Issue 13, 2024

Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence

Abstract

Delayed luminescence (DF), including phosphorescence and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) exhibit common and broad application prospects in optoelectronic displays, biological imaging, and encryption. Thus, the combination of delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence is attracting increasing attention. The encapsulation of guest emitters in various host matrices to form host–guest systems has been demonstrated to be an appealing strategy to further enhance and/or modulate their delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence. Compared with conventional liquid crystals, polymers, and supramolecular matrices, porous crystalline frameworks (PCFs) including metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), zeolites and hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) can not only overcome shortcomings such as flexibility and disorder but also achieve the ordered encapsulation of guests and long-term stability of chiral structures, providing new promising host platforms for the development of DF and CPL. In this review, we provide a comprehensive and critical summary of the recent progress in host–guest photochemistry via the encapsulation engineering of guest emitters in PCFs, particularly focusing on delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence. Initially, the general principle of phosphorescence, TADF and CPL, the combination of DF and CPL, and energy transfer processes between host and guests are introduced. Subsequently, we comprehensively discuss the critical factors affecting the encapsulation engineering of guest emitters in PCFs, such as pore structures, the confinement effect, charge and energy transfer between the host and guest, conformational dynamics, and aggregation model of guest emitters. Thereafter, we summarize the effective methods for the preparation of host–guest systems, especially single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SC–SC) transformation and epitaxial growth, which are distinct from conventional methods based on amorphous materials. Then, the recent advancements in host–guest systems based on PCFs for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence are highlighted. Finally, we present our personal insights into the challenges and future opportunities in this promising field.

Graphical abstract: Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
11 Mar 2024
First published
15 May 2024

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024,53, 6694-6734

Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence

X. Lu, K. Zhang, X. Niu, D. Ren, Z. Zhou, L. Dang, H. Fu, C. Tan, L. Ma and S. Zang, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 6694 DOI: 10.1039/D3CS01026K

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