Responsive Materials (Nov 2023)

Mechanically interlocked luminescent molecules

  • Shu Zhang,
  • Yi An,
  • Xu‐Man Chen,
  • Ivan Aprahamian,
  • Quan Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/rpm.20230023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Research into mechanically interlocked luminescent molecules (MILMs), which is the overlapping of mechanically interlocked molecules and luminescent molecules, has intensified over the past few decades. These studies have tapped into and exploited the benefits of mechanically interlocked structures to achieve outstanding and stimulus‐responsive optical characteristics, resulting in the synthesis of new types of luminescent systems and exploring their potential uses in different applications. This review describes the salient attributes of MILMs and showcases some of the latest advancements in this field of research.

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