Photochemistry Directed Applications of Organic Fluorescent Materials
A special issue of Photochem (ISSN 2673-7256).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organic functional materials; organic fluorescent materials; organic photothermal conversion materials; photochemistry photophysics; piezochromism; photothermal conversion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Organic fluorescent materials have attracted a lot of research interests due to their easy accessibility and modification. The study of organic fluorescent materials primarily focuses on their luminescent properties in solutions rather than in the aggregated state, due to the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) or trap-controlled quenching (TCQ). A significant breakthrough was achieved in 2001, when strongly emissive organic fluorescent materials in the aggregated state were developed, which were termed aggregation-induced-emission (AIE) materials. Recently, materials exhibiting strong emission profiles in both solution and the aggregated state (dual-state emission—DSE) have been reported. The newly discussed luminescent phenomena have greatly expanded the application scopes of organic fluorescent materials, which go beyond conventional chemical sensors to intelligent sensing, bioimaging, optoelectronics, etc. Naturally, the emissive properties of organic fluorescent materials are highly related to the photochemical or photophysical process, which, in parallel, directs the application scenarios of these materials.
This Special Issue is focused on “Photochemistry Directed Applications of Organic Fluorescent Materials”.
Research and review papers are welcome that are related to, but are not limited to, the following areas:
(1) A deep understanding of the photochemical process of organic fluorescent materials upon photon excitation, as well as the advanced applications associated with them.
(2) Extensive investigation of the photophysical properties of organic fluorescent materials and their relevant applications.
(3) Oganic functional materials, even though no emissive properties are discussed, but because they are highly related to the photochemistry or photophysics-directed applications, i.e., photothermal conversion.
Prof. Dr. Chengyuan Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- organic fluorescent materials
- photochemistry
- photophysics
- piezochromism
- multiple responsive materials
- sensors
- intelligent materials
- bioimaging
- optoelectronics
- photothermal conversion
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