A universal solution-phase strategy for bright lanthanide(III) emission: aggregation-induced emission via electronic–vibrational decoupling

Yifan Wang; Jinjin Wang; Siwei Zhang; Bing Bai; Jianwei Sun; Ryan T. K. Kwok; Jacky W. Y. Lam; Zheng Zhao; Ben Zhong Tang

doi:10.1039/D6CC00194G

A universal solution-phase strategy for bright lanthanide(iii) emission: aggregation-induced emission via electronic–vibrational decoupling

Yifan Wang,^a Jinjin Wang,^b Siwei Zhang,

*^c Bing Bai,^d Jianwei Sun,

^a Ryan T. K. Kwok,^a Jacky W. Y. Lam,

*^a Zheng Zhao

*^d and Ben Zhong Tang

*^ad

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^a Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: chjacky@ust.hk, tangbenz@cuhk.edu.cn

^b The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen & Longgang District People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

^c Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
E-mail: zsw14@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

^d Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Aggregate Science, School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
E-mail: zhaozheng@cuhk.edu.cn

Abstract

To expand inorganic aggregation-induced emission systems, we demonstrate a universal solution-phase strategy for lanthanide(III) ions (Tb³⁺, Sm³⁺ and Dy³⁺) via electronic–vibrational decoupling: concentration-driven ligand-sphere reorganization and solvent deuteration suppress multiphonon quenching, boosting the Ln³⁺ emission intensity, lifetime, and photoluminescence quantum yield.

This article is part of the themed collection: Aggregation-Induced Emission

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC00194G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 15 Jan 2026
Accepted: 03 Feb 2026
First published: 26 Feb 2026

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Y. Wang, J. Wang, S. Zhang, B. Bai, J. Sun, R. T. K. Kwok, J. W. Y. Lam, Z. Zhao and B. Z. Tang, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00194G

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