Informatics approaches play an increasingly important role in accelerating the advances of modern materials science. A recent study reports the development of predictive machine learning models to guide the de novo design of through-space charge transfer polymers with full-colour-tunable emission.
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Liu, X., Zhu, C. & Tang, B.Z. Informatics colourizes polymers. Nat Rev Chem 7, 232–233 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-023-00484-z
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