Academic News

2026.11.08

Congratulations to Dr. Zuping Xiong (熊祖平) on the work published by J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Core–Shell Structures Govern Through-Space Interactions in Triblock Copolymers toward Deep-Red Clusteroluminescence). Read more

2026.10.23

Congratulations to Prof. Zhang on being selected for the “2025年度中国化学会朱道本有机固体青年创新奖”.

2026.08.17

[Milestone from undergraduate students in our group] Congratulations to Mr. Yiqi Wang (王奕棋，as the first author) on his review published in Trends Chem. (Visualizing polymer dynamics: from covalent fluorophores to intrinsic clusteroluminescence). Read more

2026.08.05

New effect from through-space interactions! Congratulations to Dr. Qingyang Xu (徐清洋) on his work published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Narrowband Hydrocarbon Emitters Enabled by Stereo-Locked Through-Space Interactions). Read more

2026.07.30

Congratulations to Dr. Zuping Xiong (熊祖平) on the work published by Nat. Commun. (Tunable photofluorochromic switch driven by dynamic through-space conjugation). Read more

2026.06.11

Congratulations to Dr. Qingyang Xu on receiving the 2026 “RSC Excellent Student Award” (Second awardee in our group)!

2026.04.27

Congratulations to Dr. Zuping Xiong on being selected for the “RGC Junior Research Fellow” (RGC香港新晋学者)

2026.04.11

Congratulations to Prof. Tang and Prof. Zhang on being selected for the “第二届唐敖庆化学奖” and “2024年度中国化学会青年化学奖”.

2026.03.12

Congratulations to Mr. Qingyang Xu on being selected for the “浙江省优秀毕业研究生“, “2026届浙江大学优秀毕业研究生“.

2026.03.02

Happy to share our second collaboration with Prof. Fu (NFU) and Prof. Feringa (RUG) on photoclick was published by J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Steric Engineering of Phenanthrenequinone for Ultrafast and Tunable Visible Light-Induced Photoclick Reaction). Read more

2026.02.10

Congratulations to Weihao Tu on his master‘s thesis being selected for the “2024年浙江省优秀硕士学位论文（专业学位）”.

2026.02.03

Congratulations to Dr. Ziteng Zhang for his work published in CCS Chem. (Ultra-strong through-space conjugation enabled by chiral transfer-driven helical structure). Read more

2026.02.02

[New year, new milestone] Congratulations to Dr. Zuping Xiong’s work published by Chem (Intrinsic circularly polarized luminescence with a record-high dissymmetry factor via dynamic through-space conjugation). Read more

2026.01.31

Congratulations to Mr. Qingyang Xu, Mr. Kangwei Luo, and Dr. Yipu Wang for their work published in Nat. Commun. (Fluorescence mapping of atropisomer populations enabled by through-space conjugation). Read more

2026.01.05

Congratulations to our group’s Review Article is published in the flagship journal of Chem. Soc. Rev. and selected as the Front Cover of this issue (Through-space interactions of optoelectronic materials). Read more

2025.12.15

Congratulations to Mr. Xiong Liu on being selected for the “2025年度中国科协青年科技人才培育工程博士生专项计划”

2025.10.20

Mr. Zuping Xiong , Mr. Xiong Liu and Ms. Jiayi Shen were awarded the 2025 National Scholarship. Congratulations!
熊祖平博士生、刘雄博士生、沈佳怡本科生同时荣获2025年“国家奖学金”，祝贺。

2025.09.19

Our collaborative research on photoclick with Prof. Fu (NFU) and Prof. Feringa (RUG) was published by J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Mechanism Inversion in Visible Light-Induced Photoclick Reactions). Read more

2025.06.06

Warm congratulations to Ms. Jiayi Shen (B.S. student), Mr. Zuping Xiong (Ph.D student), and Mr. Xiong Liu (Ph.D student) for being awarded the title of ‘Top Ten Outstanding Students’ by the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University (浙江大学高分子系十佳大学生)!

