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Xiang Ma is affiliated with East China University of Science and Technology in China and has a significant research output in materials science, engineering, and chemistry. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and organic chemistry, with additional focus areas including spectroscopy and biomedical engineering.

Their research predominantly addresses themes in luminescence and fluorescent materials, organic light-emitting diodes research, molecular sensors and ion detection, as well as analytical chemistry and sensors. Additional topics of interest include the synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and supramolecular self-assembly in materials.

Xiang Ma has contributed to numerous scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Science China Chemistry
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Optical Materials

Collaborative work has been conducted with several coauthors, notably He Tian, Bingbing Ding, Liangwei Ma, Zizhao Huang, and Siyu Sun, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Recent scientific papers include:

  • Activating Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Organic Luminophores via External Heavy-Atom Effect and Rigidity of Ionic Polymer Matrix (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Highly Efficient Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Based on Single-Benzene Structure Molecules and Photoactivated Luminescence with Afterglow (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Recent progress on pure organic room temperature phosphorescent polymers (2021, Aggregate)
  • Engendering persistent organic room temperature phosphorescence by trace ingredient incorporation (2021, Science Advances)
  • Photoprogrammable circularly polarized phosphorescence switching of chiral helical polyacetylene thin films (2022, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Photoresponsive Host–Guest Functional Systems

    Da-Hui Qu;Qiao-Chun Wang;Qi-Wei Zhang;Xiang Ma

  • Assembling-Induced Emission: An Efficient Approach for Amorphous Metal-Free Organic Emitting Materials with Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

    Xiang Ma;Jie Wang;He Tian

  • Stimuli-responsive supramolecular polymers in aqueous solution.

    Xiang Ma;He Tian

  • Amorphous Metal-Free Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Small Molecules with Multicolor Photoluminescence via a Host–Guest and Dual-Emission Strategy

    Dengfeng Li;Feifei Lu;Jie Wang;Wende Hu

  • Molecular Engineering for Metal-Free Amorphous Materials with Room-Temperature Phosphorescence.

    Ting Zhang;Xiang Ma;Hongwei Wu;Liangliang Zhu

  • Amorphous Pure Organic Polymers for Heavy-Atom-Free Efficient Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Emission.

    Xiang Ma;Chao Xu;Jie Wang;He Tian

  • A Rapidly Self-Healing Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogel with Photostimulated Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Responsiveness

    Hui Chen;Xiang Ma;Shuaifan Wu;He Tian

  • Visible-Light-Excited Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in Water by Cucurbit[8]uril-Mediated Supramolecular Assembly

    Jie Wang;Zizhao Huang;Xiang Ma;He Tian

  • Bright functional rotaxanes

    Xiang Ma;He Tian

  • Activating Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Organic Luminophores via External Heavy-Atom Effect and Rigidity of Ionic Polymer Matrix**

    Zi-Ang Yan;Xiaohan Lin;Siyu Sun;Xiang Ma

  • Multicolor Photoluminescence Including White-Light Emission by a Single Host-Guest Complex.

    Qi Wei Zhang;Qi Wei Zhang;Dengfeng Li;Xin Li;Paul B. White

  • Light-driven linear helical supramolecular polymer formed by molecular-recognition-directed self-assembly of bis(p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene) and pseudorotaxane.

    Ruyi Sun;Ruyi Sun;Chenming Xue;Xiang Ma;Xiang Ma;Min Gao

  • Highly Efficient Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence Based on Single‐Benzene Structure Molecules and Photoactivated Luminescence with Afterglow

    Liangwei Ma;Siyu Sun;Bingbing Ding;Xiang Ma

  • Recent progress on pure organic room temperature phosphorescent polymers

    Hao Gao;Xiang Ma

  • Amorphous, Efficient, Room‐Temperature Phosphorescent Metal‐Free Polymers and Their Applications as Encryption Ink

    Hui Chen;Xuyang Yao;Xiang Ma;He Tian

  • Engendering persistent organic room temperature phosphorescence by trace ingredient incorporation

    Bingbing Ding;Liangwei Ma;Zizhao Huang;Xiang Ma

  • Recent Progress in Photoswitchable Supramolecular Self‐Assembling Systems

    Xuyang Yao;Teng Li;Jie Wang;Xiang Ma

  • Reversible Multilevel Stimuli-Responsiveness and Multicolor Room Temperature Phosphorescence Emission Based on a Single-Component System.

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  • White-light emission from a single organic compound with unique self-folded conformation and multistimuli responsiveness

    Dengfeng Li;Wende Hu;Jie Wang;Qiwei Zhang

  • Protective effects of kaempferol against reactive oxygen species-induced hemolysis and its antiproliferative activity on human cancer cells

    Wenzhen Liao;Luying Chen;Xiang Ma;Rui Jiao

  • Aqueous Phase Visible‐Light‐Excited Organic Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence via Cucurbit[8]uril‐Mediated Supramolecular Assembling

    Jie Wang;Zizhao Huang;Xiang Ma;He Tian

Frequent Co-Authors

He Tian
He Tian East China University of Science and Technology
Da-Hui Qu
Da-Hui Qu East China University of Science and Technology
Liangliang Zhu
Liangliang Zhu Fudan University
Tao Jiang
Tao Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Martin G. Banwell
Martin G. Banwell Australian National University
Derong Cao
Derong Cao South China University of Technology
Quan Li
Quan Li Chinese University of Hong Kong
Anthony C. Willis
Anthony C. Willis Australian National University
Augustine M. Urbas
Augustine M. Urbas United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Hans Ågren
Hans Ågren Uppsala University

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