Publications

论文

Preprints

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Exciton Diffusion Drives Efficiency Roll-off in TADF OLEDs

Liam G. King, Arvydas Ruseckas, Tao Wang, Subeesh Madayanad Suresh, Eli Zysman-Colman, Ifor D.W. Samuel*

ChemRxiv, 2026. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.15011313/v1

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Probing Coherent Aggregate Exciton Energy Transfer in Organic Dopant Systems

Aoyuan Cheng†, Xiaoyu Chen†, Jintian Xu, Hao Su, Xiaolong Zhang, Pieter E. S. Smith, Baicheng Zhang, Wenhuan Huang*, Guozhen Zhang, Yang Zhang, Zhenchao Dong, Yi Luo, Tao Wang*, Guoqing Zhang*

ChemRxiv, 2025. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-jbqfp-v2. (†equal contribution)

2026

52.

Molecular Orbital Node Engineering in Pyrene: Linking Chemical Reactivity with Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

Hongping Liu†, Dingcheng Zhou†, Wei Zhang†, Xiaolong Zhang, Chengze Yang, Baicheng Zhang, Aoyuan Cheng, Hao Su, Yang Zhang, Meng Zhou*, Xuepeng Zhang*, Tao Wang*, Guoqing Zhang*

National Science Review, 2026, 13, nwag394. (†equal contribution)

51.

Dynamic Organic Radical Complex Emission From a Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Host–Guest System

Gengchen Li†, Wenbo Dai†, Yijia Wang, Yuan Zheng, Yongfeng Zhang, Yeyun Zhao, Xin Cheng, Ruiyang Wan, Yanhong Liu, Jikun Li, Li Wang, Yunxiang Lei, Bin Tong, Peng Sun*, Tao Wang*, Zhengxu Cai*, Yuping Dong

CCS Chemistry, 2026, 8, 2822-2831. (†equal contribution)

50.

Nature‐Inspired Organic–Inorganic Hybridization Enables High‐Temperature and Multicolor Organic Phosphorescence

Aoyuan Cheng, Chengze Yang, Hongping Liu, Shikai Yu, Xinrui Li, Zheng Gong, Baicheng Zhang, Hailin Qiu, Kan Hu, Tao Wang*, Guoqing Zhang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, 65, e8043102.

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49.

Semi‐Artificial Photosynthetic Machinery for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion

Shuting Huang, Qiuyuan Ren, Tianxing Zhang, Qingfeng Xu*, Najun Li, Hua Li, Tao Wang*, Dongyun Chen*, Jianmei Lu*

Advanced Materials, 2026, 38, e21092.

48.

Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Materials

Dan Liu, Zhengxu Cai*, Yuping Dong, Jingyu Zhang, Runfeng Chen*, Yi Chen, Zhenzhen Xu, Hongbing Fu*, Zikai He*, Jie Yang, Zhen Li*, Xiang Ma*, Qi Sun, Zhigang Shuai*, Zijian Chen, Mengke Li, Shi-Jian Su*, Przemyslaw Data, Youhei Takeda*, Jusaina Eyyathiyil, Pakkirisamy Thilagar*, He-Lou Xie*, Yu Xiong*, Zhenhong Qi, Dongpeng Yan*, Haichao Liu, Bing Yang*, Zhonghao Wang, Chaolong Yang*, Xing-Huo Wang, Ying-Wei Yang*, Xiang Chen, Guangxin Yang, Wang Zhang Yuan*, Shengnan Zou, Yong Zhang*, Aoyuan Cheng, Guoqing Zhang*, Kaka Zhang*, Pengfei She, Qiang Zhao*, Jingjing Guo, Yanli Zhao*, Hao Sun, Liangliang Zhu*, Tao Wang*, Eli Zysman-Colman*, Parvej Alam*, Zheng Zhao*, Ben Zhong Tang*, Anjun Qin*

Science China Chemistry, 2026, 69, 3929-4150.

47.

Ultra-Linear Afterglow Oxygen Sensing and Visualization in Morphology-Engineered Phosphorescent Microporous Copolymers

Hao Su, Wenhuan Huang, Biao Chen, Tao Wang*, Xuepeng Zhang*, Guoqing Zhang*

ACS Nano, 2026, 20, 12440-12449.

