Since its birth in 1967, the utilization of chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) has made substantial progress in av ariety of fields for its unique features. However,t he quantitative relationship between CRET efficiency and donor-acceptor distance has not yet been determined owing to the difficulty in designing the variable lengths between chemiluminescent donors and acceptors.H erein, we synthesized three kinds of tetraphenylethene (TPE)-anchored cationic surfactants with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics.F or the first time,i ti sq uantitatively demonstrated that the CRET efficiency is inversely proportional to the sixth power of distance between luminol donors and TPE acceptors.T he details disclosed in this contribute have provided the solid evidence that CRET follows Fçrster resonance theory.O ur strategy would build ap romising platform to control donor-acceptor distance,a llowing to the interdisciplinary applications of CRET.

Since its birth in 1967, the utilization of chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) has made substantial progress in av ariety of fields for its unique features. However,t he quantitative relationship between CRET efficiency and donor-acceptor distance has not yet been determined owing to the difficulty in designing the variable lengths between chemiluminescent donors and acceptors.H erein, we synthesized three kinds of tetraphenylethene (TPE)-anchored cationic surfactants with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics.F or the first time,i ti sq uantitatively demonstrated that the CRET efficiency is inversely proportional to the sixth power of distance between luminol donors and TPE acceptors.T he details disclosed in this contribute have provided the solid evidence that CRET follows Fçrster resonance theory.O ur strategy would build ap romising platform to control donor-acceptor distance,a llowing to the interdisciplinary applications of CRET.