About this Research Topic
Highly emissive organic and metal-organic compounds play significant roles in materials and life sciences. Meanwhile, smart emitters with external stimuli-responsive performance have received increasing attention. Indeed, stimuli-responsive functional luminophors have potential applications in force-sensing, optical recording, and anti-counterfeiting systems. In general, bright solid-state emission and high-color contrast are considered two key indicators of high-performance stimuli-responsive switches. It is well-known that luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) feature commonly exhibit strong luminescence in solid-state. Furthermore, the nonplanar molecular conformations that most literature-reported AIE-active compounds exhibit are beneficial for realizing stimuli-responsive luminescence. Therefore, the development of structurally novel luminogens simultaneously possessing AIE and stimuli-responsive characteristics is a meaningful and attractive research topic.
This Research Topic aims to highlight and overview, as fully as possible, all aspects of stimuli-responsive emissive functionalized organic and metal-organic compounds. Although a large number of stimuli-responsive luminescent molecules have been identified, high-performance stimuli-responsive materials with bright aggregative-state emissions are still rare. Meanwhile, exploring applications of these smart materials in various fields such as anti-counterfeiting and sensors are also scarce. Therefore, this Research Topic will cover the design, synthesis and potential applications of high-efficiency luminescent functionalized compounds as well as the prospective directions in this promising field.
For this Research Topic, original research articles, comprehensive or mini-reviews on specific subjects, such as mechanical force- or temperature-responsive AIE luminogens, are of prime interest. In addition, articles describing one or several scientific aspects of stimuli-responsive emissive functionalized materials are also welcomed. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Aggregation-induced emission-active stimuli-responsive luminescent molecules and their application in sensors, anti-counterfeiting, data storage, and biological systems.
• The preparation of novel luminophors with aggregation-induced emission and stimuli-responsive features.
• The investigation of stimuli-responsive mechanisms of aggregation-induced emission-active functionalized luminophors.
• The investigation of aggregation-induced emission mechanisms of stimuli-responsive functionalized luminophors.
• The effect of molecular structural factors on stimuli-responsive luminescence and aggregation-induced emission behaviors.
This Research Topic aims to highlight and overview, as fully as possible, all aspects of stimuli-responsive emissive functionalized organic and metal-organic compounds. Although a large number of stimuli-responsive luminescent molecules have been identified, high-performance stimuli-responsive materials with bright aggregative-state emissions are still rare. Meanwhile, exploring applications of these smart materials in various fields such as anti-counterfeiting and sensors are also scarce. Therefore, this Research Topic will cover the design, synthesis and potential applications of high-efficiency luminescent functionalized compounds as well as the prospective directions in this promising field.
For this Research Topic, original research articles, comprehensive or mini-reviews on specific subjects, such as mechanical force- or temperature-responsive AIE luminogens, are of prime interest. In addition, articles describing one or several scientific aspects of stimuli-responsive emissive functionalized materials are also welcomed. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Aggregation-induced emission-active stimuli-responsive luminescent molecules and their application in sensors, anti-counterfeiting, data storage, and biological systems.
• The preparation of novel luminophors with aggregation-induced emission and stimuli-responsive features.
• The investigation of stimuli-responsive mechanisms of aggregation-induced emission-active functionalized luminophors.
• The investigation of aggregation-induced emission mechanisms of stimuli-responsive functionalized luminophors.
• The effect of molecular structural factors on stimuli-responsive luminescence and aggregation-induced emission behaviors.
Keywords: Aggregation-induced emission, Stimuli-responsive, Molecular packings, Non-covalent interactions, Anti-counterfeiting, Sensors
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