46.

Metal-Free Multicomponent Spirocyclization Based on Isatin and Quinoline Toward Spirooxazine for Rapid, Sensitive, and Selective Detection of Human Serum Albumin

Peixuan Dong, Kai Zhang, Luojie Zhu, Jiarun Li, Tao Wang, Baicheng Mei, Jianbing Shi, Bin Tong, Zhengxu Cai, Peng Sun, Yuping Dong

Microchemical Journal, 2026, 228, 119166.

2025

45.

Nonconventional Near-Infrared Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials Based on Spiropolymer Alloy

Yue Ren†, Yongfeng Zhang†, Han Su, Yeyun Zhao, Wenya Yan, Wenbo Dai, Luojie Zhu, Tao Wang, Jianbing Shi, Junge Zhi, Bin Tong, Peng Sun*, Zhengxu Cai*, Yuping Dong

Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 11120. (†equal contribution)

44.

Unlocking Multi-Photoresponse in Phenothiazine Derivatives Through Photoinduced Radical and Keto-Enol Tautomerism

Duo Xu, Tao Wang, Shitai Liu, Guiqiang Pu, Jie Yang, Manman Fang*, Xiaogang Liu*, Zhen Li*

CCS Chemistry, 2025, 7, 637-647.

43.

Achieving Chiral Recognition of Imide‐Based Fluorophores Through Förster Resonance Energy Transfer

Jing Chen, Biao Chen, Shikai Yu, Dongqing Lin, Guoqing Zhang*, Tao Wang*

Aggregate, 2025, 6, e70172.

Special Collection: 2025 Emerging Investigators

42.

Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Emitters for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Tao Wang*

Encyclopedia of Aggregation-Induced Emission, 2025, 1-19.

41.

Probes Based on Fluorescein Derivatives for Rapid Detection of H3N2 Virus Spike Proteins without Separation

Jian Wang†, Xiaoling Pan†, Kai Zhang, Shichen Zhang, Peng Sun, Jianbing Shi, Junge Zhi, Xiaoyan Zheng, Tao Wang, Zhengxu Cai, Zi Li, Dayan Wang, Bin Tong*, Yuping Dong*

Dyes and Pigments, 2025, 243, 113080. (†equal contribution)

40.

Clusterization-Triggered Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Synthetic Polymeric Materials

Wenya Yan†, Peixuan Dong†, Qiyu Zhang, Yongfeng Zhang, Ruhui Deng, Luojie Zhu, Tao Wang, Jianbing Shi, Junge Zhi, Bin Tong, Peng Sun*, Zhengxu Cai*, Yuping Dong

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 535, 216629. (†equal contribution)

39.

Halogen Bonding‐Enabled Stabilization of Copper(I) Cluster Scintillators in Aqueous Environments

Chang Gu, Tao Wang, Xian Qin, Xiaogang Liu*

Advanced Optical Materials, 2025, 13, 2501022.

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Achieving Wide-Range Color-Tunable Afterglows Through Co-Doping and Energy Transfer in Organic Host–Guest System

Jianhui Yang†, Lutong Zhang†, Jielei Jin, Ziting Li, Wenbo Dai*, Peng Sun*, Tao Wang, Baicheng Mei, Zhengxu Cai*

Chemical Communications, 2025, 61, 18376-18379. (†equal contribution)

37.

Flexible Room-Temperature-Phosphorescence Materials Based on Polymers with Low Glass-Transition Temperatures

Bolun Huang†, Yongfeng Zhang†, Tao Wang, Baicheng Mei, Peng Sun*, Jianbing Shi, Bin Tong, Zitong Liu*, Zhengxu Cai*, Yuping Dong

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2025, 9, 3495-3504. (†equal contribution)

36.

Recent Progress of Organic Room‐Temperature Phosphorescent Hydrogels

Xiaoyuan Huang, Yongfeng Zhang, Gengchen Li, Tao Wang, Peng Sun*, Jianbing Shi, Bin Tong, Junge Zhi, Zhao Li*, Zhengxu Cai*, Yuping Dong

ChemPhotoChem, 2025, 9, e202400315.

2024

35.

Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Network Triggers High-Efficiency Blue Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

Sen Wu, Tao Wang*, Eli Zysman-Colman*

CCS Chemistry, 2024, 6, 2727-2740.

