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Organic scintillators, pivotal in security and medical applications, face challenges due to limited X-ray absorption and exciton utilization. Herein, a novel class of organic scintillators is introduced, named guest-induced thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) within supramolecular macrocycles via host-guest through-space charge transfer (TSCT). Four co-crystals are obtained through orthogonal crystallizations involving calix[3]acridan (C[3]A) and calix[3]phenothiazine (C[3]P) macrocycles as hosts, along with 1,2-dicyanobenzene (DCB) and 4-bromo-1,2-benzenedicarbonitrile (BrDCB) as guests. Interestingly, DCB@C[3]A and BrDCB@C[3]A co-crystals exhibit strong host-guest TSCT with reduced single-triplet energy gap for efficient TADF emission, which leads to enhanced exciton utilization and X-ray absorption, yielding radioluminescence intensities over 29 and 25 times higher than C[3]A. Similarly, substituting C[3]A with C[3]P, the obtained TADF co-crystals also outperform C[3]P in scintillation performance. Additionally, the scintillation color of co-crystals can be adjusted by varying the electron-donating abilities of macrocycles and the electron-accepting abilities of guests, offering a simpler color-tuning mechanism than covalent-bonded scintillators. Furthermore, the flexible film based on DCB@C[3]A exhibits promising application in X-ray radiography, showcasing a high spatial resolution of 20 lp mm-1 @MTF = 0.77. The innovative strategy of fabricating organic scintillators via reversible non-covalent interactions presents a novel solution for designing color-tunable and high-performance scintillators. The Table of Contents (TOC) image illustrates that novel organic supramolcular macrocycle scintillators with guest-induced TADF emission via host-guest through-space charge transfers, enabling efficient and color-tunable X-ray luminescence, as well as high-resolution imaging of 20 lp mm-1 in devices. image
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
ISSN: 1616-301X
Year: 2024
Issue: 41
Volume: 34
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JCR@2023
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