Review articles:
1. Gayathri, Parthasarathy; Qiu, Sheng-Qi*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Advances in Chiral Luminescent Liquid Crystals (CLLCs): From Molecular Design to Applications
Materials Horizons 2025, 12, Doi:10.1039/D4MH01928H.
2. Ho, Cheuk-Lam*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wong, Wai-Yeung* Multifunctional polymetallaynes: properties, functions and applications
Chemical Society Review 2016, 45, 5264-5295.
Research articles:
48. Qiu,Sheng-Qi; Li, Mei-Yuan; Li, Hua-Yue; Xiao, Yao; Xiao, Jiannan; Parthasarathy, Gayathri; Meng, Zhengong; Wong, Wai-Yeung*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Chiral Luminescent Ion Pair (CLIP) Strategy Enables Amorphous Platinum Complexes Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, e202501011.
47. Qiu, Sheng-Qi; Yao, Tian-Lin; Xiao, Yao; Parthasarathy, Gayathri; Xu, Chao; Wu, Yue; Xin, Hong; Ouyang, Guanghui; Liu, Ming-Hua*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Pathway-Dependent Control of Chiral Phases for Higher Performance and Inverted Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, e202500956.
46. Wang, Lingxiao; Fu, Shengquan; Shi, Ran; Zhao, Yafei; Zhou, Huang; Huang, Hao*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wu, Yuen* Beyond Second Coordination Shell: Long-Range π-electrons delocalization Engineering in Single-Atom Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, e202506663.
45. Zhang, Meng; Lan, Xiaohui; Ding, Meijuan; Han, Chaoyi; Liu, Xing Wang; Meng, Zhengong*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; An, Zhongfu* Dynamic Organic Phosphorescence Glass by Rigid-Soft Coupling
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, 3, e202415250.
44. Zhao, Xiaole; Wu,Geng; Zheng, Xusheng; Jiang, Peng; Yi, Jun-dong; Zhou, Huang; Gao, Xiaoping*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wu, Yuen* A Double Atomic-Tuned RuBi SAA/Bi@OG Nanostructure with Optimum Charge Redistribution for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202300879
43. Zhang, Congmin; Bai, Lichen; Chen, Min; Sun, Xuejiao; Zhu, Mengzhao; Wu, Qinglong; Gao, Xiaoping*; Zhang, Qun; Zheng, Xusheng; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wu, Yuen* Modulating the Site Density of Mo Single Atoms to Catch Adventitious O Atoms for Efficient H2O2 Oxidation with Light
Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 202208704.
42. Gu, Kaizhi; Meng, Zhengong; Liu, Xing Wang; Wu, Yue* Qi, Xin; Ren, Yiran; Yu,Zhen-Qiang*; and Tang, Ben Zhong* A gated strategy stabilizes room-temperature phosphorescence
Aggregate 2023, 4, e337.
41. Sun, Xuejiao; Chen, Cai; Xiong, Can; Zhang, Congmin; Zheng, Xusheng; Wang, Jin; Gao, Xiaoping*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wu, Yuen* Surface modification of MoS2 nanosheets by single Ni atom for ultrasensitive dopamine detection
Nano Research 2023, 16, 917-924.
40. Liu, Xing Wang; Zhao, Weijun; Wu, Yue*; Meng, Zhengong; He, Zikai; Qi, Xin; Ren, Yiran; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Tang, Ben Zhong* Photo-thermo-induced room-temperature phosphorescence through solid-state molecular motion
Nature Communications 2022, 13, 3887.
39. He, An-Qi; Ni, Lei; Fu, Hui; Zhang, Xiu; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Song, Jun; Yang, Limin*; Xu, Yizhuang*; Ozaki, Yukihiro; Noda, Isao Retrieving Spectra of Pure Components from the DOSY-NMR Experiment via a Comprehensive Approach Involving the 2D Asynchronous Spectrum, 2D Quotient Spectrum, and Genetic Algorithm Refinement
Analytical Chemistry 2022, 94, 12360-12367.