34.

A Temperature Sensor with a Wide Spectral Range Based on a Dual-Emissive TADF Dendrimer System

Changfeng Si†, Tao Wang†, Yan Xu, Dongqing Lin, Dianming Sun*, Eli Zysman-Colman*

Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 7439. (†equal contribution)

33.

Overcoming Thermal Quenching in X‐Ray Scintillators Through Multi‐Excited State Switching

Min Wang, Zhongbo Zhang, Jing Lyu, Jian Qiu, Chang Gu, He Zhao, Tao Wang, Yiwen Ren, Shuo‐Wang Yang, Guo Qin Xu, Xiaogang Liu*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202401949.

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Mitochondria-Targeting Type-I Photodrug: Harnessing Caspase-3 Activity for Pyroptotic Oncotherapy

Zhigao Yi, Xujuan Qin, Li Zhang, Huan Chen, Tianlin Song, Zichao Luo, Tao Wang, Junwei Lau, Yelin Wu, Tan Boon Toh, Chun-Sing Lee*, Wenbo Bu*, Xiaogang Liu*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 9413-9421.

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The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation

John Marques Dos Santos, David Hall, Biju Basumatary, Megan Bryden, Dongyang Chen, Praveen Choudhary, Thomas Comerford, Ettore Crovini, Andrew Danos, Joydip De, Stefan Diesing, Mahni Fatahi, Máire Griffin, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Hassan Hafeez, Lea Hämmerling, Emily Hanover, Janine Haug, Tabea Heil, Durai Karthik, Shiv Kumar, Oliver Lee, Haoyang Li, Fabien Lucas, Campbell Frank Ross Mackenzie, Aminata Mariko, Tomas Matulaitis, Francis Millward, Yoann Olivier, Quan Qi, Ifor D. W. Samuel, Nidhi Sharma, Changfeng Si, Leander Spierling, Pagidi Sudhakar, Dianming Sun, Eglė Tankelevičiu̅tė, Michele Duarte Tonet, Jingxiang Wang, Tao Wang, Sen Wu, Yan Xu, Le Zhang, Eli Zysman-Colman*

Chemical Reviews, 2024, 124, 13736-14110.

2023

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Room‐Temperature Multiple Phosphorescence From Functionalized Corannulenes: Temperature Sensing and Afterglow Organic Light‐Emitting Diode

Changfeng Si†, Tao Wang†, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, David B. Cordes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Jay S. Siegel, Eli Zysman‐Colman*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202309718. (†equal contribution)

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Functional Roles of Polymers in Room‐Temperature Phosphorescent Materials: Modulation of Intersystem Crossing, Air Sensitivity and Biological Activity

Hao Su, Kan Hu, Wenhuan Huang, Tao Wang, Xiaolong Zhang*, Biao Chen, Hui Miao, Xuepeng Zhang*, Guoqing Zhang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202218712.

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Conjugation-Modulated Excitonic Coupling Brightens Multiple Triplet Excited States

Tao Wang, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Sen Wu, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Eli Zysman-Colman*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 1945-1954.

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The El-Sayed’s Rule Analogy Enables Long-Lived Room Temperature Phosphorescence in Twisted Biphenyls

Bingze Wu, Hao Su, Aoyuan Cheng, Xuepeng Zhang, Tao Wang*, Guoqing Zhang*

Cell Reports Physical Science, 2023, 4, 101245.

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Design Strategy of Polymer Matrix to Regulate Room Temperature Phosphorescence Efficiency

Bin Pei, Tao Wang, Xue-peng Zhang*, Guo-qing Zhang*

Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023, 36, 153.

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Reducing Efficiency Roll‐Off in Multi‐Resonant Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent OLEDs Through Modulation of the Energy of the T₂ State

Tao Wang, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, David B. Cordes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Eli Zysman‐Colman*

Advanced Optical Materials, 2023, 11, 2300114.

2022

24.

Origin of Red‐Shifted Phosphorescence From Triphenylamines: Triplet Excimer or Impurity?

Aoyuan Cheng, Yifan Jiang, Hao Su, Baicheng Zhang, Jun Jiang, Tao Wang*, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202206366.

23.

