Publications

66.    Xiangxiang Zhai, Zhe Mo, Qianqian Yan*, Yongliang Zhao, Biaobing Wang*, and Kaka Zhang*, Anti-Smudge Organic Afterglow Panels. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, DOI:10.1002/adfm.202405637. 

65.    Guangming Wang#, Shuhui Ding#, Jiuyang Li#, Xun Li, Wen Xia, Xuefeng Chen, Honghong Yao, Zi Ye and Kaka Zhang*, Intrinsic Narrowband Organic Afterglow. Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 3000–3012.

64.    Yuming Su#, Xinghao Du#, Boyi Fu#, Guangming Wang, Xixi Piao*, Guoxiang Wang*, and Kaka Zhang*, Disrupting n-π* transition of benzophenone derivatives’ T1 states to achieve ultralong-lived room-temperature phosphorescence. ACS Materials Letters, 2024, 6, 1042-1049. 

63.    Tengyue Wang, Xuepu Wang, Qianqian Yan*, Kaka Zhang*, Ultralong Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Modulated by Balancing Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Localized Excitation Character of Excited States. Dyes and Pigments, 2024, 224, 112024. 

62.    Jialiang Jiang, Xinghao Du, and Kaka Zhang*, Achieving Ultralong Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in Covalent Organic Framework System. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 1658-1667.

61.    Xuefeng Chen#, Guangming Wang#, Xixi Piao* and Kaka Zhang*, Achieving Visible-Light-Excitable Blue TADF-Type Afterglow via Delicate Control of Excited States in Difluoroboron β-Diketonate Systems. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202303834.

60.    Boyi Fu, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Junbo Li, Xun Li, Xiaoya Zhao, Shuhui Ding, Guoping Yan*, Qianqian Yan* and Kaka Zhang*, Twisted phosphors that violate Kasha's exciton model in organic systems. Chin. J. Chem. 2024, 42, 1237-1246.

59.    Zhe Mo, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Qianqian Yan and Kaka Zhang*, Dopant-Matrix Afterglow Systems: Manipulation of Room-Temperature Phosphorescence/Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Afterglow Mechanism via Mismatch/Match of Intermolecular Charge Transfer between Dopants and Matrices. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 11142-11151. 

58.    Xuefeng Chen#, Guangming Wang#, Junbo Li, Xiuzheng Chen, Xiaoya Zhao, Ying Zeng, Yuming Su and Kaka Zhang*, Difluoroboron β-Diketonate Systems: Large Transformation of Photophysical Mechanism Induced by Tiny Structural Modification or Isomerization. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2023, 2301619.

57.    Guangming Wang#, Shuhui Ding#, Jiuyang Li#, Zi Ye, Wen Xia, Xuefeng Chen and Kaka Zhang*, A narrow-band deep-blue MRTADF-type organic afterglow emitter. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 12302-12305.

56.    Junbo Li#, Wen Xia#, Jiuyang Li#, Guangming Wang, Xuepu Wang, Zhe Mo, Xuefeng Chen and Kaka Zhang*, Developing Bright Afterglow Materials via Manipulation of Higher Triplet Excited States and Relay Synthesis in Difluoroboron β-Diketonate Systems. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2023, 2302311.

55.    Wen Xia, Junbo Li, Guangming Wang, Qianqian Yan, Ju Huang, Xuefeng Chen, Boyi Fu, Zhe Mo and Kaka Zhang*, Visible-Light-Excitable Sky-Blue TADF-Type Organic Afterglow. J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 19805-19813. 

54.    Ju Huang, Xinjian Deng, Jiuyang Li, Guangming Wang, Xun Li, Honghong Yao, Chuanhu Lei* and Kaka Zhang*, Developing Robust Organic Afterglow Emulsion for Dissolved Oxygen Sensing.  Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 474, 145809. 

