Ordered assembly of hybrid room-temperature phosphorescence thin films showing polarized emission and the sensing of VOCs

Abstract

Benefitting from the self-organization of organic phosphors into 2D galleries of clay nanosheets, we have developed a method for the ordered assembly of long-lived room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) thin films through a layer-by-layer (LBL) process. The clay-based thin films present polarized RTP and serve as sensors for VOCs.