Themed collection Journal of Materials Chemistry C Recent Review Articles

We discuss the recent advances and main approaches towards the design of electrically conductive COFs, highlight some of the challenges in such design and give our views on the future directions of this field.

The multifunctional character and stability of PTM radicals makes them appealing in a broad range of fields, from active components in molecular optoelectronics to active agents in bio-applications.

Mid-infrared (MIR) radiation has a wide range of applications in military, environmental monitoring, and medical treatment.

The experimental requirements for reproducible, all-optical and minimally invasive temperature sensing, based on the temperature dependence of the triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion (TTA–UC) in a soft matter environment are reviewed.

This review mainly presents the fabrication of phthalonitrile resins and their electronic applications in dielectrics, ray shielding, electromagnetic interference shielding, supercapacitors and magnetoresistance sensors, etc.

Line graphs of the strong isotropic lattices, namely honeycomb, K₄, and diamond, correspond to kagome, hyper-kagome, and pyrochlore, respectively. This relation indicates “hidden” spin and/or bond frustrations in these materials.

The preparation, properties and use of magnetic cellulose are reviewed with focus on use in devices.

Fabrication approaches, materials, and performance of quantum dot-based infrared photodetectors are reviewed, highlighting opportunities and needs. Device data from 80 articles is provided and analyzed in a publicly available visualization tool.

This review summarizes the exploration of the long-term stability of perovskite solar cells using atomic layer deposition.

Aryl carbonyl-based triplet harvesting luminescent materials are reviewed, with special focus on their molecular design strategies and the relationship among their structures, physical properties and performances.

This progress report reviews the advances of diazine-based TADF luminophores for OLEDs, focusing on the structure–property relationship.

Electrochemical methods are commonly used in the preparation of functional polymers on flexible conducting substrates to design and fabricate advanced electronic devices.

This review systematically summarizes the latest research progress in 2D GaN and 2D AlN structures, their properties, fabrication methods and applications.

The porphyrin-containing metal- and covalent-organic frameworks, respectively MOFs and COFs, are quite versatile porous nanomaterials for hetero-photocatalysis.

The recent developments of analytical memristive mechanisms and simulation methods/tools for different structures and materials have been reviewed.

In this review, beside the formation mechanism and emission process of exciplexes, we mainly discuss the donor–acceptor contacting modes and luminescence properties, which are important to develop high-performance and multifunctional optoelectronics.

This review presents the fundamentals of photoactivated gas sensing, materials, and enabling technologies for sensing ppb concentrations of NO₂. Literature photoactivated gas sensors show competitive detection limits and form factors.

This review presents the recent advances in the synthesis of organic semiconductors using C–H functionalization and naturally sourced building blocks to facilitate the large-scale production and commercialization of organic semiconductors.

Luminescence thermometry alleviates the difficulties associated with conventional methods for thermal sensing and provides outstanding opportunities for non-contact thermometry with high sensitivity and resolution.

Ionic flexible force sensors based on materials of different ionic electrolyte layers and flexible electrodes and their applications.

This review provides a detailed survey on the structural modifications of hydantoin (TH)/2-thiohydantoin (2TH) derivatives and understanding of their photophysical properties, enabling their potential use in optoelectronics and prototypes.

This review highlights the important role of fullerene derivatives in several emerging research directions beyond OPV and summarizes recent progresses in the development of fullerene derivatives to boost device performance in these new fields.

This review summarizes recent advances in developing high-efficiency upconversion nanoparticles and nanomaterials for photovoltaic application.

Monitoring CO₂ levels in the atmosphere as well as in work place environments is strictly regulated.

Diketopyrrolopyrroles stand out due to their chemical and optoelectronic properties. Diketopyrrolopyrrole-single molecules applied in organic, dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells are presented to give clues for future molecular optimizations.

In recent days, a new class of 2D materials called MXenes have attracted massive attention. The current review focuses on the synthesis procedure, general properties and gas/VOC sensing performance of MXenes and MXene-based nanocomposites.

The nociceptor system in the human body and a memristor-based artificial nociceptor circuit (threshold switch), treating these nociceptors as a practical material system in a threshold switching-based device, which is beneficial for robotic systems.

This review summarizes the recent advances in low-cost materials for OSCs from the aspects of the synthetic method, active materials, interfacial materials and processing solution.

In this review, we summarized the recent progress in a humidity sensor for human body related humidity detections (including respiratory behavior, speech recognition, skin moisture, non-contact switch, and diaper monitoring).

This review provides an in-depth discussion on key progress of Li₃VO₄ as a promising anode material for LIBs with high electronic conductivity, fast ion transportation and controlled morphology, and highlights its large-scale application in future.

Application of 2D-materials for broadband photodetection has been reviewed, covering synthesis, exfoliation, assembly, device configurations, heterojunction with other 3D/2D materials, along with flexible substrates and self-powered operation.

The progress on melanin's physical–chemical properties, synthesis, processing, and applications is discussed based on recent literature.

Perovskite solar cells (per-SCs) with high performance and cost-effective solution processing have been the center of interest for researchers in the past decade.

The review summarizes the synthesis, modification of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their application in organic solar cells.

