Theme
We are now developing researches on construction of molecular nanomaterials consisting
of π-conjugated organic molecules and polymers, and applying them into nanodevices
for photoelectric functions and energy conversion.
Selected Publications
MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY
- Small 2025, 21, 2404934.WEB
- “Spontaneous Formation of π-Conjugated Polymeric Colloidal Molecules Through Stepwise Coacervation and Symmetric Compartmentalization”
- Acc. Chem. Res. 2023, 56, 1469-1481.WEB
- “Molecular and Supramolecular Designs of Organic/Polymeric Micro-photoemitters for Advanced Optical and Laser Applications”
- Science 2022, 377, 673-677. WEB
- Synchronous assembly of chiral skeletal single-crystalline microvessels
- J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 8772-8779.WEB
- “Robust Angular Anisotropy of Circularly Polarized Luminescence from a Single Twisted-bipolar Polymeric Microsphere”
- J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 4580-4586WEB
- “From Linear to Foldamer and Assembly: Hierarchical Transformation of a Coplanar Conjugated Polymer into a Microsphere”
- J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 870-876.WEB
- “Spherical Assemblies from π-Conjugated Alternating Copolymers: Toward Optoelectronic Colloidal Crystals”
- Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106, 21051-21056.WEB
- “Ambipolar-Transporting Coaxial Nanotubes with a Tailored Molecular Graphene–Fullerene Heterojunction”
- Science 2006, 314, 1761-1764.WEB
- “Photoconductive Coaxial Nanotubes of Molecularly Connected Electron Donor and Acceptor Layers”
ORGANIC MICROLASERS & RESONATORS
- Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2413793.WEB
- “Optically Pumped and Electrically Switchable Microlaser Array Based on Elliptic Deformation and Q-Attenuation of Organic Droplet Oscillators”
- Laser Photon. Rev. 2023, 2200874.WEB
- “Pneumatically Tunable Droplet Microlaser”
- Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2103685.WEB
- “Photochemically Switchable Interconnected Microcavities for All-organic Optical Logic Gate”
- Mater. Horiz. 2020, 7, 1801-1808.WEB
- “Optical microresonator arrays of fluorescence-switchable diarylethenes with unreplicable spectral fingerprints” （Inside Back Cover）
- Adv. Opt. Mater. 2017, 5, 1700123.WEB
- “Low-Threshold Whispering Gallery Mode Lasing from Self-Assembled Microspheres of Single-Sort Conjugated Polymers” （Inside Cover）
- ACS Nano 2016, 10, 5543-5549.WEB
- “Conjugated Polymer Blend Microspheres for Efficient, Long-Range Light Energy Transfer”
- Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 5902/1–5.WEB
- “Self-Assembled Conjugated Polymer Spheres as Fluorescent Microresonators”
ENERGY HARVESTING & TRANSFER
- Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, accepted.WEB
- “Ultrafast Energy Transfer Induced Lasing From a Coplanar Donor-Acceptor-Donor Molecule in a Microspherical Cavity”
- Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12674-12679.WEB
- “Single-crystalline Optical Microcavities from Luminescent Dendrimers”
- Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 4396-4402.WEB
- “π-Electronic Cocrystal Microcavities with Selective Vibronic-Mode Light Amplification: Toward Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Lasing”
- ACS Nano 2016, 10, 7058-7063.WEB
- “Color-Tunable Resonant Photoluminescence and Cavity-Mediated Multistep Energy Transfer Cascade”
NANOPOROUS MATERIALS
- Commun. Chem. 2021, 4: 122.WEB
- “Solvophobicity-directed assembly of microporous molecular crystals”
- Commun. Chem. 2020, 3: 118.WEB
- “Sigmoidally hydrochromic molecular porous crystal with rotatable dendrons”
- Science 2018, 361, 1242-1246.WEB
- “Self-assembly of lattices with high structural complexity from a geometrically simple molecule”
- Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 2534-2537.WEB
- “A fluorescent microporous crystalline dendrimer discriminates vapour molecules”
BIOMATERIALS
- Mater. Horiz. 2024, 11, 3203-3212. WEB
- “Functional oligo- and polypeptide assemblies for photochemical, optical and electronic applications”
- ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2024, 7, 1513–1525. WEB
- “Keratin Microspheres as Promising Tool for Targeting Follicular Growth”
- Nanoscale 2023, 15, 19062–19068. WEB
- “Poly(lactic acid) stereocomplex microspheres as thermally tolerant optical resonators”
- Mater. Chem. Front. 2021, 5, 5653-5657. WEB
- “Silk Fibroin Microspheres as Optical Resonators for Wide Range Humidity Sensing and Biodegradable Lasers”
- ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 9996-10002.WEB
- “Peptide Cross-linkers: Immobilization of Platinum Nanoparticles Highly Dispersed on Graphene Oxide Nanosheets with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities”
