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  1. A Thieno[3,2- b ]indole Platform for Conjugated Polymers via Direct Arylation Self-Polycondensation: Design, Synthesis, and Electrochromic Exploration

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ping Deng

  2. Synthesis and multi-stimuli-responsive fluorescent properties of tetraphenylethylene-armed star-shaped isomer dyes with distinct core structures

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, February 2026, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  3. Gram-Scale Synthesis of a Multi-Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescent Polycaprolactone Dye via Indolo[2,3-b]quinoxaline Derivative Capping: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Acidochromism, and Latent Fingerprint Development

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  4. Dinaphtho[1,2-a:1′,2′-h]anthracene diimides: Synthesis, properties, and visualization of latent fingerprint application

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, August 2025, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  5. Eliminating Nonideal Transfer Characteristics of Polymer Field-Effect Transistors by Isoindigo-Based Molecular Electron Acceptors

    Article • ACS Applied Polymer Materials, April 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ping Deng

  6. Exceptional Second Near-Infrared Window Organic Photothermal Material for High-Temperature Applications Activated by a 1064 nm Laser

    Article • ACS Materials Letters, February 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ping Deng

  7. A gram-scalable and air-stable 2,2-diphenyl-1,3-dithiolane-bridged bis-1, 8-naphthalimide fluorescent probe for efficient Hg2+ detection

    Article • Functional Materials Letters, December 2024, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Ping Deng

  8. Indoloquinoxaline-based organic material enabling multi-stimuli response

    Article • Functional Materials Letters, April 2024, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Ping Deng

  9. Near‐Infrared Absorbing Para‐Azaquinodimethane Conjugated Polymers Synthesized via the Transition‐Metal‐Free Route toward Efficient Photothermal Conversion

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, January 2024, Wiley

    Ping Deng

  10. Mechanochemical synthesis of biphenyl-derived organic fluorescent materials via solvent-free and ligand-free oxidative homocoupling reactions

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  11. Novel indoloquinoxaline-tetraphenylethylene star-like conjugated isomers: aggregation-induced emission and acidichromism for versatile fluorescent applications

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  12. Synthesis of S,N-heteroacene diimides

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, January 2023, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  13. 6H-[1,2,5]Thiadiazolo[3,4-e]thieno[3,2-b]indole-flanked para-azaquinodimethane based aromatic-quinoidal polymer semiconductors with high molecular weights synthesized via direct arylation polycondensation

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  14. Synthesis of isoindigo-derived conjugated polymers via ball-milling metal-free polymerization

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  15. Synthesis of a Low-Cost Thiophene-Indoloquinoxaline Polymer Donor and Its Application to Polymer Solar Cells

    Article • Polymers, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Ping Deng

  16. Mechanochemical synthesis of nonfullerene small molecular acceptors

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  17. A Y6-based polymerized small-molecule acceptor with non-conjugated alkyl linkages for efficient all-polymer solar cells

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, December 2021, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  18. Two-step direct heteroarylation reaction towards 2,5-bis(alkoxy)benzene polymer for organic field-effect transistors processed with tetrahydrofuran

    Article • Functional Materials Letters, February 2021, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Ping Deng

  19. Poly(2,2’-(2,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene)dithiophene-alt-naphthalene diimide) synthesized by direct (hetero)arylation reaction for all-polymer solar cells

    Article • Organic Electronics, February 2021, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  20. Comparison of two side-chain design strategies for indacenodithienothiophene–naphthalene diimide polymer photovoltaic acceptors prepared by direct (hetero)arylation polycondensation

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  21. Flurorinated isomeric polymer semiconductors for air-stable unencapsulated transistors

    Article • Functional Materials Letters, February 2020, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Ping Deng

  22. Near‐Infrared‐Absorbing Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Based Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Photothermal Therapy

    Article • Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, February 2020, Wiley

    Ping Deng

  23. Side-chain optimization of perylene diimide-thiophene random terpolymer acceptors for enhancing the photovoltaic efficiency of all-polymer solar cells

