Issue 14, 2016

Stimuli and shape responsive ‘boron-containing’ luminescent organic materials

Abstract

Recent advancements of material science and its applications have been immensely influenced by the modern development of organic luminescent materials. Among all organic luminogens, boron containing compounds have already established their stature as one of the indispensable classes of luminescent dyes. Boron, in its various forms e.g. triarylboranes, borate dyes and boron clusters, has attracted considerable attention owing to its several unique and excellent photophysical features. In very recent times, beyond the realms of solution-state studies, luminescent boron-containing compounds have emerged as a large and versatile class of stimuli responsive materials. Based on several fundamental concepts of chemistry, researchers have come up with an admirable variety of boron-containing materials with AIE (aggregation-induced emission), mechano-responsive luminescence, thermoresponsive-luminescence as well as a number of purely organic phosphorescent materials and other standalone examples. The unique chemical as well as physical properties of boron-containing compounds are largely responsible for the development of such materials. In this review these new findings are brought together.

Graphical abstract: Stimuli and shape responsive ‘boron-containing’ luminescent organic materials

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
03 Aug 2015
Accepted
08 Sep 2015
First published
08 Sep 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 2647-2662

Stimuli and shape responsive ‘boron-containing’ luminescent organic materials

S. Mukherjee and P. Thilagar, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 2647 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC02406D

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements