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Miracles of molecular uniting

奇妙的分子聚集效应

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有机材料的宏观性质是分子聚集效应的客观体现, 不仅取决于单个分子的结构, 而且与整个分子的聚集形式密切相关. 通过对分子聚集态行为的有效调控, 科学家们发现了一些完全不同于单个分子特性的聚集态发光现象, 包括发光强度、 颜色、 形式以及激发过程的差异. 本文对这些有趣的聚集态发光材料进行了简要的综述, 系统分析了分子聚集模式和分子间相互作用对材料发光性能的影响, 并介绍了“MUSIC”的理念, 以音乐创作形象化材料设计, 强调分子聚集态行为的重要性.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51673151), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2017CFA002), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2042017kf0247 and 2042018kf0014) for financial support.

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  1. Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Qianqian Li  (李倩倩) & Zhen Li  (李振)

  2. Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Zhen Li  (李振)

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Li Q wrote the manuscript with support from Li Z. Both authors contributed general discussion.

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Qianqian Li received her BSc degree from Hubei University, China, in 2004, and then obtained her PhD degree at Wuhan University in 2009. She is now a full professor at Wuhan University (WHU), and her research interests are in the design and synthesis of new optoelectronic functional materials.

Zhen Li received his BSc and PhD degrees from WHU, China, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. In 2003–2004, he worked in the Hongkong University of Science and Technology. In 2010, he worked in Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been a full professor at WHU since 2006 and his research interests are in the development of organic molecules and polymers with new structures and new functions for organic electronics and photonics.

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Li, Q., Li, Z. Miracles of molecular uniting. Sci. China Mater. 63, 177–184 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-019-1172-2

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