38. He, An-Qi; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Song, Jun; Yang, Li-Min; Xu, Yi-Zhuang*; Noda, Isao; Ozaki, Yukihiro Novel Method for Extracting the Spectrum of a Supramolecular Complex via a Comprehensive Approach Involving Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy, Genetic Algorithm, and Grid Searching
Analytical Chemistry 2022, 94, 2348-2355.
37. Cao, Xiang-Jian; Li, Wei; Li, Jiahua; Zou, Lin; Liu, Xing-Wang; Ren, Xiang-Kui*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Controlling the Balance of Photoluminescence and Photothermal Effect in Cyanostilbene-Based Luminescent Liquid Crystals
Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2022, 40, 902-910.
36. Zeng, Xiaoxuan; Wu, Yue*; Zou, Lin; Liu, Xingwang; Qi, Xin; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Light-driven self-assembly of cyanostilbene derivative with reversible chirality in aqueous media
Science China-Materials 2022, 65, 1413-1416.
35. Tao, Lei; Xie, He-Lou*; Qi, Xin; Song, Jun; Xin, Hong*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* AIEgen containing side-chain liquid crystalline polymers: Photoluminecence or photothermal, which dominate?
Nano Research 2022, 15, 9334-9340.
34. Wu, Yue; Yan, Chenxu; Li, Xin-Shun; You, Li Hong; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wu, Xiaofeng; Zheng, Zhigang Zheng; Liu, Guofeng; Guo, Zhiqian Guo; Tian, He and Zhu, Wei-Hong* Circularly Polarized Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (C-FRET) for Efficient Chirality Transmission within an Intermolecular System
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 24549-24557.
33. Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Li, Xiaodong; Wan, Wei; Li, Xin-Shun; Fu, Kuo; Wu, Yue*; Li, Alexander D. Q.* Cooperatively assembled liquid crystals enable temperature-controlled Forster resonance energy transfer
Chemical Science 2021, 12, 3146-3151.
32. Fu, Kuo; Zeng, Xiaoxuan; Zhao, Xinpeng; Wu, Yue*; Li, Meng; Li, Xin-Shun; Pan, Chengjun; Chen, Zhijun*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Quantitative Forster Resonance Energy Transfer: Efficient Light Harvesting for Sequential Photo-Thermo-Electric Conversion
Small 2021, 17, 2103172.
31. Du, Junyi; Wu, Geng; Liang, Kuang; Yang, Jia; Zhang, Yida; Lin, Yue; Zheng, Xusheng; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wu, Yuen*; Hong, Xun* Rapid Controllable Synthesis of Atomically Dispersed Co on Carbon under High Voltage within One Minute
Small 2021, 17, 2007264.
30. Hu, Yidong; Qu, Yunteng; Zhou, Yansong; Wang, Zhiyuan*; Wang, Huijuan; Yang, Bo; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wu, Yuen* Single Pt atom-anchored C3N4: A bridging Pt-N bond boosted electron transfer for highly efficient photocatalytic H-2 generation
Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 412, 128749.
29. Liu, Yurong; Li, Wei; Zhou, Xuan; Wong, Wai-Yeung*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Highly ordered smectic structures of disc-rod luminescent liquid crystals: the role of the tolane group
Journal of Matericals Chemistry C 2021, 9, 3555-3561.
28. Li, Xin-Shun; Wu, Yue*; Zhao, Yiran; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Employing Cholesterol Copolymerization Strategy for a Thermally Processable Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Material
Advanced Optical Materials 2021, 9, 2001893.
27. Li, Jiahua; Wang, Jia-Hui; Cao, Xiang-Jian; Li, Xiao-Dong; Ren, Xiang-Kui*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Peripherally Modified Tetraphenylethene: Emerging as a Room-Temperature Luminescent Disc-Like Nematic Liquid Crystal
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 35207-35213.
26. Meng, Zhengong; Li, Guijun; Yiu, Sze-Chun; Zhu, Nianyong; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Leung, Chi-Wah; Manners, Ian; Wong, Wai-Yeung* Nanoimprint Lithography-Directed Self-Assembly of Bimetallic Iron-M (M=Palladium, Platinum) Complexes for Magnetic Patterning
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 11521-11526.
