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A universal strategy for multicolor organic circularly polarized afterglow materials with high dissymmetry factors

Chenjia Yin, Siyu Sun, Zi‐Ang Yan, Honglong Hu, Ping Jiang, Zhuoran Xu, He Tian, Xiang Ma

2025Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences27 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Materials with pure organic circularly polarized afterglow (CPA) have attracted significant attention due to their spatiotemporal-resolved optical properties, yet achieving simultaneous high dissymmetry factor (glum) and multicolor ultralong emission remains a challenge. Here, we establish a universal energy transfer-photon coupling strategy to realize CPA spanning from blue to red with record-high glum (up to 1.90) and ultralong lifetimes (>6 s). Systematic characterization of nonchiral donor–acceptor systems (TP-BPEA, TP-Fluo, etc.) reveals the absence of ground-state chiral centers ( g CD ≈ 0) and orientation artifacts ( LD < 10 −7 ), confirming the key role of cholesteric liquid crystal polymer in chirality induction. This spatiotemporal synergy between energy transfer (wavelength modulation) and photonic engineering (polarization control) provides a framework for chiral photonic materials, with potential implications for multidimensional information encryption.

Topics & Concepts

AfterglowChirality (physics)Materials sciencePhotonicsEncryptionPolarization (electrochemistry)Energy transferPhotonic crystalCircular polarizationOptoelectronicsLuminescenceAcceptorNanotechnologyChemical physicsOpticsPhysicsChemistryCondensed matter physicsPhysical chemistryComputer scienceQuarkQuantum mechanicsGamma-ray burstChiral symmetry breakingAstronomyMicrostripOperating systemNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry