Recent advances in dopant–matrix afterglow systems: high-performance organic afterglow materials and the critical role of organic matrices in materials fabrication

Yue Zhang, Zhe Mo, Zi Ye, Qianqian Yan, Xixi Piao, Jialiang Jiang, Biao Xu and Kaka Zhang

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 9913
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Boosting organic afterglow efficiency via triplet–triplet annihilation and thermally-activated delayed fluorescence

Jiulong Zhang, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Shou Yuan, Yan Sun, Yunlong Zou, Yingtong Pan and Kaka Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 4795
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Regulation of afterglow and self-trapped exciton emission in indium-based organic metal halides via metal ion doping for multilevel anti-counterfeiting

Hongbo Qi, Jing Li, Hailong Yu, Jing Zhang, Chen Chen, Qiuju Han and Wenzhi Wu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 6721
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Visible-light-excitable aqueous afterglow exhibiting long emission wavelength and ultralong afterglow lifetime of 7.64 s

Xiangxiang Zhai, Ying Zeng, Xinjian Deng, Qianqian Lou, Aizhi Cao, Limin Ji, Qianqian Yan, Biaobing Wang and Kaka Zhang

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 10500
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Merging photoinitiated bulk polymerization and the dopant-matrix design strategy for polymer-based organic afterglow materials

Xiuzheng Chen, Guangming Wang, Minjian Wu, Jiahui Liu, Zhaohong Liu, Xuepu Wang, Yunlong Zou and Kaka Zhang

Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 4641
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Organic afterglow coating materials via emulsion polymerization

Boyi Fu, Yuanyuan Chen, Qianqian Yan, Tengyue Wang, Xixi Piao and Kaka Zhang

Mater. Chem. Front., 2025, 9, 3460
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Enhancing room-temperature phosphorescence via intermolecular charge transfer in dopant-matrix systems

Xinjian Deng, Ju Huang, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Chuanhu Lei and Kaka Zhang

Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 8137
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Sonication‐Responsive Organic Afterglow Emulsions

Xinjian Deng, Ju Huang, Jiuyang Li, Guangming Wang and Kaka Zhang

Adv Funct Materials, 2023, 33
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Transformation of organic afterglow mechanism from room-temperature phosphorescence to thermally-activated delayed fluorescence in intramolecular charge transfer systems

Ying Zeng, Xiangxiang Zhai, Guangming Wang, Yuming Su, Minjian Wu, Biaobing Wang and Kaka Zhang

Dyes and Pigments, 2023, 219, 111643
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Manipulation of Organic Afterglow by Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control

Jiahui Liu, Guangming Wang, Xuepu Wang, Yan Sun, Bei Zhou, Yunlong Zou, Biaobing Wang and Kaka Zhang

Chemistry A European J, 2021, 27, 16735
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Near-infrared TADF-type organic afterglow materials

Zi Ye, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Guangming Wang and Kaka Zhang

Organic Electronics, 2024, 134, 107128
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Two-component design strategy: TADF-Type organic afterglow for time-gated chemodosimeters

Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Xuepu Wang, Yan Sun, Jiahui Liu and Kaka Zhang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 431, 134197
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Synergistic engineering of host-guest architectures for tunable and applicable organic afterglow materials

Duo Liu, Xingyue Yuan, Tiantian Wang and Tianyang Wang

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 549, 217346
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A simple and straightforward polymer post-modification method for wearable difluoroboron β-diketonate luminescent sensors

Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Junbo Li, Xun Li and Kaka Zhang

Polymer, 2022, 239, 124449
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Turn on of room temperature phosphorescence of donor-acceptor-donor type compounds via transformation of excited states by rigid hosts for oxygen sensing

Levani Skhirtladze, Karolis Leitonas, Audrius Bucinskas, Kai Lin Woon, Dmytro Volyniuk, Rasa Keruckienė, Malek Mahmoudi, Mieczyslaw Lapkowski, Azhar Ariffin and Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2023, 380, 133295
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Two-Component Design Strategy: Achieving Intense Organic Afterglow and Diverse Functions in Coronene-Matrix Systems

