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Harnessing supramolecular interactions to regulate the structure and performance of functional materials is a key challenge in materials chemistry. Herein, the study utilizes 18-crown-6 (18C6) ether-assisted alkali-metal (Na, K, Cs) copper(I) iodide supramolecular assemblies to precisely regulate the material structures. This approach facilitated the transition from 1D mono-royal crown coordination (18C6@KCuI2, CKCI) to 0D di-royal crown ((18C6)(2)@Na-2(H2O)(3)Cu4I6, CNCI) and tri-royal crown ((18C6)(3)@Cs2Cu2I4, CCCI) structures. Interestingly, the CCCI single-crystal exhibits outstanding scintillation properties, with a high relative light yield of 71 000 photons MeV-1 and an ultralow detection limit of 39.3 nGy s(-1), which can be attributed to the synergistic effects of 18C6 and copper-iodide clusters. It stabilizes the self-trapped exciton state, enhances exciton localization, and reduces non-radiative losses, thus resulting in a large Stokes shift of 193 nm and near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield of 99.4%. Additionally, 18C6 can promote crystal nucleation and growth, making it easy to prepare centimeter-scale transparent single crystals with >80% transmittance, such as CCCI single crystal can achieve an ultrahigh-resolution X-ray imaging of 26.3 lp mm(-1). It demonstrates that the structure and performance of halide scintillators can be regulated through supramolecular interactions, which provides a new approach for developing high-performance scintillator materials.
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
ISSN: 1616-301X
Year: 2025
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JCR@2023
CAS Journal Grade:1
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