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Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

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Rising Stars Papers

1

An All‐Rounder for NIR‐II Phototheranostics: Well‐Tailored 1064 nm‐Excitable Molecule for Photothermal Combating of Orthotopic Breast Cancer

Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024

88 cit.

2

Enabling nonconjugated polyesters emit full-spectrum fluorescence from blue to near-infrared

Nature Communications|2024

80 cit.

3

Phosphine-Capped Effects Enable Full-Color Clusteroluminescence in Nonconjugated Polyesters

Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024

52 cit.

4

In vivo, clinical and translational aspects of aggregation-induced emission

Nature Reviews Bioengineering|2025

31 cit.

5

Pickering emulsions with low interface coverage but enhanced stability for emulsion interface catalysis and SERS-based detection

Nature Communications|2025

28 cit.

6

Nonconjugated Polyesters Emitting Full-Color Clusteroluminescence

Accounts of Chemical Research|2025

24 cit.

7

Flexible, Multifunctional, and Durable MXene/CeO<sub>2</sub>/Cellulose Nanofibers for Efficient Energy Conversion‐Storage Capacity Toward Self‐Powered Monitoring of Ammonia

Advanced Materials Technologies|2024

12 cit.

8

An All‐Rounder for NIR‐II Phototheranostics: Well‐Tailored 1064 nm‐Excitable Molecule for Photothermal Combating of Orthotopic Breast Cancer

Angewandte Chemie|2024

7 cit.

9

Highly Flexible, Selective and Sensitive Ammonia Sensor Based on MXene/Cellulose Nanofibers

Journal of Electronic Materials|2024

5 cit.

10

NIR‐II AIEgens for Infectious Diseases Phototheranostics

Angewandte Chemie|2024

5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Papers

1

A wearable self-powered fire warning e-textile enabled by aramid nanofibers/MXene/silver nanowires aerogel fiber for fire protection used in firefighting clothing

Chemical Engineering Journal|2023

199 cit.

2

Achieving purely organic room temperature phosphorescence in aqueous solution

Aggregate|2022

157 cit.

3

Temperature-Arousing Self-Powered Fire Warning E-Textile Based on p–n Segment Coaxial Aerogel Fibers for Active Fire Protection in Firefighting Clothing

Nano-Micro Letters|2023

131 cit.

4

Biodegradable and flame-retardant cellulose-based wearable triboelectric nanogenerator for mechanical energy harvesting in firefighting clothing

Carbohydrate Polymers|2024

123 cit.

5

High fire safety thermal protective composite aerogel with efficient thermal insulation and reversible fire warning performance for firefighting clothing

Chemical Engineering Journal|2023

116 cit.

6

Photo-stimuli-responsive Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials

ACS Materials Letters|2022

94 cit.

7

Network of cyano-p-aramid nanofibres creates ultrastiff and water-rich hydrospongels

Nature Materials|2024

91 cit.

8

Edible Long‐Afterglow Photoluminescent Materials for Bioimaging

Advanced Materials|2024

63 cit.

9

Polydiacetylene-based sensors for food applications

Materials Advances|2022

60 cit.

10

Polydiacetylene-Based Sensors To Detect Volatile Organic Compounds

Chemistry of Materials|2022

59 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1

Samuel I. Stupp

Northwestern University

2

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

3

Tel Aviv University

4

The Graduate Center, CUNY

5

Eindhoven University of Technology

6

Hebei Finance University

7

Hanyang University

8

Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

9

University of Liverpool

10

Delft University of Technology

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1

Aggregation-induced emission: phenomenon, mechanism and applications

Chemical Communications|2009

4k cit.

2

Self-Assembly and Mineralization of Peptide-Amphiphile Nanofibers

Science|2001

3.6k cit.

3

Casting Metal Nanowires Within Discrete Self-Assembled Peptide Nanotubes

Science|2003

2.5k cit.

4

Reversible Polymers Formed from Self-Complementary Monomers Using Quadruple Hydrogen Bonding

Science|1997

2.4k cit.

5

Selective Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells by High-Epitope Density Nanofibers

Science|2004

2.2k cit.

6

Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles: Design, Synthesis, and Biomedical Applications

Accounts of Chemical Research|2009

1.9k cit.

7

Peptide-amphiphile nanofibers: A versatile scaffold for the preparation of self-assembling materials

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2002

1.2k cit.

8

Synthesis, Light Emission, Nanoaggregation, and Restricted Intramolecular Rotation of 1,1-Substituted 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylsiloles

Chemistry of Materials|2003

1.2k cit.

9

Encapsulation of Guest Molecules into a Dendritic Box

Science|1994

1.2k cit.

10

Supramolecular Materials: Self-Organized Nanostructures

Science|1997

1.1k cit.

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