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ArticleNature communications2026

Rigid ionic-bonding networks boosting organic room temperature phosphorescence.

Wenpeng Ye, Chao Huang, Anqi Lv, Yanhua Gao, Yanfei Li, Huili Ma, Zhengong Meng, Huifang Shi, Long Gu, Zhongfu An and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Ion-Driving Polymer Entanglement for Dynamic Organic Phosphorescence.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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11 authors.

Wenpeng YeState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China.
Chao HuangState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 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, China.
Yanhua GaoState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, China.
Yanfei LiState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 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, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0332-2999
Zhengong MengState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, China.
Huifang ShiState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0172-3230
Long GuState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China. iamlgu@nwpu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1318-9140
Zhongfu AnState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, China. iamzfan@njtech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-2654
Wei HuangState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China. vc@nwpu.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22505114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ionic bonds possess excellent advantages in organic phosphorescence enhancement due to their intense electrostatic interactions, non-directional, and unsaturated characteristics. Nowadays, host-guest doping is the mainstream strategy for synthesizing room-temperature phosphorescent materials. While this strategy may suffer from compatible molecular configurations between host and guest, it needs precise molecular design and synthesis. Herein, ionic alkyl chain molecules are selected as hosts to prepare ionic phosphorescent materials handily. The host materials are suitable for diverse guests, simply attaching quaternary ammonium groups to chromophores. By altering the isolated chromophores, diverse phosphorescence colors from blue to orange-red can be emitted with long-lived lifetimes up to 572.27 ms. Consecutive ionic bonds can be formed in host-guest materials to construct ionic-bonding networks, thereby effectively restricting the movement of guest molecules and minimizing non-radiative transitions. Notably, the matching principle of the alkyl chain in the ionic host-guest system not only provides an ordered and rigid environment but also stimulates the external heavy-atom effect effectively, thus riveting chromophores for shining phosphorescence. This strategy, through the synergistic effects of host-guest doping and ionic-bonding networks, provides a reference for studying isolated-molecular phosphorescence with non-conjugated hosts.

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