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

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

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

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

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

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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

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

07/2021–present  Professor, 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, Ben Zhong 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)