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Organic room-temperature phosphorescence materials

  • Dan Liu1,2
  • Zhengxu Cai3
  • Yuping Dong3
  • Jingyu Zhang4
  • Runfeng Chen4
  • Yi Chen5
  • Zhenzhen Xu5
  • Hongbing Fu5
  • Zikai He6
  • Jie Yang7
  • Zhen Li8,7
  • Xiang Ma9
39 more authors
  • Qi Sun10
  • Zhigang Shuai2
  • Zijian Chen11
  • Mengke Li11
  • Shi‐Jian Su11
  • Przemysław Data12
  • Youhei Takeda13
  • Jusaina Eyyathiyil14
  • Pakkirisamy Thilagar14
  • He‐Lou Xie15
  • Yu Xiong16
  • Zhenhong Qi17
  • Dongpeng Yan17
  • Haichao Liu18
  • Bing Yang18
  • Zi Wang19
  • Chaolong Yang19
  • Xinghuo Wang20
  • Ying‐Wei Yang21
  • Xiang Chen22
  • Guangxin Yang22
  • Wang Zhang Yuan22
  • Shengnan Zou23
  • Yong Zhang23
  • Aoyuan Cheng24
  • Guoqing Zhang24
  • Kaka Zhang25
  • Pengfei She26,4
  • Qiang Zhao26,4
  • Jingjing Guo27
  • Y ZHAO27
  • Hao Sun28
  • Liangliang Zhu29
  • Tao Wang3
  • Eli Zysman‐Colman30
  • Parvej Alam2
  • Zheng Zhao2
  • Ben Zhong Tang1,2
  • Anjun Qin31
31 affiliations
  1. 1Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 999077, China
  2. 2Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Aggregate Science, School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518172, China
  3. 3Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
  4. 4State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China
  5. 5Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
  6. 6School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
  7. 7Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
  8. 8Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Opto-Electronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
  9. 9Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
  10. 10Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0041, USA
  11. 11State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices and Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy & Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
  12. 12Department of Molecular Physics, Faculty of Chemistry, Łódź University of Technology, Łódź, 90-543, Poland
  13. 13Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka, Osaka, 5650871, Japan
  14. 14Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
  15. 15Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China
  16. 16Center for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518061, China
  17. 17Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
  18. 18State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
  19. 19School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China
  20. 20Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
  21. 21College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
  22. 22School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
  23. 23School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
  24. 24Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
  25. 25State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and Shanghai Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
  26. 26College of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China
  27. 27School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
  28. 28School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
  29. 29State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
  30. 30Organic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK
  31. 31State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Abstract

Organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials have rapidly emerged as a significant research area owing to their efficient triplet-state transitions, long-lived emission lifetimes, and oxygen-sensitive behavior. These features enable diverse applications in optoelectronics, biological imaging, information encryption, and anti-counterfeiting technologies. However, no review has comprehensively summarized the advances in this field. This review begins by outlining the fundamental mechanisms underlying RTP, with emphasis on intersystem crossing, triplet-state stabilization, and suppression of nonradiative decay pathways, followed by molecular design strategies for achieving efficient and long-lived RTP, particularly those involving aggregation modulation. Next, recent advances are surveyed across various material platforms, including single- and multi-component small molecules, dendrimers, polymers, supramolecular assemblies, and organic porous frameworks, in both crystalline and amorphous forms. Moreover, emerging multifunctional systems, such as clusterization-triggered phosphorescence, circularly polarized phosphorescence, and stimuli-responsive materials, are highlighted. Third, representative applications in anti-counterfeiting, sensing, bioimaging, biotherapy, and optoelectronic devices are critically examined to demonstrate the potential of RTP materials in next-generation smart systems. Finally, key challenges are addressed, including the trade-off between quantum yield and lifetime, oxygen quenching in biological environments, and the need for mechanistic insight via advanced spectroscopic and theoretical methods. In addition, future directions are proposed, such as developing color-tunable near-infrared RTP for deep-tissue imaging and integrating RTP into multifunctional device platforms.

