Conjugated poly-ynes and poly (metalla-ynes) constitute an important class of new materials
with potential application in various domains of science. The key factors responsible for the …

The possibility to change the molecular assembled structures of organic and organometallic
materials through mechanical stimulation is emerging as a general and powerful concept for …

While viologen derivatives have long been known for electrochromism and photochromism,
here we demonstrated that a viologen-carboxylate zwitterionic molecule in the crystalline …

π-Conjugated materials are promising candidates for emerging organic optoelectronic
devices empowered by molecular design. The unsolved challenges of predicting and …

In this report,“fluorescent flippers” are introduced to create planarizable push–pull probes
with the mechanosensitivity and fluorescence lifetime needed for practical use in biology …

Prediction of multi-stimuli responsive behavior in newly developed luminogens is an
appealing yet challenging puzzle, since no concrete design strategy has been developed so …

CzCNDSB with a highly twisted conformation in the solid state is constructed. Single crystal
measurements prove that it possesses an inside pore with a diameter of 8 Å and further …

Piezochromic fluorescent (PCF) materials that feature high sensitivity and wide-range
switching are attractive in intelligent optoelectronic applications but their fabrication remains …

Phenyl-perfluorophenyl polar− π interactions have been revisited for the design and
fabrication of functional supramolecular systems. The relatively weak associative …

Realizing the control of emission colors of single molecules is very important in the
development of full-color emitting materials. Herein, three novel phenazine derivatives (2, 3 …