Introduction

Publications

*Corresponding author; †the first author

2026年之后：

[1] Zuping Xiong†; Xiong Liu; Ziteng Zhang; Shhaitong Wei; Jiyong Liu; Qingyang Xu; Jing Zhi Sun; Jianyu Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*; Haoke Zhang*. Intrinsic Circularly Polarized Luminescence with a Record-High Dissymmetry Factor via Dynamic Through-Space Conjugation. Chem 2026, 12, 102858.

[2] Jianyu Zhang†; Zuping Xiong†; Xiong Liu; Qingyang Xu; Jacky W. Y. Lam; Jing Zhi Sun; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Through-Space Interactions of Optoelectronic Materials. Chemical Society Reviews, 2026, 55, 2493-2573.

[3] Qing-Yue Song; Zuping Xiong; Guiyi Yang; Yujie Tu; Yue Zhang; Yang Yu; Junzhi Liu; Klaus Müllen*; Zijie Qiu*. Synthesis and Functionalization of π-Extended [7]Carbohelicene. Chem. Asian J., 2026, 21, 2, e01011.

[4] Zhixin Xie; Junpeng Deng; Dan Liu; Jieyu Lin; Tao Jiang; Xiaohui Wang; Wei Liu; Lin Ma; Fengyan Song; Zuping Xiong; Junru Chen; Jianyu Zhang; Carl Redshaw; Zujin Zhao; Xing Feng; Ben Zhong Tang*. Unlocking intrinsically chiral bipyrenyl-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens: circularly polarized luminescence and dynamic chirality amplification. Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance Article, D5SC08358C.

[5] Ziteng Zhang; Zuping Xiong; Yinong Wu;Yingying Zhang; Kailuo Chen; Xiong Liu; Xiang Li; Bo Chu; Lei Wang; Jing Zhi
Sun; Jianyu Zhang; Xing-Hong Zhang; Xufeng Lin; Ben Zhong Tang; Haoke Zhang*. Ultra-Strong Through-Space Conjugation Enabled by Chiral Transfer-Driven Helical Structure. CCS Chem. 2026, https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.026.202507017
[6] Qingyang Xu, Kangwei Luo, YipuWang, Jiajie Wu, Hongwei Lu, Manyu Chen, Zuping Xiong, Jing Zhi Sun, Jianyu Zhang, Feihe Huang, Ben Zhong Tang, Haoke Zhang. Fluorescence Mapping of Atropisomer Populations Enabled by Through-Space Conjugation. Nat.Commun. 2026, 17, 2211.

2025年及之前：

[1] Zuping Xiong†; Jianyu Zhang; Lei Wang; Xiong Liu; Jing Zhi Sun; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Virtual Screening for Ultra-Small NIR Emitter with Only Two Isolated Hexatomic Ring. Chem, 2025, 11, 1, 102299.

[2] Zuping Xiong†; Haoke Zhang*; Chemical Bonding: Exploring the boundaries of covalency. Nat. Rev. Chem., 2024, 875.

[3] Zuping Xiong†; Jianyu Zhang; Ziteng Zhang; Lei Wang; Shuaitong Wei; Xiong Liu; Jing Zhi Sun; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Activating Electronic Delocalization: Through-Space Lone-Pair Interactions versus Hydrogen Bonding. ACS Materials Lett., 2024, 6, 3941–3950.

[4] Zuping Xiong†; Jianyu Zhang; Jing Zhi Sun; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Excited-State Odd–Even Effect in Through-Space Interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 21104-21113.

[5] Zuping Xiong†; Jianyu Zhang; Lei Wang; Yuan Xie; Yipu Wang; Zujin Zhao; Haoke Zhang*; Jing Zhi Sun*; Feihe Huang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Controllable Secondary Through-Space Interaction and Clusteroluminescence. CCS Chem., 2023, 5, 12, 2832-2844.

