Citric Acid-Based Intrinsic Band-Shifting Photoluminescent Materials

Dingbowen Wang, Yizhu Chen, Tunan Xia, Mariana Claudino, Allison Melendez, Xingjie Ni, Cheng Dong, Zhiwen Liu, Jian Yang

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Abstract

Citric acid, an important metabolite with abundant reactive groups, has been demonstrated as a promising starting material to synthesize diverse photoluminescent materials including small molecules, polymers, and carbon dots. The unique citrate chemistry enables the development of a series of citric acid-based molecules and nanomaterials with intriguing intrinsic band-shifting behavior, where the emission wavelength shifts as the excitation wavelength increases, ideal for chromatic imaging and many other applications. In this review, we discuss the concept of “intrinsic band-shifting photoluminescent materials”, introduce the recent advances in citric acid-based intrinsic band-shifting materials, and discuss their potential applications such as chromatic imaging and multimodal sensing. It is our hope that the insightful and forward-thinking discussion in this review will spur the innovation and applications of the unique band-shifting photoluminescent materials.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number0152
JournalResearch
Volume6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General

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