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Organic molecular aggregates: From aggregation structure to emission property

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Ma, Suqian, Du, Sijia, Pan, Guocui, Dai, Shuting, Xu, Bin, Tian, Wenjing·2021·Aggregate
DOI 10.1002/agt2.96
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Organic molecular aggregates have attracted widespread attention over the past decade owing to their unique optoelectronic properties in the aggregate state, which mainly involves the effects of aggregation structure as well as molecular packing mode. Although many examples of H‐ and J‐aggregates defined by molecular exciton model have been found, there are also other types of unconventional aggregates, especially for aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) system. In this review, the recent progress of some examples of basic and novel aggregate forms, as well as coassembled forms, presenting distinctive optical features, such as optical waveguide and polarization emission, polymorph‐dependent emission and stimuli‐responsive luminescence are presented. The systematic insight into the relationship between the aggregation structure and emission property is discussed. Guidelines are therefore anticipated and will direct the future preprogramming molecular design so as to fine‐tune the emission feature through a specific aggregation model for developing organic molecular aggregates with desirable optoelectronic properties.

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Authors
Ma, S., Du, S., Pan, G., Dai, S., Xu, B., & Tian, W.
Affiliations
Jilin University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Xu, Bin
  • Tian, Wenjing
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Aggregate
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-06-24
Volume
2
Issue
4
ISSN
2692-4560 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1002/agt2.96
OpenAlex
W3174024795
Cited by
387
References
100
Citations by year
2026: 76 · 2025: 89 · 2024: 98 · 2023: 71 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 6
FWCI
16.86
Type
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Language
en
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Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (21835001, 52073116, 51773080)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Keywords
aggregation structure, aggregation-induced emission, H-aggregates, J-aggregates, molecular packing, optical waveguides, stimuli-responsive luminescence, optoelectronic properties, molecular design

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