[6] Zuping Xiong†; Wenqi Gong; Pengfei Xu; Mengyi Jiang; Xuting Cai; Yuqing Zhu; Xinni Ping; Hui Feng; Huili Ma; Zhaosheng Qian*. Reexamining the Heavy-Atom-Effect: The Universal Heavy-Atom-Induced Fluorescence Enhancement Principle for Through-Space Conjugated AIEgens. Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 451, 139030.

[7] Zuping Xiong†; Xiaoxiao Zhang; Longxiang Liu; Qiaozhi Zhu; Zhenni Wang; Hui Feng; Zhaosheng Qian*. Achieving Highly Efficient Aggregation-Induced Emission, Reversible and Irreversible Photochromism by Heavy Halogen-Regulated Photophysics and D–A Molecular Pattern-Controlled Photochemistry of Through-Space Conjugated Luminogens. Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 10710-10723.

[8] Zuping Xiong†; Zhenni Wang; Longxiang Liu; Mengyi Jiang; Xiaoxiao Zhang; Qiaozhi Zhu; Hui Feng; Zhaosheng Qian*. Breaking Classic Heavy-Atom Effect to Achieve Heavy-Atom-Induced Dramatic Emission Enhancement of Silole-Based AIEgens with through-Bond and through-Space Conjugation. Adv. Opt. Mater., 2021, 9, 2101228.

[9] Lei Wang†; Zuping Xiong†; Jing Zhi Sun; Feihe Huang; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. How the Length of Through-Space Conjugation Influences the Clusteroluminescence of Oligo(Phenylene Methylene)s. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202318245. (VIP paper)

[10] Yayun Wang†; Zuping Xiong†; Yanan Wang; Aisen Li; Yuanyuan Fang; Lei Li; Kai Wang*; Qian Li*; Haoke Zhang*. Pressure-Engineered Through-Space Conjugation for Precise Control of Clusteroluminescence. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202420502.

[11] Zhenni Wang†; Zuping Xiong†; Weidong Liu; Qiaozhi Zhu; Xiaoxiao Zhang; Yuqing Ding; Chunyan Huang; Hui Feng; Kewei Zhang; Engao Zhu*; Zhaosheng Qian*. Esterase-Activated Precipitating Strategy to Achieve Highly Specific Detection and Long-Term Imaging of Calcium Ions by Aggregation-Induced Phosphorescence Probe. Anal. Chem., 2022, 94, 13, 5406–5414

[12] Jianyu Zhang†; Hanchen Shen†; Zuping Xiong†; Lidong Du; Moxin Li; Xinwen Ou; Xinyan Zhu; Jacky W. Y. Lam; Tzu-Ming Liu; Changhuo Xu; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Two-photon Clusteroluminescence Enabled by Through-Space Conjugation for In Vivo Bioimaging. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202413751.

[13] Weihao Tu†; Zuping Xiong†; Lei Wang; Jianyu Zhang; Jing Zhi Sun; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. The Superiority of Nonconjugated Structures in Fluorescence: through-Space vs. through-Bond Charge Transfer. Sci. China Chem., 2024, 67, 3121–3130.

[14] Yuqing Zhu†; Yangbing Chen†; Zuping Xiong*†; Mengyi Jiang; Hui Feng; Zhaosheng Qian*. Base-Gated Photochromism of C3-Symmetric AIEgens through Multicyano-Sensitized Benzene Rings. Tetrahedron, 2023, 133, 133269.

[15] Weihao Tu†; Zuping Xiong†; Ziteng Zhang; Jianyu Zhang; Lei Wang; Yuan Xie; Yipu Wang; Haoke Zhang*; Jing Zhi Sun*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Manipulation of The through-Space Interactions in Diphenylmethane. Smart Molecules, 2023, e20220006.

[16] Jianyu Zhang; Zuping Xiong; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Emergent Clusteroluminescence from Nonemissive Molecules. 2025, Nat. Commun. 16, 3910.