2025.06.06

Congratulations to Dr. Bo Chu’s review article published by Acc. Chem. Res. (Nonconjugated Polyesters Emitting Full-Color Clusteroluminescence). Read more

2025.05.28

Congratulations to Ms. Xiang Li’s work published by Mater. Horiz. (Detection of β-transition in Polyesters via Clusteroluminescence). Read more

2025.04.25

Congratulations to our group’s Perspective published in Nat. Commun. (Emergent clusteroluminescence from nonemissive molecules). Read more

2025.04.09

Congratulations to Prof. Jianyu Zhang on being selected as a 2025 PMSE Future Faculty awardee (美国化学会“未来教职者”奖) by the PMSE Division, American Chemical Society. Read more

2025.03.31

Welcome B.S. students, Mr. Yiqi Wang, Ms. Jiayi Shen, and Mr. Zhuoxuan Wu, join our group for research training program. Wish them great success!

2025.03.29

Our group’s research on weak interaction-based luminescent materials won the nomination award for the 2024 China Top Ten Advances in Optics (2024中国光学十大进展提名奖).

2025.03.25

Congratulations to Mr. Zuping Xiong on being selected to attend the 2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (2025年林岛诺贝尔获得者大会).

2025.03.35

Big congrats to Mr. Zuping Xiong on being selected for the prestigious 2025 CAS Future Leaders program (The only one from China)!

2025.03.06

Congratulations to Prof. Haoke Zhang on being honored with the “Youth Chemistry Award” by the Chinese Chemical Society. 中国化学会“青年化学奖”

2025.02.08

Congratulations to Mr. Xiong Liu’s work published by Adv. Funct. Mater.  (Sulfur-Bridged Pure Organic Ester Clusters Exhibiting Near-Infrared Fluorescence). Read more

2025.01.15

Congratulations to Mr. Qingyang Xu and Mr. Zuping Xiong on being selected for the final list of the “Qiushi Rising Star Training Program for PhD Students at Zhejiang University” (浙江大学博士研究生求是新星培养计划).

2025.01.05

Congratulations to Mr. Zuping Xiong on being selected for the “2024年度中国科协青年人才托举工程博士生专项计划”

2024.12.04

Congratulations to Mr. Qingyang Xu and Mr. Zuping Xiong for receiving the funds of the National Natural Science Foundation’s Basic Research Program for Young Students (PhD students).
祝贺课题组徐清洋博士生和熊祖平博士生获批国家自然科学基金青年学生基础研究项目(博士研究生)。

2024.11.25

Congratulations to Mr. Yayun Wang (from Liaocheng University) and Mr. Zuping Xiong’s work published by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Pressure-Engineered Through-Space Conjugation for Precise Control of Clusteroluminescence). Read more

2024.11.07

Mr. Xiong Zuping was awarded the 2024 “National Scholarship. Congratulations!
熊祖平博士生荣获2024年“国家奖学金”。

2024.09.12

Congratulations to Mr. Zuping Xiong on receiving the 2024 “RSC Excellent Student Award”. Read more

2024.08.28 

Congratulations to Dr. Jianyu Zhang and Mr. Zuping Xiong’s work accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Two-photon Clusteroluminescence Enabled by Through-Space Conjugation for In Vivo Bioimaging). Read more

2024.08.16 

[Another milestone for our group] Congratulations to Mr. Zuping Xiong’s work accepted in principle by Chem. (Virtual screening for ultra-small NIR emitter with only two isolated hexatomic rings). Read more

2024.07.06 

Congratulations to Dr. Yipu Wang’s work accepted in principle by Nat. Commun. (Narrowband clusteroluminescence with 100% quantum yield enabled by through-space conjugation of asymmetric conformation). Read more

2024.06.06 

[Inspirational news] Mr. Qingyang Xu’s work was accepted in principle by Nature Photonics, marking a breakthrough for our group. Cheers! (Ultra-strong through-space conjugation enabled by robust molecular skeleton and flexible aggregate)

