title: White-light-emitting supramolecular gels.
abstract: Let there be light, let it be white: Recent developments in the use of chromophore-based gels as scaffolds for the assembly of white-light-emitting soft materials have been significant. The main advantage of this approach lies in the facile accommodation of selected luminescent components within the gel. Excitation-energy-transfer processes between these components ultimately generate the desired light output.
authors.affiliation: Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISOF-CNR), Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna (Italy) http://www.isof.cnr.it/?q=content/armaroli-nicola.
authors.forename: Vakayil K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Praveen
authors.forename: Choorikkat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ranjith
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Armaroli
keywords: energy transfer; gels; light harvesting; self-assembly; white-light emission