A new TICT and AIE-active tetraphenylethene-based Schiff base with reversible piezofluorochromism

Fangfang Han, Ran Zhang, Zhaoming Zhang, Jianguo Su and Zhonghai Ni

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 68178
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA14729A

Introductory lecture: recent research progress on aggregation-induced emission

Yuancheng Wang, Guanxin Zhang, Meng Gao, Yuanjing Cai, Chi Zhan, Zujin Zhao, Deqing Zhang and Ben Zhong Tang

Faraday Discuss., 2017, 196, 9
DOI: 10.1039/C6FD00218H

Multifunctional properties of a star-shaped triphenylamine-benzene-1,3,5-tricarbohydrazide fluorescent molecule containing multiple flexible chains

Xin Feng, Yating Chen, Yunxiang Lei, Yunbing Zhou, Wenxia Gao, Miaochang Liu, Xiaobo Huang and Huayue Wu

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 13638
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05538G

Red-emitting dyes based on phenothiazine-modified 2-hydroxychalcone analogues: mechanofluorochromism and gelation-induced emission enhancement

Hongqiang Gao, Pengchong Xue, Jiang Peng, Lu Zhai, Meng Sun, Jingbo Sun and Ran Lu

New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 77
DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ05212C

A donor–acceptor cruciform π-system: high contrast mechanochromic properties and multicolour electrochromic behavior

Jingwei Sun, Xiaojing Lv, Pingjing Wang, Yujian Zhang, Yuyu Dai, Qichao Wu, Mi Ouyang and Cheng Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 5365
DOI: 10.1039/c4tc00516c

Efficient green-red piezofluorochromism of bisanthracene-modified dibenzofulvene

Guo-Feng Zhang, Matthew P. Aldred, Ze-Qiang Chen, Tao Chen, Xianggao Meng and Ming-Qiang Zhu

RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 1079
DOI: 10.1039/C4RA10067K

Efficient solid-state emission and reversible mechanofluorochromism of a tetraphenylethene-pyrene-based β-diketonate boron complex

Ting Sun, Feng Zhao, Gaolei Xi, Jian Gong, Mengyu Sun, Chang Dong and Jingyi Qiu

RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 19641
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA03847G

Recent advances in n-type and ambipolar organic semiconductors and their multi-functional applications

Yihan Zhang, Yongshuai Wang, Can Gao, Zhenjie Ni, Xiaotao Zhang, Wenping Hu and Huanli Dong

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 1331
DOI: 10.1039/D2CS00720G

Near infrared absorption/emission perylenebisimide fluorophores with geometry relaxation-induced large Stokes shift

Jie Ma, Yizhi Zhang, Hongbo Zhang and Xifeng He

RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 35840
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07050E

High-contrast mechanochromism and polymorphism-dependent fluorescence of difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes based on the effects of AIEE and halogen

Yunpeng Qi, Yongtao Wang, Yongjiang Yu, Zhiyong Liu, Yan Zhang, Guangfen Du and Yu Qi

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 33755
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA27819H

Synthesis, aggregation-induced emission and electroluminescence properties of a novel compound containing tetraphenylethene, carbazole and dimesitylboron moieties

Heping Shi, Zhihua Gong, Dehua Xin, Jesse Roose, Huiren Peng, Shuming Chen, Jacky W. Y. Lam and Ben Zhong Tang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 9095
DOI: 10.1039/C5TC01928A

Mechanofluorochromic properties of β-iminoenolate boron complexes tuned by the electronic effects of terminal phenothiazine and phenothiazine-S,S-dioxide

Zhenqi Zhang, Zhu Wu, Jingbo Sun, Boqi Yao, Gonghe Zhang, Pengchong Xue and Ran Lu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 4921
DOI: 10.1039/C5TC00463B

3,6-Diamino-7,8-dihydroisoquinoline-4-carbonitrile derivatives: unexpected facile synthesis, full-color-tunable solid-state emissions and mechanofluorochromic activities

Xinyu Zhang, Dan Wang, Hao Shen, Shuxian Wang, Yunbing Zhou, Yunxiang Lei, Wenxia Gao, Miaochang Liu, Xiaobo Huang and Huayue Wu

Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 856
DOI: 10.1039/D0QO01527J

Three-component color-tunable room temperature afterglow doped materials through Förster-resonance energy transfer

Huaiying Huang, Yitian Jiang, Miaochang Liu, Wenbo Dai, Yunxiang Lei, Yan Guan, Qiuping Ding, Huayue Wu and Xiaobo Huang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 17044
DOI: 10.1039/D3TC03553K

Synthesis and photophysical and mechanochromic properties of novel 2,3,4,6-tetraaryl-4H-pyran derivatives

Yufeng Xie, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiaoqing Liu, Miaochang Liu, Yunxiang Lei, Yunbing Zhou, Wenxia Gao, Xiaobo Huang and Huayue Wu

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 6529
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE01021A

Molecular tuning of the crystallization-induced emission enhancement of diphenyl-dibenzofulvene luminogens

Maryam F. Abdollahi, Jian You, Tao Wang and Yuming Zhao

Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 484
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC07013K

Preparation of organic mechanochromic fluorophores with simple structures and promising mechanochromic luminescence properties

Gaocan Li, Yangyang Xu, Weihua Zhuang and Yunbing Wang

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 84787
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA20022B

Ultrasensitive water sensors based on fluorenone-tetraphenylethene AIE luminogens

Tao Chen, Ze-Qiang Chen, Wen-Liang Gong, Chong Li and Ming-Qiang Zhu

Mater. Chem. Front., 2017, 1, 1841
DOI: 10.1039/C7QM00172J

Enhanced AIE and different stimuli-responses in red fluorescent (1,3-dimethyl)barbituric acid-functionalized anthracenes

Guohui Yin, Yawen Ma, Yao Xiong, Xiaohui Cao, Yang Li and Ligong Chen

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 751
DOI: 10.1039/C5TC03629A

Reversible mechanochromic luminescence of phenothiazine-based 10,10′-bianthracene derivatives with different lengths of alkyl chains

Pengchong Xue, Boqi Yao, Xuhui Liu, Jiabao Sun, Peng Gong, Zhenqi Zhang, Chong Qian, Yuan Zhang and Ran Lu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 1018
DOI: 10.1039/C4TC02126F

Recent advances in mechano-responsive luminescence of tetraphenylethylene derivatives with aggregation-induced emission properties

Zhiyong Yang, Zhihe Chi, Zhu Mao, Yi Zhang, Siwei Liu, Juan Zhao, Matthew P. Aldred and Zhenguo Chi

Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, 2, 861
DOI: 10.1039/C8QM00062J

Mechanofluorochromism, polymorphism and thermochromism of novel D–π–A piperidin-1-yl-substitued isoquinoline derivatives

Yating Chen, Xinyu Zhang, Mengzhu Wang, Jingqing Peng, Yunbing Zhou, Xiaobo Huang, Wenxia Gao, Miaochang Liu and Huayue Wu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 12580
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC03942B

β-Iminoenolate boron complex with terminal triphenylamine exhibiting polymorphism and mechanofluorochromism

Zhenqi Zhang, Zhu Wu, Jingbo Sun, Boqi Yao, Pengchong Xue and Ran Lu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 2854
DOI: 10.1039/C5TC02386F

Aggregation induced emission in one easy step: pyridinium AIEgens and counter ion effect

Kaspars Leduskrasts and Edgars Suna

RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 38107
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07137D

Bis-pyrene based reversibly multi-responsive fluorescence switches

Wei Li, Pei-Pei Yang, Lei Wang and Hao Wang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 3783
DOI: 10.1039/C4TC02987A

Tetraphenylethene modified β-ketoiminate boron complexes bearing aggregation-induced emission and mechanofluorochromism

Huaizhi Gao, Defang Xu, Xingliang Liu, Aixia Han, Lin Zhou, Chao Zhang, Yan Yang and Wenlin Li

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 1348
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA25871A

Mechanofluorochromic behaviors of β-iminoenolate boron complexes functionalized with carbazole

Zhenqi Zhang, Pengchong Xue, Peng Gong, Gonghe Zhang, Jiang Peng and Ran Lu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 9543
DOI: 10.1039/C4TC01639D