[17] Sheng Niu; Zhenyang Hu; Xiaoyi Xu; Zuping Xiong; Hongzheng Chen; Alex K.-Y. Jen; Ning Huang. Structural Regulation of Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photoredox Catalysis Toward Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202424860.

[18] Xiong Liu; Jiafang Guo; Zuping Xiong; Xiang Li; Yanbing Lv; Ziteng Zhang; Bo Chu; Haoke Zhang; Jing Zhi Sun; Xinghong Zhang; Ben Zhong Tang. Sulfur-bridged pure organic ester clusters exhibiting near-infrared fluorescence. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, 35, 2420830.

[19] Guangze Hu; Manyu Chen; Zuping Xiong; Haoyuan Hu; Haoke Zhang; Jing Zhi Sun; Ben Zhong Tang*. Ultrahigh Sensitivity and Extremely Low Limit of Detection of Picric Acid with Ionic-Liquid Modified Poly(Diphenylacetylene). J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 28039-28045.

[20] Manyu Chen; Guangze Hu; Zuping Xiong; Haoyuan Hu; Jing Zhi Sun; Haoke Zhang; Ben Zhong Tang*. Room-Temperature Magnetism in the Crystal of a 1,6-Heptadiyne Derivative and Its Processable Polymer. Polym. Chem., 2025, 16, 1120–1125.

[21] Rong Zhang; Zuping Xiong; Dongyue An; Jiangyu Zhu; Yuanhe Gu; Haoke Zhang; Gang Zhou; Yunqi Liu; Xuefeng Lu*. Four-Membered Ring-Embedded Cycloarene Enabling Anti-Aromaticity and Ultra-Narrowband Emission. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202411415.

[22] Ziteng Zhang; Zuping Xiong; Jianyu Zhang; Bo Chu; Xiong Liu; Weihao Tu; Lei Wang; Jing Zhi Sun; Chengjian Zhang; Haoke Zhang*; Xinghong Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Near-Infrared Emission Beyond 900 nm from Stable Radicals in Nonconjugated Poly(diphenylmethane). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202403827.

[23] Xinyuan Du; Shan Zhao; Lu Wang; Haodi Wu; Fan Ye; Kan-Hao Xue; Shaoqian Peng; Jianlong Xia; Ziru Sang; Dongdong Zhang; Zuping Xiong; Zhiping Zheng; Ling Xu; Guangda Niu*; Jiang Tang*. Efficient and Ultrafast Organic Scintillators by Hot Exciton Manipulation, Nat. Photon., 2024, 18, 162–169.

[24] Bo Chu; Xiong Liu; Zuping Xiong; Ziteng Zhang; Bin Liu; Chengjian Zhang; Jing Zhi Sun; Qing Yang; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*; Xing-Hong Zhang. Efficient and Ultrafast Organic Scintillators by Hot Exciton Manipulation. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 366.

[25] Xiong Liu; Bo Chu; Zuping Xiong; Bin Liu; Weihao Tu; Ziteng Zhang; Haoke Zhang; Jing Zhi Sun; Xinghong Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Heteroatom-Facilitated Blue to Near-Infrared Emission of Nonconjugated Polyesters. Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11, 1579-1587.

[26] Yuan Xie; Weihao Tu; Zuping Xiong; Dan Liu; Jianyu Zhang; Jing Zhi Sun; Zheng Zhao*; Dong Wang*; Feihe Huang*; Haoke Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Enolate Enables Unexpected Red Luminescence from Through-Bond/Through-Space Complexation between Imide and Organic Base. Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 24, 10082–10091.

[27] Ziteng Zhang; Jianyu Zhang; Zuping Xiong; Bo Chu; Chengjian Zhang; Jing Zhi Sun; Haoke Zhang*; Xing-Hong Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. NIR Clusteroluminescence of Non-conjugated Phenolic Resins Enabled by Through-Space Interactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202306762.

