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Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Swadhin Garain
University of Würzburg
2
Yuling Xu
Tsinghua University
3
In Seob Park
Kyushu University
4
Ayesha Afrin
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
5
Xin‐Kun Ma
Nankai University
6
Debasish Barman
Kyushu University
7
Wenpeng Ye
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
8
Sheng Wu
Wenzhou Medical University
9
Shengxu Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
10
Mingxue Gao
Tianjin University of Technology

Papers

1
Multiple Defect‐Induced High‐Resolution Near‐Infrared Mechanoluminescent Materials for Non‐Destructive Detection of Blood Glucose and Lipids
Advanced Materials|2024
80 cit.
2
De Novo Designed Ru(II) Metallacycle as a Microenvironment‐Adaptive Sonosensitizer and Sonocatalyst for Multidrug‐Resistant Biofilms Eradication
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
67 cit.
3
Synthesis of single-crystalline sp2-carbon-linked covalent organic frameworks through imine-to-olefin transformation
Nature Chemistry|2025
67 cit.
4
Publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2024) [63 citations, W4390580127]
Journal of Materials Chemistry C|2024
63 cit.
5
Publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025) [63 citations, W4406346459]
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
63 cit.
6
Realizing Near Infrared Mechanoluminescence Switch in LAGO:Cr Based on Oxygen Vacancy
Small|2024
43 cit.
7
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [33 citations, W4410895126]
Nature Communications|2025
33 cit.
8
Publication in The Journal of Organic Chemistry (2024) [31 citations, W4396943998]
The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2024
31 cit.
9
The Delayed Box: Biphenyl Bisimide Cyclophane, a Supramolecular Nano-environment for the Efficient Generation of Delayed Fluorescence
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
25 cit.
10
High‐Performance Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence by Confining Isolated Chromophores with Chiral Counterions
Advanced Materials|2024
24 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Zhongfu An
Nanjing Tech University
2
Siyu Lu
People's Liberation Army 401 Hospital
3
Kanyi Pu
Nanyang Technological University
4
Zhengxu Cai
Beijing Institute of Technology
5
Liangliang Zhu
East China University of Science and Technology
6
Dongdong Zhang
Henan University of Technology
7
Dongdong Zhang
Tsinghua University
8
Haoke Zhang
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
9
Huifang Shi
Fuzhou University
10
Kaka Zhang
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Papers

1
The light of carbon dots: From mechanism to applications
Matter|2022
928 cit.
2
Construction of Zn-doped RuO2 nanowires for efficient and stable water oxidation in acidic media
Nature Communications|2023
352 cit.
3
Oxygen Radical Coupling on Short-Range Ordered Ru Atom Arrays Enables Exceptional Activity and Stability for Acidic Water Oxidation
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
350 cit.
4
Electrocatalytic water splitting: Mechanism and electrocatalyst design
Nano Research|2023
273 cit.
5
Halogen‐Doped Carbon Dots on Amorphous Cobalt Phosphide as Robust Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting
Advanced Energy Materials|2022
267 cit.
6
Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence: From Material Design to Applications
Accounts of Chemical Research|2022
256 cit.
7
Nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced afterglow luminescence for tumour-specific theranostics
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2022
252 cit.
8
RuO<sub>2</sub>–CeO<sub>2</sub> Lattice Matching Strategy Enables Robust Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis in Acidic Media via Two Distinct Oxygen Evolution Mechanisms
ACS Catalysis|2024
236 cit.
9
Carbon dots: mysterious past, vibrant present, and expansive future
Trends in Chemistry|2022
228 cit.
10
Aggregation in carbon dots
Aggregate|2022
222 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Ben Zhong Tang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2
Wei Huang
Innovation Team (China)
3
Chihaya Adachi
Kyushu University
4
Bin Liu
Sun Yat-sen University
5
Stephen R. Forrest
University of Michigan
6
Zhen Li
Wuhan University
7
He Tian
East China University of Science and Technology
8
Daoben Zhu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
9
Juyoung Yoon
Ewha Womans University
10
Xiaogang Liu
Tongji University

Papers

1
Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole
Chemical Communications|2001
8.2k cit.
2
Highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes from delayed fluorescence
Nature|2012
8.1k cit.
3
Highly efficient phosphorescent emission from organic electroluminescent devices
Nature|1998
7.2k cit.
4
The path to ubiquitous and low-cost organic electronic appliances on plastic
Nature|2004
5.2k cit.
5
Aggregation-induced emission: phenomenon, mechanism and applications
Chemical Communications|2009
4k cit.
6
Nearly 100% internal phosphorescence efficiency in an organic light-emitting device
Journal of Applied Physics|2001
3.4k cit.
7
Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping
Nature|2010
3.1k cit.
8
Very high-efficiency green organic light-emitting devices based on electrophosphorescence
Applied Physics Letters|1999
2.9k cit.
9
Architecture of graphdiyne nanoscale films
Chemical Communications|2010
2.8k cit.
10
Small molecular weight organic thin-film photodetectors and solar cells
Journal of Applied Physics|2003
2.7k cit.

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