New Progress Made in Frontier Application Research of Aggregation-induced Luminescence Quinoline Nitrile Dyes

Recently, the research team of Professor Zhu Weihong and Associate Professor Wang Qi from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, ECUST and the Frontier Science Center of the Ministry of Education have made important progress in the frontier application research of aggregation-induced luminescent dyes, and the related research articles have been published in Advanced Materials and Advanced Functional Materials respectively.

The above-mentioned work was completed by Postgraduate candidate Lu Yanting, and Doctoral candidate Zhu Zhirong. The research work received academic guidance of Academician Tian He, Professor Zhu Weihong and Associate Professor Wang Qi, and the strong support of Dr. Chen Xiaoyan from Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. It has been financially supported by the Frontier Science Center of the Ministry of Education of Materials Biology and Dynamic Chemistry, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Shanghai Major Project, the Shanghai Scientific Research Innovation Plan and other project funds.