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Deciphering a novel mechanism for single-component white light emission: synergistic effects of ESIPT and excimers

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The indanone N–H type excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT); the observation of a mechanically induced ESIPT reaction

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Tuning the photophysical properties of ESIPT active unsymmetrical azine dyes by the change in the substituent and solvent: TD-PBE0 and TD-CAM-B3LYP studies

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Dual-channel regulation of a single white-light-emitting compound and its application in time-dependent information encryption

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Red-emitting ionic fluorophores: anion-dependent tunable fluorescence, chlorinated solvent sensing, white light emission and latent fingerprinting

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Symmetrical and unsymmetrical thiazole-based ESIPT derivatives: the highly selective fluorescence sensing of Cu2+ and structure-controlled reversible mechanofluorochromism

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ESIPT-induced spin–orbit coupling enhancement leads to tautomer fluorescence quenching of the 10-HHBF molecule

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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 21604
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Ultrafast Proton-Coupled Electron-Transfer Dynamics in Amino-Type Indole-Triazolopyrimidine Derivatives

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A New Series of D1‐A‐D2‐type ESIPT‐TICT‐AIE Active Orange‐to‐red Emissive Unsymmetrical Azines: Their All‐throughout Mechanochemical Synthesis and Exploration of Photophysical Properties

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Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2023, 18
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Substitution dependent multi-color AIE behavior and ESIPT active A-D-A type triphenylamine supported bis unsymmetrical azine derivatives and their antibacterial activity

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Dyes and Pigments, 2022, 203, 110367
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Preparation, AIE and ESIPT behaviour, controllable solid-state fluorescence and application of Co2+ probe based on α-cyanostilbene

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The rational design of a Rhodamine fluorescent probe enables the selective detection and bioimaging of salicylic acid in plants under abiotic stress

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High-efficient luminescence induced by the restriction of benzothiazole group torsion for the HBT-H-H molecule in the aggregate state

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Tunable Near‐White Light Emission From a Single‐Molecule via Strategic Utilization of Aldehyde‐Gemdiol Intrinsic Equilibrium

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Adv Funct Materials, 2025
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AI‐Powered Mining of Highly Customized and Superior ESIPT‐Based Fluorescent Probes

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Advancing Optoelectronics with Benzonitriles: Theoretical Understanding, Experimental Realization, and Single‐Molecule White Light Emission

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Excited-State Proton Transfer in a Photoacid-Based Crystalline Coordination Compound: Reversible Photochromism, Near-Infrared Photothermal Conversion, and Conductivity

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Multistimulus Response of Two Tautomeric Zn(II) Complexes and Their White-Light Emission Based on Different Mechanisms

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Theoretical insights into ultrafast excited state proton transfer coupled with twisted intramolecular charge transfer mechanism in 7-(2ʹ-pyridyl)indole: Effect of hydrogen bonding

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Unveiling the effect of solvent polarity on the excited state intramolecular proton transfer and hydrogen bond mechanisms of DHP

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Controlling ESIPT-based AIE effects for designing optical materials with single-component white-light emission

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Polymer Mechanochromism from Force-Tuned Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer

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Realizing mechano-tunable dual emission in a twisted thianthrene derivative

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Harvesting the tuning mechanism of strategic polychrome and white light emission in NapH dye based on excited state intermolecular proton transfer

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Exploring the effect of nitrile substituent position on fluorescence quantum yield of ESIPT-based oxazoline derivatives: A TDDFT investigation

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Water sensitive fluorescence tuning of V-shaped ESIPT fluorophores: Substituent effect and trace amount water sensing in DMSO

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A theoretical elucidation of the role of explicit solvent in the excited-state double proton transfer process for 2,4-Bisimidazolylphenol

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ESIPT pathways and optical properties of 7-Hydroxy-1-Indanones

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Unveiling the Effect of Solvent Polarity on the Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer and Hydrogen Bond Mechanisms of Dhp

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Robust single molecular white fluorescence facilitated by blocking aggregate growth in Densely-Woven solid polymeric network

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Multifunctional 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazoles: Ready synthesis, mechanochromism, fluorescence imaging, and OLEDs

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Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35, 109554
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Unveiling the Effect of Solvent Polarity on the Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer and Hydrogen Bond Mechanisms of Dhp

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Multicolor Polymer Mechanochromism from an Ultrasensitive Concentration‐Dependent Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Mechanophore

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Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, 12
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Achieving single-molecule-based multi-color emissions by the regulations of intramolecular proton transfer and interphase transformation

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Dyes and Pigments, 2023, 210, 111026
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Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–C Bond-Forming Reactions via C–H Activation for the Development of Fluorescent Materials with Practical Value

Kangmin Wang, Jingxian Zhang, Ruike Hu, Chong Liu, Tyler A. Bartholome, Haibo Ge and Bijin Li

ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 2796
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Fine Tuning the Energetics of 2-(2′-Hydroxyphenyl)oxazoles to Obtain Highly Efficient Organic White-Light-Emitting Devices

Kangmin Wang, Ruike Hu, Jingyu Wang, Jingxian Zhang, Junxiang Liu, Liang Zhou, Linsen Zhou and Bijin Li

ACS Materials Lett., 2022, 4, 2337
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Impact of Polymer Matrix on Polymer Mechanochromism from Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer†

Yu Wu, Xin Cheng, Huan Hu, Shui Hu, Zhimin Ma and Zhiyong Ma

Chin. J. Chem., 2024, 42, 611
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Correlation between Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer and Electron Population on Proton Donor/Acceptor in 2-(2′-Hydroxyphenyl)oxazole Derivatives

Min Tao, Yang Li, Quan Huang, Hongmei Zhao, Jingbo Lan, Yan Wan, Zhuoran Kuang and Andong Xia

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2022, 13, 4486
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Harnessing the enol/keto-form emission of ESIPT: mechanochromism, multi-channel imaging, and detection of a chemical warfare agent mimic

Kangmin Wang, Min Zhang, Danni Yang, Liqiu Wan, Shouxin Zhang, Liang Yan, Ke Yang and Bijin Li

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Multi-dimensional hydrogen bonds regulated emissions of single-molecule system enabling surficial hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity mapping

Hao Gu, Rui Li, Qiuying Li, Sheng Lu, Yahui Chen, Xiaoning Yang, Huili Ma, Zhijun Xu and Xiaoqiang Chen

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36, 110116
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