A5069745063- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
- Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Sulfur Compounds in Biology
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Dielectric materials and actuators
- Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
- GABA and Rice Research
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Multiferroics and related materials
- Advanced battery technologies research
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
- Ionic liquids properties and applications
- Nanotechnology research and applications
- Ga2O3 and related materials
Southeast University
2022-2024
University of Houston
2020-2021
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2018-2020
State University of New York
2018-2019
Buffalo BioLabs
2018-2019
Temple University
2017
Temple College
2017
Philadelphia University
2017
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012-2016
Institute of Chemistry
2015-2016
We report a ratiometric fluorescent sensor based on monochlorinated BODIPY for highly selective detection of glutathione (GSH) over cysteine (Cys)/homocysteine (Hcy). The chlorine the can be rapidly replaced by thiolates biothiols through thiol–halogen nucleophilic substitution. amino groups Cys/Hcy but not GSH further replace thiolate to form amino-substituted BODIPY. significantly different photophysical properties sulfur- and enable discrimination Cys Hcy. was applied in living cells.
An accurate extraction of physiological and physical signals from human skin is crucial for health monitoring, disease prevention, treatment. Recent advances in wearable bioelectronics directly embedded to the epidermal surface are a promising solution future sensing. However, existing susceptible motion artifacts as they lack proper adhesion conformal interfacing with during motion. Here, we present ultra-conformal, customizable, deformable drawn-on-skin electronics, which robust due strong...
Flexible thin films of poly(nickel-ethylenetetrathiolate) prepared by an electrochemical method display promising n-type thermoelectric properties with the highest ZT value up to 0.3 at room temperature. Coexistence high electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient in this coordination polymer is attributed its degenerate narrow-bandgap semiconductor behavior.
We report a turn-on fluorescent sensor based on nitrothiophenolate boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) derivatives for the discrimination of cystein (Cys) from homocystein (Hcy) and glutathione (GSH). The was applied detection Cys in living cells.
Stretchable conductors are essential components of wearable electronics. However, such materials typically sacrifice their electronic conductivity to achieve mechanical stretchability and elasticity. Here, the nanoconfinement air/water interfacial assembly is explored grow freestanding endurance conducting polymer nanosheets that can be stretched up 2000% with simultaneously high electrical conductivity, inspired by kirigami. Such stretchable show remarkable reversibility reproducibility...
Biological thiols, including cysteine (Cys), homocysteine (Hcy) and glutathione (GSH), play important roles in maintaining the appropriate redox status of biological systems. The discrimination between them is great importance because their different roles. Herein, we present a new near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent sensor Cy-NO2 for selective detection Cys over Hcy/GSH. nitrothiophenol group introduced to quench fluorescence through photo-induced electron transfer (PET). undergoes displacement...
A series of thiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole-based quinoidal small molecules (TDPPQ-2-TDPPQ-5) bearing branched alkyl chains with different side-chain lengths and varied branching positions are synthesized. Field-effect transistor (FET) measurement combined thin-film characterization is utilized to systematically probe the influence length position on film microstructure, molecular packing, and, hence, charge-transport property. All these TDPPQ derivatives show air-stable n-channel...
Abstract Intrinsically stretchable electronics have gained extensive interest recently, due to their promising application in wearable electronics, bio‐integrated and healthcare devices. All of the components such need be mechanically robust accommodate complex movements. The design fabrication intrinsically electronic materials represent a critical challenge this emerging field. In review, we focus on latest studies covering strategies for achieving materials, recent progresses key...
We demonstrate a binary-phased rubbery semiconducting composite nanofilm and its integrated electronics.
An organic semiconductor with high carrier mobility and efficient light absorption over a wide spectral range is of the most important yet challenging material for constructing broadband responsive photodetector. However, development such semiconductors, especially air-stable n-type small molecule still at an early stage. Here we report fabrication high-performance semiconducting crystalline nanosheets field-effect transistors, phototransistors, response broad spectrum. The assembled into...
Microwave transmission lines in wearable systems are easily damaged after frequent mechanical deformation, posing a severe threat to wireless communication. Here, we report new strategy achieve stretchable microwave with superior reliability and durability by integrating self-healable elastomer serpentine-geometry plasmonic meta-waveguide support the spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP). After damage, can autonomously repair itself maintain electromagnetic performance strength. Meanwhile,...
Abstract Solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) that can effectively harvest solar energy and convert it into affordable electricity, provide a promising solution for self-powered wearable electronics the Internet of Things (IoT). However, their electricity generation is often limited by low thermal concentration or unstable temperature gradients in practical applications. Herein, we rationally designed an organic radical-activable charge-transfer (CT) cocrystal based on open-shell radical...
We report the synthesis and characterization of two ambipolar diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives containing different π-conjugating spacers.
Survival and infection of pathogenic bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), pose a serious threat to human health. Efficient methods for recognizing quantifying low levels bacteria are imperiously needed. Herein, we introduce metal-organic framework (MOF)-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) nanoprobe ratiometric detection S. aureus. The utilizes blue-emitting 7-hydroxycoumarin-4-acetic acid (HCAA) encapsulated inside zirconium (Zr)-based MOFs the donor...
We report the first single-bundle nanofiber based OFETs fabricated from a cyclic organogelator with high hole mobility and photoresponsivity.
Two-dimensional (2D) conducting polymers are expected to offer emergent topological, structural, and physical properties, which has become the "holy grail" for development of plastic electronics. Here, we report assembly a free-floating metallic polymer layer, consisting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) complexed with poly(styrenesulfonate) anions, directed by electrostatic recognition, amphiphilicity, aromatic interactions. The obtained large-area crystalline nanosheets exhibit excellent...
Abstract π‐Conjugated polymers have drawn broad interest in flexible electronics due to their solution processability, light weight, and a combination of conducting light‐emitting properties. However, achieving mechanical endurance stretchability freestanding conjugated is still difficult. Surface‐assembly‐induced polymer nanosheets with prodigious strength charge transport are reported. Transferring films onto various templates conformal contact results electrical optical strain sensors...
Single-bundle nanofiber based OFETs were fabricated from co-assembled supramolecular nanofibers which comprise TCAT and PDI-13, using a simple gelation method. The nanoarchitecture was fully characterized by means of optical microscopy, TEM, SEM, 2D-GIWAXS so on. devices exhibited typical ambipolar charge transport characteristics with very well-balanced hole electron mobilities as well high photoresponsivity under ambient conditions.
Two new molecules consisting of coplanar electron-donating dithieno[3,2-<italic>b</italic>:2′,3′-<italic>d</italic>]pyrrole (DTP) as the donor unit and electron-withdrawing dicyanovinylene acceptor block, DTP-L DTP-S, were synthesized.
Here, we describe the high conductivity in a molecular charge-transfer hydrocarbon both as bulk solid and films.