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    Dr. Shaolong Gong is a full professor at the Wuhan University, China. He received his Ph.D. in materials physics and chemistry from the Wuhan University in 2012. After two-year postdoctoral study at the University of Toronto with Prof. Zheng-Hong Lu, he joined the faculty of the Wuhan University as an associate professor in 2014 and was promoted to a full professor in 2020. 

    His current research interests are centered on constructing new-generation organic emitters and coinage metal complexes for applications in organic light-emitting diodes and X-ray scintillation and imaging, understanding the relationship between molecular structure and optoelectronic properties, and developing device architectures that optimize optoelectronic performance. He has published over 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Sci. Adv., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., and Adv. Funct. Mater. etc.

 

Select Publications:

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-9047

https://webofscience.clarivate.cn/wos/author/record/C-6798-2016

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=15131743100

Journal Articles:

15. Ao Ying†, Nengquan Li†, Xingyu Chen, Jianlong Xia, Chuluo Yang*, and Shaolong Gong*, Ag(I) emitters with ultrafast spin-flip dynamics for high-efficiency electroluminescence, Chemical Science, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04607B. 

14. Yao Tan, Ao Ying, Jianlong Xie, Guohua Xie, and Shaolong Gong*, Luminescent Carbene-Copper(I)-Amide Polymers for Efficient Host-Free Solution-Processed OLEDs, Chemical Science, 2024, 15, 11382–11390.

13. Tianhao Chen†, Yalun Xu†, Ao Ying, Chuluo Yang, Qianqian Lin*, and Shaolong Gong*, Through-Space Charge-Transfer Organogold(III) Complexes Enable High-Performance X-ray Scintillation and Imaging, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202401833. [VIP Paper]

12. Wei Yang, Chenlong Xie, Tianhao Chen, Xiaojun Yin*, Qianqian Lin, Shaolong Gong*, Zewei Quan*, and Chuluo Yang*, Dynamic Reversible Full-Color Piezochromic Fluorogens Featuring Through-Space Charge-Transfer TADF and their Application as X-Ray Imaging Scintillators, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202402704.

11. Ao Ying, and Shaolong Gong*, A Rising Star: Luminescent Carbene-Metal-Amide Complexes, Chemistry – A European Journal 2023, 29, e202301885. [Invited Concept Review]

10. Ao Ying, Lisi Zhan, Yao Tan, Xiaosong Cao, Chuluo Yang, and Shaolong Gong*, Copper(I) complexes with planar chirality realize efficient circularly polarized electroluminescence, Science China Chemistry, 2023, 66, 2274–2282. [Highlighted as a Cover Paper]

9. Lisi Zhan, Tianhao Chen, Cheng Zhong, Xiaosong Cao, Yuewei Zhang, Yang Zou, Zhengyang Bin, Jingsong You, Dongdong Zhang, Lian Duan, Chuluo Yang*, and Shaolong Gong*, Luminescent gold(III) exciplexes enable efficient multicolor electroluminescence, Science China Chemistry, 2023, 66, 3213–3222.

8. Ao Ying, Yuhan Ai, Chuluo Yang and Shaolong Gong*, Aggregation-Dependent Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence from Chiral Carbene-Cu(I)-Amide Enantiomers, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202210490.

7. Lisi Zhan, Ao Ying, Yanyu Qi, Kailong Wu, Yang Tang, Yao Tan, Yang Zou, Guohua Xie, Shaolong Gong*, and Chuluo Yang*, Copper(I) Complex as Sensitizer Enables High-Performance Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Very Low Efficiency Roll-Off, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31, 2106345.

6. Yepeng Xiang, Pan Li, Shaolong Gong*, Yu-Hsin Huang, Chun-Yu Wang, Cheng Zhong, Weixuan Zeng, Zhanxiang Chen, Wei-Kai Lee, Xiaojun Yin, Chung-Chih Wu*, and Chuluo Yang*, Acceptor Plane Expansion Enhances Horizontal Orientation of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters, Science Advances, 2020, 6, eaba7855.

5. Xu Gong, Pan Li, Yu-Hsin Huang, Chun-Yu Wang, Chen-Han Lu, Wei-Kai Lee, Cheng Zhong, Zhanxiang Chen, Weimin Ning, Chung-Chih Wu*, Shaolong Gong*, and Chuluo Yang, A Red Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitter Simultaneously Having High Photoluminescence Quantum Efficiency and Preferentially Horizontal Emitting Dipole Orientation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30, 1908839.

