Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Graduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan PRESTO, JST, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan
Manoj Kumar Department of Chemistry, UGC Sponsored Centre for Advanced Studies‐II Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar PB, India
Qianqian Li Department of Chemistry Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Zhen Li Department of Chemistry Wuhan University, Wuhan, China Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Qiuyan Liao Department of Chemistry Wuhan University Wuhan, China
Junkai Liu Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, Kowloon Hong Kong, China
Mengyang Liu Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials College of Chemistry Beijing Normal University Beijing, China
Yingying Liu Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials College of Chemistry Beijing Normal University Beijing, China
Thomas J. J. Müller Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie Heinrich‐Heine‐Universität Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany
Andrea Nitti Department of Chemistry University of Pavia and INSTM Research Unit Pavia, Italy
Supattra Panthai Department of Applied Chemistry College of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University Kusatsu, Japan
Dario Pasini Department of Chemistry University of Pavia and INSTM Research Unit Pavia, Italy
Qian Peng School of Chemical Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China
Anjun Qin State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates Center for Aggregation‐Induced Emission South China University of Technology Guangzhou, China
Kazuki Sada Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japans
Gurpreet Singh Department of Chemistry UGC Sponsored Centre for Advanced Studies‐IIGuru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar PB, India Shinsuke Takagi Department of Applied Chemistry Graduate Course of Urban Environmental Sciences Tokyo Metropolitan University Minami‐Oshawa, Hachiohji, Tokyo, Japan
Ben Zhong Tang State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates Center for Aggregation‐Induced Emission South China University of Technology Guangzhou, China Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology School of Science and Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Osamu Tsutsumi Department of Applied Chemistry College of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University Kusatsu, Japan
Kang Wang Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials College of Chemistry Beijing Normal University Beijing, China
Qian Wang Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials College of Chemistry Beijing Normal University Beijing, China
Chenxu Yan Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China
Tianjia Yang School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
Ying Yu Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology School of Science and Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Wang Zhang Yuan School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
Haoke Zhang Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Qichun Zhang Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Zheng Zhao Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology School of Science and Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zihao Zhao School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
Zujin Zhao State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates South China University of Technology Guangzhou, China
Xiaoyan Zheng Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Yan‐Song Zheng Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, China
Tianwen Zhu School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
Wei‐Hong Zhu Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China
Preface to Handbook of Aggregation‐Induced Emission
Aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) describes a photophysical phenomenon in which molecular aggregate exhibits stronger emission than its single‐molecule counterpart. AIE research provides an excellent platform to explore aggregate behaviours since it emphasizes the new properties endowed by molecular aggregates beyond the microscopic molecular level. The 21‐year development of AIE research has witnessed the great achievements in this area, including mechanistic understanding, structure‐property relationship, and high‐tech applications. The achievements of AIE research demonstrate that many behaviours and functions that are absent in molecular species can be founded in molecular aggregates. Since the properties of molecular ensembles are closer to those of macroscopic materials, AIE research is of both scientific value and technological importance for real applications.
Due to its great value and huge potential, AIE research is attracting more and
