Tetraphenylpyrazine-based AIEgens: facile preparation and tunable light emission

Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole

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Aggregation-induced emission

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Aggregation-induced emission: phenomenon, mechanism and applications

Hong, Y., Lam, J. W. Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2009) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/b904665h · Cited by 4,115

Aggregation‐Induced Emission: The Whole Is More Brilliant than the Parts

Mei, J., Hong, Y., Lam, J. W. Y., Qin, A., Tang, Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2014) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201401356 · Cited by 3,381

Bioprobes Based on AIE Fluorogens

Ding, D., Li, K., Liu, B., & Tang, B. Z. (2013) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/ar3003464 · Cited by 1,817

Recent advances in organic mechanofluorochromic materials

Chi, Z., Zhang, X., Xu, B., Zhou, X., Ma, C., Zhang, Y., Liu, S., & Xu, J. (2012) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/c2cs35016e · Cited by 1,787

AIE macromolecules: syntheses, structures and functionalities

Hu, R., Leung, N. L. C., & Tang, B. Z. (2014) · Chem. Soc. Rev. · doi:10.1039/c4cs00044g · Cited by 1,460

Synthesis, Light Emission, Nanoaggregation, and Restricted Intramolecular Rotation of 1,1-Substituted 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylsiloles

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Photochromic Materials: More Than Meets The Eye

Zhang, J., Zou, Q., & Tian, H. (2013) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201201521 · Cited by 1,046

Tetraphenylethene: a versatile AIE building block for the construction of efficient luminescent materials for organic light-emitting diodes

Zhao, Z., Lam, J. W. Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2012) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c2jm31949g · Cited by 867

Fluorescent bio/chemosensors based on silole and tetraphenylethene luminogens with aggregation-induced emission feature

Wang, M., Zhang, G., Zhang, D., Zhu, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2010) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/b921610c · Cited by 852

Reversible Switching of the Emission of Diphenyldibenzofulvenes by Thermal and Mechanical Stimuli

Luo, X., Li, J., Li, C., Heng, L., Dong, Y. Q., Liu, Z., Bo, Z., & Tang, B. Z. (2011) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201101059 · Cited by 656

Luminogenic polymers with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Qin, A., Lam, J. W. Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2012) · Progress in Polymer Science · doi:10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2011.08.002 · Cited by 441

Tuning the Luminescence of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Detection of Energetic Heterocyclic Compounds

Guo, Y., Feng, X., Han, T., Wang, S., Lin, Z., Dong, Y., & Wang, B. (2014) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja508962m · Cited by 433

Aggregation-induced Emission of Silole Molecules and Polymers: Fundamental and Applications

Liu, J., Lam, J. W. Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2009) · Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials · doi:10.1007/s10904-009-9282-8 · Cited by 331

Aggregation induced emission-based fluorescent nanoparticles: fabrication methodologies and biomedical applications

Zhang, X., Zhang, X., Tao, L., Chi, Z., Xu, J., & Wei, Y. (2014) · Journal of Materials Chemistry B · doi:10.1039/c4tb00291a · Cited by 331

Aggregation-Induced Emission in the Crystals of 9,10-Distyrylanthracene Derivatives: The Essential Role of Restricted Intramolecular Torsion

He, J., Xu, B., Chen, F., Xia, H., Li, K., Ye, L., & Tian, W. (2009) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/jp900205k · Cited by 313

End-group effects of piezofluorochromic aggregation-induced enhanced emission compounds containing distyrylanthracene

Zhang, X., Chi, Z., Xu, B., Chen, C., Zhou, X., Zhang, Y., Liu, S., & Xu, J. (2012) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c2jm33140c · Cited by 289

Similar or Totally Different: The Control of Conjugation Degree through Minor Structural Modifications, and Deep‐Blue Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogens for Non‐Doped OLEDs

Huang, J., Sun, N., Dong, Y., Tang, R., Lu, P., Cai, P., Li, Q., Ma, D., Qin, J., & Li, Z. (2013) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.201202639 · Cited by 285

Aggregation-Induced Emission of cis,cis-1,2,3,4-Tetraphenylbutadiene from Restricted Intramolecular Rotation

Chen, J., Xu, B., Ouyang, X., Tang, B. Z., & Cao, Y. (2004) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry A · doi:10.1021/jp048475q · Cited by 279

Molecular anchors in the solid state: Restriction of intramolecular rotation boosts emission efficiency of luminogen aggregates to unity

Zhao, Z., Lu, P., Lam, J. W. Y., Wang, Z., Chan, C. Y. K., Sung, H. H. Y., Williams, I. D., Ma, Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2011) · Chem. Sci. · doi:10.1039/c0sc00521e · Cited by 249

Multifunctional organic fluorescent materials derived from 9,10-distyrylanthracene with alkoxyl endgroups of various lengths

