Gelation process visualized by aggregation-induced emission fluorogens

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Zhengke ^a,b   Nie, Jingyi ^a,b   Qin, Wei ^c   Hu, Qiaoling ^a,b   Tang, Ben Zhong ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Technology of Zhejiang Province   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDING; EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOLVENT; UREA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATTENTION; GELATION; HYDROGEN BOND; IMAGING;

EID: 84975687929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12033     Document Type: Article

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