Nitroaromatic compounds (NACs) that are components of explosives have become seriously endanger human health, environmental cleaning, national homeland security, etc. The development of appropriate probes for the detection of NACs with desired easy operability, rapid response, reusability and high sensitivity and selectivity advantages has remained a great challenge. Over the past few years, great efforts have been made toward the development of advanced functional materials based on aggregation-induced emission or aggregation induced emission (phosphorescence) enhancement (AIE or AIE(P)E)-active transition metal complexes(AIEgens)and their remarkable achievements in the detection of NACs due to their high quantum yield and tunable photophysical properties. In this review, a brief description of luminescent AIEgens is presented, accompanied by a study on the Ir(III), Re(I) and Pt(II)-based AIEgens as sensing materials for nitroexplosives detection. Then, the trends and challenges of AIE or AIE(P)E-active transition metal complexes for the sensitive and selective detection of nitroaromatic explosives are also discussed.

作为炸药成分的硝基芳香族化合物（NACs）已严重危害人类健康、环境清洁、国家国土安全等。开发适合检测NACs的探针，具有所需的易操作性、快速响应性、可重复使用性和高灵敏度和选择性优势仍然是一个巨大的挑战。在过去的几年中，人们在开发基于聚集诱导发射或聚集诱导发射（磷光）增强（AIE或AIE（P）E）-活性过渡金属配合物（AIEgens）和由于其高量子产率和可调光物理特性，他们在 NAC 检测方面取得了显著成就。在这篇综述中，简要介绍了发光 AIEgens，伴随着一项关于 Ir(III)、Re(I) 和 Pt(II) 基 AIEgen 作为硝基爆炸物检测传感材料的研究。然后，还讨论了 AIE 或 AIE(P)E 活性过渡金属配合物对硝基芳烃爆炸物的灵敏和选择性检测的趋势和挑战。