title: A carborane-triggered metastable charge transfer state leading to spontaneous recovery of mechanochromic luminescence.
abstract: An efficient strategy was designed to realize spontaneous recovery of mechanochromic luminescence by carborane-functionalized anthracene derivatives. A metastable charge-transfer emission from anthracene to o-carborane is responsible for this process.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. hyan1965@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Deshuang
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authors.lastname: Tu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. hyan1965@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Pakkin
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authors.lastname: Leong
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. hyan1965@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhihong
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China. iamqzhao@njupt.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Rongrong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. hyan1965@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chao
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authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China. iamqzhao@njupt.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kenneth Yin
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. hyan1965@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hong
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authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China. iamqzhao@njupt.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao