjiang; Ji, Shaomin; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Huo, Yanping; Tang, Benzhong

Recent advances in aggregation-induced emission materials for enhancing solar energy utilization

Nanoscale Horizons, v. 8, (4), February 2023, p. 453-459
Liu, Haixiang; Bai, Haotian; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Red/NIR emissive aggregation-induced emission-active photosensitizers with strong donor–acceptor strength for image-guided photodynamic therapy of cancer

Luminescence, October 2023
Ma, Yucheng; Yin, Weidong; Ji, Shaomin; Wang, Jin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Huo, Yanping; Sun, Jianwei; Tang, Benzhong

Restriction of molecular motion to a higher level: towards bright AIE dots for biomedical applications

iScience, v. 26, (5), May 2023, article number 106568
Xu, Changhuo; Shen, Hanchen; Liu, Tzu-Ming; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Ben Zhong

The Role of Structural Hydrophobicity on Cationic Amphiphilic Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer-Bacterial Interaction and Photodynamic Efficiency

ACS Nano, v. 17, (17), September 2023, p. 17004-17020
Lee, Michelle M. S.; Yu, Eric Y.; Yan, Dingyuan; Chau, Joe H. C.; Wu, Qian; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Ding, Dan; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Visualizing intracellular dynamics with AIE probes

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 7, (15), 21 March 2023, p. 2973-2994
Lee, Mei Suet; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Chau, Hon Chung; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Dong; Tang, Ben Zhong

Water-Soluble Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Near-Infrared Emission for Advanced Phototheranostics

Small Science, v. 3, (9), September 2023, article number 2300052
Shen, Hanchen; Xu, Changhuo; Ye, Ruquan; Liu, Tzu-Ming; Zhang, Jianyu; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Guo, Zhihong; Sun, Jianwei; Tang, Benzhong

Article 31

A clickable AIEgen for visualization of macrophage-microbe interaction

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, v. 216, 15 November 2022, article number 114614
Zhang, Zicong; He, Wei; Deng, Ziwei; Liu, Yanling; Wen, Haifei; Wang, Yucheng; Ye, Ziyue; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Qiu, Zijie; Zhao, Zheng; Tang, Benzhong

A nonconjugated radical polymer with stable red luminescence in the solid state

Materials Horizons, v. 9, (10), July 2022, p. 2564-2571
Wang, Zhaoyu; Zou, Xinhui; Xie, Yi; Zhang, Haoke; Hu, Lianrui; Chan, Christopher Chang Sing; Zhang, Ruoyao; Guo, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Williams, Ian Duncan; Zeng, Zebing; Wong, Kam Sing; Sherrill, C. David; Ye, Ruquan; Tang, Ben Zhong

A Photoactivatable AIEgen for Selective Imaging and Killing of Estrogen Receptor- Positive Cells

ACS Materials Letters, v. 4, (9), 18 August 2022, p. 1831-1839
Xu, Changhuo; Zou, Hang; Hu, Lianrui; Shen, Hanchen; Sung, Ho Yung; Feng, Haitao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Lei; Tang, Benzhong

A Ratiometric Theranostic System for Visualization of ONOO^-Species and Reduction of Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity

Biomaterials Science, v. 10, (4), February 2022, p. 1083-1089
Chau, Hon Chung; Zhang, Ruoyao; Lee, Mei Suet; Lam, Wing Ki; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

A wearable AIEgen-based lateral flow test strip for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RBD protein and N protein

Cell Reports Physical Science, v. 3, (2), February 2022, article number 100740
Zhang, Guo-Qiang; Gao, Zhiyuan; Zhang, Jingtian; Ou, Hanlin; Gao, Heqi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Ding; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-induced emission luminogens for augmented photosynthesis

Exploration, v. 2, (3), October 2022, article number 20210053
Liu, Haixiang; Yan, Neng; Bai, Haotian; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Cell Death Research

ACS Bio & Med Chem Au, v. 2, (3), 15 June 2022, p. 236-257
Zuo, Yunfei; Shen, Hanchen; Sun, Feiyi; Li, Pei; Sun, Jianwei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Amplification of Activated Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescence by Introducing Twisted Molecular Geometry for Understanding Neutrophil-Involved Diseases

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 144, (8), 2 March 2022, p. 3429-3441
Chen, Chao; Gao, Heqi; Ou, Hanlin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Youhong; Zheng, Donghui; Ding, Dan

Biological Synthesis and Process Monitoring of an Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen-Based Fluorescent Polymer

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 2, (9), 26 September 2022, p. 2162-2168
Liu, Chenchen; Bian, Xuhui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Han, Lei; Tang, Benzhong

Biomimetic Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanodots with Hitchhiking Function for T Cell-Mediated Cancer Targeting and NIR-II Fluorescence-Guided Mild-Temperature Photothermal Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 32, (45), 3 November 2022, article number 2206346
Yang, Xing; Yang, Ting; Liu, Qiqi; Zhang, Xiuwen; Yu, Xinghua; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Hai, Luo; Zhang, Pengfei; Tang, Ben Zhong; Cai, Lintao; Gong, Ping

Design of Smart Aggregates: Toward Rapid Clinical Diagnosis of Hyperlipidemia in Human Blood

Advanced Materials, v. 34, (49), December 2022, article number 2207671
Sun, Feiyi; Zhao, Wei; Shen, Hanchen; Fan, Ni; Zhang, Jianyu; Liu, Qingqing; Xu, Changhuo; Luo, Jiaming; Zhao, Mengying; Chen, Yuyang; Lam, Wing Ki; Yang, Xueqin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Zhang, Hongfei; Tang, Benzhong

Development of an HPV Genotype Detection Platform Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) and Flow-Through Hybridization Technologies

Molecules, v. 27, (20), 18 October 2022, article number 7036
Ma, Chun Ho; Li, Liejun; Cai, Shuheng; Lin, Pei; Lam, Wing Ki; Lee, Tsz Him; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xie, Longxu; Kun, Tit-Sang (Tom); Tang, Benzhong

Evoking Highly Immunogenic Ferroptosis Aided by Intramolecular Motion-Induced Photo-Hyperthermia for Cancer Therapy

Advanced Science, v. 9, (10), April 2022, article number 2104885
Chen, Chao; Wang, Zaiyu; Jia, Shaorui; Zhang, Yuan; Ji, Shenglu; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Shi, Yang; Tang, Benzhong

Fluorescent Imaging and Sorting of High-Lipid-Content Strains of Green Algae by Using an Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen

ACS Nano, v. 16, (9), 27 September 2022, p. 14973-14981
Liu, Haixiang; Yan, Neng; Wong, Tin Yan; Lam, Hei Ning; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sun, Jianwei; Tang, Benzhong

H₂O₂-Responsive NIR-II AIE Nanobomb for Carbon Monoxide Boosting Low-Temperature Photothermal Therapy

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, July 2022, article number e202207213
Ma, Gongcheng; Liu, Zhongke; Zhu, Chunguang; Chen, Huajie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Pengfei; Tang, Ben Zhong; Cai, Lintao; Gong, Ping

Inspiration from nature: BioAIEgens for biomedical and sensing applications

Biomaterials, v. 288, September 2022, article number 121712
Lee, Michelle Mei Suet; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Chau, Hon Chung; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Leveraging bacterial survival mechanism for targeting and photodynamic inactivation of bacterial biofilms with red natural AIEgen

Cell Reports Physical Science, v. 3, (3), March 2022, article number 100803
Lee, Mei Suet; Wu, Qian; Chau, Hon Chung; Xu, Wenhan; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Dong; Tang, Ben Zhong

Molecular Crystal Engineering of Organic Chromophores for NIR-II Fluorescence Quantification of Cerebrovascular Function

ACS Nano, v. 16, (2), February 2022, p. 3323-3331
Li, Yuanyuan; Fan, Xiaoxiao; Li, Yirun; Liu, Shunjie; Chuah, Clarence; Tang, Youhong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Xuefeng; Qian, Jun; Tang, Ben Zhong

One-Pot Synthesis of Customized Metal–Phenolic-Network-Coated AIE Dots for In Vivo Bioimaging

Advanced Science, v. 9, (11), April 2022, article number 2104997
Xu, Changhuo; Peng, Chen; Yang, Xueqin; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhao, Zheng; Yan, Bo; Zhang, Jun; Gong, Junyi; He, Xuewen; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

One-Step light-up metabolic probes for in situ discrimination and killing of intracellular bacteria

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 6, (4), 21 February 2022, p. 450-458
Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Lee, Mei Suet; Chau, Hon Chung; Lam, Wing Ki; Park, Hojeong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Li, Yuanyuan; Tang, Benzhong

Organic Long-Persistent Luminescence from a Single-Component Aggregate

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 144, (7), 23 February 2022, p. 3050-3062
Alam, Parvej; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Zhang, Jianyu; Guo, Jing; Du, Lili; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zeng, Zebing; Phillips, David Lee; Sung, Herman H. Y.; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong

Precise and Long‐Term Tracking of Mitochondria in Neurons using a Bioconjugatable and Photostable AIE Luminogen

Chemical Science, v. 13, (10), February 2022, p. 2965-2970
Park, Hojeong; Niu, Guangle; Wu, Chao; Park, Chungwon; Liu, Haixiang; Park, Hyo Keun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Jing; He, Benzhao; Tang, Benzhong

Pursuing Phase Transitions of a Concentrated Polymer Solution by In Situ Fluorescence Measurements Based On Aggregation-Induced Emission

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, v. 13, (42), October 2022, p. 9855-9861
Fu, Zhen-zhen; He, Wei; Yao, Yihang; Qiu, Zijie; Chen, Hong; Li, Chen-xi; Wang, Ke; Zhang, Qin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Fu, Qiang

Rapid Biotransformation of Luminescent Bimetallic Nanoparticles in Hepatic Sinusoids

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 144, (45), November 2022, p. 20653-20660
Tan, Yue; Cai, Wei; Luo, Caiming; Tang, Jiahao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Liu, Jinbin; Tang, Benzhong

Rational Design of NIR-II AIEgens with Ultrahigh Quantum Yields for Photo- and Chemiluminescence Imaging

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 144, (33), 24 August 2022, p. 15391-15402
Shen, Hanchen; Sun, Feiyi; Zhu, Xinyan; Zhang, Jianyu; Ou, Xinwen; Zhang, Jianquan; Xu, Changhuo; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Chen, Sijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sun, Jianwei; Zhang, Fan; Tang, Benzhong

Recent Advances in Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens in Photoacoustic Imaging

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, v. 49, (8), July 2022, p. 2560-2583
Li, Pei; He, Xuewen; Li, Yang; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Cun Chuan; Xia, Li Gang; Tang, Benzhong

Recent advances of aggregation-induced emission materials for fluorescence image-guided surgery

Biomaterials, v. 288, September 2022, article number 121709
He, Wei; Zhang, Zicong; Luo, Yumei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Zheng; Tang, Benzhong

Self-cleaning wearable masks for respiratory infectious pathogen inactivation by type I and type II AIE photosensitizer

Biomaterials, v. 291, December 2022, article number 121898
Sun, Jingxuan; Bai, Yujie; Yu, Eric Yan Hung; Ding, Guanyu; Zhang, Haili; Duan, Ming; Huang, Pei; Zhang, Mengyao; Jin, Hongli; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Yuanyuan; Shan, Guo-Gang; Tang, Benzhong; Wang, Hualei

Strategies in boosting photosensitization for biomedical applications

Science China Chemistry, v. 65, 14 January 2022, p. 647-649
Chen, Ming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Youhong; Ding, Dan

Taming Reactive Oxygen Species: Mitochondria-Targeting Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen for Neuron Protection via Photosensitization-Triggered Autophagy

CCS Chemistry, v. 4, (7), 14 July 2022, p. 2249-2257
Chen, Chao; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Yufan; Zhang, Haoke; Wang, Zaiyu; Huang, Xiaolin; Chen, Sijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

The Roles of Packing Modes in Manipulating Gel Stability and Luminescence Behavior in Fluorescent Supramolecular Gels

APL Materials, v. 10, (8), 25 August 2022, article number 080905
Xie, Huilin; Zhang, Jianquan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Li, Zhao; Tang, Benzhong

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A biocompatible dual-AIEgen system without spectral overlap for quantitation of microbial viability and monitoring of biofilm formation

Materials Horizons, v. 8, (6), June 2021, p. 1816-1824
He, Wei; Zheng, Zheng; Bai, Haotian; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Wang, Lei; Li, Yinghui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Hu, Qinghua; Cheng, Jinquan; Tang, Benzhong

A two-in-one Janus NIR-II AIEgen with balanced absorption and emission for image-guided precision surgery

Materials Today Bio, v. 10, March 2021, article number 100087
Liu, Shunjie; Li, Yuanyuan; Zhang, Jianquan; Zhang, Haoke; Wang, Yong; Chuah, Clarence; Tang, Youhong; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ou, Hanlin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

AIE-based luminescence probes for metal ion detection

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, v. 429, February 2021, article number 213693
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Zhang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

AIEgen for cancer discrimination

Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports, v. 146, October 2021, article number 100649
Zhang, Ruoyao; Huang, Xiaolin; Chen, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

AIEgens for microbial detection and antimicrobial therapy

Biomaterials, v. 268, January 2021, article number 120598
Bai, Haotian; He, Wei; Chau, Hon Chung; Zheng, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Augmenting photosynthesis through facile AIEgen-chloroplast conjugation and efficient solar energy utilization

Materials Horizons, v. 8, (5), May 2021, p. 1433-1438
Bai, Haotian; Liu, Haixiang; Chen, Xu; Hu, Rong; Li, Meng; He, Wei; Du, Jian; Liu, Zhiyang; Qin, An-jun; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Boosting Cyanobacteria Growth by Fivefold with Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: Toward the Development of a Biofactory

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, v. 9, (45), November 2021, p. 15258-15266
Liu, Haixiang; Bai, Haotian; Yan, Neng; Wong, Tin Yan; Dang, Dongfeng; Ni, Jen-Shyang; Lam, Wing Yip; Lam, Hei Ning; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Wen-Xiong; Tang, Benzhong

Catalyst-Free Spontaneous Polymerization with 100% Atom Economy: Facile Synthesis of Photoresponsive Polysulfonates with Multifunctionalities

JACS Au, v. 1, (3), March 2021, p. 344-353
Liu, Xiaolin; Liang, Xin; Hu, Yubing; Han, Lei; Qu, Qing; Liu, Dongming; Guo, Jing; Zeng, Zebing; Bai, Haotian; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Diagnosis of fatty liver disease by a multiphoton-active and lipid-droplet-specific AIEgen with nonaromatic rotors

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 5, (4), February 2021, p. 1853-1862
Park, Hojeong; Li, Shijie; Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Haoke; Song, Zhuoyue; Lu, Qing; Zhang, Jun; Ma, Chao; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Xiong, Qingping; Tang, Benzhong

Efficient Killing of Multidrug-Resistant Internalized Bacteria by AIEgens In Vivo

Advanced Science, v. 8, (9), May 2021, article number 2001750
Li, Ying; Liu, Fei; Zhang, Jiangjiang; Liu, Xiaoye; Xiao, Peihong; Bai, Haotian; Chen, Shang; Wang, Dong; Sung, Hoi Pang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shen, Jianzhong; Zhu, Kui; Tang, Benzhong

Enlarging Reservoir: High Absorption Coefficient Dyes Enable Synergetic Near Infrared‐II Fluorescence Imaging and Near Infrared‐I Photothermal Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 31, (29), July 2021, article number 2102213
Li, Yuanyuan; Zhang, Jianquan; Liu, Shunjie; Zhang, Chen; Chuah, Clarence; Tang, Youhong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ou, Hanlin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Facilitation of molecular motion to develop turn-on photoacoustic bioprobe for detecting nitric oxide in encephalitis

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), February 2021, article number 960
Qi, Ji; Feng, Leyan; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Haoke; Huang, Liwen; Zhou, Yutong; Zhao, Zheng; Duan, Xingchen; Xu, Fei; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Xue, Xue; Tang, Benzhong

Heteroaromatic Hyperbranched Polyelectrolytes: Multicomponent Polyannulation and Photodynamic Biopatterning

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 60, (35), August 2021, p. 19222-19231
Liu, Xiaolin; Xiao, Minghui; Xue, Ke; Li, Mingzhao; Liu, Dongming; Wang, Yong; Yang, Xinzhe; Hu, Yubing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qin, Anjun; Zhu, Chunlei; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Highly efficient photothermal nanoparticles for the rapid eradication of bacterial biofilms

Nanoscale, v. 13, (32), August 2021, p. 13610-13616
He, Wei; Wang, Zaiyu; Bai, Haotian; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

How Do Molecular Motions Affect Structures and Properties at Molecule and Aggregate Levels?