    Article • Organic Electronics, January 2020, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  24. High-performance near-infrared organic phototransistors based on diketopyrrolopyrrole conjugated polymers with partial removal of long branched alkyl side chains

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  25. Impact of new skeletal isomerization in polymer semiconductors

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  26. Novel perylene diimide acceptor for nonfullerene organic solar cells

    Article • Functional Materials Letters, October 2018, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Ping Deng

  27. Regioregular and Regioirregular Poly(selenophene-perylene diimide) Acceptors for Polymer–Polymer Solar Cells

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ping Deng

  28. Hydrocarbons-Driven Crystallization of Polymer Semiconductors for Low-Temperature Fabrication of High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, February 2018, Wiley

    Ping Deng

  29. Partially removing long branched alkyl side chains of regioregular conjugated backbone based diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer for improving field-effect mobility

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  30. Europium ion post-functionalized zirconium metal–organic frameworks as luminescent probes for effectively sensing hydrazine hydrate

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  31. A readily-accessible, random perylene diimide copolymer acceptor for all-polymer solar cells

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, November 2017, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  32. Novel Dimethylmethylene-Bridged Triphenylamine-PDI Acceptor for Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

    Article • Advanced Science, June 2017, Wiley

    Ping Deng

  33. Naphthalene diimide-difluorobenzene-based polymer acceptors for all-polymer solar cells

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  34. Small molecular PDI-functionalized 9,9′-bifluorenylidene acceptors for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  35. Synthesis, field-effect and photovoltaic properties of random difluorobenzothiadiazole-isoindigo electron donor-acceptor polymers

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, November 2016, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  36. A comparative study of bithiophene and thienothiophene based polymers for organic field-effect transistor applications

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ping Deng

  37. Enhancing Crystalline Structural Orders of Polymer Semiconductors for Efficient Charge Transport via Polymer-Matrix-Mediated Molecular Self-Assembly

    Article • Advanced Materials, May 2016, Wiley

    Ping Deng

  38. Solution-Processed Donor-Acceptor Polymer Nanowire Network Semiconductors For High-Performance Field-Effect Transistors

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ping Deng

  39. Regioregular and Random Difluorobenzothiadiazole Electron Donor–Acceptor Polymer Semiconductors for Thin-Film Transistors and Polymer Solar Cells

    Article • Macromolecules, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ping Deng

  40. Polymer based on benzothiadiazole-bridged bis-isoindigo for organic field-effect transistor applications

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, February 2016, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  41. N-acylated isoindigo based conjugated polymers for n-channel and ambipolar organic thin-film transistors

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, October 2014, Elsevier

    Xiaowei Zhan, Ping Deng

  42. A comparative study of diketopyrrolopyrrole and isoindigo based polymers for organic photovoltaic applications

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, July 2014, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  43. Random Copolymers Based on Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione and Isoindigo Building Blocks for Polymer Solar Cells

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, June 2014, Wiley

    Ping Deng

  44. Recent developments on isoindigo-based conjugated polymers

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  45. Synthesis and photovoltaic performances of a conjugated polymer based on a new naphthodifuran monomer

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  46. An expanded isoindigo unit as a new building block for a conjugated polymer leading to high-performance solar cells

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  47. Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of new conjugated polymers based on two angular-shaped naphthodifuran isomers and isoindigo

    Article • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, November 2013, Elsevier

    Ping Deng

  48. Probing bias stress effect and contact resistance in bilayer ambipolar organic field-effect transistors

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, August 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Ping Deng

  49. Trifluoromethylated thieno[3,4-b]thiophene-2-ethyl carboxylate as a building block for conjugated polymers

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  50. Naphthoylene(trifluoromethylbenzimidazole)-dicarboxylic acid imides for high-performance n-type organic field-effect transistors

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng

  51. N-acylation: an effective method for reducing the LUMO energy levels of conjugated polymers containing five-membered lactam units

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ping Deng