Abstract
Highly efficient luminescent materials have garnered considerable interest due to their special photophysical properties and potential applications. Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is a photophysical phenomenon, in which concentrated or aggregated molecules produce enhanced light emission. In this review, we will introduce recent articles from the exciting area of AIE over the past five years, including a discussion of the underlying luminescence mechanism and potential applications. Given that the mechanism of these systems is the focus of much scientific interest, we will systematically summarize the latest research achievements directed towards investigating the luminescence mechanism of these AIE luminogens (AIEgens). We believe this review will be of particular interest to chemists and chemical engineers in the AIE community in addition to researchers working with biological systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 213358 |
| Journal | Coordination Chemistry Reviews |
| Volume | 418 |
| Early online date | 18 May 2020 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2020 |
Funding
The present work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant #: 21607044 , 31800494 , 31870553 ). This work was also supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant #: B2017502069 ) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant #: 2018MS113 ), the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (2018QNRC001). TDJ wishes to thank the Royal Society for a Wolfson Research Merit Award.
Keywords
- Aggregation-induced emission (AIE)
- Applications
- Mechanism
- Natural AIEgens
- Non-conventional AIEgens
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry