{"title":"Dual-State Emission Naphthalimide Dyes with 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]Heptane as Auxochrome","authors":"Guo-Wei Chen, Ru Sun, Jian-Feng Ge","doi":"10.1002/adom.202502027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202502027","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Enhancing photoluminescence efficiency remains a perpetual objective for chemists. In this study, a molecular design concept of inhibited pyramidal inversion for the amino auxochrome is proposed. Dyes <b>3a-3d</b> are designed and synthesized by introducing 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (pyramidal inversion energy barrier 14.1 kcal mol<sup>−1</sup>) as auxochrome into the 1,8-naphthalimide fluorophore framework. Dye <b>3a</b> exhibits a high fluorescence quantum yield (Φ) of 0.963 in 1,4-dioxane, maintains 0.746 in DMSO, and still achieves 0.284 in H<sub>2</sub>O, and dyes <b>3b-3d</b> demonstrate analogous solvent-dependent behavior. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the configuration of <b>3a</b> remains nearly unchanged in both the ground and excited states. Remarkably, dyes <b>3a-3d</b> display bright solid-state fluorescence with photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY) of 0.674, 0.596, 0.813, and 0.924, respectively. Single-crystal X-ray analysis of <b>3a</b> shows parallel molecular packing with an interplanar distance of 3.628 Å and an intramolecular auxochrome-fluorophore dihedral angle of 83.35°, which collectively mitigate <i>π–π</i> stacking interactions. When dispersed in ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) matrix, dyes <b>3a-3d</b> demonstrate PLQY values exceeding 0.947. These results show that incorporating 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane as auxochrome in 1,8-naphthalimide-based fluorophores effectively enhances the luminescent properties of the dyes in solution, solid, and EVA-film states.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MXene-Enabled Photodetectors: Material Modulation, Device Performance Enhancement, and Recent Progress","authors":"Qing Wu, Xinyan Liu, Xuhui Zhang, Yixin Yan, Lei Xu, Qian Zhang, Tong Zheng","doi":"10.1002/adom.202501776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202501776","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Photodetectors incorporating MXenes as supporting components demonstrate high sensitivity, rapid response speed, and self-powered operation, overcoming the shortcomings of low sensitivity, slow response, and high-power consumption. This review systematically elucidates the fundamental optoelectronic properties of MXenes, and provides a comprehensive analysis of advanced device architectures leveraging MXenes as transparent electrodes, Schottky contact electrodes, and carrier transport layers. Additionally, the review summarizes the latest advancements in MXene-enabled photodetectors and emphasizes their promising future in transparent electronics, image recognition systems, and flexible visual sensing platforms. Future research will focus on enhancing synthesis methods, improving long-term stability, and exploring novel device architectures to ensure MXene-enabled photodetectors continue to drive innovation in next-generation optoelectronic devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kenshiro Matsuda, Haruto Fukutsuka, Wataru Ota, Emiko Fujiwara, Taisuke Matsumoto, Kosuke Anraku, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Takuya Hosokai, Tohru Sato, Ken Albrecht
{"title":"Modulation of the Dihedral Angle in Donor-Functionalized Tris (2, 4, 6-Trichlorophenyl) Methyl Radical-Carbazole Dyads","authors":"Kenshiro Matsuda, Haruto Fukutsuka, Wataru Ota, Emiko Fujiwara, Taisuke Matsumoto, Kosuke Anraku, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Takuya Hosokai, Tohru Sato, Ken Albrecht","doi":"10.1002/adom.202501481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202501481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Tris</i> (2, 4, 6-trichlorophenyl) methyl (TTM) radical is the most widely studied luminescent radical, and the carbazole-TTM donor–acceptor (D-A) dyad is recognized for both high photoluminescence quantum yield and robust photostability. However, despite numerous studies on various D-A radical dyads, their structure-property relationship including carbazole-TTM remains elusive. Here, a series of TTM radical acceptor coupled with methyl-modified carbazole donor is synthesized and used as a model system to investigate the influence of the D-A dihedral angle, known as a primal parameter of luminescent closed-shell D-A compounds, on the photophysical properties of D-A radicals. The results reveal that the dihedral angle tunes the hybridization of locally excited transitions and intramolecular charge transfer (CT) transitions. The larger angles lead to an enhancement of the CT character in the excited state, which suppresses radiative decay due to decreased donor–acceptor orbital overlap and increases non-radiative decay according to the energy-gap law, leading to reduced photoluminescence quantum yields. Furthermore, the increased CT character in the excited state bypasses photocyclization of the TTM moiety and improves photostability. These findings indicate that D-A dihedral angle plays a crucial role in balancing the luminescence efficiency and photostability of the organic luminescent radicals.