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A nonconjugated AIE polymer from enol-conjugated ACQ curcumin through nucleophilic substitution polymerization-induced emission towards enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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Clickable Polymerization‐Induced Emission Luminogens Toward Color‐Tunable Modification of Non‐Traditional Intrinsic Luminescent Polymers

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Thermochromic luminescence of a π-conjugated polymer based on boron pyridylenolate complex

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Molecular Design for Luminescent Azobenzene‐Containing Conjugated Polymers and Their Application to Film Sensors for Recording Acid Exposure History

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Synthesis and multiple responsiveness study of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) containing azopyridine

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Weak Interaction-Based Organic Luminescent Materials

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Aggregation-induced emission type non-traditional intrinsic luminescent polymers with improved thermal property via one-pot Barbier polymerization-induced emission

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Recent Advances and Challenges in Barbier Polymerization

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ChemPlusChem, 2023, 88
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Nucleophilic Substitution Polymerization‐Induced Emission of 1,3‐Dicarbonyl Compounds as a Versatile Approach for Aggregation‐Induced Emission Type Non‐Traditional Intrinsic Luminescence†

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Barbier Polymerization‐Induced Emission towards Fully Substituted Polyethylene Analogues with Non‐Traditional Intrinsic Luminescence

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Explosive Detection by Aggregation‐Induced Emission Materials With Non‐Traditional Intrinsically Luminescent Moieties

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Nonconventional Luminescence of Copolymer‐Containing Ureido Moieties From Blue to Green

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The superiority of nonconjugated structures in fluorescence: through-space vs. through-bond charge transfer

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Clusteroluminescence: A gauge of molecular interaction

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Radical Polymerization-Induced Nontraditional Intrinsic Luminescence of Triphenylmethyl Azide-Containing Polymers

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