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 143, (30), August 2021, p. 11820-11827
Tu, Deshuang; Zhang, Jianyu; Zhang, Yunxiao; Sung, Ho Yung; Liu, Lijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Williams, Ian Duncan; Yan, Hong; Tang, Benzhong

Making Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen More Valuable by Gold: Enhancing Anticancer Efficacy by Suppressing Thioredoxin Reductase Activity

ACS Nano, v. 15, (5), May 2021, p. 9176-9185
Zou, Hang; Zhang, Jing; Wu, Changmeng; He, Benzhao; Hu, Yubing; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Lei; Tang, Benzhong

Mitochondria-Specific Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Selective Photodynamic Killing of Fungi and Efficacious Treatment of Keratitis

ACS Nano, v. 15, (7), July 2021, p. 12129-12139
Zhou, Chengcheng; Peng, Chen; Shi, Chunzi; Jiang, Meijuan; Chau, Hon Chung; Liu, Zhiyang; Bai, Haotian; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Shi, Yuxin; Tang, Benzhong

Phototriggered Aggregation-Induced Emission and Direct Generation of 4D Soft Patterns

Advanced Materials, v. 33, (48), December 2021, article number 2105113
Xie, Huilin; Li, Zhao; Gong, Junyi; Hu, Lianrui; Alam, Parvej; Ji, Xiaofan; Hu, Yubing; Chau, Joe H.C.; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Real-Time Visualization And Monitoring Of Physiological Dynamics By Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens (AIEgens)

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, v. 14, 2021, p. 413-435
He, Xuewen; Lam, Wing Yip, Jacky; Kwok, Tsz Kin, Ryan; Tang, Benzhong

Recent Advances in Aggregation-Induced Emission Materials and Their Biomedical and Healthcare Applications

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 10, (24), December 2021, article number 2101055
He, Wei; Zhang, Tianfu; Bai, Haotian; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Sensitive and specific detection of peroxynitrite and in vivo imaging of inflammation by a "simple" AIE bioprobe

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 5, (4), February 2021, p. 1830-1835
Xie, Huilin; Zhang, Jingtian; Chen, Chao; Sun, Feiyi; Liu, Haixiang; He, Xinyuan; Lam, Wing Ki; Li, Zhao; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Guo-Qiang; Ding, Dan; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Side Area-Assisted 3D Evaporator with Antibiofouling Function for Ultra-Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Advanced Materials, v. 33, (36), September 2021, article number 2102258
Li, Haoxuan; Zhu, Wei; Li, Meng; Li, Ying; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Lei; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Structural and process controls of AIEgens for NIR-II theranostics

Chemical Science, v. 12, (10), March 2021, p. 3427-3436
Liu, Shunjie; Li, Yuanyuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Tunable Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties from Room Temperature Phosphorescent Cyclic Triimidazole-Pyrene Bio-Probe

Chemistry - A European Journal, v, 27, (67), December 2021, p. 16690-16700
Previtali, Andrea; He, Wei; Forni, Alessandra; Malpicci, Daniele; Lucenti, Eleana; Marinotto, Daniele; Carlucci, Lucia; Mercandelli, Pierluigi; Ortenzi, Marco Aldo; Terraneo, Giancarlo; Botta, Chiara; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong; Cariati, Elena

Turning on Light Emission of a Dark Pro-Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen in Aqueous Media Through Reductase-Modulated Derotation

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, v. 1, (4), April 2021, article number 2000080
Xu, Changhuo; Zou, Hang; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Chen, Sijie; Zheng, Lei; Tang, Ben Zhong

Unusual light-driven amplification through unexpected regioselective photogeneration of five-membered azaheterocyclic AIEgen

Chemical Science, v. 12, (2), January 2021, p. 709-717
Li, Qiyao; Gong, Junyi; Li, Ying; Zhang, Ruoyao; Wang, Haoran; Zhang, Jianquan; Yan, He; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Li, Min-hui; Wang, Jianguo; Tang, Benzhong

Vision redemption: Self-reporting AIEgens for combined treatment of bacterial keratitis

Biomaterials, v. 279, December 2021, article number 121227
Peng, Chen; Sun, Wenjie; Zhou, Chengcheng; Qiang, Sujing; Jiang, Meijuan; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Cai, Wenting; Tang, Benzhong

Wash-free detection and bioimaging by AIEgens

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 5, (2), January 2021, p. 723-743
Huang, Xiaolin; Zhang, Ruoyao; Chen, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Article 41

20 Years of Aggregation-Induced Emission Research

Advanced Optical Materials, v. 8, (14), 1 Jul 2020, article number 2000855
Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

A lipophilic AIEgen for lipid droplet imaging and evaluation of the efficacy of HIF-1 targeting drugs

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 8, (7), February 2020, p. 1516-1523
Shi, Xiujuan; Sung, Hoi Pang; Lee, Mei Suet; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Liu, Haixiang; Lam, Wing Yip; Williams, Ian Duncan; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

A ratiometric fluorescent probe based on AIEgen for detecting HClO in living cells

Chemical Communications, v. 56, (93), December 2020, p. 14613-14616
Zhang, Weijie; Wang, He; Li, Feng; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Huang, Yuhua; Zhang, Jianglei; Hou, Jianquan; Tang, Benzhong

ACQ-to-AIE Transformation: Tuning Molecular Packing by Regioisomerization for Two-Photon NIR Bioimaging

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (31), July 2020, p. 12822-12826
Ni, Huwei; Zhang, Hequn; Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Shunjie; Zhang, Haoke; Chuah, Clarence; Ma, Chao; Wong, Kam Sing; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qian, Jun; Lu, Xuefeng; Tang, Benzhong

ACQ-to-AIE Transformation: Tuning Molecular Packing by Regioisomerization for Two-Photon NIR Bioimaging

Angewandte Chemie, v. 132, (31), July 2020, p. 12922-12926
Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Shunjie; Ni, Huwei; Zhang, Haoke; Chuah, Clarence; Ma, Chao; Wong, Kam Sing; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qian, Jun; Lu, Xuefeng; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregate Science: From Structures to Properties

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (36), September 2020, article number 2001457
Zhang, Haoke; Zhao, Zheng; Turley, Andrew T.; Wang, Lin; McGonigal, Paul R.; Tu, Yujie; Li, Yuanyuan; Wang, Zhaoyu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

AIE Bioconjugates for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Optical Materials, 28 May 2020
Liu, Haixiang; Xiong, Ling Xiong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; He, Xuewen; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

AIE luminogens as fluorescent bioprobes

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, v. 123, February 2020, article number 115769
Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Shi, Xiujuan; Park, Hojeong; Xie, Sheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

AIE-based energy transfer systems for biosensing, imaging, and therapeutics

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, v. 122, January 2020, article number 115743
He, Xuewen; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Huang, Yalan; Zhao, Zheng; Wang, Zaiyu; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Bioinspired Simultaneous Changes in Fluorescence Color, Brightness, and Shape of Hydrogels Enabled by AIEgens

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (11), March 2020, article number 1906493
Li, Zhao; Liu, Pengchao; Ji, Xiaofan; Gong, Junyi; Hu, Yubing; Wu, Wenjie; Wang, Xinnan; Peng, Huiqing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Jian; Tang, Benzhong

Bright Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles for Two-Photon Imaging and Localized Compound Therapy of Cancers

ACS Nano, v. 14, (12), December 2020, p. 16840-16853
Li, Ying; Tang, Rongbing; Liu, Xiaoyan; Gong, Junyi; Zhao, Zujin; Sheng, Zonghai; Zhang, Jiangjiang; Li, Xuanyu; Niu, Guangle; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zheng, Wenfu; Jiang, Xingyu; Tang, Benzhong

Cancer cell discrimination and dynamic viability monitoring through wash-free bioimaging using AIEgens

Chemical Science, v. 11, (29), 7 August 2020, p. 7676-7684
Zhang, Ruoyao; Niu, Guangle; Lu, Qing; Huang, Xiaolin; Chau, Hon Chung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Li, Min-Hui; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Catalyst-Free Multicomponent Tandem Polymerizations of Alkyne and Amines toward Nontraditional Intrinsic Luminescent Poly(aminomaleimide)s

Macromolecules, v. 53, (10), May 2020, p. 3756-3764
He, Benzhao; Zhang, Jing; Zhang, Haoke; Liu, Zhiyang; Zou, Hang; Hu, Rong; Qin, Anjun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials

Materials Today, v. 32, January-February 2020, p. 275-292
Zhang, Haoke; Zhao, Zheng; McGonigal, Paul R.; Ye, Ruquan; Liu, Shunjie; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yuan, Wang Zhang; Xie, Jianping; Rogach, Andrey L.; Tang, Benzhong

Design of AIEgens for Near-Infrared IIb Imaging Through Structural Modulation at Molecular and Morphological Levels

Nature Communications, v. 11, (1), March 2020, article number 1255
Li, Yuanyuan; Cai, Zhaochong; Liu, Shunjie; Zhang, Haoke; Wong, Sherman T. H.; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong

Dragonfly-shaped near-infrared AIEgen with optimal fluorescence brightness for precise image-guided cancer surgery

Biomaterials, v. 248, July 2020, article number 120036
Qi, Ji; Duan, Xingchen; Liu, Wenyi; Li, Ying; Cai, Yuanjing; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Highly efficient phototheranostics of macrophage-engulfed Gram-positive bacteria using a NIR luminogen with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Biomaterials, v. 261, December 2020, article number 120340
Lee, Mei Suet; Yan, Dingyuan; Chau, Hon Chung; Park, Hojeong; Ma, Chun Ho; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Highly efficient singlet oxygen generation, two-photon photodynamic therapy and melanoma ablation by rationally designed mitochondria-specific near-infrared AIEgens

Chemical Science, v. 11, (9), March 2020, p. 2494-2503
Zheng, Zheng; Liu, Haixiang; Zhai, Shaodong; Zhang, Haoke; Shan, Guogang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ma, Chao; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Hu, Xianglong; Tang, Benzhong

Highly stable and bright AIE dots for NIR-II deciphering of living rats

Nano Today, v. 34, October 2020, article number 100893
Qi, Ji; Alifu, Nuernisha; Zebibula, Abudureheman; Wei, Peifa; Lam, Wing Yip; Peng, Huiqing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong

Highly Stable and Bright NIR-II AIE Dots for Intraoperative Identification of Ureter

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 12, (7), February 2020, p. 8040-8049
Du, Jian; Liu, Shunjie; Zhang, Pengfei; Liu, Haixiang; Li, Yuanyuan; He, Wei; Li, Chunbin; Chau, Hon Chung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Cai, Lintao; Huang, Yuhua; Zhang, Weijie; Hou, Jianquan; Tang, Benzhong

In vivo monitoring of tissue regeneration using a ratiometric lysosomal AIE probe

Chemical Science, v. 11, (12), March 2020, p. 3152-3163
Shi, Xiujuan; Yan, Neng; Niu, Guangle; Sung, Simon H. P.; Liu, Zhiyang; Liu, Junkai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Wenxiong; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong

Incorporation of Planar Blocks into Twisted Skeletons: Boosting Brightness of Fluorophores for Bioimaging beyond 1500 Nanometer

ACS Nano, v. 14, (10), October 2020, p. 14228-14239
Liu, Shunjie; Chen, Runze; Zhang, Jianquan; Li, Yuanyuan; He, Mubin; Fan, Xiaoxiao; Zhang, Haoke; Lu, Xuefeng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lin, Hui; Lam, Wing Yip; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong

Killing G (+) or G (−) Bacteria? The Important Role of Molecular Charge in AIE‐Active Photosensitizers

Small Methods, v. 4, (7), July 2020, article number 2000046
Shi, Xiujuan; Sung, Hoi Pang; Chau, Hon Chung; Li, Ying; Liu, Zhiyang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Junkai; Xiao, Peihong; Zhang, Jiangjiang; Liu, Bin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Less is more: Silver-AIE core@shell nanoparticles for multimodality cancer imaging and synergistic therapy

Biomaterials, v. 238, April 2020, article number 119834
He, Xuewen; Peng, Chen; Qiang, Sujing; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Zhao, Zheng; Wang, Zaiyu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ma, Nan; Tang, Benzhong

Making the Best Use of Excited-State Energy: Multimodality Theranostic Systems Based on Second Near-Infrared (NIR-II) Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens (AIEgens)

ACS Materials Letters, v. 2, (8), 3 August 2020, p. 1033-1040
Xu, Wenhan; Zhang, Zhijun; Kang, Miaomiao; Guo, Heng; Li, Youmei; Wen, Haifei; Lee, Michelle Mei Suet; Wang, Zhaoyu; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Li, Kai; Xi, Lei; Chen, Sijie; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Multifunctional AuI-based AIEgens: Manipulating Molecular Structures and Boosting Specific Cancer Cell Imaging and Theranostics

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (18), April 2020, p. 7097-7105
Zhang, Jing; Zou, Hang; Lei, Jinping; He, Benzhao; He, Xuewen; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Lei; Tang, Benzhong

Multifunctional Supramolecular Assemblies with Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) for Cell Line Identification, Cell Contamination Evaluation, and Cancer Cell Discrimination

ACS Nano, v. 14, (6), June 2020, p. 7552-7563
Bai, Haotian; Liu, Zhiyang; Zhang, Tianfu; Du, Jian; Zhou, Chengcheng; He, Wei; Chau, Joe H.C.; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

One Stone, Three Birds: One AIEgen With Three Colors for Fast Differentiation of Three Pathogens

Chemical Science, v. 11, 14 April 2020, p. 4730-4740
Zhou, Chengcheng; Jiang, Meijuan; Du, Jian; Bai, Haotian; Shan, Guogang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chau, Hon Chung; Zhang, Jun; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Peng; Tang, Benzhong

Phage-Guided Targeting, Discriminative Imaging, and Synergistic Killing of Bacteria by AIE Bioconjugates

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 142, (8), February 2020, p. 3959-3969
He, Xuewen; Yang, Yujun; Guo, Yongcan; Lu, Shuguang; Du, Yao; Li, Jun-Jie; Zhang, Xuepeng; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Zhao, Zheng; Niu, Guangle; Yang, Shuangshuang; Weng, Zhi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Xie, Guoming; Tang, Benzhong

Planar and Twisted Molecular Structure Leads to the High Brightness of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for NIR-IIa Fluorescence Imaging

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 142, (35), 2 September 2020, p. 15146-15156
Liu, Shunjie; Ou, Hanlin; Li, Yuanyuan; Zhang, Haoke; Liu, Junkai; Lu, Xuefeng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Red AIE-Active Fluorescent Probes with Tunable Organelle-Specific Targeting

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 30, (10), March 2020, article number 1909268
Alam, Parvej; He, Wei; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Ma, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong

Reverse Thinking of the Aggregation-Induced Emission Principle: Amplifying Molecular Motions to Boost Photothermal Efficiency of Nanofibers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (46), 9 November 2020, p. 20371-20375
Li, Haoxuan; Wen, Haifei; Zhang, Zhijun; Song, Nan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Lei; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Selective viable cell discrimination by a conjugated polymer featuring aggregation-induced emission characteristic

Biomaterials, v. 230, February 2020, article number 119658
Hu, Rong; Zhou, Taotao; Li, Baixue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shen, Jianlei; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

Simultaneously boosting the conjugation, brightness and solubility of organic fluorophore by using AIEgens

Chemical Science, v. 11, (32), 28 August 2020, p. 8438-8447
Qi, Ji; Duan, Xingchen; Cai, Yuanjing; Jia, Shaorui; Chen, Chao; Zhao, Zheng; Li, Ying; Peng, Huiqing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Single AIEgen for multiple tasks: Imaging of dual organelles and evaluation of cell viability

Biomaterials, v. 242, June 2020, article number 119924
Zhang, Ruoyao; Niu, Guangle; Liu, Zhiyang; Chau, Hon Chung; Su, Huifang; Lee, Mei Suet; Gu, Yuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Three‐Pronged Attack by Homologous Far‐red/NIR AIEgens to Achieve 1+1+1>3 Synergistic Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (24), June 2020, p. 9610-9616
Xu, Wenhan; Lee, Michelle Mei Suet; Nie, Jingjun; Zhang, Zhihan; Kowk, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Xu, Fujian; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Time-Dependent Photodynamic Therapy for Multiple Targets: A Highly Efficient AIE-Active Photosensitizer for Selective Bacterial Elimination and Cancer Cell Ablation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (24), June 2020, p. 9470-9477
Li, Qiyao; Li, Ying; Min, Tianliang; Gong, Junyi; Du, Lili; Li, Kai; Phillips, David Lee; Liu, Junkai; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Ho, Chun Loong; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Kai; Wang, Jianguo; Tang, Benzhong

