Zhong-Ning Chen

TL;DR: A hybrid molecular ferroElectric, (pyrrolidinium)MnCl3, is reported, which exhibits excellent ferroelectricity with a saturation polarization of 5.5 μC/cm(2) as well as intense red luminescence with high quantum yield of 56% under a UV excitation, which may extend the application of organic-inorganic hybrid compounds to the field of ferro electric luminescent and/or multifunctional devices.

TL;DR: A hybrid organic-inorganic compound, (pyrrolidinium)MnBr3, distinguished from rare earth (RE)-doped inorganic perovskites, is discovered as a new member of the ferroelectrics family, having excellent luminescent properties and relatively large spontaneous polarization.

TL;DR: The new hybrid compound (3-pyrrolinium)MnCl3 has a very high Curie temperature, large spontaneous electronic polarization, and high fatigue resistance, as well as high emission efficiency, which is a further step to the practical use of ferroelectric luminescence based on organic-inorganic compounds.

TL;DR: In this paper, it has been demonstrated that vapour-triggered luminescence color changes are mostly relevant to a variation of weak interactions such as metal-solvent bonds, metallophilic contacts, ππ stacking, hydrogen bonding, host-guest affinity or reversible isomerization etc.

TL;DR: Interestingly, complexes 2-4 exhibit reversible, and naked-eye perceivable, mechanical stimuli-responsive color and luminescence changes, which are most likely correlated to a shorted intermolecular Pt-Pt distance as that revealed in vapochromic species 4·0.5 CH(2)Cl(2), as demonstrated by DTF computational studies.