53.    Ying Zeng, Guangming Wang, Yuming Su, Minjian Wu, Biaobing Wang* and Kaka Zhang*, Transformation of Organic Afterglow Mechanism from Room-Temperature Phosphorescence to Thermally-Activated Delayed Fluorescence in Intramolecular Charge Transfer Systems. Dyes and Pigments, 2023, 219, 111643. 

52.    Honghong Yao, Yuqin Zhang*, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Ju Huang, Xuepu Wang, Zhanpeng Zhang, Liang Chen, Zhen Pan and Kaka Zhang*, TADF-Type Organic Afterglow Nanoparticles with Temperature and Oxygen Dual Responsive Property for Bimodal Sensing. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 15138-15146. 

51.    Xiangxiang Zhai, Ying Zeng, Xinjian Deng, Qianqian Lou, Aizhi Cao, Limin Ji, Qianqian Yan*, Biaobing Wang* and Kaka Zhang*, Visible-light-excitable aqueous afterglow exhibiting long emission wavelength and ultralong afterglow lifetime of 7.64 s. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 10500-10503.

50.    Guangming Wang, Xuefeng Chen, Xun Li, Ying Zeng and Kaka Zhang*, Mechanism landscape in pyrylium induced organic afterglow systems. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 8180 - 8186.

49.    Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Guangming Wang, Xuepu Wang, Minjian Wu, Jiahui Liu and Kaka Zhang*, A direct observation of up-converted room-temperature phosphorescence in an anti-Kasha dopant-matrix system. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 1987. 

48.    Xuepu Wang#, Junbo Li#, Ying Zeng, Xiuzheng Chen, Minjian Wu, Guangming Wang, Xun Li, Biaobing Wang* and Kaka Zhang*, Merging thermally activated delayed fluorescence and two-photon ionization mechanisms for highly efficient and ultralong-lived organic afterglow.  Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 460, 141916.

47.    Xinjian Deng, Ju Huang, Jiuyang Li, Guangming Wang and Kaka Zhang*, Sonication-responsive organic afterglow emulsions. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2214960. 

46.    Yuming Su, Minjian Wu, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xuefeng Chen, Xun Li, Guoxiang Wang* and Kaka Zhang*, Benzophenone-containing phosphors with unprecedented long lifetime of 1.8 s under ambient conditions. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 1525-1528. 

45.    Yaxian Xu#, Shou Yuan#, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xuepu Wang, Xun Li, Shuhui Ding, Xuefeng Chen and Kaka Zhang*, Manipulation of Organic Afterglow in Fluoranthene-Containing Dopant-Matrix Systems: From Conventional Room-Temperature Phosphorescence to Efficient Red TADF-Type Organic Afterglow. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203670. 

44.    Minjian Wu, Jiuyang Li, Ju Huang, Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Xiuzheng Chen, Xun Li, Xuefeng Chen, Shuhui Ding, Hefeng Zhang* and Kaka Zhang*, Unexpected mechanism transformation from conventional room-temperature phosphorescence to TADF-type organic afterglow triggered by simple chemical modification. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 2291-2301. 

43.    Shuhui Ding, Yaxian Xu, Junbo Li, Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Haodong Li*, Shixue Ren* and Kaka Zhang*, Achieving long-lived room-temperature phosphorescence via charge transfer technology and dopant-matrix design strategy. Dyes and Pigments, 2023, 210, 110984. 

42.    Shuhui Ding, Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Minjian Wu, Junbo Li, Xiaoya Zhao, Haodong Li*, Shixue Ren* and Kaka Zhang*, A Twisted Phosphor: Breaking T1 Energy Conservation in Dopant-Matrix Organic Phosphorescence Systems. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 2202540. 

41.   Ju Huang, Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li,  Xinjian Deng, Xiuzheng Chen, Yaxian Xu, Chuanhu Lei* and Kaka Zhang*, Polymer-Based TADF-Type Organic Afterglow. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 20728.