Cation–anion interaction directed dual-mode switchable mechanochromic luminescence

Gaocan Li, Yangyang Xu, Qunshou Kong, Weihua Zhuang and Yunbing Wang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 8527
DOI: 10.1039/C7TC02497E

Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel phthalocyanine–perylenediimide–phthalocyanine triad and phthalocyanine–perylenediimide dyads

Xiaobo Sun, Wenfeng Qiu, Donghui Wei, Mingsheng Tang and Lin Guo

RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 25616
DOI: 10.1039/C4RA03552F

Hydrogen bonding-assisted loosely packed crystals of a diaminomaleonitrile-modified tetraphenylethene compound and their photo- and mechano-responsive properties

Qiuyi Huang, Tao Yu, Zongliang Xie, Wenlang Li, Leyu Wang, Siwei Liu, Yi Zhang, Zhenguo Chi, Jiarui Xu and Matthew P. Aldred

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 11867
DOI: 10.1039/C7TC03404K

Effects of cyano groups on the properties of thiazole-based β-ketoiminate boron complexes: aggregation-induced emission and mechanofluorochromism

Lin Zhou, Defang Xu, Huaizhi Gao, Aixia Han, Yan Yang, Chao Zhang, Xingliang Liu and Feng Zhao

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 69560
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA14595G

Molecular and crystalline requirements for solid state fluorescence exploiting excited state intramolecular proton transfer

Michael Dommett, Miguel Rivera, Matthew T. H. Smith and Rachel Crespo-Otero

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 2558
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC05717J

Direct validation of the restriction of intramolecular rotation hypothesis via the synthesis of novel ortho-methyl substituted tetraphenylethenes and their application in cell imaging

Guo-Feng Zhang, Ze-Qiang Chen, Matthew P. Aldred, Zhe Hu, Tao Chen, Zhenli Huang, Xianggao Meng and Ming-Qiang Zhu

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12058
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC04241G

Construction of a highly efficient near-IR solid emitter based on naphthalene diimide with AIE-active tetraphenylethene periphery

Anushri Rananaware, Duong Duc La, Sam. M. Jackson and Sheshanath V. Bhosale

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 16250
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA00907G

High contrast stimuli-responsive luminescence switching of pyrene-1-carboxylic esters triggered by a crystal-to-crystal transition

Qunshou Kong, Weihua Zhuang, Gaocan Li, Yangyang Xu, Qing Jiang and Yunbing Wang

New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 13784
DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ03014B

Mechanochromic luminescence and color-tunable light-emitting devices of triphenylamine functionalized benzo[d,e]benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-7-one

Bin Huang, Dawei Jiang, Yan Feng, Wen-Cheng Chen, Ying Zhang, Chen Cao, Dong Shen, Yigang Ji, Chen Wang and Chun-Sing Lee

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 9808
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC02592H

Water-soluble and highly emissive near-infrared nano-probes by co-assembly of ionic amphiphiles: towards application in cell imaging

Yuzhi Xing, Dahua Li, Bin Dong, Xiaocheng Wang, Chengfeng Wu, Lan Ding, Shixin Zhou, Jian Fan and Bo Song

New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 8059
DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ01184F

Mechanochromic aromatic hydrocarbons that bear one simple substituent

Tomohiro Seki and Kota Hattori

RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 7258
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08519H

Structure design and performance of photomultiplication-type organic photodetectors based on an aggregation-induced emission material

Dechao Guo, Zeng Xu, Dezhi Yang, Dongge Ma, Benzhong Tang and Agafonov Vadim

Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 2648
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR09386A

The synthesis and aggregation-induced near-infrared emission of terrylenediimide–tetraphenylethene dyads

Nuo-Hua Xie, Chong Li, Jun-Xia Liu, Wen-Liang Gong, Ben Zhong Tang, Guigen Li and Ming-Qiang Zhu

Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 5808
DOI: 10.1039/C6CC01187J

Cation–π interactions secure aggregation induced emission of planar organic luminophores

Kaspars Leduskrasts, Artis Kinens and Edgars Suna

Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 12663
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC06829E

Impact of subtle change in branched amino acid on the assembly and properties of perylene bisimides hydrogels