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@article{liu2026organic,
  title = {{Organic room-temperature phosphorescence materials}},
  author = {Dan Liu and Zhengxu Cai and Yuping Dong and Jingyu Zhang and Runfeng Chen and Yi Chen and Zhenzhen Xu and Hongbing Fu and Zikai He and Jie Yang and Zhen Li and Xiang Ma and Qi Sun and Zhigang Shuai and Zijian Chen and Mengke Li and Shi‐Jian Su and Przemysław Data and Youhei Takeda and Jusaina Eyyathiyil and Pakkirisamy Thilagar and He‐Lou Xie and Yu Xiong and Zhenhong Qi and Dongpeng Yan and Haichao Liu and Bing Yang and Zi Wang and Chaolong Yang and Xinghuo Wang and Ying‐Wei Yang and Xiang Chen and Guangxin Yang and Wang Zhang Yuan and Shengnan Zou and Yong Zhang and Aoyuan Cheng and Guoqing Zhang and Kaka Zhang and Pengfei She and Qiang Zhao and Jingjing Guo and Y ZHAO and Hao Sun and Liangliang Zhu and Tao Wang and Eli Zysman‐Colman and Parvej Alam and Zheng Zhao and Ben Zhong Tang and Anjun Qin},
  journal = {Science China Chemistry},
  year = {2026},
  month = jul,
  doi = {10.1007/s11426-025-3385-5},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-025-3385-5},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Organic room-temperature phosphorescence materials
AU  - Dan Liu
AU  - Zhengxu Cai
AU  - Yuping Dong
AU  - Jingyu Zhang
AU  - Runfeng Chen
AU  - Yi Chen
AU  - Zhenzhen Xu
AU  - Hongbing Fu
AU  - Zikai He
AU  - Jie Yang
AU  - Zhen Li
AU  - Xiang Ma
AU  - Qi Sun
AU  - Zhigang Shuai
AU  - Zijian Chen
AU  - Mengke Li
AU  - Shi‐Jian Su
AU  - Przemysław Data
AU  - Youhei Takeda
AU  - Jusaina Eyyathiyil
AU  - Pakkirisamy Thilagar
AU  - He‐Lou Xie
AU  - Yu Xiong
AU  - Zhenhong Qi
AU  - Dongpeng Yan
AU  - Haichao Liu
AU  - Bing Yang
AU  - Zi Wang
AU  - Chaolong Yang
AU  - Xinghuo Wang
AU  - Ying‐Wei Yang
AU  - Xiang Chen
AU  - Guangxin Yang
AU  - Wang Zhang Yuan
AU  - Shengnan Zou
AU  - Yong Zhang
AU  - Aoyuan Cheng
AU  - Guoqing Zhang
AU  - Kaka Zhang
AU  - Pengfei She
AU  - Qiang Zhao
AU  - Jingjing Guo
AU  - Y ZHAO
AU  - Hao Sun
AU  - Liangliang Zhu
AU  - Tao Wang
AU  - Eli Zysman‐Colman
AU  - Parvej Alam
AU  - Zheng Zhao
AU  - Ben Zhong Tang
AU  - Anjun Qin
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/06
JO  - Science China Chemistry
DO  - 10.1007/s11426-025-3385-5
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-025-3385-5
AB  - Organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials have rapidly emerged as a significant research area owing to their efficient triplet-state transitions, long-lived emission lifetimes, and oxygen-sensitive behavior. These features enable diverse applications in optoelectronics, biological imaging, information encryption, and anti-counterfeiting technologies. However, no review has comprehensively summarized the advances in this field. This review begins by outlining the fundamental mechanisms underlying RTP, with emphasis on intersystem crossing, triplet-state stabilization, and suppression of nonradiative decay pathways, followed by molecular design strategies for achieving efficient and long-lived RTP, particularly those involving aggregation modulation. Next, recent advances are surveyed across various material platforms, including single- and multi-component small molecules, dendrimers, polymers, supramolecular assemblies, and organic porous frameworks, in both crystalline and amorphous forms. Moreover, emerging multifunctional systems, such as clusterization-triggered phosphorescence, circularly polarized phosphorescence, and stimuli-responsive materials, are highlighted. Third, representative applications in anti-counterfeiting, sensing, bioimaging, biotherapy, and optoelectronic devices are critically examined to demonstrate the potential of RTP materials in next-generation smart systems. Finally, key challenges are addressed, including the trade-off between quantum yield and lifetime, oxygen quenching in biological environments, and the need for mechanistic insight via advanced spectroscopic and theoretical methods. In addition, future directions are proposed, such as developing color-tunable near-infrared RTP for deep-tissue imaging and integrating RTP into multifunctional device platforms.
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SN  - 1006-9291
SN  - 1674-7291
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