Inside Back Cover: Rational design for thermochromic luminescence in amorphous polystyrene films with bis-o-carborane-substituted enhanced conjugated molecule having aggregation-induced luminochromism

We designed and synthesized bis-o-carborane-modified luminophores for obtaining stimuli-responsive luminochromism in the solid state. The compounds show intense emission in condensed and crystalline states by suppressing aggregation-caused quenching. Especially, we fabricated dye-loaded polystyrene films and successfully observed thermochromic luminescence. Our materials are expected to be a versatile scaffold for developing film-type sensors. (Aggregate. 2021;2:e93)