Two Are Better Than One: A Design Principle for Ultralong-Persistent Luminescence of Pure Organics

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (22), June 2020, article number 2001026
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Liu, Junkai; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Zhang, Xuepeng; He, Zikai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Chan, Chang Sing; Wong, Kam Sing; Peng, Qian; Tang, Benzhong

Ultrafast discrimination of Gram-positive bacteria and highly efficient photodynamic antibacterial therapy using near-infrared photosensitizer with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Biomaterials, v. 230, February 2020, article number 119582
Lee, Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Zheng, Liang; Yu, Bingran; Leung, Chun Sing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Xu, Fujian; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Unusual Through-Space Interactions between Oxygen Atoms that Mediate Inverse Morphochromism of an AIE Luminogen

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (22), May 2020, p. 8552-8559
Viglianti, Lucia; Xie, Ni; Sung, Ho Yung; Voityuk, Alexander A.; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Tu, Yujie; Baldoli, Clara; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Licandro, Emanuela; Blancafort, Lluís; Tang, Benzhong

Visualizing Semipermeability of the Cell Membrane Using a pH-Responsive Ratiometric AIEgen

Chemical Science, v. 11, (22), June 2020, p. 5753-5758
Gu, Yuan; Zhao, Zheng; Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Han; Wang, Yiming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

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A facile design for multifunctional AIEgen based on tetraaniline derivatives

Science China Chemistry, v. 62, (6), June 2019, p. 732-738
Liu, Beibei; He, Wei; Lu, Hao; Wang, Kun; Huang, Mingming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gao, Longcheng; Yang, Jiping; Tang, Benzhong

A highly efficient and AIE-active theranostic agent from natural herbs

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (7), July 2019, p. 1454-1461
Lee, Mei Suet; Zheng, Liang; Yu, Bingran; Xu, Wenhan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Xu, Fujian; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

A New Strategy toward “Simple” Water‐Soluble AIE Probes for Hypoxia Detection

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 29, (34), August 2019, article number 1903278
Xu, Changhuo; Zou, Hang; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-induced Emission: Fundamental Understanding and Future Developments

Materials Horizons, v. 6, (3), March 2019, p. 428-433
Chen, Yuncong; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-Induced Nonlinear Optical Effects of AIEgen Nanocrystals for Ultradeep In Vivo Bioimaging

Advanced Materials, v. 31, (44), November 2019, article number 1904799
Zheng, Zheng; Li, Dongyu; Liu, Zhiyang; Peng, Huiqing; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong

AIE Featured Inorganic-Organic Core@Shell Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency siRNA Delivery and Real-Time Monitoring

Nano Letters, v. 19, (4), April 2019, p. 2272-2279
He, Xuewen; Yin, Feng; Wang, Dongyuan; Xiong, Linghong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Pengfei; Zhao, Zheng; Lam, Wing Yip; Yong, Ken-Tye; Li, Zigang; Tang, Benzhong

AIE-based theranostic systems for detection and killing of pathogens

Theranostics, v. 9, (11), 2019, p. 3223-3248
He, Xuewen; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Zhao, Zheng; Wang, Zaiyu; Luo, liang; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Aptamer-anchored rubrene-loaded organic nanoprobes for cancer cell targeting and imaging

CCS Chemistry, v. 1, (3), August 2019, p. 251-260
Li, Yuanyuan; Li, Chuansheng; Jiang, Tao; Zhou, Lihua; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Tang, Benzhong

Bio-orthogonal AIE Dots Based on Polyyne-Bridged Red-emissive AIEgen for Tumor Metabolic Labeling and Targeted Imaging

Chemistry - An Asian Journal, v. 14, (6), March 2019, p. 770-774
Zhang, Pengfei; Jiang, Tao; Li, Yuanyuan; Zhao, Zheng; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gu, Xinggui; Tang, Benzhong

Boosting Fluorescence-Photoacoustic-Raman Properties in One Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Surgery

Chem, v. 5, (10), October 2019, p. 2657-2677
Qi, Ji; Li, Jun; Liu, Ruihua; Li, Qiang; Zhang, Haoke; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Dingbin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Boosting Non-Radiative Decay to Do Useful Work: Development of a Multi-Modality Theranostic System from an AIEgen

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (17), April 2019, p. 5628-5632
Wang, Dong; Lee, Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Shan, Guogang; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Hu, Xianglong; Tang, Benzhong

Drawing A Clear Mechanistic Picture for the Aggregation-induced Emission Process

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (6), June 2019, p. 1143-1150
Zhang, Haoke; Liu, Junkai; Du, Lili; Ma, Chao; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Niu, Yingli; Qin, Anjun; Sun, Jingzhi; Peng, Qian; Sung, Ho Yung Hermans; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong

Dual-Mode Ultrasensitive Detection of Nucleic Acids via an Aqueous "seesaw" Strategy by Combining Aggregation-Induced Emission and Plasmonic Colorimetry

ACS Applied Nano Materials, v. 2, (1), January 2019, p. 163-169
Shen, Jianlei; Zhang, Yiru; Hu, Rong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Zhiming; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

Engineering Sensor Arrays Using Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Pathogen Identification

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 29, (4), January 2019, article number 1805986
Zhou, Chengcheng; Xu, Wenhan; Zhang, Pengbo; Jiang, Meijuan; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lee, Mei Suet; Shan, Guogang; Qi, Ruilian; Zhou, Xin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Shu; Tang, Benzhong

Facile emission color tuning and circularly polarized light generation of single luminogen in engineering robust forms

Materials Horizons, v. 6, (2), February 2019, p. 405-411
Cheng, Yanhua; Liu, Shunjie; Song, Fengyan; Khorloo, Michidmaa; Zhang, Haoke; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; He, Zikai; Tang, Benzhong

Facile Synthesis of AIEgens with Wide Color Tunability for Cellular Imaging and Therapy

Chemical Science, v. 10, (12), March 2019, p. 3494-3501
Xu, Wenhan; Lee, Mei Suet; Zhang, Zhihan; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong

Functionalized Acrylonitriles with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Structure Tuning by Simple Reaction-Condition Variation, Efficient Red Emission, and Two-Photon Bioimaging

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 141, (38), August 2019, p. 15111-15120
Niu, Guangle; Zheng, Xiuli; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Haoke; Wang, Jianguo; He, Xuewen; Chen, Yuncong; Shi, Xiujuan; Ma, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Wong, Kam Sing; Wang, Pengfei; Tang, Benzhong

Highly efficient photothermal nanoagent achieved by harvesting energy via excited-state intramolecular motion within nanoparticles

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), February 2019, article number 768
Zhao, Zheng; Chen, Chao; Wu, Wenting; Wang, Fenfen; Du, Lili; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Xiong, Yu; He, Xuewen; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gao, Xike; Sun, Pingchuan; Phillips, David Lee; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Highly Photostable Two-Photon NIR AIEgens with Tunable Organelle Specificity and Deep Tissue Penetration

Biomaterials, v. 208, July 2019, p. 72-82
Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Gu, Yuan; Wang, Jianguo; Ma, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Wong, Kam Sing; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong

In Situ Monitoring Apoptosis Process by a Self-Reporting Photosensitizer

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 141, (14), April 2019, p. 5612-5616
Zhang, Tianfu; Li, Yuanyuan; Zheng, Zheng; Ye, Ruquan; Zhang, Yiru; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Lab-in-cell Based on Spontaneous Amino-yne Click Polymerization

Science China Chemistry, v. 62, (9), September 2019, p. 1198-1203
Hu, Rong; Chen, Xu; Zhou, Taotao; Si, Han; He, Benzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

Molecular Transmission: Visible and Rate-Controllable Photoreactivity and Synergy of Aggregation-Induced Emission and Host-Guest Assembly

Chemistry of Materials, v. 31, (3), February 2019, p. 1092-1100
Wei, Peifa; Li, Zhao; Zhang, Jingxuan; Zhao, Zheng; Xing, Hao; Tu, Yujie; Gong, Junyi; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Hu, Shimin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Non-aromatic Annulene-based Aggregation-induced Emission System via Aromaticity Reversal Process

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), December 2019, article number 2952
Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Du, Lili; Xiong, Yu; He, Wei; Gao, Xiuxiu; Li, Chunli; Liu, Yingjie; Xu, Bin; Zhang, Jing; Song, Fengyan; Yu, Ying; Zhao, Xueqian; Cai, Yuanjing; He, Xuewen; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Xuhui; Phillips, David Lee; Wang, Hua; Tang, Benzhong

Palladium-catalyzed polyannulation of pyrazoles and diynes toward multifunctional poly(indazole)s under monomer non-stoichiometric conditions

Polymer Chemistry, v. 10, (39), September 2019, p. 5296-5303
Gao, Qingqing; Han, Ting; Qiu, Zijie; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhang, Jun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Ratiometric Detection of Mitochondrial Thiol with a Two-Photon Active AIEgen

ACS Applied Bio Materials, v. 2, (7), May 2019, p. 3120-3127
Gu, Yuan; Zhao, Zheng; Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhang, Han; Shan, Guogang; Feng, Haitao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong

Robust Serum Albumin-Responsive AIEgen Enables Latent Bloodstain Visualization in High Resolution and Reliability for Crime Scene Investigation

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v. 11, (19), May 2019, p. 17306-17312
Wang, Zhaoyu; Zhang, Pengfei; Liu, Haixiang; Zhao, Zheng; Xiong, Linghong; He, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ye, Ruquan; Tang, Benzhong

Sparks fly when AIE meets with polymers

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (11), November 2019, p. 2207-2220
Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Shunjie; Han, Ting; Zhang, Haoke; Chuah, Clarence; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Specific and Quantitative Detection of Albumin in Biological Fluids by Tetrazolate-Functionalized Water-Soluble AIEgens

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 11, (33), July 2019, p. 29619-29629
Tu, Yujie; Yu, Yeqing; Zhou, Zhibiao; Xie, Sheng; Yao, Bicheng; Guan, Shujuan; Situ, Bo; Liu, Yong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Sijie; Huang, Xuhui; Zeng, Zebing; Tang, Benzhong

Spontaneous and Fast Molecular Motion at Room Temperature in the Solid State

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (14), March 2019, p. 4536-4540
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Cheng, Yanhua; Zhang, Haoke; Liu, Junkai; Wu, Wenjie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong

Super-Resolution Visualization of Self-Assembling Helical Fibers Using Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens in Stimulated Emission Depletion Nanoscopy

ACS Nano, v. 13, (10), October 2019, p. 11863-11873
Dang, Dongfeng; Zhang, Haoke; Xu, Yanzi; Xu, Ruohan; Wang, Zhi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Lei; Meng, Lingjie; Tang, Benzhong

SwissKnife-Inspired Multifunctional Fluorescence Probes for Cellular Organelle Targeting Based on Simple AIEgens

Analytical Chemistry, v. 91, (3), February 2019, p. 2169-2176
Ni, Jenshyang; Lee, Mei Suet; Zhang, Pengfei; Gui, Chen; Chen, Yuncong; Wang, Dong; Yu, Zhenqiang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Three-Component Regio- and Stereoselective Polymerizations toward Functional Chalcogen-Rich Polymers with AIE-Activities

Journal of The American Chemical Society, v. 141, (37), September 2019, p. 14712-14719
Gao, Qingqing; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Han, Ting; Qiu, Zijie; He, Xuewen; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Tuning Organelle Specificity and Photodynamic Therapy Efficiency by Molecular Function Design

ACS Nano, v. 13, (10), October 2019, p. 11283-11293
Liu, Zhiyang; Zou, Hang; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Shan, Guogang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Lei; Tang, Benzhong

Visualization and Manipulation of Molecular Motion in the Solid State through Photoinduced Clusteroluminescence

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, v. 10, (22), November 2019, p. 7077-7085
Zhang, Haoke; Du, Lili; Wang, Lin; Liu, Junkai; Wan, Qing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong

Visualizing and Monitoring Interface Structures and Dynamics by Luminogens With Aggregation-induced Emission

Journal of Applied Physics, v. 126, (5), August 2019, article number 050901
Zhang, Haoke; Sun, Jing Zhi; Liu, Junkai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

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1 + 1 >> 2: Dramatically Enhancing the Emission Efficiency of TPE-Based AIEgens but Keeping their Emission Color through Tailored Alkyl Linkages

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (16), 21 February 2018, article number 201707210
Dang, Dongfeng; Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Liu, Yong; Chen, Ming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

A bifunctional aggregation-induced emission luminogen for monitoring and killing of multidrug-resistant bacteria

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (42), October 2018, article number 1804632
Li, Ying; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Jiangjiang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xie, Sheng; Tang, Rongbing; Jia, Yuexiao; Yang, Junchuan; Wang, Le; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Wenfu; Jiang, Xingyu; Tang, Benzhong

A multifunctional luminogen with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for selective imaging and photodynamic killing of both cancer cells and Gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (23), May 2018, p. 3894-3903
Kang, Miaomiao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Jianguo; Zhang, Han; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Li, Ying; Zhang, Pengfei; Zou, Hang; Gu, Xinggui; Li, Feng; Tang, Ben Zhong

A Photostable AIE Luminogen with Near Infrared Emission for Monitoring Morphological Change of Plasma Membrane

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B, v. 6, (10), March 2018, p. 1501-1507
Zhang, Weijie; Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

A simple approach to bioconjugation at diverse levels: Metal-free click reactions of activated alkynes with native groups of biotargets without prefunctionalization

Research, v. 2018, article number 3152870
Hu, Xianglong; Zhao, Xueqian; He, Benzhao; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Shi, Xiujuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

A Simple Mitochondrial Targeting AIEgen for Image-guided Two-photon Excited Photodynamic Therapy

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (17), May 2018, p. 2557-2565
Jiang, Meijuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Xuesong; Gui, Chen; Lam, Wing Yip; Qu, Jianan; Tang, Benzhong

A substitution-dependent light-up fluorescence probe for selectively detecting Fe³⁺ ions and its cell imaging application

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (35), August 2018, article number 1802833
Feng, Xing; Li, Ying; He, Xuewen; Liu, Haixiang; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Elsegood, Mark R. J.; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen with Near-Infrared-II Excitation and Near-Infrared-I Emission for Ultradeep Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy

ACS Nano, v. 12, (8), August 2018, p. 7936-7945
Qi, Ji; Sun, Chaowei; Li, Dongyu; Zhang, Hequn; Yu, Wenbin; Zebibula, Abudureheman; Lam, Wing Yip; Xi, Wang; Zhu, Liang; Cai, Fuhong; Wei, Peifa; Zhu, Chunlei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Streich, Lina L.; Prevedel, Robert; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-induced emission luminogen-based fluorescence detection of hypoxanthine: a probe for biomedical diagnosis of energy metabolism-related conditions

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (28), July 2018, p. 4575-4578
Zhang, Zhiling; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong; Ng, Ka Ming

Aggregation-Induced Emission: A Trailblazing Journey to the Field of Biomedicine

ACS Applied Bio Materials, v.1, (6), December 2018, p. 1768-1786
Zhu, Chunlei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

An Easily Accessible Ionic Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen with Hydrogen-Bonding-Switchable Emission and Wash-Free Imaging Ability

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (18), April 2018, p. 5011-5015
Chen, Yuncong; Zhang, Weijie; Zhao, Zheng; Cai, Yuanjing; Gong, Junyi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong

Bright Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Strong Two-Photon Absorption, Excellent Organelle Specificity, and Efficient Photodynamic Therapy Potential

ACS Nano, v. 12, (8), August 2018, p. 8145-8159
Zheng, Zheng; Zhang, Tianfu; Liu, Haixiang; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ma, Chao; Zhang, Pengfei; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong

Dual fluorescence of tetraphenylethylene-substituted pyrenes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for white-light emission

Chemical Science, v. 9, (25), July 2018, p. 5679-5687
Feng, Xing; Qi, Chunxuan; Feng, Haitao; Zhao, Zheng; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