Jacquelyn G. Egan, Glen Brodie, Daniel McDowall, Andrew J. Smith, Charlotte J. C. Edwards-Gayle and Emily R. Draper

Mater. Adv., 2021, 2, 5248
DOI: 10.1039/D1MA00470K

Solvophobic control aggregation-induced emission of tetraphenylethene-substituted naphthalene diimide via intramolecular charge transfer

Anushri Rananaware, Duong Duc La and Sheshanath V. Bhosale

RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 63130
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA10050J

Organic doped red room-temperature afterglow materials based on 2,3,5-triarylfuro[3,2-b]pyridines through Förster-resonance energy transfer

Yuzhe Wang, Huaiying Huang, Quli Liu, Miaochang Liu, Wenbo Dai, Yunxiang Lei, Xiaofang Wang, Xiaobo Huang and Huayue Wu

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 499, 156584
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.156584

General Synthetic Approach toward Geminal-Substituted Tetraarylethene Fluorophores with Tunable Emission Properties: X-ray Crystallography, Aggregation-Induced Emission and Piezofluorochromism

Guo-Feng Zhang, Hongfeng Wang, Matthew P. Aldred, Tao Chen, Ze-Qiang Chen, Xianggao Meng and Ming-Qiang Zhu

Chem. Mater., 2014, 26, 4433
DOI: 10.1021/cm501414b

Twisted donor–acceptor cruciform fluorophores exhibiting strong solid emission, efficient aggregation-induced emission and high contrast mechanofluorochromism

Defang Xu, Juanyuan Hao, Huaizhi Gao, Yonghui Wang, Ying Wang, Xingliang Liu, Aixia Han and Chao Zhang

Dyes and Pigments, 2018, 150, 293
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.12.031

Design, synthesis, and applications of pyrene-quinoline based cell-permeable AIEgen for cellular imaging and antibacterial activity

Anna Jose, Shabin N. Chathangad, Revathy Sahadevan, Anupama Binoy, Arumugam Vignesh, Sushabhan Sadhukhan and Mintu Porel

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2023, 444, 114950
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114950

Mechanoresponsive Luminescent Molecular Assemblies: An Emerging Class of Materials

Yoshimitsu Sagara, Shogo Yamane, Masato Mitani, Christoph Weder and Takashi Kato

Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 1073
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502589

Mechano- and Thermo-responsive Luminescence of Crystalline Thienylbenzothiadiazole Derivatives: Stepwise Hypsochromic Switching of Near-Infrared Emission

Ryohei Yoshida, Takashi Tachikawa and Suguru Ito

Crystal Growth & Design, 2022, 22, 547
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01128

Effect of Connecting Units on Aggregation-Induced Emission and Mechanofluorochromic Properties of Isoquinoline Derivatives with Malononitrile as the Terminal Group

Yating Chen, Chunhui Dai, Xinyue Xu, Yunbing Zhou, Yunxiang Lei, Miaochang Liu, Wenxia Gao, Xiaobo Huang and Huayue Wu

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 24180
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c07410

Mechanofluorochromic Behaviors of Salicylaldimine Difluoroboron Complexes

Hao Yang, Kaiqi Ye, Jingbo Sun, Peng Gong and Ran Lu

Asian J Org Chem, 2017, 6, 199
DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201600482

Aggregation-induced luminescence enhancement, anion sensing, solvent-selective fluorescence quenching of arylpyrazoline fluorescent probe

Qiushuo Huang, Tiantian Liu, Danyang Ma, Junxia Liu, Tiegang Ren, Wenpeng Wu and Jinglai Zhang

Dyes and Pigments, 2022, 198, 110014
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.110014

Exploring Acceptor-Functionalized Perylenes as Hole Transport Materials for Solution Process Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Krishan Kumar, Dipanshu Sharma, Diksha Thakur, Wei-Zhu Lin, Mangey Ram Nagar, Subrata Banik, Jwo-Huei Jou and Subrata Ghosh

ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 2024, 6, 3874
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.4c00469

Rational Design of Perylenediimide‐Substituted Triphenylethylene to Electron Transporting Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogens (AIEgens) with High Mobility and Near‐Infrared Emission

