journal article·2025-08Open access

Efficient Organic D‐π‐A Scintillators for Temperature‐Adaptive X‐Ray Imaging

Jing Sun, Meijuan Ding, Huili Ma, Xiao Wang, Mengping Li, He Wang, Jikuan Du, Zixing Zhou, Anqi Lv, Hua Wang, Zhongfu An, Huifang Shi, Wei Huang

Advanced Materials· Volume 37· Issue 33

Abstract

Abstract Achieving highly efficient organic scintillators for X‐ray imaging remains a significant challenge, primarily owing to the inherent difficulty in facilitating rapid radiative decays of both singlet and triplet excitons. To address this limitation, a novel design strategy is introduced that incorporated fluorine atoms to modify the π‐bridge of D‐π‐A molecules, thereby fine‐tuning their electronic structures and photophysical properties. The emitters, namely 1FAT and 2FAT, show excellent thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), aggregation‐induced delayed fluorescence (AIDF), and room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) excited by ultraviolet light varying with surrounding environments. Notably, the doped PMMA film of 1FAT exhibites intense emission across a broad temperature range from 77 to 363 K, showcasing its adaptability to diverse thermal conditions. More importantly, 1FAT@PMMA film exhibits excellent radioluminescence performance under X‐ray excitation with a low detection limit of 62.27 nGy s−1 and a high spatial resolution of over 20 lp mm−1. This study introduces a novel and fundamental design strategy for developing efficient, temperature‐adaptive D‐π‐A organic scintillators, significantly expanding their potential applications in flexible, stretchable X‐ray detectors and advanced imaging technologies.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes

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Affiliations

Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials Ministry of Education Taiyuan University of Technology 79 Yingze West Street Taiyuan 030024 P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM) School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies) Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) Nanjing 211816 P. R. China

The Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE Future Technologies) Xiamen University Siming South Road Xiamen 361005 China

Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) MIIT Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE) Northwestern Polytechnical University Youyi West Road Xi'an 710072 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province

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