Advances in Self-Assembled Luminescent Materials
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chirality; polymer; circularly polarized luminescence; supramolecular assembly
Interests: clusters; supramolecular assembly; chirality; optical materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Supramolecular chemistry is intricately linked to the phenomenon of self-assembly, which is defined as the autonomous organization of components into specific patterns or structures without human intervention. Both molecular self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry are interconnected through noncovalent interactions (H-bonds, π−π stacking, CH/π, etc) and/or through particular nano- and microscale architectures. Molecular self-assembly plays a crucial role in biological systems, facilitating the transfer and storage of genetic information within nucleic acids, as well as the folding of proteins into highly efficient molecular machines.
Supramolecular assembly has attracted a great deal of attention because it involves the flexible preparation of functional materials using rationally designed building blocks. For example, chiral supramolecular assembly is a powerful tool to create chiral functional materials for chiral catalysis, chiral recognition, chiroptics, etc.
Recently, a typical example of a chiral supramolecular-assembled material emerged, namely circularly polarized luminescence material, which involves chiral chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and material chemistry. There is an urgent demand for circularly polarized luminescence materials so as to achieve a high luminescence asymmetry factor and a high quantum yield. We also highly anticipate the emergence of new self-assembled luminescent materials.
With so many possibilities, we would like to invite researchers to submit papers discussing any aspect related to the role of supramolecular oligomers and polymers or chiral supramolecular assemblies which exhibit unique optical properties.
Therefore, potential topics could include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Supramolecular aggregation-induced emission materials.
- Circularly polarized luminescence materials.
- The crystal growth of supramolecular polymers or assemblies.
- Advances in the development of polymeric supramolecular materials.
- Their structural characterization and relationships to function.
Dr. Gong Zhang
Dr. Qing Li
Prof. Dr. Jianrong Qiu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supramolecular polymers
- supramolecular assembly
- circularly polarized luminescence
- chiral self-assembly
- crystal structure
- optoelectronic properties
- aggregation-induced emission
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