2024.04.08 

Congratulations to Mr. Ziteng Zhang’s work accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.   (Near-Infrared Emission Beyond 900 nm from Stable Radicals in Nonconjugated Poly(diphenylmethane)). Read more

2024.03.30 

Congratulations to Mr. Bo Chu‘s work accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Phosphine-Capped Effect Enables Full-Color Clusteroluminescence in Nonconjugated Polyesters). Read more

2024.01.05

Congratulations to Mr. Xiong Liu’s work accepted by Mater. Horiz. (Heteroatoms-facilitated blue to near-infrared emission of nonconjugated polyesters). In this work, the NIR emitter of aliphatic polyester with a maximum emission wavelength above 800 nm is first prepared, which is a breakthrough in the area of clusteroluminescence. Read more

2024.01.02

[A promising start] Congratulations to Dr. Lei Wang‘s work accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (How the Length of Through-Space Conjugation Influences the Clusteroluminescence of Oligo(Phenylene Methylene)s). Read more

2023.12.15 

Congratulations to Mr. Bo Chu’s work accepted by Nat. Commun.  (Enabling nonconjugated polyesters emit full-spectrum fluorescence from blue to near-infrared). Read more

2023.09.07 

Congratulations to Mr. Zuping Xiong’s work accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.  (Excited-State Odd-Even Effect in Through-Space Interactions). Read more

2023.08.03

Congratulations to Prof. Haoke Zhang awarded the 中国化学会青委会”菁青化学新锐奖”。

2023.07.04

Congratulations to Mr. Zhiming Zhang awarded the “Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang Province” and “Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang University”.浙江省优秀毕业生与浙江大学优秀毕业生。

2023.06.17 

Congratulations to Dr. Jie Zhang’s work published in Nat. Commun. (All-organic polymeric materials with high refractive index and excellent transparency). Read more

2023.06.01

Congratulations to Mr. Ziteng Zhang’s work accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  (NIR Clusteroluminescence of Non-conjugated Phenolic Resins Enabled by Through-Space Interactions). Read more

2023.03.21 

Congratulations to Mr. Zuping Xiong’s work accepted by CCS Chem.  (Controllable Secondary through-Space Interaction and Clusteroluminescence). Read more

2022.07.01 

Congratulations to Mr. Bo Chu’s work accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.  ( Aliphatic Polyesters with White-light Clusteroluminescence). Read more

2022.06.23

Dr. Lei Wang received the fund of “中国博士后科学基金第71批面上项目”。Congratulations！

2022.03.03 

Our collaboration work with Prof. Feihe Huang was accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  ( Pillararene-Induced Intramolecular Through-Space Charge Transfer and Single-Molecule White-Light Emission). Read more

2022.03.03 

Congratulations to Mr. Zhiming Zhang’s work accepted by J. Polym. Sci.  ( The mysterious blue emission around 440 nm in carbonyl-based aliphatic clusteroluminogens).

2022.02.18 

Congratulations to Mrs. Fulin Yang’s work published by Mater. Chem. Front. (Poly(1-halogen-2-phenylacetylenes) containing tetraphenylethene units: polymer synthesis, unique emission behaviours and application in explosive detection). read more

2022.01.07 

Congratulations to Mr. Zhiming Zhang’s work published by Cell. Rep. Phys. Sci.  ( The role of amide (n,π*) transitions in polypeptide clusteroluminescence). read more

2021.11.26 

Congratulations to Mr. Bo Chu’s work accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Altering Chain Flexibility of Aliphatic Polyesters for Yellow-green Clusteroluminescence in 38% Quantum Yield). read more

2021.08.19 

Our perspective article was accepted by JACS Au. Through-Space Interactions in Clusteroluminescence, read more

2021.03.06

Congratulations to Dr. Jie Zhang’s work published in JACS. Sulfur Conversion to Multifunctional Poly(O-thiocarbamate)s through Multicomponent Polymerizations of Sulfur, Diols, and Diisocyanides. Read More…