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Aggregation-Induced Emission in Organic Nanoparticles: Properties and Applications: a Review

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Data on the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) of organic nanoparticles are summarized. The mechanisms for the appearance of AIE in nanoparticles with a wide variety of molecular structure including hydrocarbons, compounds with heteroatoms, and organometallic complexes as well as the major factors determining the efficiency of luminescence in the solid state are examined. Applied aspects of the use of AIE are discussed.

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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 135-160, May-June, 2018.

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Granchak, V.M., Sakhno, T.V., Korotkova, I.V. et al. Aggregation-Induced Emission in Organic Nanoparticles: Properties and Applications: a Review. Theor Exp Chem 54, 147–177 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-018-9558-6

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