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Room temperature phosphorescence achieved by aromatic/perfluoroaromatic interactions

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Room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) has attracted much attention for the applications in information encryption, bio-imaging, displaying, and so on. In this text, persistent RTP emission is mainly achieved by the compact face-to-face packing modes with aromatic/perfluoroaromatic interactions. Moreover, it can be further optimized by halogen substitutions with heavy atom effect, electron-withdrawing property, and steric hindrance, resulting in the prolonged RTP lifetime. Furthermore, the multiple fluorine substitutions endowed these luminogens with the water-resistant property, resulting in the maintained RTP emission with water droplets. Therefore, the aromatic/perfluoroaromatic interactions are not only the efficient approach to achieve persistent RTP, but also extend their application to a humid environment or even in water.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars (22122504), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51973162, 21875174, 21734007), and the Excellent Youth Foundation of Hubei Scientific Committee (2020CFA084).

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    Qunhua Zhang, Yuanyuan Fan, Qiuyan Liao, Cheng Zhong, Qianqian Li & Zhen Li

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

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Zhang, Q., Fan, Y., Liao, Q. et al. Room temperature phosphorescence achieved by aromatic/perfluoroaromatic interactions. Sci. China Chem. 65, 918–925 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-021-1229-4

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