Thermally Activated and Aggregation‐Regulated Excitonic Coupling Enable Emissive High‐Lying Triplet Excitons

Tao Wang, Joydip De, Sen Wu, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Eli Zysman‐Colman*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202206681.

22.

1,3,5‐Triazine‐Functionalized Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters for Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes

Dianming Sun, Changfeng Si, Tao Wang, Eli Zysman-Colman*

Advanced Photonics Research, 2022, 3, 2200203.

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Broad‐Band Visible‐Light Excitable Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence via Polymer Site‐Isolated Dye Aggregates

Xiancheng Nie, Jiajun Du, Wenhuan Huang, Tao Wang, Xiao Wang, Biao Chen*, Xuepeng Zhang*, Guoqing Zhang*

Advanced Optical Materials, 2022, 10, 2200099.

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Aggregation-Induced Emission (聚集诱导发光)

Pengbo Han, He Xu, Zhongfu An*, Zheyi Cai, Zhengxu Cai*, Hui Chao*, Biao Chen, Ming Chen*, Yu Chen, Zhenguo Chi*, Shuting Dai, Dan Ding*, Yuping Dong*, Zhiyuan Gao, Weijiang Guan, Zikai He*, Jingjing Hu, Rong Hu*, Yixiong Hu, Qiuyi Huang, Miaomiao Kang, Danxia Li, Jisen Li, Shuzhen Li, Wenlang Li, Zhen Li*, Xinlin Lin, Huaying Liu, Peiying Liu, Xiaoding Lou*, Chao Lu*, Dongge Ma*, Hanlin Ou, Juan Ouyang, Qian Peng*, Jun Qian*, Anjun Qin*, Jiamin Qu, Jianbing Shi, Zhigang Shuai*, Lihe Sun, Rui Tian, Wenjing Tian*, Bin Tong, Huiliang Wang*, Dong Wang*, He Wang, Tao Wang, Xiao Wang, Yucheng Wang, Shuizhu Wu*, Fan Xia*, Yujun Xie, Kai Xiong, Bin Xu, Dongpeng Yan*, Haibo Yang*, Qingzheng Yang*, Zhiyong Yang, Lizhen Yuan, Wangzhang Yuan*, Shuangquan Zang*, Fang Zeng, Jiajie Zeng, Zhuo Zeng, Guoqing Zhang*, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xuepeng Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yufan Zhang, Zhijun Zhang, Juan Zhao, Zheng Zhao*, Zihao Zhao, Zujin Zhao*, Ben Zhong Tang*

Progress in Chemistry, 2022, 34, 1-130.

19.

Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control of Tetraphenylethene Aggregation‐Induced Emission Behaviors

Xiancheng Nie, Wenhuan Huang, Dingcheng Zhou, Tao Wang, Xiao Wang, Biao Chen, Xuepeng Zhang*, Guoqing Zhang*

Aggregate, 2022, 3, e165.

2021

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Thermochromic Aggregation-Induced Dual Phosphorescence via Temperature-Dependent sp3-Linked Donor-Acceptor Electronic Coupling

Tao Wang, Zhubin Hu, Xiancheng Nie, Linkun Huang, Miao Hui, Xiang Sun*, Guoqing Zhang*

Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 1364.

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Aromatic Electrophilic Directing for Fluorescence and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Modulation

Xiancheng Nie, Hao Su, Tao Wang*, Hui Miao, Biao Chen*, Guoqing Zhang*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 3099-3105.

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Modulation of OLED Efficiency via a Combination of Aromatic Electrophilic Directing and Intramolecular Charge Transfer

Xiancheng Nie, Tao Wang*, Wenhuan Huang, Hao Su, Biao Chen, Xuepeng Zhang*, Guoqing Zhang*

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2021, 9, 15698-15706.

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Modulation of Red Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in Heavy Atom-Free Phosphors

Fan Liao, Jiajun Du, Xiancheng Nie, Ziye Wu, Hao Su, Wenhuan Huang, Tao Wang, Biao Chen, Jun Jiang*, Xuepeng Zhang*, Guoqing Zhang*

Dyes and Pigments, 2021, 193, 109505.

2020

14.