Zhang, X., Chi, Z., Xu, B., Jiang, L., Zhou, X., Zhang, Y., Liu, S., & Xu, J. (2012) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c2cc36263e · Cited by 239

Triphenylethylene carbazole derivatives as a new class of AIE materials with strong blue light emission and high glass transition temperature

Yang, Z., Chi, Z., Yu, T., Zhang, X., Chen, M., Xu, B., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., & Xu, J. (2009) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/b902802a · Cited by 222

New Thermally Stable Piezofluorochromic Aggregation-Induced Emission Compounds

Li, H., Zhang, X., Chi, Z., Xu, B., Zhou, W., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., & Xu, J. (2011) · Organic Letters · doi:10.1021/ol102872x · Cited by 214

Relaxation Dynamics and Structural Characterization of Organic Nanoparticles with Enhanced Emission

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Insight into aggregation-induced emission characteristics of red-emissive quinoline-malononitrile by cell tracking and real-time trypsin detection

Shao, A., Guo, Z., Zhu, S., Zhu, S., Shi, P., Tian, H., & Zhu, W. (2014) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/c3sc52783b · Cited by 177

New thermally stable aggregation-induced emission enhancement compounds for non-doped red organic light-emitting diodes

Li, H., Chi, Z., Zhang, X., Xu, B., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., & Xu, J. (2011) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c1cc14642d · Cited by 174

Direct validation of the restriction of intramolecular rotation hypothesis via the synthesis of novel ortho-methyl substituted tetraphenylethenes and their application in cell imaging

Zhang, G.-F., Chen, Z.-Q., Aldred, M. P., Hu, Z., Chen, T., Huang, Z., Meng, X., & Zhu, M.-Q. (2014) · Chem. Commun. · doi:10.1039/c4cc04241g · Cited by 165

Synthesis and properties of novel aggregation-induced emission compounds with combined tetraphenylethylene and dicarbazolyl triphenylethylene moieties

Zhang, X., Chi, Z., Li, H., Xu, B., Li, X., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., & Xu, J. (2010) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c0jm02824j · Cited by 156

Molecular luminogens based on restriction of intramolecular motions through host–guest inclusion for cell imaging

Liang, G., Lam, J. W. Y., Qin, W., Li, J., Xie, N., & Tang, B. Z. (2014) · Chem. Commun. · doi:10.1039/c3cc48625g · Cited by 152

Creation of Bifunctional Materials: Improve Electron‐Transporting Ability of Light Emitters Based on AIE‐Active 2,3,4,5‐Tetraphenylsiloles

Chen, L., Jiang, Y., Nie, H., Lü, P., Sung, H. H. Y., Williams, I. D., Kwok, H. S., Huang, F., Qin, A., Zhao, Z., et al. (2014) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.201303867 · Cited by 144

Influence of Carbazolyl Groups on Properties of Piezofluorochromic Aggregation-Enhanced Emission Compounds Containing Distyrylanthracene

Zhang, X., Chi, Z., Zhou, X., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., & Xu, J. (2012) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/jp306452n · Cited by 140

Reversible and hydrogen bonding-assisted piezochromic luminescence for solid-state tetraaryl-buta-1,3-diene

Han, T., Zhang, Y., Feng, X., Lin, Z., Tong, B., Shi, J., Zhi, J., & Dong, Y. (2013) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c3cc42644k · Cited by 125

Siloles symmetrically substituted on their 2,5-positions with electron-accepting and donating moieties: facile synthesis, aggregation-enhanced emission, solvatochromism, and device application

Mei, J., Wang, J., Sun, J. Z., Zhao, H., Yuan, W. Z., Deng, C., Chen, S., Sung, H. H. Y., Lü, P., Qin, A., et al. (2011) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/c1sc00688f · Cited by 121

Aggregation induced emission and amplified explosive detection of tetraphenylethylene-substituted polycarbazoles

Dong, W., Fei, T., Palma‐Cando, A., & Scherf, U. (2014) · Polymer Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c4py00251b · Cited by 113

Cell Membrane Tracker Based on Restriction of Intramolecular Rotation

Zhang, C., Jin, S., Yang, K., Xue, X., Li, Z., Jiang, Y., Chen, W., Dai, L., Zou, G., & Liang, X. (2014) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/am5025897 · Cited by 111

New Electron‐Donor/Acceptor‐Substituted Tetraphenylethylenes: Aggregation‐Induced Emission with Tunable Emission Color and Optical‐Waveguide Behavior

Gu, X., Yao, J., Zhang, G., Zhang, C., Yan, Y., Zhao, Y. S., & Zhang, D. (2013) · Chemistry - An Asian Journal · doi:10.1002/asia.201300451 · Cited by 109

A Class of Nonplanar Conjugated Compounds with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Structural and Optical Properties of 2,5-Diphenyl-1,4-distyrylbenzene Derivatives with All Cis Double Bonds

