Title：Ph. D, Professor

Department: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Address: No. 199 Ren'ai Road, Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China

Tel：+86-512-65883162

Email:hkli@suda.edu.cn

Education and Working Experience

09/2002–07/2006Bachelor, Chemistry Major, Hebei Normal University

09/2006–07/2009Master in Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Northwest Normal University

09/2009–07/2012Ph. D in Polymer Materials, Zhejiang University

11/2012–11/2014Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry,

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

12/2014–07/2016Assistant Professor, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University

08/2016–06/2021Associate Professor, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University

07/2021–presentProfessor, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University

Research Interests

1. Construction of functional polymers through new alkyne-based polymerization reactions

2. Synthesis and application of chiral materials with aggregation-induced emission properties

Representative Publications

1. Wan Zhang, Baining Ni,Hongkun Li*,Yonggang Yang*, Yongfang Li, Ben Zhong Tang.Circularly polarized luminescence from oriented polymer films doped with a tetraphenylethylenebased conjugated oligomer.Mater. Chem. Front.,2021, 5, 5471–5477.

2. Baining Ni, Yi Li, Wei Liu, Baozong Li,Hongkun Li*,Yonggang Yang*.Circularly polarized luminescence from structurally coloured polymer films.Chem. Commun.,2021, 57, 2796–2799.

3. Jun Du, Die Huang,Hongkun Li*, Anjun Qin, Ben Zhong Tang, Yongfang Li.Catalyst-Free Click polymerization of thiol and activated internal alkynes: a facile strategy toward functional poly(β-thioacrylate)s.Macromolecules,2020, 53, 4932–4941.

4. Wei-Wen Chi, Rong-Yuan Zhang, Ting Han, Jian Du,Hong-Kun Li*, Wei-Jie Zhang*, Yong-Fang Li, Ben Zhong Tang*.Facile synthesis of functional poly(methyltriazolylcarboxylate)s by solvent- and catalyst-free butynoate-azide polycycloaddition.Chinese J. Polym. Sci.,2020, 38, 17–23.

5. Mu-Ning Lang, Wei-Wen Chi, Ting Han, Qing-Zhen Zhao,Hong-Kun Li*, Ben Zhong Tang,Yong-Fang Li.Synthesis of functional hyperbranched poly(methyltriazolylcarboxylate)s by catalyst-free click polymerization of butynoates and azides.Chinese J. Polym. Sci.,2020, 38, 1171–1177.

6. Xinye Cai, Jun Du, Lianglin Zhang, Yi Li, Baozong Li,Hongkun Li*, Yonggang Yang*.Circularly polarized luminescence of single-handed helical tetraphenylethylene–silica nanotubes.Chem. Commun.,2019, 55, 12176–12179.

7. Jun Du, Wei Yuan, Haoke Zhang,Hongkun Li*,Yongfang Li, Ben Zhong Tang.Ferrocene-based hyperbranched poly(phenyltriazolylcarboxylate)s: synthesis by phenylpropiolate-azide polycycloaddition and use as precursors to nanostructured magnetoceramics.Polym. Chem.,2019,10, 5931–5938.

8. Bing Shi Li*, Xuejiao Huang,Hongkun Li*, Wenjuan Xia, Shan Xue, Qing Xia, Ben Zhong Tang*.Solvent and surface/interface effect on the hierarchical assemblies of chiral aggregation-induced emitting molecules.Langmuir,2019,35, 3805–3813.

9. Hongkun Li, Bing Shi Li*, Ben Zhong Tang*. Molecular design, circularly polarized luminescence, and helical self-assembly of chiral aggregation-induced emission molecules.Chem. Asian J.,2019, 14, 674–688.

10. Weiwen Chi, Wei Yuan, Jun Du, Ting Han,Hongkun Li*, Yongfang Li,Ben Zhong Tang*.Construction of functional hyperbranched poly(phenyltriazolylcarboxylate)s by metal-free phenylpropiolate-azide polycycloaddition.Macromol. Rapid Commun.,2018, 39, 1800604.

11. Wei Yuan, Weiwen Chi, Ting Han, Jun Du,Hongkun Li*, Yongfang Li,Ben Zhong Tang*.Metal-free phenylpropiolate–azide polycycloaddition: efficient synthesis of functional poly(phenyltriazolylcarboxylate)s.Polym. Chem.,2018,9,5215–5223.

12. Hongkun Li*, Weiwen Chi, Yajing Liu, Wei Yuan, Yaowen Li, Yongfang Li, Ben Zhong Tang*.Ferrocene-based hyperbranched polytriazoles: synthesis by click polymerization and application as precursors to nanostructured magnetoceramics.Macromol. Rapid Commun.,2017, 38, 1700075.

13. Wei Yuan, Weiwen Chi, Ruimin Liu,Hongkun Li*, Yongfang Li, BenZhong Tang*.Synthesis of poly(phenyltriazolylcarboxylate)s with aggregation-induced emission characteristics by metal-free 1,3-dipolar polycycloaddition of phenylpropiolate and azides.Macromol. Rapid Commun.,2017, 38, 1600745.

14. Hongkun Li*, Wei Yuan, Hexiang He, Zhihui Cheng, Canlong Fan, Yonggang Yang, Kam Sing Wong, Yongfang Li, Ben Zhong Tang*.Circularly polarized luminescence and controllable helical self-assembly of an aggregation-induced emission luminogen.Dyes Pigments.,2017, 138, 129–134.

15. Hongkun Li,^#Shan Xue,^#Huimin Su, Bo Shen, Zhihui Cheng, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Kam Sing Wong, Hongkai Wu, Bing Shi Li,* Ben Zhong Tang*.(#Equal contribution)Click synthesis, aggregation-induced emission and chirality, circularly polarized luminescence, and helical self-assembly of a leucine-containing silole.Small,2016, 12, 6593–6601.

16. Hongkun Li, Juan Cheng, Haiqin Deng, Engui Zhao, Bo Shen, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Kam Sing Wong, Hongkai Wu, Bing Shi Li*, Ben Zhong Tang*.Aggregation-induced chirality, circularly polarized luminescence, and helical self-assembly of a leucine-containing AIE luminogen.J. Mater. Chem. C,2015,3, 2399–2404.

17. Hongkun Li, Juan Cheng, Yihua Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Kam Sing Wong, Hongkai Wu,Bing Shi Li*, Ben Zhong Tang*.l-Valine methyl ester-containing tetraphenylethene: aggregation-induced emission, aggregation-induced circular dichroism, circularly polarized luminescence, and helical self-assembly.Mater. Horiz.,2014,1, 518–521.

18. Hongkun Li, Haiqiang Wu, Engui Zhao, Jie Li, Jing Zhi Sun,Anjun Qin*, Ben Zhong Tang*. Hyperbranched poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s: metal-free click polymerization, light refraction, aggregation-induced emission, explosive detection, and fluorescent patterning.Macromolecules,2013,46, 3907–3914.

19. Hongkun Li, Lingzhi Li, Haiqiang Wu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Jing Zhi Sun,Anjun Qin*, Ben Zhong Tang*. Ferrocene-based poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s: synthesis by metal-free click polymerization and use as precursors to magnetic ceramics.Polym. Chem.,2013,4,5537–5541.

20. Hongkun Li, Jian Wang, Jing Zhi Sun, Rongrong Hu,Anjun Qin*, Ben Zhong Tang*. Metal-free click polymerization of propiolates and azides: facile synthesis of functional poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole)s.Polym. Chem.,2012,3, 1075–1083.(Top 10 most-read articles in Feb. 2012; Top 10 most-read Polymer Chemistry articles in Q2, 2013)