Achieving Persistent Room Temperature Phosphorescence and Remarkable Mechanochromism from Pure Organic Luminogens

Advanced Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 6195-6201

  Gong, Yongyang ^a   Chen, Gan ^a   Peng, Qian ^b   Yuan, Wang Zhang ^a   Xie, Yujun ^b   Li, Shuhong ^c   Zhang, Yongming ^a   Tang, Ben Zhong ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c BEIJING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

crystallization induced phosphorescence; intermolecular interactions; mechanochromism; persistent phosphorescence; pure organic luminogens

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORESCENCE;

INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LONG LASTING; MECHANOCHROMISM; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; PERFECT CRYSTALS; PURE ORGANIC LUMINOGENS; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOSPHORESCENCE; TRIPLET EXCITONS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

LUMINESCENT AGENT;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84945455589     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502442     Document Type: Article

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