a Beijing Advanced Innovation Center of Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing , P. R. China.
Crit Rev Anal Chem. 2018 Jul 4;48(4):330-336. doi: 10.1080/10408347.2018.1445960. Epub 2018 Mar 20.
Recent researches in metal nanoclusters (NCs) have prompted their promising practical applications in biomedical fields as novel inorganic luminophores. More recently, to further improve the photoluminescence (PL) performance of NCs, the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) effect has been introduced to develop highly luminescent metal NCs and metal complex materials. In this review, we start our discussion from recent progresses on AIE materials developments. Then, we address our understandings on the PL properties of thiolated metal NCs. Subsequently, we link thiolated metal NCs with AIE effect. We also highlight some recent advances in synthesizing the AIE-type metal complex nanomaterials. We finally discuss visions and directions for future development of AIE-type metal complex nanomaterials.
近期有关金属纳米团簇（NCs）的研究促使其作为新型无机发光体在生物医学领域具有广阔的应用前景。最近，为了进一步提高 NCs 的光致发光（PL）性能，引入了聚集诱导发光（AIE）效应，以开发高发光的金属 NCs 和金属配合物材料。在本综述中，我们从 AIE 材料发展的最新进展开始讨论。然后，我们介绍了对巯基化金属 NCs 的 PL 性质的理解。随后，我们将巯基化金属 NCs 与 AIE 效应联系起来。我们还强调了合成 AIE 型金属配合物纳米材料的一些最新进展。最后，我们讨论了 AIE 型金属配合物纳米材料未来发展的前景和方向。
