Corresponding Author*
23. Chunlin Tang, Yuxin Zhu, Jian Jin, Shuai Zhang, Kang Zhou, and Zikai He*. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Carbazole-Tailored Luminescent Triarylmethyl Radical and its Stable Cation" Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202414406.
22. Wenbin Huang+, Yuxin Zhu+, Xinwei Xie, Guanqun Tang, Kang Zhou, Lijuan Song*, and Zikai He*. “Weakly Donor-Acceptor Ternary π-Conjugated Skelton to Achieve Single-component White Luminescence and Stimulus-Response Room-temperature Phosphorescence” Chemical Science, 2024, 15，12316-12325.
21. Jianhui Li, Shujiao Chen, Baomei Xu, Zikai He*, Qunhui Yuan*, and Wei Gan*. “Temperature-Modulated Evolution of Surface Structures Induces Significant Enhancement of Two-Photon Fluorescent Emission from a Dye Molecule” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024, 128(26), 6400-6409.
20. Yufeng Xie+, Kaijun Chen+, Chengshuo Xia, Yunxiang Lei*, Miaochang Liu, Wenbo Dai, Huayue Wu, Xiaobo Huang*, and Zikai He*. “Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer Between Host and Guest Induced Strong Phosphorescence in the Organic Doped System.” Next Materials, 2024, 3, 100087. (Invited Issue)
19. Wenbin Huang, Kang Zhou, Engui Zhao, and Zikai He*. “Boosting Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Alkyl-Locked Axial Chirality Scaffold by Restriction of Molecular Motions.” Chemistry-A European Journal, 2024, e202303667.
18. Mengqi Wang, Engui Zhao*, and Zikai He*. “Chiral and Luminescent Organic Radicals.” ChemPhotoChem, 2024, 8, e20230010. (Invited Concept)
17. Weiwei Xie+, Wenbin Huang+, Jietai Li, Hu Huang, Zikai He*, Guangxi Huang*, Bing Shi Li*, and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Anti-Kasha Triplet Energy Transfer: Excitation Wavelength Dependent Persistent Luminescence from Host-Guest Doping Systems.” Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 8098.
16. Jiawei You+, Shuai Zhang+, Qiuying Li, Weijie Zhang, Huili Ma, Jianquan Hou*, Engui Zhao*, and Zikai He*. “Construction of Emissive Azobenzene Derivatives by Hydroxylation and Aggregation.” Dyes and Pigments, 2023, 220, 111662.
15. Zhiwei Liang+, Mengqing Wei+, Shuai Zhang, Wenbin Huang, Ning Shi, Anqi Lv, Huili Ma, and Zikai He*. “Activating molecular room-temperature phosphorescence by manipulating excited-state energy levels in poly(vinyl alcohol) matrix”. ACS Applied Materials & Interface, 2023, 15, 29, 35534–35542.
14. Yufeng Xie+, Huaying Liu+, Zhongliang Li, Xin Zhang, Lijuan Song, Kang Zhou, Feng Yuan, Hengzhi You, Engui Zhao, and Zikai He*. “Construction of chiral through-space luminophores by sequenced chlorination triggered symmetry break.” Science China Chemistry, 2023, 66, 2083–2090.
13. Chunlin Tang+, Lijuan Song+, Kang Zhou, Peng Ren, and Zikai He*. “Photoinduced Organic Radicals Based on D-A Type Triphenylphosphines in Solid-state.” Chemical Science, 2023, 14, 1871–1877.
12. Wenbin Huang, Zikai He*. “Initialing Circularly-Polarized Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Purely Organic Luminophore Aggregate.” Synlett, 2023, 34, 2249–2256. (Invited Review)
11. Wenbin Huang+, Chunya Fu+, Zhiwei Liang, Kang Zhou, and Zikai He*. “Strong Circularly-polarized Room-temperature Phosphorescence from a Feasibly Separable Scaffold of Bidibenzo[b,d]furan with Locked Axial Chirality.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202202977. (Selected as Hot Paper and Frontispiece)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202283061
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202202977 (Frontispiece)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202205338 ( Author Introducing )
10. Jie Yu+, Huili Ma+, Wenbin Huang, Zhiwei Liang, Kang Zhou, Engui Zhao, Xin-Gui Li*, and Zikai He.* “Organic pure room-temperature phosphorescence from through-space conjugation endowing very fast intersystem crossing.” JACS Au, 2021, 1(10), 1694–1699.
9. Weijun Zhao, Zhiyang Liu, Jie Yu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Jinyan Sun, Zikai He*, Huili Ma*, and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Turn on Solid-State Luminescence by Photo-Triggered Subtle Molecular Conformation Variations.” Advanced Materials, 2021, 33(2), 2006844.
8. Weijun Zhao, Zikai He* and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Organic Aggregates.” Nature Reviews Materials, 2020, 5, 869–885. (ESI Highly Cited Papers)
7. Jie Yu, Chunlin Tang, Xinggui Gu, Xiaoyan Zheng, Zhen-Qiang Yu, Zikai He*, Xin-Gui Li* and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Highly emissive phenylene-expanded [5]Radialene.” Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 3911–3914.
