Guest-activated quaternary ammonium salt hosts emit room temperature phosphorescence.
Xinyue XuZehang ChenYunxiang LeiXinyu SunMiao-Chang LiuHua-Yue WuXiao-Bo HuangPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
A novel doped system based on quaternary ammonium salts as hosts was established. Interestingly, it is the guest-activated hosts that emit room temperature phosphorescence, rather than the host-assisted guests in traditional doped systems.