Minjian Wu, Xuepu Wang, Yingtong Pan, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Yan Sun, Yunlong Zou, Hefeng Zhang and Kaka Zhang

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 26986
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Laser activated room-temperature excimer delayed fluorescence of difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes in polymer matrix

Aleksandr A. Khrebtov, Elena V. Fedorenko and Anatolii G. Mirochnik

Polymer, 2022, 256, 125255
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Manipulation of Organic Afterglow in Fluoranthene‐Containing Dopant‐Matrix Systems: From Conventional Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence to Efficient Red TADF‐Type Organic Afterglow

Yaxian Xu, Shou Yuan, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xuepu Wang, Xun Li, Shuhui Ding, Xuefeng Chen and Kaka Zhang

Chemistry A European J, 2023, 29
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Cascade Synthesis of Luminescent Difluoroboron Diketonate Compounds forRoom‐TemperatureOrganic Afterglow Materials

Junbo Li, Xuepu Wang, Xiaoya Zhao, Xuefeng Chen, Shuhui Ding, Minjian Wu and Kaka Zhang

Chin. J. Chem., 2022, 40, 2507
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Manipulation of Triplet Excited States in Two‐Component Systems for High‐Performance Organic Afterglow Materials

Jiuyang Li, Guangming Wang, Xuefeng Chen, Xun Li, Minjian Wu, Shou Yuan, Yunlong Zou, Xuepu Wang and Kaka Zhang

Chemistry A European J, 2022, 28
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Merging thermally activated delayed fluorescence and two-photon ionization mechanisms for highly efficient and ultralong-lived organic afterglow

Xuepu Wang, Junbo Li, Ying Zeng, Xiuzheng Chen, Minjian Wu, Guangming Wang, Xun Li, Biaobing Wang and Kaka Zhang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 460, 141916
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Boosting Organic Afterglow Performance via a Two-Component Design Strategy Extracted from Macromolecular Self-Assembly

Dahua Li, Minjian Wu, Xuefeng Chen, Jiahui Liu, Yan Sun, Ju Huang, Yunlong Zou, Xuepu Wang, Daoyong Chen and Kaka Zhang

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2022, 13, 5030
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Manipulation of Triplet Excited States for Long‐Lived and Efficient Organic Afterglow

Yan Sun, Jiahui Liu, Jiuyang Li, Xun Li, Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang and Kaka Zhang

Advanced Optical Materials, 2022, 10
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Aromatic Difluoroboron β-Ketoiminate Complexes: Effect of Substituents on Mechanofluorochromism and Polymorphic Behavior

Aleksandr Khrebtov, Galina Tretyakova, Elena Fedorenko and Anatolii Mirochnik

J Fluoresc, 2024, 35, 5903
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Room-temperature phosphorescent transparent wood

Xixi Piao, Tengyue Wang, Xuefeng Chen, Guangming Wang, Xiangxiang Zhai and Kaka Zhang

Nat Commun, 2025, 16
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Achieving long-lived room-temperature phosphorescence via charge transfer technology and dopant-matrix design strategy

Shuhui Ding, Yaxian Xu, Junbo Li, Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Haodong Li, Shixue Ren and Kaka Zhang

Dyes and Pigments, 2023, 210, 110984
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TADF-Type Organic Afterglow Nanoparticles with Temperature and Oxygen Dual-Responsive Property for Bimodal Sensing

Honghong Yao, Yuqin Zhang, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Ju Huang, Xuepu Wang, Zhanpeng Zhang, Liang Chen, Zhen Pan and Kaka Zhang

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2023, 6, 15138
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Intense Organic Afterglow Enabled by Molecular Engineering in Dopant-Matrix Systems

