Aggregate Science: From Structures to Properties
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Molecular science entails the study of structures and properties of materials at the level of single molecules or small interacting complexes of molecules. Moving beyond single molecules and well-defined complexes, aggregates (i.e., irregular clusters of many molecules) serve as a particularly useful form of materials that often display modified or wholly new properties compared to their molecular components. Some unique structures and phenomena such as polymorphic aggregates, aggregation-induced symmetry breaking, and cluster excitons are only identified in aggregates, as a few examples of their exotic features. Here, by virtue of the flourishing research on aggregation-induced emission, the concept of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 23.05
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- 100%
- References
- 257
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11Topics & keywords
- Aggregate (composite)
- Materials science
- Flourishing
- Nanotechnology
- Aggregation-induced emission
- Molecule
- Cluster (spacecraft)
- Chemical physics
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure