Supramolecular materials based on AIE luminogens (AIEgens): construction and applications
The emergence of aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) has significantly stimulated the development of luminescent supramolecular materials because their strong emissions in the aggregated state have resolved the notorious obstacle of the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect, thereb...
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| Published in | Chemical Society reviews Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 1144 - 1172 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
Royal Society of Chemistry
24.02.2020
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| Summary: | The emergence of aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) has significantly stimulated the development of luminescent supramolecular materials because their strong emissions in the aggregated state have resolved the notorious obstacle of the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect, thereby enabling AIEgen-based supramolecular materials to have a promising prospect in the fields of luminescent materials, sensors, bioimaging, drug delivery, and theranostics. Moreover, in contrast to conventional fluorescent molecules, the configuration of AIEgens is highly twisted in space. Investigating AIEgens and the corresponding supramolecular materials provides fundamental insights into the self-assembly of nonplanar molecules, drastically expands the building blocks of supramolecular materials, and pushes forward the frontiers of supramolecular chemistry. In this review, we will summarize the basic concepts, seminal studies, recent trends, and perspectives in the construction and applications of AIEgen-based supramolecular materials with the hope to inspire more interest and additional ideas from researchers and further advance the development of supramolecular chemistry.
This review presents comprehensive discussions on the recent development in supramolecular materials based on luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics. |
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| Bibliography: | Jie Li received his PhD from Peking University in 2017. Later, he joined the Center for AIE Research, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, as a postdoctoral fellow. His research mainly focuses on supramolecular self-assembly, including the design and synthesis of AIEgen-based amphiphiles, as well as their self-assembly in water and biosystem applications. Ben Zhong Tang received his PhD from Kyoto University. He conducted his postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto. He joined HKUST in 1994 and was promoted to Chair Professor in 2008. He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He is now serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Chemistry Frontiers. Jianxing Wang received her PhD from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2019. Later, she joined the Center for AIE Research, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, as a postdoctoral fellow. Her research mainly focuses on supramolecular self-assembly based on gold-based materials with AIE effects. Nan Song received her degrees (BSc, 2013; PhD, 2018) from Jilin University, where she performed research under the direction of Professor Ying-Wei Yang and majored in organic chemistry. She was also as a joint PhD candidate at UCLA from 2016 to 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Paul S. Weiss. In 2019, she undertook postdoctoral training at Shenzhen University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in collaboration with Prof. Ben Zhong Tang and Prof. Dong Wang. Her research interests are focused on pillararene-based supramolecular chemistry, multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials, and optical supramolecular materials. Haoxuan Li received his PhD in Nonwoven Materials and Engineering at Donghua University, China, in 2018. He joined the Xia group at Georgia Institute as a visiting graduate student under the supervision of Prof. Younan Xia in 2015. Now, he is conducting his postdoctoral work on the development of functional luminescent materials with aggregation-induced emission characteristics and exploration of their applications in wearable flexible materials and solar-induced water evaporation applications in Prof. Ben Zhong Tang's group. Dong Wang received his PhD from Bordeaux University, and he conducted his postdoctoral study at the University of Toronto and HKUST. He is currently an associate professor in Shenzhen University. His research focuses on the design of AIEgens for chemical sensing and biological applications. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0306-0012 1460-4744 1460-4744 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c9cs00495e |