Advancements in Fluorescent Materials and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics and Optical Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2026 | Viewed by 920
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optoelectronics; organic semiconductors; photophysics; OLEDs
Interests: organic luminescence; boron chemistry; RTP; luminescent radical
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Luminescent materials have emerged as an essential class of functional materials, enabling transformative progress in diverse areas such as bioimaging, sensing, optoelectronics, and energy conversion. Their versatile emission behaviors, including fluorescence, phosphorescence, thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), and room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP), offer unique opportunities for both fundamental scientific discovery and technological applications. The continued advancement in molecular design, mechanistic understanding, and device integration has established luminescent materials as a multidisciplinary field connecting chemistry, physics, biology, and materials science.
This Special Issue, “Advancements in Fluorescent Materials and Applications”, aims to showcase recent developments in the design, study, and application of luminescent materials. We welcome original research articles and reviews addressing both experimental and theoretical progress. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Molecular design and synthesis of luminescent materials: thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF); room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP); aggregation-induced emission (AIE);
- Mechanistic studies of luminescent processes;
- Fluorescent probes for bioimaging and sensing;
- Applications in optoelectronic devices (OLEDs, light-emitting electrochemical cells, lasers, etc.);
- Stimuli-responsive and multifunctional luminescent systems;
- Emerging applications in photocatalysis, phototherapy, and energy-related technologies.
Dr. Changfeng Si
Dr. Zhu Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermally activated delayed fluorescence
- room-temperature phosphorescence
- OLEDs
- bioimaging
- sensing
- photocatalysis
- organic dyes
- near-infrared
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