25. Wang, Zhiyuan; Yang, Jia; Cao, Junbo; Chen, Wenxing; Wang, Gang; Liao, Fan; Zhou, Xiao; Zhou, Fangyao; Li, Ruilong; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Zhang, Guoqing; Duan, Xuezhi*; Wu, Yuen* Room-Temperature Synthesis of Single Iron Site by Electrofiltration for Photoreduction of CO2 into Tunable Syngas
ACS Nano 2020, 14, 6164-6172.
24. Wang, Zhiyuan; Yang, Jia; Gan, Jie; Chen, Wenxing; Zhou, Fangyao; Zhou, Xiao; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Zhu, Junfa; Duan, Xuezhi; Wu, Yuen* Electrochemical conversion of bulk platinum into platinum single-atom sites for the hydrogen evolution reaction
Journal of Matericals Chemistry A 2020, 8, 10755-10760.
23. Xiong, Can; Tian, Lin; Xiao, Chunchun; Xue, Zhenggang; Zhou, Fangyao; Zhou, Huang; Zhao, Yafei; Chen, Min; Wang, Qiuping; Qu, Yunteng; Hu, Yidong; Wang, Wenyu; Zhang, Yan; Zhou, Xiao; Wang, Zhiyuan; Yin, Peiqun; Mao, Yu; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Cao, Yueqiang*; Duan, Xuezhi; Zheng, Lei*; Wu, Yuen* Construction of highly accessible single Co site catalyst for glucose detection
Science Bulletin. 2020, 65, 2100-2106.
22. Wu, Yue; You, Li Hong; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wang, Jia-Hui; Meng, Zhengong; Liu, Yi; Li, Xin-Shun; Fu, Kuo; Ren, Xiang-Kui*; Tang, Ben Zhong* Rational Design of Circularly Polarized Luminescent Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens (AIEgens): Promoting the Dissymmetry Factor and Emission Efficiency Synchronously
ACS Materials Letters 2020, 2, 505-510.
21. Meng, Zhengong; Fu, Kuo; Zhao, Yang; Zhang, Yanfeng; Wei, Zhuoxun; Liu, Yi; Ren, Xiang-Kui; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Aggregation-induced red-shifted emission and fluorescent patterning of poly(aryleneethynylene) with a lateral AIEgen substituent
Journal of Matericals Chemistry C 2020, 8, 1010-1016.
20. Fu, Kuo; Jin, Xue; Zhou, Minghao; Ma, Kai; Duan, Pengfei*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang* Amplifying the excited state chirality through self-assembly and subsequent enhancementviaplasmonic silver nanowires
Nanoscale 2020, 12, 19760-19767.
19. Wang, Zhiyuan; Yang, Jia; Wang, Wenyu; Zhou, Fangyao; Zhou, Huang; Xue, Zhenggang; Xiong, Can; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wu, Yuen* Hollow cobalt-nickel phosphide nanocages for efficient electrochemical overall water splitting
Science China-Materials 2020, 64, 861-869.
18. Wei, Zhuoxun; Wang, Dong; Liu, Yurong; Guo, Xuyun; Zhu, Ye; Meng, Zhengong*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Wong, Wai-Yeung* Ferrocene-based hyperbranched polymers: a synthetic strategy for shape control and applications as electroactive materials and precursor-derived magnetic ceramics
Journal of Matericals Chemistry C 2020, 8, 10774-10780.
17. Guo, Ran; Zhang, Xin; He, An-Gi; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Ling, Xiao-Feng*; Xu, Yi-Zhuang*; Noda, Isao; Ozaki, Yukihiro; Wu, Jin-Guang
Analytical Chemistry 2020, 92, 1477-1484.
16. Liu, Yi*; Lin, Fa Xu; Feng, Yang; Liu, Xiaoqing; Wang, Lei; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Tang, Ben Zhong* Shape-Persistent pi-Conjugated Macrocycles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Property: Synthesis, Mechanofluorochromism, and Mercury(II) Detection
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 34232-34240.
