A universal strategy for multicolor organic circularly polarized afterglow materials with high dissymmetry factors
Materials with pure organic circularly polarized afterglow (CPA) have attracted significant attention due to their spatiotemporal-resolved optical properties, yet achieving simultaneous high dissymmetry factor (glum) and multicolor ultralong emission remains a challenge. Here, we establish a universal energy transfer-photon coupling strategy to realize CPA spanning from blue to red with record-high glum (up to 1.90) and ultralong lifetimes (>6 s). Systematic characterization of nonchiral donor-acceptor systems (TP-BPEA, TP-Fluo, etc.) reveals the absence of ground-state chiral centers (<i>g</i><sub>CD</sub> ≈ 0) and orientation artifacts (<i>LD</i> < 10<sup>-7</sup>), confirming the key role of cholesteric liquid crystal polymer in chirality induction. This spatiotemporal synergy between energy transfer (wavelength modulation) and photonic engineering (polarization control) provides a framework for chiral photonic materials, with potential implications for multidimensional information encryption.
Authors
- Xiang Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8679-4491)
- Siyu Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4642-7902)
- Chenjia Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2722-4951)
- Zi‐Ang Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9592-0728)
- Honglong Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0642-5806)
- He Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-7485)
- Ping Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7813-1674)
- Zhuoran Xu
Institutions
- East China University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419481122
- Citations
- 14
- Primary Topic
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.25