40.    Guangming Wang#, Xuefeng Chen#, Jiahui Liu, Shuhui Ding and Kaka Zhang*, Advanced charge transfer technology for highly efficient and long-lived TADF-type organic afterglow with near infrared light excitable property. Sci. China Chem. 2023, 66, 1120-1131. 

39.    Jiahui Liu, Yan Sun, Guangming Wang, Xiuzheng Chen, Jiuyang Li, Xuepu Wang, Yunlong Zou, Biaobing Wang* and Kaka Zhang*, Organic Afterglow Emulsions Exhibiting 2.4 s Phosphorescence Lifetimes and Specific Protein Binding Property. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 2201502. 

38.    Junbo Li, Xuepu Wang, Xiaoya Zhao, Xuefeng Chen, Shuhui Ding, Minjian Wu and Kaka Zhang*, Cascade Synthesis of Luminescent Difluoroboron Diketonate Compounds for Room-Temperature Organic Afterglow Materials. Chin. J. Chem. 2022, 40, 2507-2515.

37.    Xuefeng Chen#, Guangming Wang#, Xiuzheng Chen, Xinjian Deng and Kaka Zhang*, Achieving redox-responsive organic afterglow via dopant-matrix design strategy.  J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 11634 - 11641.

36.    Xiuzheng Chen, Guangming Wang, Minjian Wu, Jiahui Liu, Zhaohong Liu*, Xuepu Wang*, Yunlong Zou* and Kaka Zhang*, Merging photoinitiated bulk polymerization and dopant-matrix design strategy for polymer-based organic afterglow materials. Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 4641 - 4649.

35.    Xinjian Deng, Ju Huang, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Chuanhu Lei* and Kaka Zhang*, Enhancing room-temperature phosphorescence via intermolecular charge transfer in dopant-matrix systems. Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 8137 - 8140.

34.    Dahua Li, Minjian Wu, Xuefeng Chen, Jiahui Liu, Yan Sun, Ju Huang, Yunlong Zou, Xuepu Wang, Daoyong Chen* and Kaka Zhang*, Boosting Organic Afterglow Performance via Two-Component Design Strategy Extracted from Macromolecular Self-Assembly. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 5030−5039.

33.    Jiuyang Li#, Guangming Wang#, Xuefeng Chen, Xun Li, Minjian Wu, Shou Yuan, Yunlong Zou*, Xuepu Wang* and Kaka Zhang*, Manipulation of Triplet Excited States in Two-Component Systems for High-Performance Organic Afterglow Materials. Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202200852 (Selected by the Editorial Office for the Showcase of outstanding Review-type articles). 

32.    Jiulong Zhang#, Jiuyang Li#, Xun Li, Shou Yuan, Yan Sun, Yunlong Zou, Yingtong Pan and Kaka Zhang*, Boosting organic afterglow efficiency via triplet-triplet annihilation and thermally-activated delayed fluorescence. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 4795-4804. 

31.    Xun Li, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Yan Sun, Xinjian Deng, and Kaka Zhang*, Intense Organic Afterglow Enabled by Molecular Engineering in Dopant-Matrix Systems. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 1587-1600. 

30.    Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Xuepu Wang, Yan Sun, Jiahui Liu, and Kaka Zhang*, Two-Component Design Strategy: TADF-Type Organic Afterglow for Time-Gated Chemodosimeters. Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 431, 134197.

29.    Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Junbo Li, Xun Li, and Kaka Zhang*, A Simple and Straightforward Polymer Post-Modification Method for Wearable Difluoroboron β-Diketonate Luminescent Sensors. Polymer 2022, 239, 124449.

28.    Yingtong Pan, Jiuyang Li, Xuepu Wang, Yan Sun, Junbo Li, Biaobing Wang*, Kaka Zhang*, Highly Efficient TADF-Type Organic Afterglow of Long Emission Wavelengths. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2110207.

