Who is in charge of the "Aggregation Induced Luminescence" project?

Professor Tang Benzhong from HKUST! Tang Benzhong, an academician of China Academy of Sciences and a professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, showed reporters AIE powder prepared in the laboratory and packed in glass bottles, which can emit strong fluorescence under the irradiation of violet light.

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Professor Tang Benzhong from HKUST won the first prize of the National Natural Science Award at the National Science and Technology Awards Conference on October 8th, 65438/KLOC.

17 years ago, he thought that an organic molecule called hexaphenylthiazole (HPS) had a beautiful structure, so he arranged several students to study the properties of this high-value molecule.

Students unexpectedly found that HPS molecules do not emit light in the solution, but they can emit light when the solution dries after volatilization. This phenomenon is just the opposite of a common sense of photophysics that has been written in textbooks for decades at that time-that common sense is called ACQ, which means "aggregation leads to luminescence quenching".

Therefore, the phenomenon completely opposite to the ACQ effect found by students in the 200 1 experiment immediately attracted Tang Benzhong's attention. He defined this new phenomenon as AIE, which means "aggregation induced luminescence".