Aggregation-induced emission-active nanostructures: beyond biomedical applications

MH Chua, KLO Chin, XJ Loh, Q Zhu, J Xu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The discovery of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) phenomenon in 2001 has had a
significant impact on materials development across different research disciplines. AIE-active …

Activatable nano-photosensitizers for precise photodynamic cancer therapy

Z Li, Z Zhou, Y Wang, J Wang, L Zhou… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to the excellent cell ablation ability and low side effects, photodynamic therapy (PDT)
plays an important role in disease treatment, especially cancer. However, most PDT agents …

Halogen bonding: a new platform for achieving multi‐stimuli‐responsive persistent phosphorescence

W Dai, X Niu, X Wu, Y Ren, Y Zhang, G Li… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Monotonous luminescence has always been a major factor limiting the application of
organic room‐temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials. Enhancing and regulating the …

[HTML][HTML] Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens

Y Duo, G Luo, W Zhang, R Wang, GG Xiao… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Noncancerous diseases include a wide plethora of medical conditions beyond cancer and
are a major cause of mortality around the world. Despite progresses in clinical research …

Advanced stimuli-responsive membranes for smart separation

T Huang, Z Su, K Hou, J Zeng, H Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Membranes have been extensively studied and applied in various fields owing to their high
energy efficiency and small environmental impact. Further conferring membranes with …

Research Progress of Intramolecular π‐Stacked Small Molecules for Device Applications

SY Yang, YK Qu, LS Liao, ZQ Jiang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductors can be designed and constructed in π‐stacked structures instead of
the conventional π‐conjugated structures. Through‐space interaction (TSI) occurs in π …

Force-triggered hypso-and bathochromic bidirectional fluorescence switching beyond 120 nm and its anticounterfeiting applications

Y Yin, Q Guan, Z Chen, D Deng, S Liu, Y Sun… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Achieving high-contrast tricolor emissive regulation of a single-component molecule using a
single type of external stimulus is highly desirable but challenging. In the present study, we …

Future‐oriented advanced diarylethene photoswitches: from molecular design to spontaneous assembly systems

HB Cheng, S Zhang, E Bai, X Cao, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diarylethene (DAE) photoswitch is a new and promising family of photochromic molecules
and has shown superior performance as a smart trigger in stimulus‐responsive materials …

Aggregation in carbon dots: Special Issue: Emerging Investigators

Y Ru, GIN Waterhouse, S Lu - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) possess outstanding luminescence properties, making them widely used
in optical displays, anti‐counterfeiting systems, bioimaging, and sensors. Presently, there is …

A dihydroazulene‐based photofluorochromic AIE system for rewritable 4D information encryption

J Zhang, H Shen, X Liu, X Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic patterns based on luminescent materials play an essential role in the digital age.
However, it is still challenging to develop highly emissive photofluorochromic materials with …