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Zhang Y, Wu X, Liu S, Ma Y, Zhao Q. Unveiling the potential of triphenylphosphine salts in tuning organic room temperature phosphorescence. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:9328-9339. [PMID: 39113543 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc03156c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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Triphenylphosphine (TPP) salt derivatives, with their rich chemistry of core-substitution, have emerged as promising candidates for ultralong room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials owing to their distinct molecular structures, high quantum efficiency and exceptional phosphorescence properties. This feature article highlights the vast potential of TPP salt derivatives in tunable RTP properties by exploring some factors such as the alkyl chains, halogen anions, through-space charge transfer states, etc., and recent advancements in multi-level information encryption, high-level anticounterfeiting tags and X-ray imaging applications. We anticipate that this article will assist in directing future analyses based on the mechanisms underlying the RTP behavior of TPP derivatives and offer guidance for the rational design of high-performance RTP materials.
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- Yuxia Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT), Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT), Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT), Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT), Nanjing 210023, China.
- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Fabrication and Application of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT), Nanjing 210023, China.
- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Fabrication and Application of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Li H, Li X, Su H, Zhang S, Tan C, Chen C, Zhang X, Huang J, Gu J, Li H, Xie G, Dong H, Chen R, Tao Y. Highly stable color-tunable organic long-persistent luminescence from a single-component exciplex copolymer for in vitro antibacterial. Chem Sci 2024:d4sc02839b. [PMID: 39184302 PMCID: PMC11342159 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc02839b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024] Open
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Developing exciplex-based organic long-persistent luminescence (OLPL) materials with high stability is very important but remains a formidable challenge in a single-component system. Here, we report a facile strategy to achieve highly stable OLPL in an amorphous exciplex copolymer system via through-space charge transfer (TSCT). The copolymer composed of electron donor and acceptor units can not only exhibit effective TSCT for intra/intermolecular exciplex emission but also construct a rigid environment to isolate oxygen and suppress non-radiative decay, thereby enabling stable exciplex-based OLPL emission with color-tunable feature for more than 100 h under ambient conditions. These single-component OLPL copolymers demonstrate robust antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli under visible light irradiation. These results provide a solid example to exploit highly stable exciplex-based OLPL in polymers, shedding light on how the TSCT mechanism may potentially contribute to OLPL in a single-component molecular system and broadening the scope of OLPL applications.
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- Hui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Research Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing University 30 Zhongyang Road Nanjing Jiangsu 210008 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Research Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing University 30 Zhongyang Road Nanjing Jiangsu 210008 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory Dongguan Guangdong 523808 China
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Zhang L, Gu F, Jiang P, Ma X. Visualization of Solvent Effect and Oxygen Content via a Red Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Material. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:42794-42801. [PMID: 39087902 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c10654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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The development of pure organic room-temperature phosphorescent (RTP) materials greatly facilitates the integrated application of luminescent materials. Herein, a type of photoactivated red RTP material was constructed by simply doping 4-(benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-5-ylthio)benzonitrile (p-NNS) into a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) matrix. The obtained film realized a controllable photoactivation process by regulation of diverse solvent levels, demonstrating potential advantages in optical anti-counterfeiting applications. Furthermore, luminescent properties of the doped film were utilized to detect oxygen content from 2.00% to 4.90%, which revealed the exact consumption of ambient oxygen under UV light. Every CIE point of the luminescence corresponds to a certain oxygen content, illustrating the visualization of oxygen content. The remarkable regulation of solvent effect and oxygen content in this work will provide competitive material for further optical applications.
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- Lisha Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, China
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Li N, Yang X, Wang B, Chen P, Ma Y, Zhang Q, Huang Y, Zhang Y, Lü S. Color-Tunable Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Non-Aromatic-Polymer-Involved Charge Transfer. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2404698. [PMID: 38874342 PMCID: PMC11321690 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202404698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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Polymeric room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials especially multicolor RTP systems hold great promise in concrete applications. A key feature in these applications is a triplet charge transfer transition. Aromatic electron donors and electron acceptors are often essential to ensure persistent RTP. There is much interest in fabricating non-aromatic charge-transfer-mediated RTP materials and it still remains a formidable challenge to achieve color-tunable RTP via charge transfer. Herein, a charge-transfer-mediated RTP material by embedding quinoline derivatives within a non-aromatic polymer matrix such as polyacrylamide (PAM) or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is developed. Through-space charge transfer (TSCT) is achieved upon alkali- or heat treatment to realize a long phosphorescence lifetime of up to 629.90 ms, high phosphorescence quantum yield of up to 20.51%, and a green-to-blue afterglow for more than 20 s at room temperature. This color-tunable RTP emerges from a nonaromatic polymer to single phosphor charge transfer that has rarely been reported before. This finding suggests that an effective and simple approach can deliver new color-tunable RTP materials for applications including multicolor display, information encryption, and gas detection.
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- Ningyan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic ChemistryLanzhou Magnetic Resonance CenterDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLanzhou UniversityLanzhou730000China
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Man Z, Lv Z, Cao Y, Xu Z, Liao Q, Yao J, Teng F, Tang A, Fu H. Dual-Stimuli-Responsive Modulation Organic Afterglow Based on N─H Proton Migration Mechanism. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2310226. [PMID: 38308112 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Organic afterglow materials have significant applications in information security and flexible electronic devices with unique optical properties. It is vital but challenging to develop organic afterglow materials possessing controlled output with multi-stimuli-responsive capacity. Herein, dimethyl terephthalate (DTT) is introduced as a strong proton acceptor. The migration direction of N─H protons on two compounds Hs can be regulated by altering the excitation wavelength (Ex) or amine stimulation, thereby achieving dual-stimuli-responsive afterglow emission. When the Ex is below 300 nm, protons migrate to S1-2 DTT, where strong interactions induce phosphorescent emission of Hs, resulting in afterglow behavior. Conversely, when the Ex is above 300 nm, protons interact with the S0 DTT weakly and the afterglow disappears. In view of amine-based compounds with higher proton accepting capabilities, it can snatch proton from S1-2 DTT and redirect the proton flow toward amine, effectively suppressing the afterglow but obtaining a new redshifted fluorescence emission with Δλ over 200 nm due to the high polarity of amine. Moreover, it is successfully demonstrated that the applications of dual-stimuli-responsive organic afterglow materials in information encryption based on the systematic excitation-wavelength-dependent (Ex-De) behavior and amine selectivity detection.
