AIE study:a stepping stone to aggregate science

• 作者: Zheng Zhao Ben Zhong Tang
• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（6）
• 所属期刊栏目: Special Topic:Aggregation-Induced Emission
• 页码范围: 1
• 页数: 1页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwab079

摘要

A molecule,according to Merriam-Webster,is 'the smallest par-ticle of a substance that retains all the properties of the sub-stance'.This definition laid the foundation for molecular sci-ence.Against this reductionist epistemology,holism argues that the whole (e.g.a substance) contains properties that cannot be discovered or understood through the analysis of its parts (e.g.molecules).Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is an archety-pal example of such holism philosophy.A single molecule of AIE luminogen (AIEgen) does not luminesce but its aggregate can emit efficiently upon excitation.AIE studyblazed a trail towards aggregate science at higher structural hierarchy and greater sys-tem complexity.