Color matched and bright fluorescent materials composed of small-molecule ionic lattices

A solid state, ionic lattice of Formula (I):

• (charged dyem+)x·(counterionn−)y·(heteromacrocycle counterion receptor)z (I),
• wherein charged dyen+ is a cationic dye, counterionn− is an anion, and heteromacrocycle counterion receptor is a binding ligand for counterionn−,
• wherein m, n, x, y, and z are integers greater than or equal to 1 and products of x·n and m·y are identical,
• wherein the cationic dye comprises a light-absorbing unit or both a light-absorbing unit and a light emissive unit,
• wherein the cationic dye in the solid state, ionic lattice is electronically isolated, and
• wherein the heteromacrocycle counterion receptor is Formula (IV):
• wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 of Formula (IV) are identical and are selected from a group consisting of alkyl, alkyl-substituted phenyl derivatives, and substituted glycol derivatives, alkenyl, alkoxy, alkyl-NH-alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, heterocycle, haloalkyl, hydrogen, iodo, —OR6, —N(R7R11), —CO2R9, —C(O)—N(R10R11), wherein R6, R7, R11, R9, R10, and R11 are each selected from the group consisting of alkenyl, alkyl, alkoxy, alkyl-NHalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, heterocycle, haloalkyl, and hydrogen, or a combination thereof.