4. Lisi Zhan, Zhanxiang Chen, Shaolong Gong*, Yepeng Xiang, Fan Ni, Xuan Zeng, Guohua Xie, and Chuluo Yang*, A Simple Organic Molecule Realizing Simultaneous TADF, RTP, AIE, and Mechanoluminescence: Understanding the Mechanism Behind the Multifunctional Emitter, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 17651. 

3. Weixuan Zeng†, Tao Zhou†, Weimin Ning, Cheng Zhong, Jiawei He, Shaolong Gong*, Guohua Xie, and Chuluo Yang*, Realizing 22.5% External Quantum Efficiency for Solution-Processed Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence OLEDs with Red Emission at 622 nm via a Synergistic Strategy of Molecular Engineering and Host Selecting, Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1901404.

2. Kailong Wu, Tao Zhang, Zian Wang, Lian Wang, Lisi Zhan, Shaolong Gong*, Cheng Zhong, Zheng-Hong Lu*, Song Zhang*, and Chuluo Yang*, De Novo Design of Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Emitters Via a Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Channel, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 8877.

1. Weixuan Zeng†, Hsin-Yu Lai†, Wei-Kai Lee, Min Jiao, Yi-Jiun Shiu, Cheng Zhong, Shaolong Gong*, Tao Zhou, Guohua Xie, Monima Sarma, Ken-Tsung Wong, Chung-Chih Wu*, and Chuluo Yang*, Achieving Nearly 30% External Quantum Efficiency for Orange-Red Organic Light Emitting Diodes by Employing Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Composed of 1,8-Naphthalimide-Acridine Hybrids, Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1704961. [ESI Highly Cited Paper]

 Conference Contributions:

11. Invited Talk, The 23^rd International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2023), Aug. 22-25, 2023, Busan, Korea.

10. Invited Talk (online), The 14^th Asian Conference on Orgnaic Electronics (A-COE 2022), Dec. 6-9, 2022, Macau, China.

9. Invited Talk (online), The 22^nd International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2022), Aug. 23-26, 2022, Busan, Korea.

8. Invited Talk (online), The 13^th Asian Conference on Orgnaic Electronics (A-COE 2021), Sep. 2-4, 2021, Toyota, Japan.

7. Invited Talk (online), SID Display Week 2021 International Symposium (online conference), May 17-21, 2021, USA.

6. Invited Talk (online), The 20^th International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2020), Aug. 25-28, 2020, Korea.

5. Invited Talk, SPIE International Symposium on Optics + Photonics 2019: Organic and Hybrid Light Emitting Materials and Devices XXIII, Aug. 11-15, 2019, San Diego, California, USA.

4. Invited Talk, The 11^th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics (A-COE 2019), Nov. 6-9, 2019, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

3. Invited Talk, The 12^th International Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings (POEM 2019): Photonics for Energy, Nov. 11-14, 2019, Wuhan, China.

2. Invited Talk, The 10^th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics (A-COE 2018), Dec. 5-8, 2018, Hong Kong.

1. Oral Presentation, The 12^th International Conference of Electroluminescence and Optoelectronic Devices (ICEL 2018), Oct. 14-17, 2018, Jeju, Korea.

 

Educational Experience

• 2007.9 to 2012.6

  Wuhan University  | Material Physics and Chemistry  | Doctoral Degree in Engineering | With Certificate of Graduation for Doctorate Study

• 2003.9 to 2007.6

  Wuhan University  | Chemistry  | Bachelor's Degree in Science | Undergraduate (Bachelor’s degree)

Work Experience

• 2020.12 to 2024.1

  Wuhan University | College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences | Professor

• 2014.9 to 2020.11

  Wuhan University | College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences | Associate Professor

• 2012.9 to 2014.8

  University of Toronto | Department of Materials Science and Engineering | Postdoctoral Fellow

Social Affiliations

• 2020.1 to 2022.12

  Associate editor, Journal of Information Display

Research Group

Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Device Group

Description of Research Group:

Our research interests are centered on the molecular design and synthesis of innovative organic optoelectronic materials for applications in organic light-emitting diodes, X-ray scintillation and imaging, and organic photovoltaics. The focus of our current research is on constructing new-generation organic emitters and coinage metal complexes, understanding the relationship between molecular structure and optoelectronic properties, and developing device architectures that optimize optoelectronic performance.