Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 15, 2024
Abstract
Materials
with
room‐temperature
phosphorescence
(RTP)
from
deep
red
to
near‐infrared
(NIR)
region
exhibit
great
potential
for
emerging
applications.
However,
such
molecules
typically
require
a
low‐lying
first
triplet
(T
1
)
excited
state,
which
may
not
be
optimal
exciton
stabilization,
potentially
compromising
the
lifetime.
This
study
reports
design
of
four
9
H
‐carbazole
(Cz)
analogs
extended
conjugation
lengths
used
as
dopants
achieve
RTP
emissions
in
and
NIR
regions
lifetimes
exceeding
700
ms.
These
findings
reveal
that
substituting
reactive
hydrogen
atoms
Cz
methyl
groups
significantly
enhances
photoluminescence
quantum
yield
(PLQY)
these
materials
compared
their
non‐methylated
counterparts.
Additionally,
doping
systems
can
activated
by
visible
light,
achieving
persistent
even
under
excitation
450
nm
light.
Theoretical
calculations
demonstrate
crucial
roles
charge
transfer
state
enhanced
spin‐orbital
coupling
(SOC)
matrix
elements
upon
long‐lifetime
beyond
600
nm.
research
presents
strategy
employing
Cz‐based
facilitate
extending
regions.
Advanced Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(28)
Published: May 17, 2024
Abstract
Organic
near‐infrared
(NIR)
room
temperature
phosphorescence
(RTP)
materials
become
a
hot
topic
in
bioimaging
and
biosensing
for
the
large
penetration
depth
high
signal‐to‐background
ratio
(SBR).
However,
it
is
challenging
to
achieve
persistent
NIR
severe
nonradiative
transitions
by
energy‐gap
law.
Herein,
universal
system
with
RTP
built
visible
(host)
(guest)
materials,
which
can
efficiently
suppress
rigid
environment
of
crystalline
host
good
matching,
further
promote
emission
additional
resonance
energy
transfer
(≈100%)
between
them.
The
ten‐folds
enhancement
lifetimes,
compared
those
guest
luminogens,
be
achieved
modulation
aggregated
structures
host–guest
systems.
This
work
provides
convenient
way
largely
prolong
lifetimes
various
promoting
their
application
afterglow
imaging
deeper
higher
SBRs.
Dalton Transactions,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
CDs-LDHs-PVA
composite
achieves
RTP
with
205.24
ms
lifetime
and
5.04%
quantum
yield,
showing
excitation-dependent
emission
for
optical
anti-counterfeiting
encryption.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 26, 2024
Abstract
Phosphorescent
supramolecular
hydrogels
are
currently
a
prevalent
topic
for
their
great
promise
in
various
photonic
applications.
Herein,
an
efficient
near‐infrared
(NIR)
phosphorescence
hydrogel
is
reported
via
the
hierarchical
assembly
strategy
aqueous
solution,
which
fabricated
from
amphiphilic
bromonaphthalimide
pyridinium
derivative
(G),
exfoliated
Laponite
(LP)
nanosheets,
and
polymeric
polyacrylamide
(PAAm).
Initially,
G
spontaneously
self‐aggregates
into
spherical
nanoparticles
covered
with
positively
charged
units
emits
single
fluorescence
at
410
nm.
Driven
by
electrostatic
interactions
negatively
subsequently
function
as
cross‐linked
binders
coassemble
LP
engendered
red
room‐temperature
(RTP)
up
to
620
Benefiting
hydrogen‐bonding
interactions‐mediated
physical
cross‐linkage,
further
introduction
of
PAAm
not
only
significantly
elevates
mechanical
strength
showing
fast
self‐healing
capability,
but
also
increases
lifetime
2.49
4.20
ms,
especially
generating
even
higher
temperature
(
τ
363
K
=
2.46
ms).
Additionally,
RTP
energy
transfer
occurs
after
doping
small
amount
organic
dye
heptamethine
cyanine
(IR780)
acceptor
hydrogels,
resulting
long‐lived
NIR
emission
823
nm
high
donor/acceptor
ratio,
successfully
applied
cell
labeling
window.
