Rational Molecular Design for Achieving Persistent and Efficient Pure Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

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Reversible Luminescence Switching of an Organic Solid: Controllable On–Off Persistent Room Temperature Phosphorescence and Stimulated Multiple Fluorescence Conversion

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Siloxy Group-Induced Highly Efficient Room Temperature Phosphorescence with Long Lifetime

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Twisted Tethered Tolanes: Unanticipated Long-Lived Phosphorescence at 77 K

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Room-temperature phosphorescence from organic aggregates

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Thermochromic aggregation-induced dual phosphorescence via temperature-dependent sp3-linked donor-acceptor electronic coupling

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