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ArticleNature communications2025

Short-range charge transfer for efficient ultra-narrowband deep blue afterglow.

Xin Zou, Nan Gan, Zhenyi Lin, Huili Ma, Yanxin Wu, Anqi Lv, Zhongfu An, Long Gu, Wei Huang

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Highly Dissymmetric and Multicolor Circularly Polarized Organic Hyperafterglow.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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9 authors.

Xin Zou *State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China.
Nan Gan *State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China.
Zhenyi Lin *State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211816, China.
Huili MaState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211816, China. iamhlma@njtech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0332-2999
Yanxin WuState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China.
Anqi LvState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211816, China.
Zhongfu AnState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211816, China. iamzfan@njtech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-2654
Long GuState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China. iamlgu@nwpu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1318-9140
Wei HuangState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7004-6408

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient and narrowband blue organic afterglow materials are critical components for advanced optoelectronic applications, but so far, have been rarely explored. Herein, we report short-range charge transfer-assisted high efficiency and ultra-narrowband deep blue (<450 nm) afterglow from a series of indolocarbazole-based chromophores. The short-range charge transfer within the fused π-conjugated frameworks enlarges the singlet-triplet energy gap and suppresses vibronic coupling and structural relaxations, thus leading to a slow reverse intersystem crossing rate, a long delayed-fluorescence lifetime of up to 186.48 ms and a high photoluminescence quantum yield of 86.1%. Notably, these afterglow emitters exhibit ultra-narrow full width at half maximum of 18 nm, presenting high colour purity with y colour coordinates below 0.05. Taking advantage of these unique afterglow features, the potential for encrypted light communications and high-resolution afterglow displays are demonstrated. This work not only provides an effective strategy for developing narrowband organic afterglow materials but also extends their applications to advanced fields.

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