Strong light–matter interactions: a new direction within chemistry

Abstract

Strong light–matter coupling enables the possibility of changing the properties of molecules, without modifying their chemical structures, thus enabling a completely new way to study chemistry and explore materials.

Modulation of Prins Cyclization by Vibrational Strong Coupling

“…In the last several decades, strong coupling between light and matter has been explored in a wide range of materials, from single atoms to proteins, and over broad frequency ranges, from UV to terahertz . In all these contexts, the criterion for strong coupling is the reversible exchange of energy between the material absorption and an optical resonance that is faster than any loss mechanisms.…”

Modulation of Prins Cyclization by Vibrational Strong Coupling

“…In the last several decades, strong coupling between light and matter has been explored in a wide range of materials, from single atoms to proteins, [1][2][3] and over broad frequency ranges, from UV to terahertz. [4,5] In all these contexts, the criterion for strong coupling is the reversible exchange of energy between the material absorption and an optical resonance that is faster than any loss mechanisms. Vibrational strong coupling (VSC) of organic molecules is typically achieved using a Fabry-PØrot (FP) cavity with mirrors tuned to about several microns separation to be resonant with the molecular vibrational absorption bands.…”

Microlasers from AIE‐Active BODIPY Derivative

“…Furthermore, such microlasers, by taking the advantage of inherent AIE characteristics, exhibit advantages to enable much higher doping concentrations, which contributes to improved lasing performance including dramatically reduced threshold and favorable lasing stability. Considering the fruitful physics and chemistry of organic luminescent materials, [24] especially various functional groups available for modifying physical and chemical properties of AIE materials, [25][26][27][28][29] we believe our results could provide promising way to extend the content of lasers and open new avenue to enable application ranging from chemical sensing to biology.To achieve microlaser in this paper, a typical AIEgen, i.e., tetraphenylethene-containing BODIPY derivative (TPE-BODIPY) [29] together with epoxy resin has been chosen Organic microlasers have attracted much attention due to their unique features such as high mechanical flexibility, facile doping of gain materials, high optical quality, simplicity and low-cost fabrication. However, organic gain materials usually suffer from aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ), preventing further advances of organic microlasers.…”

“…Furthermore, such microlasers, by taking the advantage of inherent AIE characteristics, exhibit advantages to enable much higher doping concentrations, which contributes to improved lasing performance including dramatically reduced threshold and favorable lasing stability. Considering the fruitful physics and chemistry of organic luminescent materials, [24] especially various functional groups available for modifying physical and chemical properties of AIE materials, [25][26][27][28][29] we believe our results could provide promising way to extend the content of lasers and open new avenue to enable application ranging from chemical sensing to biology.…”