6. Yuwei Wu, Jiang Liu, Wenbin Huang, Zikai He*, Jia Zhou* and Yingchun Li*. “Recognition Mechanism of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers by Aggregation-Induced Emission.” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, 8, 13574–13581. (Selected as back cover)
5. Weijun Zhao, Tsz Shing Cheung, Nan Jiang, Wenbin Huang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Xuepeng Zhang, Zikai He* and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Boosting the efficiency of organic persistent room-temperature phosphorescence by intramolecular triplet-triplet energy transfer.” Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 1595. (ESI Highly Cited Papers)
4. Yanhua Cheng, Shunjie Liu, Fengyan Song, Michidmaa Khorloo, Haoke Zhang, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Zikai He* and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Facile Emission Color Tuning and Circularly Polarized Light Generation of Single AIEgen in Engineering Robust Forms.” Materials Horizons, 2019, 6(2), 405–411.
3. Xin-Gui Li*, Mei-Rong Huang*, Yuan-Bo Jiang, Jie Yu, Zikai He*. “Synthesis of poly(1,5-diaminonaphthalene) microparticles with abundant amino and imino groups as strong adsorbers for heavy metal ions.” Microchimica Acta, 2019, 186 (4), 208.
2. Weijun Zhao+, Zikai He+*, Qian Peng*, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Huili Ma, Zijie Qiu, Yuncong Chen, Zheng Zhao, Zhigang Shuai, Yongqiang Dong* and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Highly sensitive switching of solid-state luminescence by controlling intersystem crossing.” Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 3044.(ESI Highly Cited Papers)
1. Meijuan Jiang, Zikai He*, Yilin Zhang, Herman H-Y. Sung, Jacky Wing Yip Lam, Qian Peng, Yongli Yan, Kam Sing Wong, Ian Duncan Williams, Yong Sheng Zhao and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Development of benzylidene-methyloxazolone based AIEgens and decipherment of their working mechanism.” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017, 5, 7191–7199. (This article is part of the themed collection: 2017 Journal of Materials Chemistry C HOT Papers.)
First Author
1. Zikai He, Chunqiao Ke, Ben Zhong Tang*. “Journey of Aggregation-Induced Emission Research.” ACS Omega, 2018, 3 (3), 3267–3277. (Invited Perspective) (ESI Highly Cited Papers)
2. Zikai He, Weijun Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Qian Peng*, Huili Ma, Guodong Liang, Zhigang Shuai, and Ben Zhong Tang*. “White light emission from a single organic molecule with dual phosphorescence at room temperature.” Nature Communications, 2017, 8，416. (ESI Highly Cited Papers)
3. Weijun Zhao+, Zikai He+, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Qian Peng*, Huili Ma, Zhigang Shuai, Gongxun Bai, Jianhua Hao, and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Rational Molecular Design for Achieving Persistent and Efficient Pure Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence.” Chem, 2016, 1, 592–602. (ESI Highly Cited Papers)
Highlighted by AAAS in EurekAlert: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/cp-cdo100616.php
Highlighted by C&EN: http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i41/Getting-organic-glow.htm
Highlighted by新华社: http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-10/15/c_1119723349.htm
Highlighted by Sciencedaily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161013155251.htm
Highlighted by Chem: http://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(16)30156-5
4. Zikai He, Liang Shan, Ju Mei, Hong Wang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Xiao Gu, Qian Miao* and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Aggregation-induced emission and aggregation-promoted photochromism of bis(diphenylmethylene)dihydroacenes.” Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 3538–3543.
5. Zikai He, Liuqing Zhang, Tian Zhang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Zhigang Shuai, Yong Qiang Dong* and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Polymorphism-Dependent and Switchable Emission of Butterfly-Like Bis(diarylmethylene)dihydroanthracenes.” Chemistry of Materials, 2015, 27, 6601–6607.
6. Zikai He, Erjing Wang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Yang Li, Zhenyang Lin, and Ben Zhong Tang*. “An Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Macrocycle: Illusory Topology of the Penrose Stairs.” ChemPlusChem, 2015, 8, 1245–1249.
7. Erjing Wang+, Zikai He+, Engui Zhao, Luming Meng, Christian Schütt, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Xuhui Huang, Rainer Herges*, and Ben Zhong Tang*. “Aggregation-Induced Emission Active Macrocycle Exhibiting Analogous Triply and Singly Twisted Mobius Topologies.” Chemistry-A European Journal, 2015, 21, 11707–11711.
8. Zikai He, Xiaomin Xu, Xing Zheng, and Qian Miao*. “Conjugated macrocycles of phenanthrene: a new segment of [6,6]-carbon nanotube and solution-processed organic semiconductors.” Chemical Science, 2013, 4, 4525–4531.
9. Zikai He, Danqing Liu, Renxin Mao, Qin Tang, and Qian Miao*. “Hydrogen-Bonded Dihydrotetraazapentacenes.” Organic Letters, 2012, 14, 1050–1053.
10. Zikai He, Renxin Mao, Danqing Liu, and Qian Miao*. “Highly Electron-Deficient Hexaazapentacenes and Their Dihydro Precursors.” Organic Letters, 2012, 16, 4190–4193.