[28] Xiang Hu; Xiajunpeng Wu; Zuping Xiong; Xin-Tao Wang; Ai-Jun Wang; Pei-Xin Yuan*; Tiejun Zhao*; Jiu-Ju Feng*. In situ Electrostatic Assembly of Porphyrin as Enhanced PEC Photosensitizer for Bioassay of Single HCT-116 Cells via Competitive Reaction. Biosens. Bioelectron, 2023, 236, 115405.

[29] Jinhang Yu; Xinyuan Wang; Mengjiao Xu; Bei Zhang; Zuping Xiong; Hui Mao; Xin Lv*; Liejin Zhou*. Synthesis of α-Pyrones via Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization/[2+1] Cycloaddition/Rearrangement of Enyne-Amides and Sulfur Ylides. Org. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 916-922.

[30] Peiwei Lv; Zhenyang Liu; Jinxing Zhao; Zuping Xiong; Lijin Wang; Xu Li; Zhaosheng Qian; Aiwei Tang*. Solution-Processed Electroluminescent White-Light-Emitting Devices Based on AIE Molecules and Cu-In-Zn-S Nanocrystals. Photon. Res., 2022, 10, 2622-2627.

[31] Ziteng Zhang; Zuping Xiong; Bo Chu; Zhiming Zhang; Yuan Xie; Lei Wang; Jing Zhi Sun; Haoke Zhang*; Xing-Hong Zhang*; Ben Zhong Tang*. Manipulation of clusteroluminescence in carbonyl-based aliphatic polymers. Aggregate, 2022, 3, e278.

[32] Xuting Cai; Zuping Xiong; Jiale Zhan; Xinni Ping; Yuqing Zhu; Jiaqi Zuo; Hui Feng; Zhaosheng Qian*. Dramatic Emission Enhancement of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens by Dynamic Metal Coordination Bonds and The Anti-Heavy-Atom Effect. Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 10837-10840.

[33] Qiaozhi Zhu; Jiaqi Zuo; Xinni Ping; Yuqing Zhu; Xuting Cai; Zuping Xiong; Zhaosheng Qian*; Hui Feng*. Multiwavelength-Controlled Multicolor Photochromism and Fluorescence Switching Based on An Efficient Photocyclization Reaction by Introducing Two Photoactive Subunits into AIEgens. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 8674-8683.

[34] Xiaoxiao Zhang; Zhenni Wang; Hao Chu; Zuping Xiong; Yanjiang Li; Yi Chen; Qiaozhi Zhu; Hui Feng; Engao Zhu; Jin Zhou*; Peng Huang*; Zhaosheng Qian*. Antipermeability Strategy to Achieve Extremely High Specificity and Ultralong Imaging of Diverse Cell Membranes Based on Restriction-Induced Emission of AIEgens. Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 94, 4048-4058.

[35] Xiang Hu; Ying Wang; Zuping Xiong; Pei Song; Ai-Jun Wang; Zhaosheng Qian; Pei-Xin Yuan*; Tiejun Zhao*; Jiu-Ju Feng*. Novel Aggregation-Enhanced PEC Photosensitizer Based on Electrostatic Linkage of Ionic Liquid with Protoporphyrin IX for Ultrasensitive Detection of Molt-4 Cells. Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 94, 8, 3708–3717.

[36] Nuo Zhang; Xin-Tao Wang; Zuping Xiong; Li-Yan Huang; Yu Jin; Ai-Jun Wang; Pei-Xin Yuan*; Ya-Bing He; Jiu-Ju Feng*. Hydrogen Bond Organic Frameworks as a Novel Electrochemiluminescence Luminophore: Simple Synthesis and Ultrasensitive Biosensing. Analytical Chemistry, 2021, 93, 17110-17118.

[37] Kairu Qu†; Zuping Xiong†; Anqi Gu; Shancheng Yang; Binjie Hu; Haoke Zhang; Zhenzhong Yang*. Macromolecules 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c02698