Exploration of biocompatible AIEgens from natural resources

Chemical Science, v. 9, (31), August 2018, p. 6497-6502
Gu, Yuan; Zhao, Zheng; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Pengfei; Liu, Junkai; Niu, Guangle; Li, Shiwu; Wang, Zhaoyang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ni, Xinlong; Sun, Jingzhi; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Facile access to deep red/near-infrared emissive AIEgens for efficient non-doped OLEDs

Chemical Science, v. 9, (28), 2018, p. 6118-6125
Lee, Will W.H.; Zhao, Zheng; Cai, Yuanjing; Xu, Zeng; Yu, Ying; Xiong, Yu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yue; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Ma, Dongge; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

Fluorogenic Ag⁺-Tetrazolate Aggregation Enables Efficient Fluorescent Biological Silver Staining

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (20), May 2018, p. 5750-5753
Xie, Sheng; Wong, Alex Y. H.; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Ying; Su, Huifang; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Sijie; Tang, Benzhong

Highly efficient photosensitizers with far-red/near-infrared aggregation-induced emission for in vitro and in vivo cancer theranostics

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (39), September 2018, article number 1802105
Wang, Dong; Lee, Mei Suet; Shan, Guogang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Su, Huifang; Cai, Yuchen; Tang, Benzhong

Highly Emissive AlEgens with Multiple Functions: Facile Synthesis, Chromism, Specific Lipid Droplet Imaging, Apoptosis Monitoring, and In Vivo Imaging

Chemistry of Materials, v. 30, (21), November 2018, p. 7892-7901
Dang, Dongfeng; Liu, Haixiang; Wang, Jianguo; Chen, Ming; Liu, Yong; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

In situ monitoring of molecular aggregation using circular dichroism

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), November 2018, article number 4961
Zhang, Haoke; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Jia; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Shi, Lin; Sun, Jing Zhi; Tang, Zhiyong; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

In Situ Monitoring of RAFT Polymerization by Tetraphenylethylene‐Containing Agents with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics

Angewandte Chemie, v. 57, (21), May 2018, p. 6274-6278
Liu, Shunjie; Cheng, Yanhua; Zhang, Haoke; Qiu, Zijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Light-driven transformable optical agent with adaptive functions for boosting cancer surgery outcomes

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), December 2018, article number 1848
Qi, Ji; Chen, Chao; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Hu, Xianglong; Ji, Shenglu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Malonitrile-Functionalized Tetraphenylpyrazine: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Ratiometric Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide, and Mechanochromism

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v. 28, (6), February 2018
Chen, Ming; Chen, Rui; Shi, Yang; Wang, Jianguo; Cheng, Yanhua; Li, Ying; Gao, Xuedon; Yan, Yun; Sun, Jing Zhi; Qin, Anjun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Manipulating the Molecular Backbone to Achieve Highly Emissive Sky-Blue AIEgens and Their Applications in Nondoped Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Advanced Electronic Materials, v. 4, (11), November 2018, article number 1800354
Dang, Dongfeng; Wang, Zhiheng; Liu, Kunkun; Liu, Yong; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Su, Shi-Jian; Tang, Benzhong

Multifunctional AIEgens: Ready Synthesis, Tunable Emission, Mechanochromism, Mitochondrial, and Bacterial Imaging

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (1), January 2018, article number 1704589
Jiang, Meijuan; Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Ying; Sung, Ho Yung; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Yilin; Lam, Wing Yip; Williams, Ian D.; Huang, Xuhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Ben Zhong

Organic Mitoprobes based on Fluorogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission

Israel Journal of Chemistry, v. 58, (8), August 2018, p. 860-873
Cai, Xiaolei; Hu, Fang; Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

Rational Design of a Water-soluble NIR AIEgen, and its Application in Ultrafast Wash-free Cellular Imaging and Photodynamic Cancer Cell Ablation

Chemical Science, v. 9, (15), 2018, p. 3685-3693
Wang, Dong; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Hu, Xianglong; Zou, Hang; Luo, Qianxin; Lee, Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Rational Design of Perylenediimide-Substituted Triphenylethylene to Electron Transporting Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens (AIEgens) with High Mobility and Near-Infrared Emission

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v. 28, (11), March 2018
Zhao, Zheng; Gao, Simin; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Pengfei; Wu, Wenting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xiong, Yu; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Chen, Yuncong; Gao, Xike; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Rational design of red AIEgens with a new core structure from non-emissive heteroaromatics

Chemical Science, v. 9, (40), October 2018, p. 7829-7834
Chen, Ming; Hu, Xianglong; Liu, Junkai; Li, Baixue; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Viglianti, Lucia; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Real-Time and High-Resolution Bioimaging with Bright Aggregation-Induced Emission Dots in Short-Wave Infrared Region

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (12), March 2018, article number 1706856
Qi, Ji; Sun, Chaowei; Zebibula, Abudureheman; Zhang, Hequn; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Zhao, Xinyuan; Xi, Wang; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong

Red/NIR-Emissive Benzo[d]imidazole-Cored AIEgens: Facile Molecular Design for Wavelength Extending and In Vivo Tumor Metabolic Imaging

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (50), December 2018, article number 1805220
Ni, Jen-Shyang; Zhang, Pengfei; Jiang, Tao; Chen, Yuncong; Su, Huifang; Wang, Dong; Yu, Zhen-Qiang; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Zhao, Zujin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Redox-Active AIEgen-Derived Plasmonic and Fluorescent Core@Shell Nanoparticles for Multimodality Bioimaging

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 140, (22), June 2018, p. 6904-6911
He, Xuewen; Zhao, Zheng; Xiong, Linghong; Gao, Pengfei; Peng, Chen; Li, Rong Sheng; Xiong, Yu; Li, Zhi; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Cheng Zhi; Ma, Nan; Tang, Benzhong

Regio- and Stereoselective Polymerization of Diynes with Inorganic Comonomer: A Facile Strategy to Conjugated Poly(p‑arylene dihalodiene)s with Processability and Postfunctionalizability

Macromolecules, v. 51, (9), May 2018, p. 3497-3503
Gao, Qingqing; Qiu, Zijie; Elsegood, Mark R.J.; Chen, Ming; Wang, Jianguo; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Specific Two-Photon Imaging of Live Cellular and Deep-Tissue Lipid Droplets by Lipophilic AIEgens at Ultralow Concentration

Chemistry of Materials, v. 30, (14), July 2018, p. 4778-4787
Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Kwong, Pui Chun John; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Congping; Wang, Jianguo; Chen, Yuncong; Feng, Xing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Elsegood, Mark Robert James; Qu, Jianan; Ma, Chao; Wong, Kam Sing; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong

Strategies to Enhance the Photosensitization: Polymerization and the Donor–Acceptor Even–Odd Effect

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (46), November 2018, p. 15189-15193
Liu, Shunjie; Zhang, Haoke; Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Junkai; Du, Lili; Chen, Ming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong

The unusual aggregation-induced emission of coplanar organoboron isomers and their lipid droplet-specific applications

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 2, (8), August 2018, p. 1498-1507
Ni, Jen-Shyang; Liu, Haixiang; Liu, Junkai; Jiang, Meijuan; Zhao, Zheng; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Peng, Qian; Tang, Benzhong

Theranostics based on AIEgens

Theranostics, v. 8, (18), 2018, p. 4925-4956
Wang, Dong; Lee, Michelle Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Ultrabright Red AIEgens for Two-photon Vascular Imaging with High Resolution and Deep Penetration

Chemical Science, v. 9, (10), January 2018, p. 2705-2710
Qin, Wei; Zhang, Pengfei; Li,hui; Lam, Wing Yip; Cai, yuanjing; Kwok, tsz kin; Qian, Jun; Zheng,wei; Tang, benzhong

Ultrasensitive virion immunoassay platform with dual-modality based on a multifunctional aggregation-induced emission luminogen

ACS Nano, v. 12, (9), September 2018, p. 9549-9577
Xiong, Linghong; He, Xuewen; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xiong, Yu; Gao, Pengfei; Yang, Fan; Huang, Yalan; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Cheng, Jinquan; Zhang, Renli; Tang, Benzhong

聚集诱导发光材料在生物成像、疾病诊断及治疗的应用

科技导报=Science & Technology Review, v. 36, (22), November 2018, p. 27-53
江美娟; 郭子健; 唐本忠

Conference paper 1

Aggregation and Chirality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 10735, 2018, article number 107350H
Zhang, Haoke; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Article 28

A Highly Sensitive Bimodal Detection of Amine Vapours Based on Aggregation Induced Emission of 1,2-Dihydroquinoxaline Derivatives

Chemistry: A European Journal, v. 23, (59), October 2017, p. 14911-14917
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Su, Huifang; Qiu, Zijie; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Benzhong

A Red-emissive Antibody-AIEgen Conjugate for Turn-on and Wash-free Imaging of Specific Cancer Cells

Chemical Science, v. 8, (10), October 2017, p. 7014-7024
Shi, Xiujuan; Yu, Yee Yung; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Jiang, Meijuan; He, Zikai; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Ben Zhong

A Simple and Sensitive Method for an Important Physical Parameter: Reliable Measurement of Glass Transition Temperature by AIEgens

Macromolecules, v.50, (19), October 2017, p. 7620-7627
Qiu, Zijie; Chu, Eric K. K.; Jiang, Meijuan; Gui, Chen; Xie, Ni; Qin, Wei; Alam, Parvej; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

AIE-active Theranostic System: Selective Staining and Killing of Cancer Cells

Chemical Science, v. 8, (3), March 2017, p. 1822-1830
Gui, Chen; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Chun Sing; Lam, Wing Yip; Jiang, Meijuan; Deng, Haiqin; Cai, Yuanjing; Zhang, Weijie; Su, Huifang; Tang, Benzhong

AIEgens for Biological Process Monitoring and Disease Theranostics

Biomaterials, v. 146, November 2017, p. 115-135
Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

AIEgens for Dark through-bond Energy Transfer: Design, Synthesis, Theoretical Study and Application in Ratiometric Hg²⁺ Sensing

Chemical Science, v. 8, (3), March 2017, p. 2047-2055
Chen, Yuncong; Zhang, Weijie; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Hu, Yubing; Lam, Wing Yip; Gu, Xinggui; He, Zikai; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Chen, Bin; Gui, Chen; Tang, Benzhong

An Acidic pH Independent Piperazine-TPE AIEgen as a Unique Bioprobe for Lysosome Tracing

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), November 2017, p. 7593-7603
Cai, Yuanjing; Gui, Chen; Samedov, Kerim; Su, Huifang; Gu, Xinggui; Li, Shiwu; Luo, Wenwen; Sung, Ho Yung; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

Aptamer-Decorated Self-Assembled Aggregation-Induced Emission Organic Dots for Cancer Cell Targeting and Imaging

Analytical Chemistry, v. 90, (2), 16 December 2018, p. 1063-1067
Zhang, Pengfei; Zhao, Zheng; Li, Chuansheng; Su Huifang; Wu, Yayun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Tang, Benzhong

Dramatic Differences in Aggregation-Induced Emission and Supramolecular Polymerizability of Tetraphenylethene-Based Stereoisomers

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (29), July 2017, p. 10150-10156
Peng, Huiqing; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Han, Ting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Xuhui; Tang, Benzhong

Facile Synthesis of Red/NIR AIE Luminogens with Simple Structures, Bright Emissions, and High Photostabilities, and Their Applications for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets and Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 27, (46), December 2017, article number 1704039
Wang, Dong; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shan, Guogang; Leung, Chun Sing Anakin; Lee, Mei Suet; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Functionality and Versatility of Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogens

Applied Physics Reviews, v. 4, (2), June 2017, article number 021307
Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Functionalized AIE nanoparticles with efficient deep-red emission, mitochondrial specificity, cancer cell selectivity and multiphoton susceptibility

Chemical Science, v. 8, (6), June 2017, p. 4634-4643
Nicol, Alexander William; Qin, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Burkhartsmeyer, Jeffrey Mark; Zhu, Zhenfeng; Su, Huifang; Luo, Wenwen; Lam, Wing Yip; Qian, Jun; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong

Furan Is Superior to Thiophene: A Furan-Cored AIEgen with Remarkable Chromism and OLED Performance

Advanced Science, v. 4, (8), August 2017, article number 1700005
Zhao, Zheng; Nie, Han; Ge, Congwu; Cai, Yuanjing; Xiong, Yu; Qi, Ji; Wu, Wenting; Kwok tsz kin; Gao, Xike; Qin, An-jun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

High-Contrast Visualization and Differentiation of Microphase Separation in Polymer Blends by Fluorescent AIE Probes

Macromolecules, v. 50, (15), August 2017, p. 5807-5815
Han, Ting; Gui, Chen; Lam, Wing Yip; Jiang, Meijuan; Xie, Ni; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Highly Stable Organic Small Molecular Nanoparticles as an Advanced and Biocompatible Phototheranostic Agent of Tumor in Living Mice

ACS Nano, v. 11, (7), July 2017, p. 7177-7188
Qi, Ji; Fang, Yuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Hu, Xianglong; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Ionization and Anion-π⁺ Interaction: A New Strategy for Structural Design of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (46), November 2017, p. 16974-16979
Wang, Jianguo; Gu, Xinggui; Zhang, Pengfei; Huang, Xiaobo; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Chen, Ming; Feng, Haitao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Iridium-catalyzed Polymerization of Benzoic Acids and Internal Diynes: a New Route for Constructing High Molecular Weight Polynaphthalenes without the Constraint of Monomer Stoichiometry

Polymer Chemistry, v. 8, (8), February 2017, p. 1393-1403
Han, Ting; Zhao, Zheng; Deng, Haiqin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Light-up Probe Based on AIEgens: Dual Signal Turn-on for Caspase Cascade Activation Monitoring

Chemical Science, v. 8, (4), 2017, p. 2723-2728
Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Chong-Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mao, Duo; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Long-Term Real-Time In Vivo Drug Release Monitoring with AIE Thermogelling Polymer

Small, v. 13, (7), February 2017, article number 1603404
Liow, Sing Shy; Dou, Qingqing; Kai, Dan; Li, Zibiao; Sugiarto, Sigit; Yu, Chris Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Xiaohong; Wu, Yunlong; Ong, Seow Theng; Kizhakeyil, Atish; Verma, Navin Kumar; Tang, Benzhong; Loh, Xianjun

Mitochondrion-Anchoring Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Synergistically Boosts the Radiosensitivity of Cancer Cells to Ionizing Radiation

Advanced Materials, v. 29, (15), April 2017, article number 1606167
Yu, Chris Yee Yung; Xu, Huae; Ji, Shenglu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Li, Xiaolin; Krishnan, Sunil; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Non-conventional Fluorescent Biogenic and Synthetic Polymers Without Aromatic Rings

Polymer Chemistry, v. 8, (10), March 2017, p. 1722-1727
Ye, Ruquan; Liu, Yuanyue; Zhang, Haoke; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Yilin; Xu, Liguo; Hu, Rongrong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wong, Kam Sing; Lam, Wing Yip; Goddard, William A., III; Tang, Benzhong

Polyyne Bridged AIE Luminogens with Red Emission: Design, Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 5, (8), January 2017, p. 1650-1657
Zhao, Zheng; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Pengfei; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yuncong; He, Zikai; Gu, Xinggui; He, Xuewen; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian D.; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Zhenfeng; Tang, Benzhong

Sensitive and Specific Detection of l -Lactate Using an AIE-Active Fluorophore

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 9, (44), October 2017, p. 38153-38158
Zhang, Zhiling; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong; Ng, Ka Ming

Synthesis of Functional Poly(propargyl imine)s by Multicomponent Polymerizations of Bromoarenes, Isonitriles, and Alkynes

ACS Macro Letters, v.6, (12), December 2017, p. 1352-1356
Huang, Hanchu; Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Ben Zhong

Two-photon AIE Bio-probe with Large Stokes Shift for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets

Chemical Science, v. 8, (8), August 2017, p. 5440-5446
Jiang, Meijuan; Gu, Xinggui; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Yilin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong

Ultrafast Delivery of Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles and Pure Organic Phosphorescent Nanocrystals by Saponin Encapsulation

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (41), October 2017, p. 14792-14799
Nicol, Alexander William; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Congping; Zhao, Weijun; Chen, Ming; Qu, Jianan; Tang, Ben Zhong

Uptake, Distribution, and Bioimaging Applications of Aggregation-Induced Emission Saponin Nanoparticles in Arabidopsis thaliana

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 9, (34), 30 August 2017, p. 28298-28304
Nicol, Alexander William; Wong, Kai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Song, Zhegang; Li, Ning; Tang, Benzhong

Why Do Simple Molecules with "isolated" Phenyl Rings Emit Visible Light?