Xun Li, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Yan Sun, Xinjian Deng and Kaka Zhang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 1587
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Recent Advances on Host–Guest Material Systems toward Organic Room Temperature Phosphorescence

Xi Yan, Hao Peng, Yuan Xiang, Juan Wang, Lan Yu, Ye Tao, Huanhuan Li, Wei Huang and Runfeng Chen

Small, 2022, 18
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Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence Modulation of Aromatic Carbonyls and Multi‐Component Systems

Chunguang Ren, Zhengshuo Wang, Tianjie Wang, Jiayi Guo, Yifeng Dai, Hua Yuan and Yeqiang Tan

Chin. J. Chem., 2022, 40, 1987
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Difluoroboron β‐Diketonate Systems: Large Transformation of Photophysical Mechanism Induced by Tiny Structural Modification or Isomerization

Xuefeng Chen, Guangming Wang, Junbo Li, Xiuzheng Chen, Xiaoya Zhao, Ying Zeng, Yuming Su and Kaka Zhang

Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, 12
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Ultralong organic room-temperature phosphorescence modulated by balancing intramolecular charge transfer and localized excitation character of excited states

Tengyue Wang, Xuepu Wang, Qianqian Yan and Kaka Zhang

Dyes and Pigments, 2024, 224, 112024
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Organic Afterglow Vesicles

Siqi Zhu, Biao Xu, Ting Luo, Hui Li, Xinyi Wu, Siqi Zheng, Haodong Li, Yong Gao and Kaka Zhang

Advanced Science, 2026, 13
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Aqueous-phase room-temperature afterglow crystalline micro/nanostructures via supramolecular inclusion complexation of γ-cyclodextrin with difluoroboron β-diketonate luminescence compounds

Qianqian Yan, Junbo Li, Tengyue Wang, Wen Xia, Guangming Wang, Haodong Li and Kaka Zhang

Next Materials, 2025, 7, 100379
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Developing robust organic afterglow emulsion for dissolved oxygen sensing

Ju Huang, Xinjian Deng, Jiuyang Li, Guangming Wang, Xun Li, Honghong Yao, Chuanhu Lei and Kaka Zhang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 474, 145809
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Metastable Molecular Cocktail of Crystalline and Liquid Difluoroboron β-Diketonate Complexes

Mitsuhiko Morisue, Takeru Asano, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Sono Sasaki, Masashi Nakamura and Yukiyasu Kashiwagi

Langmuir, 2025, 41, 25625
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c03497

Organic Afterglow Emulsions Exhibiting 2.4 s Phosphorescence Lifetimes and Specific Protein Binding Property

Jiahui Liu, Yan Sun, Guangming Wang, Xiuzheng Chen, Jiuyang Li, Xuepu Wang, Yunlong Zou, Biaobing Wang and Kaka Zhang

Advanced Optical Materials, 2022, 10
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Polymer-Based TADF-Type Organic Afterglow

Ju Huang, Xuepu Wang, Guangming Wang, Jiuyang Li, Xinjian Deng, Xiuzheng Chen, Yaxian Xu, Chuanhu Lei and Kaka Zhang

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 20728
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Recent advances of room temperature phosphorescence and long persistent luminescence by doping system of purely organic molecules

Xiangming Wang, Mengjiao Dong, Zijuan Li, Zepeng Wang and Fu-Shun Liang

Dyes and Pigments, 2022, 204, 110400
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Highly Efficient TADF‐Type Organic Afterglow of Long Emission Wavelengths

Yingtong Pan, Jiuyang Li, Xuepu Wang, Yan Sun, Junbo Li, Biaobing Wang and Kaka Zhang

Adv Funct Materials, 2022, 32
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Advanced charge transfer technology for highly efficient and long-lived TADF-type organic afterglow with near-infrared light-excitable property

Guangming Wang, Xuefeng Chen, Jiahui Liu, Shuhui Ding and Kaka Zhang

Sci. China Chem., 2023, 66, 1120
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1432-y