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plasmonic Nanoparticle-on-Nanoslit Antenna as Independently Tunable Dual-Resonant Systems for Efficient Frequency Upconversion","authors":"Huatian Hu, Zhiwei Hu, Christophe Galland, Wen Chen","doi":"10.1002/adom.202501674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202501674","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dual-band plasmonic nanoantennas, exhibiting two widely separated user-defined resonances, are essential for studying and optimizing plasmon-enhanced optical phenomena, including photoluminescence, Raman scattering, and nonlinear effects such as harmonic and sum-frequency generation. The nanoparticle-on-slit (NPoS) or nanoparticle-in-groove (NPiG) antenna is a recently introduced dual-band structure with independently tunable resonances at mid-infrared and visible wavelengths. It has been used to enhance sum- and difference-frequency generation from optimally located molecules by an estimated 10<sup>13</sup>-fold. However, theoretical understanding of its eigenmodes remains limited, constraining further optimization and broader application. Here, the quasi-normal modes (QNMs) supported by NPoS structures are investigated, analyzing how both near-field (giant photonic density of states) and far-field (radiation pattern) characteristics influence upconversion. Tuning strategies are identified to adjust visible and mid-infrared resonances independently while maintaining strong near-field mode overlap, which governs the efficiency of nonlinear processes. Additionally, mode analysis reveals a previously unexplored resonance offering greater field enhancement and superior spatial mode overlap with the mid-infrared field, potentially improving upconversion efficiency fivefold compared with the existing results. This work helps to rationalize and optimize the enhancement of nonlinear effects across a wide spectral range using a flexible and experimentally attractive nanoplasmonic platform.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adom.202501674","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Shielding Substituents on Performance of Blue Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Molecules","authors":"Gerardus N. Iswara Lestanto, Debasish Barman, Hajime Nakanotani, Chin-Yiu Chan, Chihaya Adachi","doi":"10.1002/adom.202502091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202502091","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In designing efficient and stable blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecules aimed for the application of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), accelerating the reverse intersystem crossing rate constant (<i>k</i><sub>RISC</sub>) is the primary factor in reducing the triplet population. However, despite achieving a relatively high <i>k</i><sub>RISC</sub> of over 10<sup>6</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>, the operational stability of blue TADF-OLEDs is still unsatisfactory. On the other hand, another critical issue originates from intermolecular interactions during electrical excitation, leading to unwanted degradation events such as exciton-polaron annihilation. Thus, “shielding” substituents are incorporated to protect the emitter molecules from unwanted interactions. To address this issue, six TADF emitters having different bulky shielding substituents: <b>1Ph</b>, <b>2Ph</b>, <b>3Ph</b>, <b>4Ph</b>, <b>CzPh</b>, and <b>m2PhCz</b> are designed, and confirmed that the OLED stability is extended by introducing shielding substituents.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean C. Neto, Ayman Larek, Juan F. Miravet, Minoru Yamaji, Francisco Galindo
{"title":"Organic, Transparent, and Flexible Films Exhibiting White-Light Emission via Polymer-Network Engineering: A Non-Dye-Centric Strategy","authors":"Jean C. Neto, Ayman Larek, Juan F. Miravet, Minoru Yamaji, Francisco Galindo","doi":"10.1002/adom.202501380","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adom.202501380","url":null,"abstract":"<p>White light-emitting (WLE) materials are often engineered by tailoring fluorescent dyes to generate balanced emission spectra. In such dye-focused methodologies, the matrix plays a minimal role beyond hosting the emitters. However, this strategy can be unpredictable due to the complexity of modifying dye photophysics with precision. In the work here presented, a matrix-driven approach to WLE is introduced, where the properties of the polymeric host are leveraged to regulate light emission. By adjusting the composition of the polymer network with variation in monomers and cross-linkers, it is possible to control the spatial arrangement and interaction of two dyes, enabling effective color mixing. The system employs readily available monomers, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate (PEGDMA), along with two simple, synthetically accessible dyes: a pyridinium salt and a pyrylium derivative. The resulting hydrogel-based films emit white light with Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates at (0.30, 0.33) and a high photoluminescence quantum yield of 0.51. The films are highly transparent, flexible, and suitable for back-illumination, making them excellent candidates for integration into next-generation optoelectronic platforms, such as bendable lighting elements, transparent displays, and wearable light sources. This strategy highlights the untapped potential of polymer matrices in fine-tuning emissive behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adom.202501380","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145111370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Advances of Aromatic Cyclic Imide/Amide Acceptors in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes","authors":"Bowen Li, Yonggang Lv","doi":"10.1002/adom.202501835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202501835","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aromatic imide/amide-based optoelectronic materials are attracting increasing attention due to the unique advantages of imide/amide groups in modulating properties such as electron-withdrawing ability, excited-state properties, molecular configuration, intermolecular interactions, and packing pattern. This review systematically summarizes recent