Zheng Zhao, Simin Gao, Xiaoyan Zheng, Pengfei Zhang, Wenting Wu, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Yu Xiong, Nelson L. C. Leung, Yuncong Chen, Xike Gao, Jacky W. Y. Lam and Ben Zhong Tang

Adv Funct Materials, 2018, 28
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201705609

Synthesis of Fluorene‐Bridged Arylene Vinylene Fluorophores: Effects of End‐Capping Groups on the Optical Properties, Aggregation Induced Emission

Guo‐Feng Zhang, Tao Chen, Ze‐Qiang Chen, Matthew P. Aldred, Xianggao Meng and Ming‐Qiang Zhu

Chin. J. Chem., 2015, 33, 939
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201500240

Aggregation-Induced Emission: Together We Shine, United We Soar!

Ju Mei, Nelson L. C. Leung, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam and Ben Zhong Tang

Chem. Rev., 2015, 115, 11718
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00263

Synthesis, aggregation-induced emission and electroluminescence properties of two new tetraphenylethene derivatives

Heping Shi, Shujuan Wang, Li Fang and Ben Zhong Tang

Tetrahedron Letters, 2016, 57, 4428
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.08.072

A Fluorescent Chemosensor with a Hybridized Local and Charge Transfer Nature and Aggregation‐Induced Emission Effect for the Detection of Picric Acid

Chuanting Zhou, Xiangting Han, Guifen Liao, Chaotong Zhou, Peng Jin, Yuhua Guo, Huiwen Gao, Yujian Zhang, Shengchen Yang and Jingwei Sun

ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 2868
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201900294

Multi-color solid-state luminescence of difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes bearing carbazole with mechanofluorochromism and thermofluorochromism

Mingyang Liu, Lu Zhai, Jingbo Sun, Pengchong Xue, Peng Gong, Zhenqi Zhang, Jiabao Sun and Ran Lu

Dyes and Pigments, 2016, 128, 271
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.02.005

Tetraphenylethene-based β-diketonate boron complex: Efficient aggregation-induced emission and high contrast mechanofluorochromism

Huaizhi Gao, Defang Xu, Xingliang Liu, Aixia Han, Lin Zhou, Chao Zhang, Zheng Li and Jun Dang

Dyes and Pigments, 2017, 139, 157
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.12.004

Vinyl-functionalized multicolor benzothiadiazoles: design, synthesis, crystal structures and mechanically-responsive performance

Jianhua Chen, Fengying Ye, Yan Lin, Zhao Chen, Shenghua Liu and Jun Yin

Sci. China Chem., 2019, 62, 440
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-018-9384-1

High contrast mechanofluorochromic behavior of new tetraphenylethene-based Schiff base derivatives

Ting Sun, Dandan Cheng, Yongshuai Chai, Jian Gong, Mengyu Sun and Feng Zhao

Dyes and Pigments, 2019, 170, 107619
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107619

An azabenz-annulated perylenediimide with tetraphenylethene units: Aggregation-induced emission, mechanochromic fluorescence, and cell imaging

Hua Sun, Jiale Jin, Qi Wang, Shifan Wang, Weidan Na, Zhao Li, Bing Yao, Po Sun, Liming Dong and Xiao-Chun Hang

Dyes and Pigments, 2022, 200, 110169
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110169

Structural Engineering of Red Luminogens to Realize High Emission Efficiency through ACQ‐to‐AIE Transformation

Hua Sun, Tengfei He, Chuchen Zhang, Shifan Wang, Liming Dong, Zhao Li, Pei‐Yang Gu, Zhe Wang, Guankui Long and Qichun Zhang

Chemistry A European J, 2023, 29
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300029

Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of a Functional Conjugated Microporous Polymer: CO2 Storage and Light Harvesting

Venkata M. Suresh, Satyanarayana Bonakala, Syamantak Roy, Sundaram Balasubramanian and Tapas Kumar Maji

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 24369
DOI: 10.1021/jp508734z

Recent advances and importance of triphenyl acrylonitrile system as an aggregation-induced emitter

Vignesh Rajendran and K.R. Justin Thomas

Synthetic Metals, 2025, 311, 117801
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117801