Xie, Z., Yang, B., Xie, W., Liu, L., Shen, F., Wang, H., Yang, X., Wang, Z., Li, Y., Hanif, M., et al. (2006) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · doi:10.1021/jp064069q · Cited by 109

Pyrazine luminogens with “free” and “locked” phenyl rings: Understanding of restriction of intramolecular rotation as a cause for aggregation-induced emission

Qin, A., Lam, J. W. Y., Mahtab, F., Jim, C. K. W., Tang, L., Sun, J. Z., Sung, H. H. Y., Williams, I. D., & Tang, B. Z. (2009) · Applied Physics Letters · doi:10.1063/1.3137166 · Cited by 107

A multi-sensing fluorescent compound derived from cyanoacrylic acid

Zhang, X., Yang, Z., Chi, Z., Chen, M., Xu, B., Wang, C., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., & Xu, J. (2009) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/b910718e · Cited by 102

Theoretical Insights into the Aggregation-Induced Emission by Hydrogen Bonding: A QM/MM Study

Wu, Q., Peng, Q., Niu, Y., Gao, X. B., & Shuai, Z. (2012) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry A · doi:10.1021/jp3002367 · Cited by 94

High-Tg carbazole derivatives as a new class of aggregation-induced emission enhancement materials

Yang, Z., Chi, Z., Xu, B., Li, H., Zhang, X., Li, X., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., & Xu, J. (2010) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c0jm00712a · Cited by 92

Aggregation-Induced Emission in Tetraphenylthiophene-Derived Organic Molecules and Vinyl Polymer

Lai, C., & Hong, J. (2010) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · doi:10.1021/jp1012297 · Cited by 78

Ultra-sensitive detection of explosives in solution and film as well as the development of thicker film effectiveness by tetraphenylethene moiety in AIE active fluorescent conjugated polymer

Ghosh, K. R., Saha, S. K., & Wang, Z. Y. (2014) · Polymer Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c4py00673a · Cited by 70

Estrogenic diazenes: heterocyclic non-steroidal estrogens of unusual structure with selectivity for estrogen receptor subtypes

Ghosh, U., Ganessunker, D., Sattigeri, V. J., et al. (2003) · Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0968-0896(02)00309-7 · Cited by 69

Highly fluorescent organic nanoparticles of thiacyanine dye: A synergetic effect of intermolecular H-aggregation and restricted intramolecular rotation

Yao, H., & Ashiba, K. (2011) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c1ra00497b · Cited by 68

Graphene-like Molecules Based on Tetraphenylethene Oligomers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications

Ma, J., Lin, T., Pan, X., & Wang, W. (2014) · Chemistry of Materials · doi:10.1021/cm501590w · Cited by 59

Aggregation-enhanced emission in fluorophores containing pyridine and triphenylamine terminals: restricted molecular rotation and hydrogen-bond interaction

Deng, S.-L., Chen, T., Chien, W.-L., & Hong, J. (2013) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/c3tc31592d · Cited by 59

New tetraphenylpyridinium-based luminogens with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Wang, Z., Fang, Y., Sun, J. Z., Qin, A., & Tang, B. Z. (2013) · Science China Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s11426-013-4933-6 · Cited by 20

1,1-Dimethyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsilole as a Molecular Rotor Probe to Investigate the Microviscosity of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids

Scalise, R. E., Caradonna, P. A., Tracy, H. J., Mullin, J. L., & Keirstead, A. E. (2013) · Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials · doi:10.1007/s10904-013-9993-8 · Cited by 16

Effect of bilayer number on the photoluminescent property of TPE-based self-assembled film

Chen, D., Feng, X., Gu, S., Tong, B., Shi, J., Zhi, J., & Dong, Y. (2013) · Chinese Science Bulletin · doi:10.1007/s11434-013-5943-7 · Cited by 6

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

Mei, J., Leung, N. L. C., Kwok, R. T. K., Lam, J. W. Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2015) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00263 · Cited by 8,270

Aggregation‐Induced Emission: Recent Advances in Materials and Biomedical Applications

Cai, X., & Liu, B. (2020) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202000845 · Cited by 796

Fluorescent Sensors Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission: Recent Advances and Perspectives

Gao, M., & Tang, B. Z. (2017) · ACS Sensors · doi:10.1021/acssensors.7b00551 · Cited by 666

Aggregation-induced emission of siloles

Zhao, Z., He, B., & Tang, B. Z. (2015) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/c5sc01946j · Cited by 600

Aggregate Science: From Structures to Properties

Zhang, H., Zhao, Z., Turley, A. T., Wang, L., McGonigal, P. R., Tu, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Z., Kwok, R. T. K., Lam, J. W. Y., et al. (2020) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202001457 · Cited by 518