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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Optics
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Traditional luminophores suffer from aggregation-caused quenching, limiting their applications.
  • Photonic crystals (PCs) offer unique optical properties through light-matter interactions.
  • Integrating light-emitting materials with PCs can lead to novel functionalities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a general method for incorporating aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) into PCs.
  • To investigate the optical properties and stimuli-responsive behavior of these luminescent PCs.
  • To explore their potential as smart filters and sensors.

Main Methods:

  • Incorporation of AIEgens into PCs via physical absorption or chemical reaction.
  • Stimuli-responsive characterization using water and ethanol.
  • Analysis of structural color changes, photonic band gap modulation, and emission spectra.
  • Quantitative detection of humidity and alcohol concentration.

Main Results:

  • Luminescent PCs exhibited diverse structural colors tunable by water, causing a red-shift in the photonic band gap.
  • The tunable band gap modulated AIEgen emission, narrowing the full width at half maximum (FWHM) and enabling arbitrary light generation.
  • PCs responded to ethanol through synergistic external (swelling) and internal (nanoparticle expansion) tuning, allowing fine control over emission.
  • A linear relationship was observed for water and ethanol-induced emission shifts, enabling quantitative sensing.

Conclusions:

  • A novel method for creating luminescent PCs with AIEgens was established, overcoming aggregation-caused quenching.
  • The developed luminescent PCs function as smart intramolecular filters with tunable light emission properties.
  • These materials demonstrate potential for quantitative sensing of environmental humidity and alcohol content.