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Water-induced ultralong room temperature phosphorescence by constructing hydrogen-bonded networks

Show Author's Information Ya-Chuan Liang1,§,  Yuan Shang2,§,  Kai-Kai Liu1( ),  Zhen Liu3,  Wen-Jie Wu1,  Qian Liu1,  Qi Zhao1,  Xue-Ying Wu1,  Lin Dong1,  Chong-Xin Shan1( )
Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
Super Computer Center, Smart City Institute, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 4500052, China
The college of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 4500052, China

§ Ya-Chuan Liang and Yuan Shang contributed equally to this work.

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water-induced, phosphorescence, triplet states, hydrogen-bonded networks
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Liang Y-C, Shang Y, Liu K-K, et al. Water-induced ultralong room temperature phosphorescence by constructing hydrogen-bonded networks. Nano Research, 2020, 13(3): 875-881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2710-3
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Room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials show potential applications in information security and optoelectronic devices, but it is still a challenge to achieve RTP in organic materials under water ambient due to the unstable property of triplet states. Herein, water-induced RTP has been demonstrated in the organic microrod (OMR). Noting that the RTP intensity of the as-prepared OMR is greatly enhanced when water is introduced, and the reason for the enhancement can be attributed to the formation of hydrogen-bonded networks inside the OMR. The hydrogen-bonded networks can confine the molecular motion effectively, leading to the stability of triplet states; thus the lifetime of the OMR can reach 1.64 s after introducing water. By virtue of the long lifetime of the OMR in the presence of water, multilevel data encryption based on the OMR has been demonstrated.


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Water-induced ultralong room temperature phosphorescence by constructing hydrogen-bonded networks

Show Author's information Ya-Chuan Liang1,§, Yuan Shang2,§, Kai-Kai Liu1( ), Zhen Liu3, Wen-Jie Wu1, Qian Liu1, Qi Zhao1, Xue-Ying Wu1, Lin Dong1, Chong-Xin Shan1( )
Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
Super Computer Center, Smart City Institute, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 4500052, China
The college of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 4500052, China

§ Ya-Chuan Liang and Yuan Shang contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials show potential applications in information security and optoelectronic devices, but it is still a challenge to achieve RTP in organic materials under water ambient due to the unstable property of triplet states. Herein, water-induced RTP has been demonstrated in the organic microrod (OMR). Noting that the RTP intensity of the as-prepared OMR is greatly enhanced when water is introduced, and the reason for the enhancement can be attributed to the formation of hydrogen-bonded networks inside the OMR. The hydrogen-bonded networks can confine the molecular motion effectively, leading to the stability of triplet states; thus the lifetime of the OMR can reach 1.64 s after introducing water. By virtue of the long lifetime of the OMR in the presence of water, multilevel data encryption based on the OMR has been demonstrated.

Keywords: water-induced, phosphorescence, triplet states, hydrogen-bonded networks

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Received: 22 October 2019
Revised: 08 February 2020
Accepted: 10 February 2020
Published: 26 February 2020
Issue date: March 2020

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11904326, 21601159, 61604132, and 51602288), the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 61425021), and Key Science and Technology Project of Henan Province (No. 171100210600).

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