2-NH2-pbt	2-(2′-aminophenyl)benzothiazole
abs	Absorption
ACQ	Aggregation-caused quenching
AIE	Aggregation-Induced Emission
Ala−	Alaninate
Alk	Alkyl substituent
Ar	Aryl substituent
bt	2-benzothiazole
CBP	4,4′-bis(N-carbozolyl)-1,1′-biphenyl
CCDC	Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center
COD	Cycloocta-1,5-diene
Cp*	1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl
DBU	1,8-Diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene
DCE	1,2-dichloroethane
DFT	Density-functional theory
DMI	Dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone
DMSO	Dimethylsulfoxide
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
E	Element
em	Emission
equiv.	Equivalent
ESIPT	Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer
Fur	Furfuryl
Gly−	Glycinate
HEPES buffer	(4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulphonic acid)
het	Heterocyclic fragment
IR	Infrared
ISC	Intersystem crossing
IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
L	Ligand
LED	Light emitting diode
LLCT	Ligand-to-ligand charge transfer
LMCT	Ligand-to-metal-charge-transfer
Ln	Rare-earth metal
Mes	Mesityl
MLCT	Metal-to-ligand charge transfer
MW	Microwave irradiation
NIR	near-infrared region
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
NPD	N,N’-di(1-naphthyl)-N,N’-diphenyl-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamine
NS0	Ground state of the normal form
NS1	Excited state of the normal form
OFED	Organic field-effect transistors
OLED	Organic light-emitting device
p-Tol	Para-tolyl group
pbt	2-phenylbenzothiazole
PET	Photoinduced electron transfer
PIC	Picrate ligand
PPA	Polyphosphoric acid
PPI	Pyrophosphate
PT	Proton transfer
PTA	Oligo(4,4′-(4″-methyl)triphenylamine)
RPT	Reverse proton transfer
S1	First singlet excited state
SCXRD	Single crystal X-ray diffraction
T1	First triplet excited state
TD-DFT	Time-dependent density-functional theory
TICT	Twisted intramolecular charge transfer
Tos	Tosyl
TS0	Ground state of the tautomer
TS1	Tautomer excited state
TTEnT	Triplet–triplet energy-transfer