AIEgens-Functionalized Porous Materials for Explosives Detection

Explosives detection has become one of the current pressing concerns in global security. In the past decades, many chromophore-functionalized materials have been developed for the detection of explosives because they are more simple, sensitive, and cost-effective compared to other real time analytical methods. Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens), a novel class of luminophores, show amplified sensing performance for the detection of explosives. In recent years, many AlEgens have been introduced into porous materials, including metal organic frameworks (MOFs), porous organic polymers (POPs) and mesoporous materials to constitute a new type of chromophore-functionalized porous materials. These materials with excellent photoluminescence emission properties and porous structure, exhibit a high sensitive detection performance to explosives. This chapter summarizes a wide range of AIEgens-functionalized porous materials and their sensing performance to explosives.