The exciton, an excited electron–hole pair bound by Coulomb attraction, plays a key role in
photophysics of organic molecules and drives practically important phenomena such as …

In recent years thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), the demand for the development of
miniaturized and wearable sensors has skyrocketed. Among them, novel sensors for …

Detection of trace quantities of water in laboratory and industrial processes is very crucial.
Monitoring humidity is of vital importance in maintaining ambient atmosphere in places like …

A novel class of tetraphenylethene (TPE) derivatives TPEM and TPEBM containing
dicyanovinyl groups were synthesized, possessing remarkable dual properties of …

Abstract “Paper” has greatly contributed to the development and spread of civilization. Even
in today's “digitalized” world, paper continues to play a key role in socioeconomic growth, as …

Mitochondrial polarity strongly influences the intracellular transportation of proteins and
interactions between biomacromolecules. The first fluorescent probe capable of the …

Brightly luminescent copper nanoclusters (CuNCs) were prepared via a facile one-step
synthesis in organic phase, and a novel luminescent nanoswitch on the basis of CuNCs …

Hydrochromic materials find great utility in a wide range of applications including humidity
sensing and measuring the water contents of organic solvents, as well as substrates for …

A new naphthoquinone-based chemosensor 2-((3-hydroxyphenyl) amino)-3-(phenylthio)
naphthalene-1, 4-dione (2HPN) was successfully synthesized for the selective detection of …

In this work, an efficient strategy is proposed to obtain single‐type carbon dots with precisely
controlled up/down‐conversion photoluminescence under both liquid and solid states …