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- Zhongwei Man
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China
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Huo M, Song SQ, Dai XY, Li FF, Hu YY, Liu Y. Phosphorescent acyclic cucurbituril solid supramolecular multicolour delayed fluorescence behaviour. Chem Sci 2024; 15:5163-5173. [PMID: 38577356 PMCID: PMC10988582 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc00160e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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Organic photoluminescent macrocyclic hosts have been widely advanced in many fields. Phosphorescent hosts with the ability to bind organic guests have rarely been reported. Herein, acyclic cucurbituril modified with four carboxylic acids (ACB-COOH) is mined to present uncommon purely organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) at 510 nm with a lifetime of 1.86 μs. Its RTP properties are significantly promoted with an extended lifetime up to 2.12 s and considerable quantum yield of 6.29% after assembly with a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix. By virtue of the intrinsic self-crimping configuration of ACB-COOH, organic guests, including fluorescence dyes (Rhodamine B (RhB) and Pyronin Y (PyY)) and a drug molecule (morphine (Mor)), could be fully encapsulated by ACB-COOH to attain energy transfer involving phosphorescent acyclic cucurbituril. Ultimately, as-prepared systems are successfully exploited to establish multicolor afterglow materials and visible sensing of morphine. As an expansion of phosphorescent acyclic cucurbituril, the host afterglow color can be readily regulated by attaching different aromatic sidewalls. This study develops the fabrication strategies and application scope of a supramolecular phosphorescent host and opens up a new direction for the manufacture of intelligent long-lived luminescent materials.
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- Man Huo
- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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Dai W, Jiang Y, Lei Y, Huang X, Sun P, Shi J, Tong B, Yan D, Cai Z, Dong Y. Recent progress in ion-regulated organic room-temperature phosphorescence. Chem Sci 2024; 15:4222-4237. [PMID: 38516079 PMCID: PMC10952074 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06931a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials have attracted considerable attention for their extended afterglow at ambient conditions, eco-friendliness, and wide-ranging applications in bio-imaging, data storage, security inks, and emergency illumination. Significant advancements have been achieved in recent years in developing highly efficient RTP materials by manipulating the intermolecular interactions. In this perspective, we have summarized recent advances in ion-regulated organic RTP materials based on the roles and interactions of ions, including the ion-π interactions, electrostatic interactions, and coordinate interactions. Subsequently, the current challenges and prospects of utilizing ionic interactions for inducing and modulating the phosphorescent properties are presented. It is anticipated that this perspective will provide basic guidelines for fabricating novel ionic RTP materials and further extend their application potential.
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- Wenbo Dai
- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University Wenzhou China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University Wenzhou China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University Wenzhou China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University Wenzhou China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University Beijing China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing China
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Jin H, Zhang X, Ma J, Bu L, Qian C, Li Z, Guan Y, Chen M, Ma Z, Ma Z. Achieving Colorful Ultralong Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence by Precise Modification of Nitrogen Atoms on Phosphorescence Units. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:54732-54742. [PMID: 37964465 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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We successfully tune ultralong organic room-temperature phosphorescence (UORTP) by a simple strategy of precisely modifying nitrogen atoms on Phosphorescence Units, and colorful ultralong phosphorescence can be achieved. We for the first time investigate the structure-function relationship between phosphorescence properties and molecular structures of Phosphorescence Units. With BCz and BCz-1 as comparison, eight new Phosphorescence Units were synthesized by introducing one or two nitrogen atoms to the naphthalene moiety. For all the 10 Phosphorescence Units, their room-temperature ultralong phosphorescence in the PMMA film should be assigned to monomer phosphorescence from intrinsic T1 decay. For Phosphorescence Units series I (BCz, NBCz-1, NBCz-2, NBCz-3, NBCz-4, NBCz-5, and NBCz-6), introducing one nitrogen atom to the naphthalene moiety can significantly affect the phosphorescence properties of Phosphorescence Units, and the effect is quite complicated. For modification on the inner ring, the T1 energy level of NBCz-1 decreases, and the red shift of UORTP occurs while the T1 energy level of NBCz-2 increases and the blue shift of UORTP happens. For modification on the outer ring, no phosphorescence color change is observed for NBCz-3 and NBCz-4, but their phosphorescence lifetimes vary notably due to different intersystem crossing efficiencies; as the modification site approaches the central five-member ring, the T1 energy levels of NBCz-5 and NBCz-6 decrease, and their UORTP red shifts dramatically. For Phosphorescence Units series II (BCz, 2NBCz, BCz-1, and 2NBCz-1), introducing two nitrogen atoms to the outer six-member ring reduces energy level of T1 excitons and leads to incredible red shift of UORTP for BCz and 2NBCz while surprisingly energy levels of T1 excitons rise and UORTP blue shifts for BCz-1 and 2NBCz-1. Under the condition of proper modification sites, it is true that the more the additional nitrogen atoms, the more red-shifted the ultralong phosphorescence. This study may expand our knowledge of organic phosphorescence and lay the foundation for its future applications.
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- Huiwen Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Chinese PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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