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (45), November 2017, p. 16264-16272
Zhang, Haoke; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Xie, Ni; He, Zikai; Liu, Junkai; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Niu, Yingli; Huang, Xuhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Ben Zhong

Conference paper 1

Turn-On Red-Emissive Antibody-AIEgen Conjugates for Wash-Free Imaging of Specific Cancer Cell

Shi, Xiujuan; Yu, Chris Y. Y.; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Jiang, Meijuan; He, Zikai; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

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A Highly Fluorescent AIE-active Theranostic Agent with Anti-tumor Activity to Specific Cancer Cells

Nanoscale, v. 8, (25), July 2016, p. 12520-12523
Zhao, Yueyue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

A Lysosome-Targeting AIEgen for Autophagy Visualization

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 5, (4), February 2016, p. 427-431
Leung, Wai Tung; Wang, Zhiming; Zhao, Engui; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Chun Sing; Wen, Rongsen; Li, Bingshi; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

A Near-infrared AIEgen for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets

Chemical Communications, v. 52, (35), May 2016, p. 5957-5960
Kang, Miaomiao; Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Li, Feng; Tang, Benzhong

A Photostable AIEgen for Nucleolus and Mitochondria Imaging with Organelle-Specific Emission

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 4, (15), April 2016, p. 2614-2619
Yu, Yee Yung; Zhang, Weijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Activatable Fluorescent Nanoprobe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Selective In Vivo Imaging of Elevated Peroxynitrite Generation

Advanced Materials, v. 28, (33), September 2016, p. 7249-7256
Song, Zhegang; Mao, Duo; Sung, Hoi Pang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Kong, Deling; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong

Aggregation-Induced Emission and Photocyclization of Poly(hexaphenyl-1,3-butadiene)s Synthesized from “1+2” Polycoupling of Internal Alkynes and Arylboronic Acids

Macromolecules, v. 49, (16), August 2016, p. 5817-5830
Liu, Yajing; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Peng, Qian; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong

AIEgen Based Light-up Probes for Live Cell Imaging

Science China Chemistry, v. 59, (1), January 2016, p. 53-61
Liang, Jing; Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

AIEgens for Real-time Naked-eye Sensing of Hydrazine in Solution and on a Paper Substrate: Structure-dependent Signal Output and Selectivity

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (14), April 2016, p. 2834-2842
Zhang, Ruoyu; Zhang, Chong-Jing; Song, Zhegang; Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

An AIE-active fluorescence turn-on bioprobe mediated by hydrogen-bonding interaction for highly sensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide and glucose

Chemical Communications, v. 52, (65), July 2016, p. 10076-10079
Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Dan; Nie, Han; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

An AIE-based Bioprobe for Differentiating the Early and Late Stages of Apoptosis Mediated by H₂O₂

Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for Biology and Medicine, v. 4, (33), July 2016, p. 5510-5514
Leung, Chun Sing; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Leung, Wai Tung; Deng, Haiqin; Tang, Benzhong

BCl₃-mediated Polycoupling of Alkynes and Aldehydes: A Facile, Metal-free Multicomponent Polymerization Route to Construct Stereoregular Functional Polymers

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (28), July 2016, p. 4667-4674
Zhang, Yun; Tseng, Nai-Wen; Deng, Haiqin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Diaminomaleonitrile-based Schiff Bases: Aggregation-enhanced emission, Red Fluorescence, Mechanochromism and Bioimaging Applications

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (44), October 2016, p. 10430-10434
Han, Ting; Gu, Xinggui; Lam, Wing Yip; Leung, Chun Sing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Han, Tianyu; Tong, Bin; Shi, Jianbing; Dong, Yuping; Tang, Benzhong

Donor-acceptor π-conjugated Aggregation-induced Emission Molecules for Reversible Nanometer-scale Data Storage

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (23), April 2016, p. 5363-5369
Li, Shuhong; Shang, Yanli; Wang, Lifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Functional Isocoumarin-containing Polymers Synthesized by Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Polycoupling of Aryl Diacid and Internal Diyne

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (14), April 2016, p. 2501-2510
Han, Ting; Deng, Haiqin; Yu, Yee Yung; Gui, Chen; Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Multicomponent Click Polymerization: A Facile Strategy toward Fused Heterocyclic Polymers

Macromolecules, v. 49, (15), August 2016, p. 5475-5483
Deng, Haiqin; Han, Ting; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Multicomponent Polymerization: Development of a One-Pot Synthetic Route to Functional Polymers Using Diyne, N-Sulfonyl Azide and Water/Ethanol as Reactants

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (36), September 2016, p. 5646-5654
Deng, Haiqin; Han, Ting; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Peptide-Induced AlEgen Self-Assembly: A New Strategy to Realize Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Light-Up Probes

Analytical Chemistry, v. 88, (7), April 2016, p. 3872-3878
Han, Aitian; Wang, Huaimin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ji, Shenglu; Li, Jun; Kong, Deling; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin; Yang, Zhimou; Ding, Dan

Polyarylcyanation of Diyne: A One-Pot Three-Component Convenient Route for in Situ Generation of Polymers with AIE Characteristics

Macromolecules, v. 49, (23), December 2016, p. 8888-8898
Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Synthesis of Imidazole-Based AIEgens with Wide Color Tunability and Exploration of their Biological Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 26, (6), February 2016, p. 824-832
Song, Zhegang; Zhang, Weijie; Jiang, Meijuan; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Nie, Han; Williams, Ian Duncan; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

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A Fluorescent Light-up Nanoparticle Probe with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics and Tumor-acidity Responsiveness for Targeted Imaging and Selective Suppression of Cancer Cells

Materials Horizons, v. 2, (1), January 2015, p. 100-105
Ding, Dan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yuan, Youyong; Feng, Guangxue; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Aggregation-Induced Emission: Together We Shine, United We Soar!

Chemical Reviews, v. 115, (21), November 2015, p. 11718-11940
Mei, Ju; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Biosensing by Luminogens with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics

Chemical Society Reviews, v. 44, (13), July 2015, p. 4228-4238
Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Color-tunable and Highly Solid Emissive AIE Molecules: Synthesis, Photophysics, Data Storage and Biological Application

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 3, (14), April 2015, p. 3445-3451
Li, Shu Hong; Shang, Yanli; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Song, Yanlin; Tang, Benzhong

Detection of Oligomers and Fibrils of Alpha-synuclein by AIEgen with Strong Fluorescence

Chemical Communications, v. 51, (10), February 2015, p. 1866-1869
Leung, Wai Tung; Guo, Feng; Hong, Yuning; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Chen, Sijie; Vaikath, Nishant N.; El-Agnaf, Omar Mukhtar; Tang, Youhong; Gai, Wei-Ping; Tang, Benzhong

Hybridization Induced Fluorescence Turn-on of AIEgen-oligonucleotide Conjugates for Specific DNA Detection

RSC Advances, v. 5, (36), March 2015, p. 28332-28337
Zhang, Ruoyu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Light-Up Probe for Targeted and Activatable Photodynamic Therapy with Real-Time in Situ Reporting of Sensitizer Activation and Therapeutic Responses

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 25, (42), November 2015, p. 6586-6595
Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Chongjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xu, Shidang; Zhang, Ruoyu; Wu, Jien; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Photostable AIE Fluorogens for Accurate and Sensitive Detection of S-phase DNA Synthesis and Cell Proliferation

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 3, (25), July 2015, p. 4993-4996
Zhao, Yueyue; Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yilong; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Real-time Monitoring of the Mitophagy Process by a Photostable Fluorescent Mitochondrion-specific Bioprobe with AIE Characteristics

Chemical Communications, v. 51, (43), May 2015, p. 9022-9025
Zhang, Weijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yilong; Chen, Sijie; Zhao, Engui; Yu, Yee Yung; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Qichang; Tang, Benzhong

Smart Probe for Tracing Cancer Therapy: Selective Cancer Cell Detection, Image-Guided Ablation, and Prediction of Therapeutic Response in Situ

Small, v. 11, (36), September 2015, p. 4682-4690
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

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A dual-mode fluorescence “turn-on” biosensor based on an aggregation-induced emission luminogen

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (12), March 2014, p. 1717-1723
Song, Zhegang; Hong, Yuning; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

A Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe Based on ESIPT and AIE Processes for Alkaline Phosphatase Activity Assay and Visualization in Living Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (19), October 2014, p. 17245-17254
Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; He, Zikai; Hong, Yuning; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

A Recyclable and Reusable Supported Cu(I) Catalyzed Azide-alkyne Click Polymerization

Scientific Reports, v. 4, May 2014, article number 5107
Wu, Haiqiang; Li, Hongkun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; Sun, Jingzhi; Qin, An-jun; Tang, Benzhong

A Tetraphenylethene-based Caged Compound: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (60), August 2014, p. 8134-8136
Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mei, Ju; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

An Aggregation-Induced-Emission Platform for Direct Visualization of Interfacial Dynamic Self-Assembly

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 53, (49), October 2014, p. 13518-13522
Li, Junwei; Li, Yuan; Chan, Carrie Yin Kwan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Hongkun; Zrazhevskiy, Pavel; Gao, Xiaohu; Sun, Jing Zhi; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong

Distinct optical and kinetic responses from E/Z isomers of caspase probes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (27), July 2014, p. 4363-4370
Liang, Jing; Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Meng; Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Wenhua; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Fluorogen-Peptide Conjugates with Tunable Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Bioprobe Design

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (16), August 2014, p. 14302-14310
Zhang, Ruoyu; Yuan, Youyong; Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhu, Qing; Feng, Guangxue; Geng, Junlong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Hair-Inspired Crystal Growth of HOA in Cavities of Cellulose Matrix via Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Interface Interaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (12), June 2014, p. 9508-9516
He, Meng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Zhenggang; Duan, Bo; Tang, Benzhong; Zhang, Lina

Highly Fluorescent and Photostable Probe for Long-Term Bacterial Viability Assay Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 3, (1), January 2014, p. 88-96
Zhao, Engui; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Leung, Wai Tung; Chan, Yin Kwan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong

Light-up Bioprobe with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics for Real-time Apoptosis Imaging in Target Cancer Cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (2), January 2014, p. 231-238
Ding, Dan; Liang, Jing; Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Meng; Feng, Guangxue; Yuan, Youyong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Rational design of fluorescent light-up probes based on an AIE luminogen for targeted intracellular thiol imaging

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (3), January 2014, p. 295-297
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Feng, Guangxue; Liang, Jing; Geng, Junlong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Targeted Theranostic Platinum(IV) Prodrug with a Built-In Aggregation-Induced Emission Light-Up Apoptosis Sensor for Noninvasive Early Evaluation of Its Therapeutic Responses in Situ

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 136, (6), February 2014, p. 2546-2554
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Targeted Theranostic Prodrugs Based On an Aggregation-induced Emission (AIE) Luminogen for Real-time Dual-drug Tracking

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (78), October 2014, p. 11465-11468
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Ruoyu; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Water-soluble bioprobes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for light-up sensing of heparin

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (26), July 2014, p. 4134-4141
Kwok, Tsz Kin; Geng, Junlong; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhao, Engui; Wang, Guan; Zhan, Ruoyu; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong

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Construction of Functional Macromolecules with Well-Defined Structures by Indium-Catalyzed Three-Component Polycoupling of Alkynes, Aldehydes, and Amines

Macromolecules, v. 46, (9), May 2013, p. 3246-3256
Chan, Carrie Yin Kwan; Tseng, Nai Wen; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Jianzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

Enlarged Tetrasubstituted Alkenes with Enhanced Thermal and Optoelectronic Properties

Chemical Communications, v. 49, (65), August 2013, p. 7216-7218
Liu, Yang; Lv, Yun; Xi, He; Zhang, Xiying; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tao, Xutang; Tang, Benzhong

Fabrication of Chitosan Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics and Their Applications in Long-Term Live Cell Imaging

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, v. 34, (9), May 2013, p. 767-771
Li, Min; Hong, Yuning; Wang, Zhengke; Chen, Sijie; Gao, Meng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qin, Wei; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Qichang; Tang, Benzhong

Fluorescent Light-up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Alkaline Phosphatase Sensing and Activity Study

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 5, (17), September 2013, p. 8784-8789
Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shi, Haibin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Full-Range Intracellular pH Sensing by an Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Two-Channel Ratiometric Fluorogen

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 135, (13), April 2013, p. 4926-4929
Chen, Sijie; Hong, Yuning; Liu, Yang; Liu, Jianzhao; Leung, Wai Tung; Li, Min; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; Lam, Wing Yip; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong

Long-Term Fluorescent Cellular Tracing by the Aggregates of AIE Bioconjugates

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 135, (22), June 2013, p. 8238-8245
Wang, Zhengke; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xie, Ni; Hu, Qiaoling; Tang, Benzhong

Specific Nucleic Acid Detection Based on Fluorescent Light-up Probe from Fluorogens with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics

RSC Advances, v. 3, (26), 2013, p. 10135-10138
Li, Yuqiong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Article 4

An AIE-active Hemicyanine Fluorogen with Stimuli-responsive Red/Blue Emission: Extending the pH Sensing Range by “Switch + Knob” Effect

Chemical Science, v. 3, (6), June 2012, p. 1804-1809
Chen, Sijie; Liu, Jianzhao; Liu, Yang; Su, Huimin; Hong, Yuning; Jim, Cathy Ka Wai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Na; Qin, Wei; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong

From A Fluorescent Chromophore in Solution to An Efficient Emitter in the Solid State

Chemistry - An Asian Journal, v. 7, (10), October 2012, p. 2424-2428
Liu, Yang; Lv, Yun; Zhang, Xiying; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Ping; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tao, Xutang; Tang, Benzhong

Real-Time Monitoring of Cell Apoptosis and Drug Screening Using Fluorescent Light-Up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 134, (43), October 2012, p. 17972-17981
Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Jianzhao; Xing, Bengang; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin

Supersensitive Detection of Explosives by Recyclable AIE Luminogen-Functionalized Mesoporous Materials

Chemical Communications, v. 48, (57), July 2012, p. 7167-7169
Li, Dongdong; Liu, Jianzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liang, Zhiqiang; Tang, Benzhong; Yu, Jihong

Article 2

Fluorogenic Zn(II) and Chromogenic Fe(II) Sensors Based on Terpyridine-Substituted Tetraphenylethenes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 3, (9), September 2011, p. 3411-3418
Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Jianzhao; Tseng, Nai Wen; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong

Tuning the Electronic Nature of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Enhanced Hole-Transporting Property

Chemistry of Materials, v. 23, (10), May 2011, p. 2536-2544
Liu, Yang; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Ping; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tang, Benzhong

Article 1

Sterol-containing Tetraphenylethenes: Synthesis, Aggregation-induced Emission, and Organogel Formation

Frontiers of Chemistry in China, v. 5, (3), September 2010, p. 325-330
Liu, Yang; Lam, Wing Yip; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong

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A facile design for multifunctional AIEgen based on tetraaniline derivatives

Science China Chemistry, v. 62, (6), June 2019, p. 732-738
Liu, Beibei; He, Wei; Lu, Hao; Wang, Kun; Huang, Mingming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gao, Longcheng; Yang, Jiping; Tang, Benzhong
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A highly efficient and AIE-active theranostic agent from natural herbs

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (7), July 2019, p. 1454-1461
Lee, Mei Suet; Zheng, Liang; Yu, Bingran; Xu, Wenhan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Xu, Fujian; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
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A New Strategy toward “Simple” Water‐Soluble AIE Probes for Hypoxia Detection

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 29, (34), August 2019, article number 1903278
Xu, Changhuo; Zou, Hang; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-induced Emission: Fundamental Understanding and Future Developments

Materials Horizons, v. 6, (3), March 2019, p. 428-433
Chen, Yuncong; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-Induced Nonlinear Optical Effects of AIEgen Nanocrystals for Ultradeep In Vivo Bioimaging

Advanced Materials, v. 31, (44), November 2019, article number 1904799
Zheng, Zheng; Li, Dongyu; Liu, Zhiyang; Peng, Huiqing; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong
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AIE Featured Inorganic-Organic Core@Shell Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency siRNA Delivery and Real-Time Monitoring

Nano Letters, v. 19, (4), April 2019, p. 2272-2279
He, Xuewen; Yin, Feng; Wang, Dongyuan; Xiong, Linghong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Pengfei; Zhao, Zheng; Lam, Wing Yip; Yong, Ken-Tye; Li, Zigang; Tang, Benzhong
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AIE-based theranostic systems for detection and killing of pathogens

