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Yixiang Cheng

Yixiang Cheng

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Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
14609
World Ranking
5698
National Ranking
1046

Overview

Yixiang Cheng is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has an extensive research portfolio focused on materials science and chemistry. Their work spans various subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, and molecular biology.

The primary topics covered in their research include:

  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yixiang Cheng include:

  • Yiwu Quan
  • Hang Li
  • Zhongxing Geng
  • Yu Zhang
  • Wen-Hua Zheng

The scientist has published consistently in notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Science China Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Recent publications illustrating the scope and focus of their research include:

  • Frontiers in circularly polarized luminescence: molecular design, self-assembly, nanomaterials, and applications (2021) in Science China Chemistry
  • Amplified Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence Behavior Triggered by Helical Nanofibers from Chiral Co-assembly Polymers (2022) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Inverted Circularly Polarized Luminescence Behavior Induced by Helical Nanofibers through Chiral Co-Assembly from Achiral Liquid Crystal Polymers and Chiral Inducers (2022) in ACS Nano
  • Ultrastrong Red Circularly Polarized Luminescence Promoted from Chiral Transfer and Intermolecular Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in Ternary Chiral Emissive Nematic Liquid Crystals (2020) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Strong CPL of achiral liquid crystal fluorescent polymer via the regulation of AIE-active chiral dopant (2020) in Chemical Communications

Best Publications

  • Frontiers in circularly polarized luminescence: molecular design, self-assembly, nanomaterials, and applications

    Zhong-Liang Gong;Xuefeng Zhu;Zhonghao Zhou;Si-Wei Zhang

  • Visible-Light-Induced Trifluoromethylation of N-Aryl Acrylamides: A Convenient and Effective Method To Synthesize CF3-Containing Oxindoles Bearing a Quaternary Carbon Center

    Pan Xu;Jin Xie;Qicai Xue;Changduo Pan

  • Photo-Cross-Linked Scaffold with Kartogenin-Encapsulated Nanoparticles for Cartilage Regeneration.

    Dongquan Shi;Xingquan Xu;Yanqi Ye;Kai Song

  • A room temperature decarboxylation/C–H functionalization cascade by visible-light photoredox catalysis

    Jin Xie;Pan Xu;Huamin Li;Qicai Xue

  • Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed C−H Difluoroalkylation of Hydrazones through an Aminyl Radical/Polar Mechanism

    Pan Xu;Guoqiang Wang;Yuchen Zhu;Weipeng Li

  • A Highly Efficient Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative C ? C Coupling from C ? H Bonds Using Air as Oxidant

    Jin Xie;Huamin Li;Jiecong Zhou;Yixiang Cheng

  • A Highly Selective Fluorescence‐Based Polymer Sensor Incorporating an (R,R)‐Salen Moiety for Zn2+ Detection

    Ying Xu;Jie Meng;Lingxing Meng;Yu Dong

  • Metal-free, organocatalytic cascade formation of C-N and C-O bonds through dual sp3 C-H activation: oxidative synthesis of oxazole derivatives

    Jin Xie;Honglai Jiang;Yixiang Cheng;Chengjian Zhu;Chengjian Zhu

  • Circularly polarized luminescence of AIE-active chiral O-BODIPYs induced via intramolecular energy transfer

    Shuwei Zhang;Yuxiang Wang;Fandian Meng;Chunhui Dai

  • A highly selective and sensitive polymer-based OFF-ON fluorescent sensor for Hg2+ detection incorporating salen and perylenyl moieties

    Junfeng Li;Yuanzhao Wu;Fengyan Song;Guo Wei

  • Metal-free, highly efficient organocatalytic amination of benzylic C–H bonds

    Qicai Xue;Jin Xie;Huamin Li;Yixiang Cheng

  • Effective structural modification of traditional fluorophores to obtain organic mechanofluorochromic molecules

    Xiaobo Huang;Lebin Qian;Yibin Zhou;Miaochang Liu

  • Copper-mediated direct C2-cyanation of indoles using acetonitrile as the cyanide source.

    Changduo Pan;Hongming Jin;Pan Xu;Xu Liu

  • Visible light promoted carbodifluoroalkylation of allylic alcohols via concomitant 1,2-aryl migration

    Pan Xu;Kaidong Hu;Zhangxi Gu;Yixiang Cheng

  • Strong CPL of achiral AIE-active dyes induced by supramolecular self-assembly in chiral nematic liquid crystals (AIE-N*-LCs)

    Xiaojing Li;Wenrui Hu;Yuxiang Wang;Yiwu Quan

  • Ruthenium‐Catalyzed C7 Amidation of Indoline C ? H Bonds with Sulfonyl Azides

    Changduo Pan;Ablimit Abdukader;Jie Han;Yixiang Cheng

  • Chiral sensing for induced circularly polarized luminescence using an Eu(III)-containing polymer and D- or L-proline

    Fengyan Song;Guo Wei;Xiaoxiang Jiang;Fei Li

  • Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative C2-acylation of indoles with α-oxocarboxylic acids

    Changduo Pan;Hongming Jin;Xu Liu;Yixiang Cheng

  • Na+ triggered fluorescence sensors for Mg2+ detection based on a coumarin salen moiety.

    Yu Dong;Junfeng Li;Xiaoxiang Jiang;Fengyan Song

  • Gold-complexes catalyzed oxidative α-cyanation of tertiary amines

    Yan Zhang;Hao Peng;Ming Zhang;Yixiang Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Chengjian Zhu
Chengjian Zhu Nanjing University
Jin Xie
Jin Xie Nanjing University
Huayue Wu
Huayue Wu Wenzhou University
Miaochang Liu
Miaochang Liu Wenzhou University
Lianhui Wang
Lianhui Wang Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Renxiang Tan
Renxiang Tan Nanjing University
Jing-Juan Xu
Jing-Juan Xu Nanjing University
Jiuxi Chen
Jiuxi Chen Wenzhou University
Shuhua Li
Shuhua Li Nanjing University
Huangxian Ju
Huangxian Ju Nanjing University

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