Cation compositional engineering in methylammonium lead iodide perovskites results in a controlled defect concentration of 10¹⁴ cm ⁻³ and a thermally stable perovskite film. The device retains about 92% of its initial PCE even above 75 °C for more than 1000 h.

This review summarizes recent advances in developing high-efficiency room temperature phosphorescent materials for organic waveguides.

Blueprints for the chemical design of biodegradability and biocompatibility for organic semiconductors. Recent trends and future areas of interest are discussed.

Different boundary configurations can adjust the variable photoelectric characteristics of atomically accurate GNRs. All these make GNRs a promising prospect for potential applications in optics and optoelectronics.

We review how high throughput virtual screening can been used to navigate the landscape of materials for organic electronics.

Computational approaches accelerate design and discovery of conductive metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).

A comprehensive review is provided on the basic theory, structure design, fabrication, and performance characterization of the NEA GaN photocathode.

The latest developments of single-phase white-light-emitting Ba₉Lu₂Si₆O₂₄ (BLSO) silicate phosphors are presented. The emerging approaches to crystal-site engineering and the energy transfer mechanisms are discussed at great length.

Single-crystal noble metal nanoplates represent an important nanoscale building block. Substrate surfaces populated with such structures create a powerful platform for realizing photo- and chemically active surfaces of high technological relevance.

The paper reviews synthetic design and optoelectronic properties of π-conjugated molecules and polymers based on the acenaphthylene building block.

This review focuses on the advancements in stability of perovskite solar cells under stress from ambient moisture, high temperatures, and UV light exposure.

Optoelectronic devices such as photovoltaics (solar cells), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), thin-film transistors, and electrochromism based on peptide molecular/materials and their strategic design.

To date, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has come to the fore as a major disruptive technology embodying two main research lines – developing increasingly sophisticated printing technologies and new processable materials.

We present an overview of historical and emerging p-type TCMs. We critically assess the p-type halide perovskites returned from high-throughput screening studies. Earth abundant non-oxides are promising candidates for p-type TCM applications.

A compete statistical review of phenothiazine DSSC dyes, identifying the traits of successful phenothiazine dyes and uncovering inherent molecular limitations.

Absorbing metamaterials with more sophisticated structures printed using various 3D printers.

Recent development of the heavy-atom-free triplet photosensitizers is summarized from the perspective of intersystem crossing mechanisms and molecular structure design methods.

Nonlinear optical techniques are emerging as powerful in-situ probes of crystallization processes due to their inherent sensitivity to crystal structure and morphology.

Here, we review the state-of-the-art progress in the construction of smart multifunctional enhancing substrates. These substrates hold the key to achieving sustainability and widespread applications of SERS.

The functionalization of 2D materials (2DMs) holds great promise future applications. Here we review the various ways in which 2DMs can be functionalized and how these methodologies influence the physicochemical properties of resulting 2DM composites.

This review summarizes the application of AIE molecules in the study of the structure and property of polymers, and the prospect of development by AIE molecules in the polymer field.

The present review describes recent developments in nanoscale molecular films, and discusses why devices comprising redox-active organic, organometallic, complexes, and biomolecules might hold the potential for next-generation electronic applications.

Layered hybrid perovskites incorporating organic moieties with enhanced functionalities within the perovskite scaffold enable the development of advanced multifunctional materials.

In this review, we summarize the recent progress on how to circumvent FLP between 2D TMD semiconductors and metals.

This review paper provides an overview of the recent successful simulation of pattern recognition with TFT-based artificial synapses from device- to system-level.

This review illustrates structural design principles for molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage materials based on photoswitches that operate in different phases or result in a solid–liquid phase transition during their photo-isomerization.

This review provides the basic working principles of field emission, the advantages of 2D materials and various approaches to further tune the performance for cold field emitter devices.

Applications of MOF-based materials in advanced full cell systems of lithium batteries, sodium batteries, aqueous batteries, fuel cells and other secondary batteries.

Superior flexibility and biocompatibility accompanied by superb sensing abilities of nanocellulosic materials have remarkably promoted the application of piezoresistive strain sensors in the area of intelligent wearable and skin-attachable devices.

Solid solutions in molecular conductors are key tools for investigating their conducting and magnetic properties, addressing phase transitions, chemical pressure effects and band filling manipulation.

Processing strategies and methodologies are reviewed that allow the control and assessment of polymorph formation in semiconducting small molecules using 5,11-bis(triethylsilylethynyl) anthradithiophene (TES ADT) as a model material system.

The first Single Component Molecular Metals (SCMM) were reported twenty years ago. This review will address their main design, synthetic routes and physical properties.

Spin-ladders are fascinating quantum magnetic systems. Their structural and magnetic properties and the possibilities offered by molecular units of different nature and crystal engineering tools to prepare molecular spin-ladders are discussed.

This review presents the multi-faceted applications of oligoynes in molecular electronics and optoelectronics, as well as recent insights for the design and properties of sp-hybridised carbon wires.

This review highlights the recent advances in MXene-conducting polymer hybrids for wearable electronics (e.g., energy storage, pressure sensing, and EMI shielding, etc.). Furthermore, several future research trends have also been envisioned.

Porous conducting polymers are intriguing heat harvester candidates. This review focuses on the different strategies to vary the porosity range (from micro- to macro-pores) and their impact on thermoelectric properties.