27.    Minjian Wu, Xuepu Wang, Yingtong Pan, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Yan Sun, Yunlong Zou*, Hefeng Zhang*, Kaka Zhang*, Two-Component Design Strategy: Achieving Intense Organic Afterglow and Diverse Functions in Coronene-Matrix Systems. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 26986−26998.

26.    Yan Sun#, Jiahui Liu#, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Kaka Zhang*, Manipulation of Triplet Excited States for Long-Lived and Efficient Organic Afterglow.  Adv. Opt. Mater. 2021, 2101909.

25.    Jiahui Liu#, Guangming Wang#, Xuepu Wang, Yan Sun, Bei Zhou, Yunlong Zou*, Biaobing Wang*, Kaka Zhang*, Manipulation of Organic Afterglow via Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 16735-16743. 

24.    Junbo Li, Xuepu Wang, Yingtong Pan, Yan Sun, Guangming Wang, Kaka Zhang*, Unexpected long room-temperature phosphorescence lifetimes up to 1.0 s observed in iodinated molecular systems. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 8794 - 8797.

23.    Guangming Wang, Xun Li, Xuepu Wang, Kaka Zhang*, Efficient cascade reactions for luminescent pyrylium biolabels catalysed by light rare-earth elements. New J. Chem. 2021, 45, 12305.

22.    Xuepu Wang, Yan Sun, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Kaka Zhang*, TADF-Type Organic Afterglow. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2021, 60, 17138.

21.     Yan Sun, Guangming Wang, Xun Li, Bei Zhou, Kaka Zhang*, Achieving High Afterglow Brightness in Organic Dopant-Matrix Systems. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2021, 2100353.

20.      Bei Zhou, Guangming Wang, Xuepu Wang, Wang Guo, Junbo Li, Kaka Zhang*, Highly efficient room-temperature organic afterglow achieved by collaboration of luminescent dimeric TADF dopants and rigid matrices. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 3939-3947.

19.      Wang Guo, Xuepu Wang, Bei Zhou, Kaka Zhang*, Achieving purely-organic room-temperature aqueous phosphorescence via a two-component macromolecular self-assembly strategy. Chem. Asian J. 2020, 15, 3469-3474.

18.      Liao-Yuan Yao, Zhen Chen, Kaka Zhang, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*, Heterochiral self-discrimination-driven supramolecular self-assembly of decanuclear gold(I)-sulfido complexes into 2D nanostructures with chiral anions-tuned morphologies. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 21163.

17.      Kaka Zhang, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*, Platinum(II) non-covalent crosslinkers for supramolecular DNA hydrogels. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 3241-3249.

16.      Kaka Zhang, Margaret Ching-Lam Yeung, Sammual Yu-Lut Leung, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*, Platinum(II) probes for sensing polyelectrolyte lengths and architectures. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 8503-8512.

15.      Kaka Zhang, Margaret Ching-Lam Yeung, Sammual Yu-Lut Leung, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*, Energy landscape in supramolecular co-assembly of platinum(II) complexes and polymers: morphological diversity, transformation and dilution stability of nanostructures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 9594-9605.

14.      Kaka Zhang, Margaret Ching-Lam Yeung, Sammual Yu-Lut Leung, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*, Living supramolecular polymerization achieved by collaborative assembly of platinum(II) complexes and block copolymers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2017, 114, 11844-11849.

13.      Kaka Zhang, Margaret Ching-Lam Yeung, Sammual Yu-Lut Leung, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*, Manipulation of nanostructures in the co-assembly of platinum(II) complexes and block copolymers. Chem 2017, 2, 825-839.

12.      Kaka Zhang, Han Miao, Daoyong Chen*, Water-soluble monodisperse core-shell nanorings: their tailorable preparation and interaction with oppositely charged spheres of a similar diameter. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 15933-15941.

11.   Kaka Zhang, Junqi Yi, Daoyong Chen*, Bimodal porous superparticles with the optimized structure prepared by self-limited aggregation of PEG-coated mesoporous nanofibers for purification of protein–dye conjugates. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2013, 1, 14649-14657.