Persistent Radical Pairs Between N‐Substituted Naphthalimide and Carbanion Exhibit pKₐ ‐Dependent UV/Vis Absorption

Xiancheng Nie, Hao Su, Xiaoyu Chen, Wenhuan Huang, Linkun Huang, Biao Chen, Hui Miao, Jun Jiang, Tao Wang*, Guoqing Zhang*

Chemistry – A European Journal, 2020, 26, 12743-12746.

13.

Quantifiable Polymeric Fluorescent Ratiometric γ-Ray Chemosensor

Bin Pei, Hao Su, Biao Chen, Wenhuan Huang, Xuepeng Zhang, Hui Miao*, Yucai Wang, Tao Wang*, Guoqing Zhang*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 42210-42216.

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Development of Spiropyran Bonded Bio-Based Waterborne Polyurethanes for Mechanical-Responsive Color-Variable Films

Kun-Peng Wang*, Yi-Peng Deng, Tao Wang, Qi-Dong Wang, Cheng-Gen Qian*, Xing-Yuan Zhang*

Polymer, 2020, 210, 123017.

11.

Are Pyridinium Ylides Radicals?

Fan Liao, Wenhuan Huang, Biao Chen, Zijing Ding, Xingxing Li, Hao Su, Tao Wang, Yucai Wang, Hui Miao, Xiaolong Zhang*, Yi Luo*, Jinlong Yang, Guoqing Zhang*

Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 11287-11290.

2019

10.

Aggregation‐Induced Dual‐Phosphorescence From Organic Molecules for Nondoped Light‐Emitting Diodes

Tao Wang, Xiaoge Su, Xuepeng Zhang*, Xiancheng Nie, Linkun Huang, Xingyuan Zhang*, Xiang Sun*, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang*

Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1904273.

Modulation of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in Waterborne Polyurethanes via Charge‐Transfer Effect

Zongren Li, Tao Wang*, Dong Xu, Jie Zuo, Xinyu Li, Zhiwei Li, Fei Xu, Xingyuan Zhang*

Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2019, 14, 2302-2308.

A Combinatory Approach Towards the Design of Organic Polymer Luminescent Materials

Tao Wang, Xiaoge Su, Xuepeng Zhang*, Wenhuan Huang, Linkun Huang, Xingyuan Zhang*, Xiang Sun*, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang*

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019, 7, 9917-9925.

2018

Waterborne Polyacrylates with Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and Two-State Phosphorescence

Tao Wang, Zhen Tang, Dong Xu, Wei Sun, Yipeng Deng, Qidong Wang, Xingyuan Zhang*, Peifeng Su*, Guoqing Zhang*

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 2, 559-565.

Waterborne Polyurethanes Prepared From Benzophenone Derivatives with Delayed Fluorescence and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

Tao Wang, Cao Zhou, Xingyuan Zhang*, Dong Xu

Polymer Chemistry, 2018, 9, 1303-1308.

2017

Waterborne Polyurethane Coatings with Covalently Linked Black Dye Sudan Black B

Tao Wang, Wei Sun, Xingyuan Zhang*, Haiyan Xu, Fei Xu

Materials, 2017, 10, 1247.

Macroscopic Wires From Fluorophore-Quencher Dyads with Long-Lived Blue Emission

Tao Wang, Ziye Wu, Wei Sun, Shengye Jin, Xingyuan Zhang*, Chuanyao Zhou*, Jun Jiang, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017, 121, 7183-7190.

Dual-Emissive Waterborne Polyurethanes Prepared From Naphthalimide Derivative

Tao Wang, Xingyuan Zhang*, Yipeng Deng, Wei Sun, Qidong Wang, Fei Xu, Xiaowen Huang

Polymers, 2017, 9, 411.

Protonation-Induced Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in Fluorescent Polyurethane

Wei Sun, Zhaowu Wang, Tao Wang, Li Yang, Jun Jiang*, Xingyuan Zhang*, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017, 121, 4225-4232.

2016

Versatile Room‐Temperature‐Phosphorescent Materials Prepared From N‐Substituted Naphthalimides: Emission Enhancement and Chemical Conjugation

Xiaofeng Chen, Cheng Xu, Tao Wang, Cao Zhou, Jiajun Du, Zhongping Wang, Hangxun Xu, Tongqing Xie, Guoqiang Bi, Jun Jiang, Xuepeng Zhang*, James N. Demas, Carl O. Trindle, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 9872-9876.