Theranostics, v. 9, (11), 2019, p. 3223-3248
He, Xuewen; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Zhao, Zheng; Wang, Zaiyu; Luo, liang; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
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Aptamer-anchored rubrene-loaded organic nanoprobes for cancer cell targeting and imaging

CCS Chemistry, v. 1, (3), August 2019, p. 251-260
Li, Yuanyuan; Li, Chuansheng; Jiang, Tao; Zhou, Lihua; Zhang, Pengfei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Tang, Benzhong
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Bio-orthogonal AIE Dots Based on Polyyne-Bridged Red-emissive AIEgen for Tumor Metabolic Labeling and Targeted Imaging

Chemistry - An Asian Journal, v. 14, (6), March 2019, p. 770-774
Zhang, Pengfei; Jiang, Tao; Li, Yuanyuan; Zhao, Zheng; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gu, Xinggui; Tang, Benzhong
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Boosting Fluorescence-Photoacoustic-Raman Properties in One Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Surgery

Chem, v. 5, (10), October 2019, p. 2657-2677
Qi, Ji; Li, Jun; Liu, Ruihua; Li, Qiang; Zhang, Haoke; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Dingbin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
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Boosting Non-Radiative Decay to Do Useful Work: Development of a Multi-Modality Theranostic System from an AIEgen

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (17), April 2019, p. 5628-5632
Wang, Dong; Lee, Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Shan, Guogang; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Hu, Xianglong; Tang, Benzhong
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Drawing A Clear Mechanistic Picture for the Aggregation-induced Emission Process

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (6), June 2019, p. 1143-1150
Zhang, Haoke; Liu, Junkai; Du, Lili; Ma, Chao; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Niu, Yingli; Qin, Anjun; Sun, Jingzhi; Peng, Qian; Sung, Ho Yung Hermans; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong
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Dual-Mode Ultrasensitive Detection of Nucleic Acids via an Aqueous "seesaw" Strategy by Combining Aggregation-Induced Emission and Plasmonic Colorimetry

ACS Applied Nano Materials, v. 2, (1), January 2019, p. 163-169
Shen, Jianlei; Zhang, Yiru; Hu, Rong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Zhiming; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Engineering Sensor Arrays Using Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Pathogen Identification

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 29, (4), January 2019, article number 1805986
Zhou, Chengcheng; Xu, Wenhan; Zhang, Pengbo; Jiang, Meijuan; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lee, Mei Suet; Shan, Guogang; Qi, Ruilian; Zhou, Xin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Shu; Tang, Benzhong
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Facile emission color tuning and circularly polarized light generation of single luminogen in engineering robust forms

Materials Horizons, v. 6, (2), February 2019, p. 405-411
Cheng, Yanhua; Liu, Shunjie; Song, Fengyan; Khorloo, Michidmaa; Zhang, Haoke; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; He, Zikai; Tang, Benzhong
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Facile Synthesis of AIEgens with Wide Color Tunability for Cellular Imaging and Therapy

Chemical Science, v. 10, (12), March 2019, p. 3494-3501
Xu, Wenhan; Lee, Mei Suet; Zhang, Zhihan; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Wang, Dong; Tang, Benzhong
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Functionalized Acrylonitriles with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Structure Tuning by Simple Reaction-Condition Variation, Efficient Red Emission, and Two-Photon Bioimaging

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 141, (38), August 2019, p. 15111-15120
Niu, Guangle; Zheng, Xiuli; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Haoke; Wang, Jianguo; He, Xuewen; Chen, Yuncong; Shi, Xiujuan; Ma, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Wong, Kam Sing; Wang, Pengfei; Tang, Benzhong
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Highly efficient photothermal nanoagent achieved by harvesting energy via excited-state intramolecular motion within nanoparticles

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), February 2019, article number 768
Zhao, Zheng; Chen, Chao; Wu, Wenting; Wang, Fenfen; Du, Lili; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Xiong, Yu; He, Xuewen; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gao, Xike; Sun, Pingchuan; Phillips, David Lee; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
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Highly Photostable Two-Photon NIR AIEgens with Tunable Organelle Specificity and Deep Tissue Penetration

Biomaterials, v. 208, July 2019, p. 72-82
Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Gu, Yuan; Wang, Jianguo; Ma, Chao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Wong, Kam Sing; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong
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In Situ Monitoring Apoptosis Process by a Self-Reporting Photosensitizer

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 141, (14), April 2019, p. 5612-5616
Zhang, Tianfu; Li, Yuanyuan; Zheng, Zheng; Ye, Ruquan; Zhang, Yiru; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Lab-in-cell Based on Spontaneous Amino-yne Click Polymerization

Science China Chemistry, v. 62, (9), September 2019, p. 1198-1203
Hu, Rong; Chen, Xu; Zhou, Taotao; Si, Han; He, Benzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Molecular Transmission: Visible and Rate-Controllable Photoreactivity and Synergy of Aggregation-Induced Emission and Host-Guest Assembly

Chemistry of Materials, v. 31, (3), February 2019, p. 1092-1100
Wei, Peifa; Li, Zhao; Zhang, Jingxuan; Zhao, Zheng; Xing, Hao; Tu, Yujie; Gong, Junyi; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Hu, Shimin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Non-aromatic Annulene-based Aggregation-induced Emission System via Aromaticity Reversal Process

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), December 2019, article number 2952
Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Du, Lili; Xiong, Yu; He, Wei; Gao, Xiuxiu; Li, Chunli; Liu, Yingjie; Xu, Bin; Zhang, Jing; Song, Fengyan; Yu, Ying; Zhao, Xueqian; Cai, Yuanjing; He, Xuewen; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Xuhui; Phillips, David Lee; Wang, Hua; Tang, Benzhong
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Palladium-catalyzed polyannulation of pyrazoles and diynes toward multifunctional poly(indazole)s under monomer non-stoichiometric conditions

Polymer Chemistry, v. 10, (39), September 2019, p. 5296-5303
Gao, Qingqing; Han, Ting; Qiu, Zijie; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhang, Jun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Ratiometric Detection of Mitochondrial Thiol with a Two-Photon Active AIEgen

ACS Applied Bio Materials, v. 2, (7), May 2019, p. 3120-3127
Gu, Yuan; Zhao, Zheng; Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Zhang, Han; Shan, Guogang; Feng, Haitao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong
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Robust Serum Albumin-Responsive AIEgen Enables Latent Bloodstain Visualization in High Resolution and Reliability for Crime Scene Investigation

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v. 11, (19), May 2019, p. 17306-17312
Wang, Zhaoyu; Zhang, Pengfei; Liu, Haixiang; Zhao, Zheng; Xiong, Linghong; He, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ye, Ruquan; Tang, Benzhong
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Sparks fly when AIE meets with polymers

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (11), November 2019, p. 2207-2220
Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Shunjie; Han, Ting; Zhang, Haoke; Chuah, Clarence; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Specific and Quantitative Detection of Albumin in Biological Fluids by Tetrazolate-Functionalized Water-Soluble AIEgens

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 11, (33), July 2019, p. 29619-29629
Tu, Yujie; Yu, Yeqing; Zhou, Zhibiao; Xie, Sheng; Yao, Bicheng; Guan, Shujuan; Situ, Bo; Liu, Yong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Sijie; Huang, Xuhui; Zeng, Zebing; Tang, Benzhong
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Spontaneous and Fast Molecular Motion at Room Temperature in the Solid State

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (14), March 2019, p. 4536-4540
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Cheng, Yanhua; Zhang, Haoke; Liu, Junkai; Wu, Wenjie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong
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Super-Resolution Visualization of Self-Assembling Helical Fibers Using Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens in Stimulated Emission Depletion Nanoscopy

ACS Nano, v. 13, (10), October 2019, p. 11863-11873
Dang, Dongfeng; Zhang, Haoke; Xu, Yanzi; Xu, Ruohan; Wang, Zhi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Lei; Meng, Lingjie; Tang, Benzhong
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SwissKnife-Inspired Multifunctional Fluorescence Probes for Cellular Organelle Targeting Based on Simple AIEgens

Analytical Chemistry, v. 91, (3), February 2019, p. 2169-2176
Ni, Jenshyang; Lee, Mei Suet; Zhang, Pengfei; Gui, Chen; Chen, Yuncong; Wang, Dong; Yu, Zhenqiang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Three-Component Regio- and Stereoselective Polymerizations toward Functional Chalcogen-Rich Polymers with AIE-Activities

Journal of The American Chemical Society, v. 141, (37), September 2019, p. 14712-14719
Gao, Qingqing; Xiong, Ling-Hong; Han, Ting; Qiu, Zijie; He, Xuewen; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Tuning Organelle Specificity and Photodynamic Therapy Efficiency by Molecular Function Design

ACS Nano, v. 13, (10), October 2019, p. 11283-11293
Liu, Zhiyang; Zou, Hang; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Shan, Guogang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Lei; Tang, Benzhong
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Visualization and Manipulation of Molecular Motion in the Solid State through Photoinduced Clusteroluminescence

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, v. 10, (22), November 2019, p. 7077-7085
Zhang, Haoke; Du, Lili; Wang, Lin; Liu, Junkai; Wan, Qing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong
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Visualizing and Monitoring Interface Structures and Dynamics by Luminogens With Aggregation-induced Emission

Journal of Applied Physics, v. 126, (5), August 2019, article number 050901
Zhang, Haoke; Sun, Jing Zhi; Liu, Junkai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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1 + 1 >> 2: Dramatically Enhancing the Emission Efficiency of TPE-Based AIEgens but Keeping their Emission Color through Tailored Alkyl Linkages

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (16), 21 February 2018, article number 201707210
Dang, Dongfeng; Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Liu, Yong; Chen, Ming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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A bifunctional aggregation-induced emission luminogen for monitoring and killing of multidrug-resistant bacteria

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (42), October 2018, article number 1804632
Li, Ying; Zhao, Zheng; Zhang, Jiangjiang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xie, Sheng; Tang, Rongbing; Jia, Yuexiao; Yang, Junchuan; Wang, Le; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Wenfu; Jiang, Xingyu; Tang, Benzhong
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A multifunctional luminogen with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for selective imaging and photodynamic killing of both cancer cells and Gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (23), May 2018, p. 3894-3903
Kang, Miaomiao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Jianguo; Zhang, Han; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Li, Ying; Zhang, Pengfei; Zou, Hang; Gu, Xinggui; Li, Feng; Tang, Ben Zhong
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A Photostable AIE Luminogen with Near Infrared Emission for Monitoring Morphological Change of Plasma Membrane

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B, v. 6, (10), March 2018, p. 1501-1507
Zhang, Weijie; Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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A simple approach to bioconjugation at diverse levels: Metal-free click reactions of activated alkynes with native groups of biotargets without prefunctionalization

Research, v. 2018, article number 3152870
Hu, Xianglong; Zhao, Xueqian; He, Benzhao; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Zheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Shi, Xiujuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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A Simple Mitochondrial Targeting AIEgen for Image-guided Two-photon Excited Photodynamic Therapy

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (17), May 2018, p. 2557-2565
Jiang, Meijuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Xuesong; Gui, Chen; Lam, Wing Yip; Qu, Jianan; Tang, Benzhong
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A substitution-dependent light-up fluorescence probe for selectively detecting Fe³⁺ ions and its cell imaging application

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (35), August 2018, article number 1802833
Feng, Xing; Li, Ying; He, Xuewen; Liu, Haixiang; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Elsegood, Mark R. J.; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen with Near-Infrared-II Excitation and Near-Infrared-I Emission for Ultradeep Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy

ACS Nano, v. 12, (8), August 2018, p. 7936-7945
Qi, Ji; Sun, Chaowei; Li, Dongyu; Zhang, Hequn; Yu, Wenbin; Zebibula, Abudureheman; Lam, Wing Yip; Xi, Wang; Zhu, Liang; Cai, Fuhong; Wei, Peifa; Zhu, Chunlei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Streich, Lina L.; Prevedel, Robert; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong
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Aggregation-induced emission luminogen-based fluorescence detection of hypoxanthine: a probe for biomedical diagnosis of energy metabolism-related conditions

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 6, (28), July 2018, p. 4575-4578
Zhang, Zhiling; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong; Ng, Ka Ming
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Aggregation-Induced Emission: A Trailblazing Journey to the Field of Biomedicine

ACS Applied Bio Materials, v.1, (6), December 2018, p. 1768-1786
Zhu, Chunlei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

An Easily Accessible Ionic Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen with Hydrogen-Bonding-Switchable Emission and Wash-Free Imaging Ability

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (18), April 2018, p. 5011-5015
Chen, Yuncong; Zhang, Weijie; Zhao, Zheng; Cai, Yuanjing; Gong, Junyi; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong
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Bright Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Strong Two-Photon Absorption, Excellent Organelle Specificity, and Efficient Photodynamic Therapy Potential

ACS Nano, v. 12, (8), August 2018, p. 8145-8159
Zheng, Zheng; Zhang, Tianfu; Liu, Haixiang; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ma, Chao; Zhang, Pengfei; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong
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Dual fluorescence of tetraphenylethylene-substituted pyrenes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for white-light emission

Chemical Science, v. 9, (25), July 2018, p. 5679-5687
Feng, Xing; Qi, Chunxuan; Feng, Haitao; Zhao, Zheng; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Exploration of biocompatible AIEgens from natural resources

Chemical Science, v. 9, (31), August 2018, p. 6497-6502
Gu, Yuan; Zhao, Zheng; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Pengfei; Liu, Junkai; Niu, Guangle; Li, Shiwu; Wang, Zhaoyang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ni, Xinlong; Sun, Jingzhi; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Facile access to deep red/near-infrared emissive AIEgens for efficient non-doped OLEDs

Chemical Science, v. 9, (28), 2018, p. 6118-6125
Lee, Will W.H.; Zhao, Zheng; Cai, Yuanjing; Xu, Zeng; Yu, Ying; Xiong, Yu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yue; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Ma, Dongge; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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Fluorogenic Ag⁺-Tetrazolate Aggregation Enables Efficient Fluorescent Biological Silver Staining

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (20), May 2018, p. 5750-5753
Xie, Sheng; Wong, Alex Y. H.; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Ying; Su, Huifang; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Sijie; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Highly efficient photosensitizers with far-red/near-infrared aggregation-induced emission for in vitro and in vivo cancer theranostics

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (39), September 2018, article number 1802105
Wang, Dong; Lee, Mei Suet; Shan, Guogang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Su, Huifang; Cai, Yuchen; Tang, Benzhong
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Highly Emissive AlEgens with Multiple Functions: Facile Synthesis, Chromism, Specific Lipid Droplet Imaging, Apoptosis Monitoring, and In Vivo Imaging

Chemistry of Materials, v. 30, (21), November 2018, p. 7892-7901
Dang, Dongfeng; Liu, Haixiang; Wang, Jianguo; Chen, Ming; Liu, Yong; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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In situ monitoring of molecular aggregation using circular dichroism

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), November 2018, article number 4961
Zhang, Haoke; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Jia; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Shi, Lin; Sun, Jing Zhi; Tang, Zhiyong; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
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In Situ Monitoring of RAFT Polymerization by Tetraphenylethylene‐Containing Agents with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics

Angewandte Chemie, v. 57, (21), May 2018, p. 6274-6278
Liu, Shunjie; Cheng, Yanhua; Zhang, Haoke; Qiu, Zijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
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Light-driven transformable optical agent with adaptive functions for boosting cancer surgery outcomes

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), December 2018, article number 1848
Qi, Ji; Chen, Chao; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Hu, Xianglong; Ji, Shenglu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Malonitrile-Functionalized Tetraphenylpyrazine: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Ratiometric Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide, and Mechanochromism

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v. 28, (6), February 2018
Chen, Ming; Chen, Rui; Shi, Yang; Wang, Jianguo; Cheng, Yanhua; Li, Ying; Gao, Xuedon; Yan, Yun; Sun, Jing Zhi; Qin, Anjun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Manipulating the Molecular Backbone to Achieve Highly Emissive Sky-Blue AIEgens and Their Applications in Nondoped Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Advanced Electronic Materials, v. 4, (11), November 2018, article number 1800354
Dang, Dongfeng; Wang, Zhiheng; Liu, Kunkun; Liu, Yong; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Su, Shi-Jian; Tang, Benzhong
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Multifunctional AIEgens: Ready Synthesis, Tunable Emission, Mechanochromism, Mitochondrial, and Bacterial Imaging