10.   Kaka Zhang, Ming Jiang, Daoyong Chen*, DNA/polymeric micelle self-assembly mimicking chromatin compaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8744-8747.

9.   Kaka Zhang, Ming Jiang, Daoyong Chen*, Self-assembly of particles - The regulatory role of particle flexibility. Prog. Polym. Sci. 2012, 37, 445-486.

8.   Kaka Zhang, Zhou Gui*, Daoyong Chen*, Ming Jiang, Synthesis of small polymeric nanoparticles sized below 10 nm via polymerization of a cross-linker in a glassy polymer matrix. Chem. Commun., 2009, 45, 6234-6236.

7.   Weichong Wang, Kaka Zhang*, Daoyong Chen*, From tunable DNA/polymer self-assembly to tailorable and morphologically pure core-shell nanofibers. Langmuir 2018, 34, 15350-15359.

6.   Weichong Wang, Kaka Zhang, Yu Bao, Haodong Li, Xiayun Huang*, Daoyong Chen*, Precise surface structure of nanofibers with nearly atomic-level precision. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 11084-11087.

5.   Heung-Kiu Cheng, Clive Yik-Sham Chung, Kaka Zhang, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*, Simple and versatile preparation of luminescent amphiphilic platinum(II)-containing polystyrene complexes with transformable nanostructures assisted by Pt-Pt and π-π interactions. Chem. Asian J. 2017, 12, 1509-1516.

4.   Junqi Yi, Haodong Li, Li Jiang, Kaka Zhang, Daoyong Chen*, Solution-based fabrication of a highly catalytically active 3D network constructed from 1D metal-organic framework-coated polymeric worm-like micelles. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 10162-10165.

3.   Cong Liu, Kaka Zhang, Daoyong Chen*, Ming Jiang, Shiyong Liu*, Transforming spherical block polyelectrolyte micelles into free-suspending films via DNA complexation-induced structural anisotropy. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 6135-6137.

2.   Wang Chen, Kaka Zhang, Daoyong Chen*, Ming Jiang, Preparation of asymmetric particles at thin polymer layer/water interface. Acta Chim. Sinica 2010, 68, 1308-1312.

1.   Fei Cheng, Kaka Zhang, Daoyong Chen*, Lei Zhu*, Ming Jiang, Self-assembly of heteroarms core-shell polymeric nanoparticles (HCPNs) and templated synthesis of gold nanoparticles within HCPNs and the superparticles. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 7108-7113.

 

 

Patents

1.      Kaka Zhang, Xuepu Wang, Wang Guo, Bei Zhou, Guangming Wang, Xun Li, Preparation and Application of difluoroboron β-diketonate compounds, (Filed on January 18, 2021; Application No. 20210061768.X).

2.      Kaka Zhang, Bei Zhou, Guangming Wang, Junbo Li, Xun Li, Xuepu Wang, Wang Guo, Yan Sun, Preparation and Application of Organic Afterglow Materials, Chinese Patent (Filed on December 4, 2020; Application No. 202011411022.9).

3.      Kaka Zhang, Wang Guo, Phosphorescent Materials of 9-acyl-3-iodocarbazole and their applications, Chinese Patent (Filed on December 24, 2019; Application No. 201911348742.2).

4.      Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Kaka Zhang, Margaret Ching-Lam Yeung, Sammual Yu-Lut Leung, Alan Kwun-Wa Chan,   Living Supramolecular Polymerization of Small Molecules Modulated by Polymers, US Provisional Patent (Filed on March 16, 2016; Application No. 62/308,948); US Non-Provisional Patent (Filed on March 16, 2017; Application No. 15/460,532); PCT Patent (Filed on March 16, 2017; Application No. PCT/CN207/076887); Chinese Patent (Filed on April 1, 2017; Application No. 201710213486).