Deng Yongjing, Wang Mengzhu, Zhuang Yanling, Liu Shujuan, Huang Wei, Zhao Qiang
State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM) & Institute of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), 9 Wenyuan Road, 210023, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), MIIT Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, 710072, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Light Sci Appl. 2021 Apr 12;10(1):76. doi: 10.1038/s41377-021-00516-7.
Circularly polarized light exhibits promising applications in future displays and photonic technologies. Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) from chiral luminophores is an ideal approach to directly generating circularly polarized light, in which the energy loss induced by the circularly polarized filters can be reduced. Among various chiral luminophores, organic micro-/nano-structures have attracted increasing attention owing to the high quantum efficiency and luminescence dissymmetry factor. Herein, the recent progress of CPL from organic micro-/nano-structures is summarized. Firstly, the design principles of CPL-active organic micro-/nano-structures are expounded from the construction of micro-/nano-structure and the introduction of chirality. Based on these design principles, several typical organic micro-/nano-structures with CPL activity are introduced in detail, including self-assembly of small molecules, self-assembly of π-conjugated polymers, and self-assembly on micro-/nanoscale architectures. Subsequently, we discuss the external stimuli that can regulate CPL performance, including solvents, pH value, metal ions, mechanical force, and temperature. We also summarize the applications of CPL-active materials in organic light-emitting diodes, optical information processing, and chemical and biological sensing. Finally, the current challenges and prospects in this emerging field are presented. It is expected that this review will provide a guide for the design of excellent CPL-active materials.
圆偏振光在未来的显示器和光子技术中展现出了广阔的应用前景。来自手性发光体的圆偏振发光(CPL)是直接产生圆偏振光的理想方法,其中可以减少圆偏振滤光片引起的能量损失。在各种手性发光体中,有机微/纳米结构因其高量子效率和发光不对称因子而受到越来越多的关注。在此,总结了有机微/纳米结构产生CPL的最新进展。首先,从微/纳米结构的构建和手性的引入方面阐述了具有CPL活性的有机微/纳米结构的设计原理。基于这些设计原理,详细介绍了几种具有CPL活性的典型有机微/纳米结构,包括小分子的自组装、π共轭聚合物的自组装以及在微/纳米级架构上的自组装。随后,我们讨论了可以调节CPL性能的外部刺激因素,包括溶剂、pH值、金属离子、机械力和温度。我们还总结了具有CPL活性的材料在有机发光二极管、光学信息处理以及化学和生物传感方面的应用。最后,介绍了这一新兴领域当前面临的挑战和前景。预计这篇综述将为设计优异的具有CPL活性的材料提供指导。