Advanced Optical Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
Abstract
Organic
ultralong
room‐temperature
phosphorescence
(OURTP)
materials
with
white
and
near‐infrared
(NIR)
emission
have
unparalleled
advantages
in
information
encryption,
bio‐imaging,
science.
However,
limited
by
the
energy
gap
law,
NIR
OURTP
(exceeding
700
nm)
are
very
rare,
furthermore,
these
typically
exhibit
brief
lifetimes.
Therefore,
there
is
an
urgent
need
to
find
methods
achieve
afterglow
lifetimes
from
organic
chromophores.
Here,
a
universal
strategy
has
been
proposed
endow
polymeric
wide
color,
lifetimes,
persistent
based
on
multiple
sequential
resonance
transfer
(P‐FRET).
The
poly(acrylamide‐co‐N‐vinylcarbazole)
(PAMCz)
blue‐emission
act
as
donor
while
traditional
highly
fluorescent
dyes
(BODIPY
derivatives,
rhodamine
b
(RhB)
sulfo‐cyanine5
(Cy5))
green/red/NIR
fluorescence
acceptor.
Significantly,
multi‐pathway
P‐FRET
shows
distinct
over
single‐path
PRET,
including
higher
antennae
effect
(AE),
broader
spectrum
of
color‐tunability
facilitated
intermediary
acceptor,
improved
intensity
terminal
By
simply
regulating
doping
composition
concentration
acceptors,
perfect
white‐emission
CIE
coordinate
(0.336,
0.330)
NIR‐emission
2.7
s
successfully
realized.
Recent
advancements
have
focused
on
developing
nanoscale
persistent
room-temperature
phosphorescence
(pRTP)
structures
to
expand
their
applicability
in
biomedical
fields.
Traditional
fabrication
methods
typically
produce
surface-coated
core-shell
pRTP
nanoparticles
composed
of
nonbiocompatible
emitters
at
very
high
concentrations
the
core.
To
overcome
this
limitation,
polymeric
nanosystems
been
presented
study
as
a
promising
alternative
by
embedding
RTP
molecules
within
biocompatible
polymer
matrix,
thereby
significantly
reducing
required
concentration
molecules.
These
were
fabricated
using
poly(lactic
acid)
(PLA)
matrix
an
effective
microemulsion-based
method.
They
exhibited
similar
properties
traditional
nanoparticles,
showing
comparable
long-lasting
with
lifetime
118
ms
even
when
phosphorescent
molecule
content
is
below
2%.
Moreover,
excellent
biocompatibility
and
stability
demonstrate
interesting
reversible
photoactivated
properties.
successfully
applied
for
vivo
imaging
signal-to-noise
ratio
(SBR)
2061,
maintaining
strong
long-lived
emissions
20
min.
results
highlight
viable
approach
advancing
technology
biological
applications.
Aggregate,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 6, 2025
ABSTRACT
Hepatectomy
is
a
critical
treatment
for
liver
cancer,
but
achieving
complete
tumor
removal
remains
challenging.
The
development
of
tumor‐targeting
probes
capable
accurately
identifying
locations
and
providing
real‐time
intraoperative
navigation
significant
clinical
importance.
We
synthesize
tumor‐targeted
probe
by
conjugating
fibroblast
activation
protein
inhibitor
(FAPI)
with
near‐infrared
organic
room
temperature
phosphorescence
(RTP)
material.
then
analyze
its
surgical
performance
in
the
cancer
model
imaging
fresh
patient‐derived
samples.
In
vivo
validation
reveals
that
exhibits
optimal
intensity
within
48
h
(8.53
×
10
5
p
s
−1
cm
−2
sr
)
an
average
signal‐to‐noise
ratio
16.
could
effectively
identify
FAP‐positive
samples
from
patients.
successful
application
phosphorescence‐guided
surgery
suggests
RTP
holds
translational
value
serve
as
auxiliary
tool
cancer.