Advances in Novel Luminescent Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Located at the confluence of two rapidly growing fields—supramolecular chemistry and emissive materials with controlled structure—supramolecular luminescent materials offer a unique perspective for cutting-edge technologies. The last decade has witnessed a blossoming of superstructures with tunable photophysical properties, integrating exotic processes such as delayed fluorescence, room-temperature phosphorescence, and persistent fluorescence within the supramolecular approach. Today, these emissive superstructures serve as excellent platforms for developing smart luminescent materials. The Special Issue, “Advances in Novel Luminescent Materials”, offers an opportunity to share the latest research on the design, synthesis, properties, applications, and fundamentals of luminescent materials featuring supramolecular architectures.
We welcome original research articles, communications, and reviews focusing on supramolecular luminescent materials based on macrocycles and their metal complexes, host–guest complexes, polymers, metal–organic frameworks, and supramolecular assemblies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- New strategies and concepts of synthesis;
- New design concepts of supramolecular luminescent materials for applications in molecular recognition, sensing, and detection;
- New supramolecular luminescent materials for application in optoelectronics (LEDs, displays, anti-counterfeiting, imaging);
- Design of supramolecular luminescent materials with controlled structure;
- Novel luminescent materials with tunable properties;
- Photophysical properties of supramolecular luminescent materials;
- The underlying mechanisms of luminescent materials with supramolecular structures and specific properties;
- Theoretical studies on the investigation of optical properties and related processes.
We warmly invite you to contribute to this Special Issue.
Dr. Mihaela Avadanei
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photoluminescence
- phosphorescence
- supramolecular materials
- photophysics
- materials chemistry
- molecular recognition
- chemosensors
- host-guest complexes
- hybrid materials
- optical materials
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