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 28, (1), January 2018, article number 1704589
Jiang, Meijuan; Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Ying; Sung, Ho Yung; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Yilin; Lam, Wing Yip; Williams, Ian D.; Huang, Xuhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Ben Zhong
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Organic Mitoprobes based on Fluorogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission

Israel Journal of Chemistry, v. 58, (8), August 2018, p. 860-873
Cai, Xiaolei; Hu, Fang; Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
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Rational Design of a Water-soluble NIR AIEgen, and its Application in Ultrafast Wash-free Cellular Imaging and Photodynamic Cancer Cell Ablation

Chemical Science, v. 9, (15), 2018, p. 3685-3693
Wang, Dong; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Hu, Xianglong; Zou, Hang; Luo, Qianxin; Lee, Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Rational Design of Perylenediimide-Substituted Triphenylethylene to Electron Transporting Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens (AIEgens) with High Mobility and Near-Infrared Emission

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v. 28, (11), March 2018
Zhao, Zheng; Gao, Simin; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Pengfei; Wu, Wenting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xiong, Yu; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Chen, Yuncong; Gao, Xike; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Rational design of red AIEgens with a new core structure from non-emissive heteroaromatics

Chemical Science, v. 9, (40), October 2018, p. 7829-7834
Chen, Ming; Hu, Xianglong; Liu, Junkai; Li, Baixue; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Viglianti, Lucia; Cheung, Tsz Shing; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Real-Time and High-Resolution Bioimaging with Bright Aggregation-Induced Emission Dots in Short-Wave Infrared Region

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (12), March 2018, article number 1706856
Qi, Ji; Sun, Chaowei; Zebibula, Abudureheman; Zhang, Hequn; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Zhao, Xinyuan; Xi, Wang; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Qian, Jun; Tang, Benzhong
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Red/NIR-Emissive Benzo[d]imidazole-Cored AIEgens: Facile Molecular Design for Wavelength Extending and In Vivo Tumor Metabolic Imaging

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (50), December 2018, article number 1805220
Ni, Jen-Shyang; Zhang, Pengfei; Jiang, Tao; Chen, Yuncong; Su, Huifang; Wang, Dong; Yu, Zhen-Qiang; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Zhao, Zujin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Redox-Active AIEgen-Derived Plasmonic and Fluorescent Core@Shell Nanoparticles for Multimodality Bioimaging

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 140, (22), June 2018, p. 6904-6911
He, Xuewen; Zhao, Zheng; Xiong, Linghong; Gao, Pengfei; Peng, Chen; Li, Rong Sheng; Xiong, Yu; Li, Zhi; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Cheng Zhi; Ma, Nan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Regio- and Stereoselective Polymerization of Diynes with Inorganic Comonomer: A Facile Strategy to Conjugated Poly(p‑arylene dihalodiene)s with Processability and Postfunctionalizability

Macromolecules, v. 51, (9), May 2018, p. 3497-3503
Gao, Qingqing; Qiu, Zijie; Elsegood, Mark R.J.; Chen, Ming; Wang, Jianguo; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Specific Two-Photon Imaging of Live Cellular and Deep-Tissue Lipid Droplets by Lipophilic AIEgens at Ultralow Concentration

Chemistry of Materials, v. 30, (14), July 2018, p. 4778-4787
Niu, Guangle; Zhang, Ruoyao; Kwong, Pui Chun John; Lam, Wing Yip; Chen, Congping; Wang, Jianguo; Chen, Yuncong; Feng, Xing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Elsegood, Mark Robert James; Qu, Jianan; Ma, Chao; Wong, Kam Sing; Yu, Xiaoqiang; Tang, Benzhong
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Strategies to Enhance the Photosensitization: Polymerization and the Donor–Acceptor Even–Odd Effect

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (46), November 2018, p. 15189-15193
Liu, Shunjie; Zhang, Haoke; Li, Yuanyuan; Liu, Junkai; Du, Lili; Chen, Ming; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Phillips, David Lee; Tang, Benzhong
Article

The unusual aggregation-induced emission of coplanar organoboron isomers and their lipid droplet-specific applications

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 2, (8), August 2018, p. 1498-1507
Ni, Jen-Shyang; Liu, Haixiang; Liu, Junkai; Jiang, Meijuan; Zhao, Zheng; Chen, Yuncong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Peng, Qian; Tang, Benzhong
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Theranostics based on AIEgens

Theranostics, v. 8, (18), 2018, p. 4925-4956
Wang, Dong; Lee, Michelle Mei Suet; Xu, Wenhan; Kwok, Ryan Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Ultrabright Red AIEgens for Two-photon Vascular Imaging with High Resolution and Deep Penetration

Chemical Science, v. 9, (10), January 2018, p. 2705-2710
Qin, Wei; Zhang, Pengfei; Li,hui; Lam, Wing Yip; Cai, yuanjing; Kwok, tsz kin; Qian, Jun; Zheng,wei; Tang, benzhong
Article

Ultrasensitive virion immunoassay platform with dual-modality based on a multifunctional aggregation-induced emission luminogen

ACS Nano, v. 12, (9), September 2018, p. 9549-9577
Xiong, Linghong; He, Xuewen; Zhao, Zheng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xiong, Yu; Gao, Pengfei; Yang, Fan; Huang, Yalan; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Cheng, Jinquan; Zhang, Renli; Tang, Benzhong
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聚集诱导发光材料在生物成像、疾病诊断及治疗的应用

科技导报=Science & Technology Review, v. 36, (22), November 2018, p. 27-53
江美娟; 郭子健; 唐本忠
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Aggregation and Chirality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 10735, 2018, article number 107350H
Zhang, Haoke; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Conference paper

2017 29

A Highly Sensitive Bimodal Detection of Amine Vapours Based on Aggregation Induced Emission of 1,2-Dihydroquinoxaline Derivatives

Chemistry: A European Journal, v. 23, (59), October 2017, p. 14911-14917
Alam, Parvej; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Su, Huifang; Qiu, Zijie; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Red-emissive Antibody-AIEgen Conjugate for Turn-on and Wash-free Imaging of Specific Cancer Cells

Chemical Science, v. 8, (10), October 2017, p. 7014-7024
Shi, Xiujuan; Yu, Yee Yung; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Jiang, Meijuan; He, Zikai; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

A Simple and Sensitive Method for an Important Physical Parameter: Reliable Measurement of Glass Transition Temperature by AIEgens

Macromolecules, v.50, (19), October 2017, p. 7620-7627
Qiu, Zijie; Chu, Eric K. K.; Jiang, Meijuan; Gui, Chen; Xie, Ni; Qin, Wei; Alam, Parvej; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

AIE-active Theranostic System: Selective Staining and Killing of Cancer Cells

Chemical Science, v. 8, (3), March 2017, p. 1822-1830
Gui, Chen; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Chun Sing; Lam, Wing Yip; Jiang, Meijuan; Deng, Haiqin; Cai, Yuanjing; Zhang, Weijie; Su, Huifang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

AIEgens for Biological Process Monitoring and Disease Theranostics

Biomaterials, v. 146, November 2017, p. 115-135
Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

AIEgens for Dark through-bond Energy Transfer: Design, Synthesis, Theoretical Study and Application in Ratiometric Hg²⁺ Sensing

Chemical Science, v. 8, (3), March 2017, p. 2047-2055
Chen, Yuncong; Zhang, Weijie; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Hu, Yubing; Lam, Wing Yip; Gu, Xinggui; He, Zikai; Zhao, Zheng; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Chen, Bin; Gui, Chen; Tang, Benzhong
Article

An Acidic pH Independent Piperazine-TPE AIEgen as a Unique Bioprobe for Lysosome Tracing

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), November 2017, p. 7593-7603
Cai, Yuanjing; Gui, Chen; Samedov, Kerim; Su, Huifang; Gu, Xinggui; Li, Shiwu; Luo, Wenwen; Sung, Ho Yung; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Aptamer-Decorated Self-Assembled Aggregation-Induced Emission Organic Dots for Cancer Cell Targeting and Imaging

Analytical Chemistry, v. 90, (2), 16 December 2018, p. 1063-1067
Zhang, Pengfei; Zhao, Zheng; Li, Chuansheng; Su Huifang; Wu, Yayun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Gong, Ping; Cai, Lintao; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Dramatic Differences in Aggregation-Induced Emission and Supramolecular Polymerizability of Tetraphenylethene-Based Stereoisomers

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (29), July 2017, p. 10150-10156
Peng, Huiqing; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Han, Ting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Huang, Xuhui; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Facile Synthesis of Red/NIR AIE Luminogens with Simple Structures, Bright Emissions, and High Photostabilities, and Their Applications for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets and Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 27, (46), December 2017, article number 1704039
Wang, Dong; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shan, Guogang; Leung, Chun Sing Anakin; Lee, Mei Suet; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Functionality and Versatility of Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogens

Applied Physics Reviews, v. 4, (2), June 2017, article number 021307
Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Functionalized AIE nanoparticles with efficient deep-red emission, mitochondrial specificity, cancer cell selectivity and multiphoton susceptibility

Chemical Science, v. 8, (6), June 2017, p. 4634-4643
Nicol, Alexander William; Qin, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Burkhartsmeyer, Jeffrey Mark; Zhu, Zhenfeng; Su, Huifang; Luo, Wenwen; Lam, Wing Yip; Qian, Jun; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Furan Is Superior to Thiophene: A Furan-Cored AIEgen with Remarkable Chromism and OLED Performance

Advanced Science, v. 4, (8), August 2017, article number 1700005
Zhao, Zheng; Nie, Han; Ge, Congwu; Cai, Yuanjing; Xiong, Yu; Qi, Ji; Wu, Wenting; Kwok tsz kin; Gao, Xike; Qin, An-jun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

High-Contrast Visualization and Differentiation of Microphase Separation in Polymer Blends by Fluorescent AIE Probes

Macromolecules, v. 50, (15), August 2017, p. 5807-5815
Han, Ting; Gui, Chen; Lam, Wing Yip; Jiang, Meijuan; Xie, Ni; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Highly Stable Organic Small Molecular Nanoparticles as an Advanced and Biocompatible Phototheranostic Agent of Tumor in Living Mice

ACS Nano, v. 11, (7), July 2017, p. 7177-7188
Qi, Ji; Fang, Yuan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Hu, Xianglong; Lam, Wing Yip; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Ionization and Anion-π⁺ Interaction: A New Strategy for Structural Design of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (46), November 2017, p. 16974-16979
Wang, Jianguo; Gu, Xinggui; Zhang, Pengfei; Huang, Xiaobo; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Chen, Ming; Feng, Haitao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Iridium-catalyzed Polymerization of Benzoic Acids and Internal Diynes: a New Route for Constructing High Molecular Weight Polynaphthalenes without the Constraint of Monomer Stoichiometry

Polymer Chemistry, v. 8, (8), February 2017, p. 1393-1403
Han, Ting; Zhao, Zheng; Deng, Haiqin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Light-up Probe Based on AIEgens: Dual Signal Turn-on for Caspase Cascade Activation Monitoring

Chemical Science, v. 8, (4), 2017, p. 2723-2728
Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Chong-Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mao, Duo; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Long-Term Real-Time In Vivo Drug Release Monitoring with AIE Thermogelling Polymer

Small, v. 13, (7), February 2017, article number 1603404
Liow, Sing Shy; Dou, Qingqing; Kai, Dan; Li, Zibiao; Sugiarto, Sigit; Yu, Chris Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Xiaohong; Wu, Yunlong; Ong, Seow Theng; Kizhakeyil, Atish; Verma, Navin Kumar; Tang, Benzhong; Loh, Xianjun
Article

Mitochondrion-Anchoring Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics Synergistically Boosts the Radiosensitivity of Cancer Cells to Ionizing Radiation

Advanced Materials, v. 29, (15), April 2017, article number 1606167
Yu, Chris Yee Yung; Xu, Huae; Ji, Shenglu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Li, Xiaolin; Krishnan, Sunil; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Non-conventional Fluorescent Biogenic and Synthetic Polymers Without Aromatic Rings

Polymer Chemistry, v. 8, (10), March 2017, p. 1722-1727
Ye, Ruquan; Liu, Yuanyue; Zhang, Haoke; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Yilin; Xu, Liguo; Hu, Rongrong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wong, Kam Sing; Lam, Wing Yip; Goddard, William A., III; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Polyyne Bridged AIE Luminogens with Red Emission: Design, Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 5, (8), January 2017, p. 1650-1657
Zhao, Zheng; Su, Huifang; Zhang, Pengfei; Cai, Yuanjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yuncong; He, Zikai; Gu, Xinggui; He, Xuewen; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian D.; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Zhenfeng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Sensitive and Specific Detection of l -Lactate Using an AIE-Active Fluorophore

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 9, (44), October 2017, p. 38153-38158
Zhang, Zhiling; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong; Ng, Ka Ming
Article

Synthesis of Functional Poly(propargyl imine)s by Multicomponent Polymerizations of Bromoarenes, Isonitriles, and Alkynes

ACS Macro Letters, v.6, (12), December 2017, p. 1352-1356
Huang, Hanchu; Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Kwok, Ryan T. K.; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

Two-photon AIE Bio-probe with Large Stokes Shift for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets

Chemical Science, v. 8, (8), August 2017, p. 5440-5446
Jiang, Meijuan; Gu, Xinggui; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhang, Yilin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Ultrafast Delivery of Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles and Pure Organic Phosphorescent Nanocrystals by Saponin Encapsulation

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (41), October 2017, p. 14792-14799
Nicol, Alexander William; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Congping; Zhao, Weijun; Chen, Ming; Qu, Jianan; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

Uptake, Distribution, and Bioimaging Applications of Aggregation-Induced Emission Saponin Nanoparticles in Arabidopsis thaliana

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 9, (34), 30 August 2017, p. 28298-28304
Nicol, Alexander William; Wong, Kai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Song, Zhegang; Li, Ning; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Why Do Simple Molecules with "isolated" Phenyl Rings Emit Visible Light?

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 139, (45), November 2017, p. 16264-16272
Zhang, Haoke; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Xie, Ni; He, Zikai; Liu, Junkai; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Niu, Yingli; Huang, Xuhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Qin, Anjun; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

Turn-On Red-Emissive Antibody-AIEgen Conjugates for Wash-Free Imaging of Specific Cancer Cell

Shi, Xiujuan; Yu, Chris Y. Y.; Su, Huifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Jiang, Meijuan; He, Zikai; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Conference paper

2016 19

A Highly Fluorescent AIE-active Theranostic Agent with Anti-tumor Activity to Specific Cancer Cells

Nanoscale, v. 8, (25), July 2016, p. 12520-12523
Zhao, Yueyue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Lysosome-Targeting AIEgen for Autophagy Visualization

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 5, (4), February 2016, p. 427-431
Leung, Wai Tung; Wang, Zhiming; Zhao, Engui; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Chun Sing; Wen, Rongsen; Li, Bingshi; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Near-infrared AIEgen for Specific Imaging of Lipid Droplets

Chemical Communications, v. 52, (35), May 2016, p. 5957-5960
Kang, Miaomiao; Gu, Xinggui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Li, Feng; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Photostable AIEgen for Nucleolus and Mitochondria Imaging with Organelle-Specific Emission

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 4, (15), April 2016, p. 2614-2619
Yu, Yee Yung; Zhang, Weijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Activatable Fluorescent Nanoprobe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Selective In Vivo Imaging of Elevated Peroxynitrite Generation

Advanced Materials, v. 28, (33), September 2016, p. 7249-7256
Song, Zhegang; Mao, Duo; Sung, Hoi Pang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Kong, Deling; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Aggregation-Induced Emission and Photocyclization of Poly(hexaphenyl-1,3-butadiene)s Synthesized from “1+2” Polycoupling of Internal Alkynes and Arylboronic Acids

Macromolecules, v. 49, (16), August 2016, p. 5817-5830
Liu, Yajing; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Peng, Qian; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Sung, Ho Yung; Williams, Ian Duncan; Tang, Benzhong
Article

AIEgen Based Light-up Probes for Live Cell Imaging

Science China Chemistry, v. 59, (1), January 2016, p. 53-61
Liang, Jing; Feng, Guangxue; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Dan; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

AIEgens for Real-time Naked-eye Sensing of Hydrazine in Solution and on a Paper Substrate: Structure-dependent Signal Output and Selectivity

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (14), April 2016, p. 2834-2842
Zhang, Ruoyu; Zhang, Chong-Jing; Song, Zhegang; Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

An AIE-active fluorescence turn-on bioprobe mediated by hydrogen-bonding interaction for highly sensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide and glucose

