| OLEDs | Organic light emission diodes |
| OFETs | Organic field-effect transistors |
| TPE | Tetraphenylethane |
| ACQ | Aggregation-caused quenching |
| AIE | Aggregation-induced emission |
| GFP | Green fluorescent proteins |
| AIEgens | Luminogens with aggregation-induced emission characteristics |
| DADQs | Diaminodicyanoquinodimethanes |
| IC | Internal Conversion |
| ISC | Intersystem-Crossing |
| TD-DFT | Time dependent–Density Functional Theory |
| QY | Quantum Yield |
| S0 | Ground State |
| S1 | First Excited State |
| TCNQ | 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane |
| PTCNQ | 7-pyrrolidino-7,8,8-tricyano quinomethane |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| OD | Optical Density |
| DFT | Density Functional Theory |
| PCM | Polarizable continuum Model |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| LB NICS |
Luria Bertani broth base Nucleus Independent Chemical Shift |