15. Liu, Yi; You, Li Hong; Lin, Fa Xu; Fu, Kuo; Yuan, Wang Zhang*; Chen, Er-Qiang; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Tang, Ben Zhong* Highly Efficient Luminescent Liquid Crystal with Aggregation-Induced Energy Transfer
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 3516-3523. (IF = 8.758)
14. Meng, Zhengong; Xiao, Fei; Wei, Zhuoxun; Guo, Xuyun; Zhu, Ye; Liu, Yurong; Li, Guijun; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Shao, Minhua*; Wong, Wai-Yeung* Direct synthesis of L1(0)-FePt nanoparticles from single-source bimetallic complex and their electrocatalytic applications in oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions
Nano Research 2019, 12, 2954-2959.
13. Wu, Yue; Jin, Pengwei; Gu, Kaizhi; Shi, Chuanxin; Guo, Zhiqian; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Zhu, Wei-Hong* Broadening AIEgen application: rapid and portable sensing of foodstuff hazards in deep-frying oil
Chemical Communications 2019, 55, 4087-4090.
12. Meng, Zhengong; Ho, Cheuk-Lam*; Wong, Hon-Fai; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Zhu, Nianyong; Li, Guijun; Leung, Chi-Wah*; Wong, Wai-Yeung* Lithographic patterning of ferromagnetic FePt nanoparticles from a single-source bimetallic precursor containing hemiphasmidic structure for magnetic data recording media
Science China-Materials 2019, 62, 566-576.
11. Zhu, Ji-Chun; Han, Ting; Guo, Yang; Wang, Ping; Xie, He-Lou*; Meng, Zhen-Gong; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Tang, Ben Zhong* Design and Synthesis of Luminescent Liquid Crystalline Polymers with "Jacketing" Effect and Luminescent Patterning Applications
Macromolecules 2019, 52, 3668-3679.
10. Zhang, Yan-Fang; Wang, Yue-Chao; Yu, Xiao-Song; Zhao, Yang; Ren, Xiang-Kui; Zhao, Jian-Feng; Wang, Jun; Jiang, Xu-Qiang; Chang, Wen-Yin; Zheng, Jun-Feng*; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Yang, Shuang; Chen, Er-Qiang* Isophthalate-Based Room Temperature Phosphorescence: From Small Molecule to Side-Chain Jacketed Liquid Crystalline Polymer
Macromolecules 2019, 52, 2495-2503.
9. Guo, Yang; Shi, Dong; Luo, Zhi-Wang; Xu, Jia-Ru; Li, Ming-Li; Yang, Long-Hu; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Chen, Er-Qiang; Xie, He-Lou* High Efficiency Luminescent Liquid Crystalline Polymers Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission and "Jacketing" Effect: Design, Synthesis, Photophysical Property, and Phase Structure
Macromolecules 2017, 50, 9607-9616.
8. Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Li, Ting-Ting; Zhang, Zhe; Liu, Jia-Hao; Yuan, Wang Zhang; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Yang, Shuang; Chen, Er-Qiang*; Tang, Ben Zhong* Phase Behaviors of Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polyacetylenes with Different Length of Spacer: Where Will the ecoupling Effect Appear?
Macromolecules 2015, 48, 2886-2893.
7. Wang, Shao-Jie; Zhao, Rui-Ying; Yang, Shuang; Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Chen, Er-Qiang* A complex of poly(4-vinylpyridine) and tolane based hemi-phasmid benzoic acid: towards luminescent supramolecular side-chain liquid crystalline polymers
Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 8378-8381.
6. Chen YaFei; Lin JieSheng; Yuan Wang Zhang; Yu Zhen-Qiang*; Lam, Jacky WingYip; Tang, Ben Zhong* 1-((12-Bromododecyl)oxy)-4-((4-(4-pentylcyclohexyl)phenyl)ethynyl) benzene: Liquid crystal with aggregation-induced emission characteristics
Science China-Chemistry 2013, 56, 1191-1196.
5. Yu, Zhen-Qiang*; Lam, Jacky W. Y.; Zhu, Cai-Zhen; Chen, Er-Qiang*; Tang, Ben Zhong* Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polyacetylenes with Increasing Length of Alkyl Tails: From Highly Ordered Smectic to Smectic C Phase
Macromolecules 2013, 46, 588-596.
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Polymer Chemistry 2013, 4, 996-1005.
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