advances in thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials based on aromatic cyclic imide/amide for high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes, with a focus on the material design strategies and structure–property relationships. The design and development of aromatic imide acceptors are comprehensively outlined. Their structural configurations and energy level characteristics, along with the progress of corresponding TADF molecules, are examined and categorized by the ring size of the imide group (including five-, six-, and seven-membered aromatic cyclic imides). Subsequently, the design strategies for TADF molecules based on aromatic amides are discussed, revealing that the <i>N</i>-R-<i>N</i>-phenylbenzamide framework is the most common structural motif among reported emitters. Finally, an in-depth analysis of the structural designs of aromatic imide/amide molecules that achieved high external quantum efficiencies across various emission wavelength ranges is conducted.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jinhua Zhang, Paul Vosshage, Ashwin Vadlamani, Francis Schuknecht, Theobald Lohmüller
{"title":"Optothermal Formation of Gold “Nano-Lemons” for SERS on Photolipid Bilayer Membranes","authors":"Jinhua Zhang, Paul Vosshage, Ashwin Vadlamani, Francis Schuknecht, Theobald Lohmüller","doi":"10.1002/adom.202501679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202501679","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Optical printing with laser light is a powerful method for patterning plasmonic nanoparticles on a solid support. However, using particles that display sharp features, such as gold nanostars or bipyramids, can be challenging because plasmonic heating involved in the printing process can lead to tip blunting and melting. This adversely affects the performance of these particles for spectroscopic or catalytic applications. Therefore, strategies need to be implemented to avoid thermal reshaping of complex-shaped nanoparticles either by minimizing plasmonic heating or by dissipating heat away from the particles. Here, an alternative view is proposed. Rather than avoiding plasmonic heating, it is demonstrated that optothermal printing can be leveraged to transform gold nanorods into ellipsoidal or lemon-shaped particles with sharper tips and enhanced local electromagnetic field intensities compared to the initial rods. The potential of these “nano-lemons” for spectroscopic applications is exemplified through surface enhanced Raman scattering measurements of azobenzene photoisomerization within supported photolipid bilayer membranes.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Switchable Graphene-Based Opto-Thermoelectric Tweezers with Ultralow-Power Operation","authors":"Yixuan Chen, Xi Xie, Jiakang Zhou, Zhendong Ju, Chuangye Zhang, Changjun Min, Yuquan Zhang, Xiaocong Yuan","doi":"10.1002/adom.202501601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202501601","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The opto-thermoelectric tweezers, which leverage light-induced localized temperature gradients and macroscopic charge distributions, offer an energy-efficient approach for the manipulation of micro- and nano-scale particles. In this study, a 2D graphene characterized by a unique polarization-dependent response is integrated with a thermoelectric nano-tweezers platform. The resulting graphene-based thermo-electric optical tweezers, enables switchable manipulation states of particles, through precise modulation of the incident angle and polarization of the light source. Remarkably, this technique is capable of manipulating gold nanoparticles with a minimal power input as low as tens of microwatts. The findings highlight the promising role of graphene in advancing optical tweezer technology, thereby facilitating their prospective applications in nanomaterial assembly, biophysics, and scalable lab-on-chip systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Hussain, Omid Ghaebi, Mohammad Monfared, Marco Gruenewald, Umer Ahsan, Fedor Lipilin, Jan Luxa, Zdeněk Sofer, Ulf Peschel, Giancarlo Soavi
{"title":"Nonlinear Optical Properties of Mono and Multilayer MoWSe2 Alloys","authors":"Muhammad Hussain, Omid Ghaebi, Mohammad Monfared, Marco Gruenewald, Umer Ahsan, Fedor Lipilin, Jan Luxa, Zdeněk Sofer, Ulf Peschel, Giancarlo Soavi","doi":"10.1002/adom.202501000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202501000","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) alloys provide a stable and reliable platform for broadband tuning of excitonic resonances. Here, the nonlinear optical response of Mo<sub>(1 − x)</sub>W<sub>x</sub>Se<sub>2</sub>, focusing in particular on second harmonic generation (SHG) and two-photon photoluminescence (TP-PL), is studied. It is found that alloys always display stronger nonlinearities compared to pristine TMDs. In addition, by comparing the resonant energies of SHG and TP-PL, a non-monotonic change of the energy difference between the 1s and 2p states of the A exciton, pointing toward the possibility of tuning the exciton binding energy by alloying and material composition, is found. Finally, layer-dependent SHG and TP-PL, which show an alternate broken/preserved space inversion symmetry for odd/even number of layers and a transition from indirect to direct bandgap when thinning down the layered samples to the monolayer limit, is reported. This work provides useful insights for a better understanding of the optical and electronic properties of TMD alloys, and thus for their use in future photonic and opto-electronic devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":116,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Optical Materials","volume":"13 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adom.202501000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}