Chemical Communications, v. 52, (65), July 2016, p. 10076-10079
Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ding, Dan; Nie, Han; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

An AIE-based Bioprobe for Differentiating the Early and Late Stages of Apoptosis Mediated by H₂O₂

Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for Biology and Medicine, v. 4, (33), July 2016, p. 5510-5514
Leung, Chun Sing; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Leung, Wai Tung; Deng, Haiqin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

BCl₃-mediated Polycoupling of Alkynes and Aldehydes: A Facile, Metal-free Multicomponent Polymerization Route to Construct Stereoregular Functional Polymers

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (28), July 2016, p. 4667-4674
Zhang, Yun; Tseng, Nai-Wen; Deng, Haiqin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Diaminomaleonitrile-based Schiff Bases: Aggregation-enhanced emission, Red Fluorescence, Mechanochromism and Bioimaging Applications

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (44), October 2016, p. 10430-10434
Han, Ting; Gu, Xinggui; Lam, Wing Yip; Leung, Chun Sing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Han, Tianyu; Tong, Bin; Shi, Jianbing; Dong, Yuping; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Donor-acceptor π-conjugated Aggregation-induced Emission Molecules for Reversible Nanometer-scale Data Storage

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 4, (23), April 2016, p. 5363-5369
Li, Shuhong; Shang, Yanli; Wang, Lifang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Functional Isocoumarin-containing Polymers Synthesized by Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Polycoupling of Aryl Diacid and Internal Diyne

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (14), April 2016, p. 2501-2510
Han, Ting; Deng, Haiqin; Yu, Yee Yung; Gui, Chen; Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Multicomponent Click Polymerization: A Facile Strategy toward Fused Heterocyclic Polymers

Macromolecules, v. 49, (15), August 2016, p. 5475-5483
Deng, Haiqin; Han, Ting; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Multicomponent Polymerization: Development of a One-Pot Synthetic Route to Functional Polymers Using Diyne, N-Sulfonyl Azide and Water/Ethanol as Reactants

Polymer Chemistry, v. 7, (36), September 2016, p. 5646-5654
Deng, Haiqin; Han, Ting; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Peptide-Induced AlEgen Self-Assembly: A New Strategy to Realize Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Light-Up Probes

Analytical Chemistry, v. 88, (7), April 2016, p. 3872-3878
Han, Aitian; Wang, Huaimin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Ji, Shenglu; Li, Jun; Kong, Deling; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin; Yang, Zhimou; Ding, Dan
Article

Polyarylcyanation of Diyne: A One-Pot Three-Component Convenient Route for in Situ Generation of Polymers with AIE Characteristics

Macromolecules, v. 49, (23), December 2016, p. 8888-8898
Qiu, Zijie; Han, Ting; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Synthesis of Imidazole-Based AIEgens with Wide Color Tunability and Exploration of their Biological Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 26, (6), February 2016, p. 824-832
Song, Zhegang; Zhang, Weijie; Jiang, Meijuan; Sung, Ho Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Nie, Han; Williams, Ian Duncan; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2015 10

A Fluorescent Light-up Nanoparticle Probe with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics and Tumor-acidity Responsiveness for Targeted Imaging and Selective Suppression of Cancer Cells

Materials Horizons, v. 2, (1), January 2015, p. 100-105
Ding, Dan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yuan, Youyong; Feng, Guangxue; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Aggregation-Induced Emission: Together We Shine, United We Soar!

Chemical Reviews, v. 115, (21), November 2015, p. 11718-11940
Mei, Ju; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Biosensing by Luminogens with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics

Chemical Society Reviews, v. 44, (13), July 2015, p. 4228-4238
Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Color-tunable and Highly Solid Emissive AIE Molecules: Synthesis, Photophysics, Data Storage and Biological Application

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 3, (14), April 2015, p. 3445-3451
Li, Shu Hong; Shang, Yanli; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Song, Yanlin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Detection of Oligomers and Fibrils of Alpha-synuclein by AIEgen with Strong Fluorescence

Chemical Communications, v. 51, (10), February 2015, p. 1866-1869
Leung, Wai Tung; Guo, Feng; Hong, Yuning; Zhao, Engui; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Leung, Nelson Lik Ching; Chen, Sijie; Vaikath, Nishant N.; El-Agnaf, Omar Mukhtar; Tang, Youhong; Gai, Wei-Ping; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Hybridization Induced Fluorescence Turn-on of AIEgen-oligonucleotide Conjugates for Specific DNA Detection

RSC Advances, v. 5, (36), March 2015, p. 28332-28337
Zhang, Ruoyu; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Light-Up Probe for Targeted and Activatable Photodynamic Therapy with Real-Time in Situ Reporting of Sensitizer Activation and Therapeutic Responses

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 25, (42), November 2015, p. 6586-6595
Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Chongjing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xu, Shidang; Zhang, Ruoyu; Wu, Jien; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Photostable AIE Fluorogens for Accurate and Sensitive Detection of S-phase DNA Synthesis and Cell Proliferation

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 3, (25), July 2015, p. 4993-4996
Zhao, Yueyue; Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yilong; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Real-time Monitoring of the Mitophagy Process by a Photostable Fluorescent Mitochondrion-specific Bioprobe with AIE Characteristics

Chemical Communications, v. 51, (43), May 2015, p. 9022-9025
Zhang, Weijie; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Chen, Yilong; Chen, Sijie; Zhao, Engui; Yu, Yee Yung; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Qichang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Smart Probe for Tracing Cancer Therapy: Selective Cancer Cell Detection, Image-Guided Ablation, and Prediction of Therapeutic Response in Situ

Small, v. 11, (36), September 2015, p. 4682-4690
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

2014 14

A dual-mode fluorescence “turn-on” biosensor based on an aggregation-induced emission luminogen

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (12), March 2014, p. 1717-1723
Song, Zhegang; Hong, Yuning; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Jacky Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe Based on ESIPT and AIE Processes for Alkaline Phosphatase Activity Assay and Visualization in Living Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (19), October 2014, p. 17245-17254
Song, Zhegang; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; He, Zikai; Hong, Yuning; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Recyclable and Reusable Supported Cu(I) Catalyzed Azide-alkyne Click Polymerization

Scientific Reports, v. 4, May 2014, article number 5107
Wu, Haiqiang; Li, Hongkun; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; Sun, Jingzhi; Qin, An-jun; Tang, Benzhong
Article

A Tetraphenylethene-based Caged Compound: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (60), August 2014, p. 8134-8136
Yu, Yee Yung; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mei, Ju; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

An Aggregation-Induced-Emission Platform for Direct Visualization of Interfacial Dynamic Self-Assembly

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 53, (49), October 2014, p. 13518-13522
Li, Junwei; Li, Yuan; Chan, Carrie Yin Kwan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Li, Hongkun; Zrazhevskiy, Pavel; Gao, Xiaohu; Sun, Jing Zhi; Qin, Anjun; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Distinct optical and kinetic responses from E/Z isomers of caspase probes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (27), July 2014, p. 4363-4370
Liang, Jing; Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Meng; Yuan, Youyong; Zhang, Wenhua; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Fluorogen-Peptide Conjugates with Tunable Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Bioprobe Design

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (16), August 2014, p. 14302-14310
Zhang, Ruoyu; Yuan, Youyong; Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhu, Qing; Feng, Guangxue; Geng, Junlong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Hair-Inspired Crystal Growth of HOA in Cavities of Cellulose Matrix via Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Interface Interaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 6, (12), June 2014, p. 9508-9516
He, Meng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Wang, Zhenggang; Duan, Bo; Tang, Benzhong; Zhang, Lina
Article

Highly Fluorescent and Photostable Probe for Long-Term Bacterial Viability Assay Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission

Advanced Healthcare Materials, v. 3, (1), January 2014, p. 88-96
Zhao, Engui; Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Leung, Wai Tung; Chan, Yin Kwan; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Lam, Wing Yip; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Light-up Bioprobe with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics for Real-time Apoptosis Imaging in Target Cancer Cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (2), January 2014, p. 231-238
Ding, Dan; Liang, Jing; Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Gao, Meng; Feng, Guangxue; Yuan, Youyong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Rational design of fluorescent light-up probes based on an AIE luminogen for targeted intracellular thiol imaging

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (3), January 2014, p. 295-297
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Feng, Guangxue; Liang, Jing; Geng, Junlong; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Targeted Theranostic Platinum(IV) Prodrug with a Built-In Aggregation-Induced Emission Light-Up Apoptosis Sensor for Noninvasive Early Evaluation of Its Therapeutic Responses in Situ

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 136, (6), February 2014, p. 2546-2554
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Targeted Theranostic Prodrugs Based On an Aggregation-induced Emission (AIE) Luminogen for Real-time Dual-drug Tracking

Chemical Communications, v. 50, (78), October 2014, p. 11465-11468
Yuan, Youyong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhang, Ruoyu; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Water-soluble bioprobes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for light-up sensing of heparin

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, v. 2, (26), July 2014, p. 4134-4141
Kwok, Tsz Kin; Geng, Junlong; Lam, Wing Yip; Zhao, Engui; Wang, Guan; Zhan, Ruoyu; Liu, Bin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2013 7

Construction of Functional Macromolecules with Well-Defined Structures by Indium-Catalyzed Three-Component Polycoupling of Alkynes, Aldehydes, and Amines

Macromolecules, v. 46, (9), May 2013, p. 3246-3256
Chan, Carrie Yin Kwan; Tseng, Nai Wen; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Jianzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Enlarged Tetrasubstituted Alkenes with Enhanced Thermal and Optoelectronic Properties

Chemical Communications, v. 49, (65), August 2013, p. 7216-7218
Liu, Yang; Lv, Yun; Xi, He; Zhang, Xiying; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tao, Xutang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Fabrication of Chitosan Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics and Their Applications in Long-Term Live Cell Imaging

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, v. 34, (9), May 2013, p. 767-771
Li, Min; Hong, Yuning; Wang, Zhengke; Chen, Sijie; Gao, Meng; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Qin, Wei; Lam, Wing Yip; Zheng, Qichang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Fluorescent Light-up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Alkaline Phosphatase Sensing and Activity Study

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 5, (17), September 2013, p. 8784-8789
Liang, Jing; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Shi, Haibin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Full-Range Intracellular pH Sensing by an Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Two-Channel Ratiometric Fluorogen

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 135, (13), April 2013, p. 4926-4929
Chen, Sijie; Hong, Yuning; Liu, Yang; Liu, Jianzhao; Leung, Wai Tung; Li, Min; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Engui; Lam, Wing Yip; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Long-Term Fluorescent Cellular Tracing by the Aggregates of AIE Bioconjugates

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 135, (22), June 2013, p. 8238-8245
Wang, Zhengke; Chen, Sijie; Lam, Wing Yip; Qin, Wei; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Xie, Ni; Hu, Qiaoling; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Specific Nucleic Acid Detection Based on Fluorescent Light-up Probe from Fluorogens with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics

RSC Advances, v. 3, (26), 2013, p. 10135-10138
Li, Yuqiong; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

2012 4

An AIE-active Hemicyanine Fluorogen with Stimuli-responsive Red/Blue Emission: Extending the pH Sensing Range by “Switch + Knob” Effect

Chemical Science, v. 3, (6), June 2012, p. 1804-1809
Chen, Sijie; Liu, Jianzhao; Liu, Yang; Su, Huimin; Hong, Yuning; Jim, Cathy Ka Wai; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Zhao, Na; Qin, Wei; Lam, Wing Yip; Wong, Kam Sing; Tang, Benzhong
Article

From A Fluorescent Chromophore in Solution to An Efficient Emitter in the Solid State

Chemistry - An Asian Journal, v. 7, (10), October 2012, p. 2424-2428
Liu, Yang; Lv, Yun; Zhang, Xiying; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Ping; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tao, Xutang; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Real-Time Monitoring of Cell Apoptosis and Drug Screening Using Fluorescent Light-Up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 134, (43), October 2012, p. 17972-17981
Shi, Haibin; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liu, Jianzhao; Xing, Bengang; Tang, Benzhong; Liu, Bin
Article

Supersensitive Detection of Explosives by Recyclable AIE Luminogen-Functionalized Mesoporous Materials

Chemical Communications, v. 48, (57), July 2012, p. 7167-7169
Li, Dongdong; Liu, Jianzhao; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Liang, Zhiqiang; Tang, Benzhong; Yu, Jihong
Article

2011 2

Fluorogenic Zn(II) and Chromogenic Fe(II) Sensors Based on Terpyridine-Substituted Tetraphenylethenes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 3, (9), September 2011, p. 3411-3418
Hong, Yuning; Chen, Sijie; Leung, Wai Tung; Lam, Wing Yip; Liu, Jianzhao; Tseng, Nai Wen; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Yu, Yong; Tang, Benzhong
Article

Tuning the Electronic Nature of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens with Enhanced Hole-Transporting Property

Chemistry of Materials, v. 23, (10), May 2011, p. 2536-2544
Liu, Yang; Chen, Shuming; Lam, Wing Yip; Lu, Ping; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Hoi Sing; Tang, Benzhong
Article

2010 1

Sterol-containing Tetraphenylethenes: Synthesis, Aggregation-induced Emission, and Organogel Formation

Frontiers of Chemistry in China, v. 5, (3), September 2010, p. 325-330
Liu, Yang; Lam, Wing Yip; Mahtab, Faisal; Kwok, Tsz Kin; Tang, Benzhong
Article

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Conformational Twisting + Planarity: A New Molecular Strategy for Efficient Second Near-Infrared Window-Based Theranostic Agents

結構平面化+扭曲化：一種新型紅外二區診療劑分子設計策略 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin (Lead)
2022 -
New Aggregation-Induced Emission Systems: Solving the Existing Problems in Bioimaging and Developing New Biological Applications

聚集誘導發光新體系：解決生物成像中存在的問題並開發新的生物應用 Participating

RGC - Collaborative Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
GUO Zhihong (Lead)

KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin

LAM Wing Yip
2021 - 2024
Manipulating Excited-state Molecular Motion in Nanoparticles towards Efficient Phototheranostics

調控納米粒子激發態分子運動以實現高效光診療劑 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin (Lead)
2021 - 2023
A Smart Theranostic System Based on Biomimetic Nanoaggregates

新型智能仿生聚集態納米診療系統 Participating

Innovation and Technology Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
TANG Benzhong (Lead)

GUO Zhihong

KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin

SUN Jianwei
2021 - 2023
Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens Based on Ring-Fused Cyclooctatetraene: Design, Structure-Property Relationship and Application Study

稠合環辛四烯類聚集誘導發光分子的設計、構效關系及應用研究 Participating

National Natural Science Foundation of China
Project Team (HKUST)
KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin
2021 - 2023
Development of Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Nanodots with Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescence for Tumor Diagnosis and Image-Guided Tumor Resection

近紅外長餘輝發光AIE納米點的開發及其應用於腫瘤診斷及成像引導腫瘤切除的研究 Leading

National Natural Science Foundation of China / Research Grants Council
Project Team (HKUST)
KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin (Lead)

LAM Wing Yip
2020 - 2023
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau joint laboratory of optoelectronic and magnetic functional materials

粵港澳光電磁功能材料聯合實驗室 Participating

Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province
Project Team (HKUST)
KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin

LAM Wing Yip

SUN Jianwei

TANG Benzhong

WONG Kam Sing

YAN Henry He
2020 - 2022
Application of Aggregation-induced Emission Materials in Biological Imaging and Integration of Diagnosis and Treatment

基20180055聚集誘導發光（AIE)材料在生物成像與診療一體化中的應用研究 Leading

Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee
Project Team (HKUST)
KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin (Lead)
2019 - 2022
Development of a Gene Detection Platform based on Aggregation-Induced Emission Materials

基於AIE材料的基因檢測技術平臺的開發 Participating

Hybribio Limited, Innovation and Technology Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
TANG Benzhong (Lead)

KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin
2019 - 2022
Hong Kong Branch of National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction

國家人體組織功能重建工程技術研究中心香港分中心 Participating

Innovation and Technology Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
SUN Jianwei (Lead)

CHAU Ying

GUO Zhihong

HSING I-ming

IP Nancy Yuk-Yu

JIA Guocheng

KO Robert Kam Ming

KWOK Ryan Tsz Kin

LAM Wing Yip

LIANG Chun

LIN Nian

LUO Zhengtang

MI Yongli

TANG Benzhong

TSIM Karl Wah Keung

WILLIAMS Ian Duncan

WU Hongkai

WU Zhenguo

YAN Henry He

YAN Yan

YANG Jinglei

YAO Shuhuai
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