Smart molecules: Serve today and make the future

Fragments and functional groups capable of free rotation around single bonds can significantly change the fluorescent and phosphorescent organic dye's electronic structure under analyte effects, phase state transitions, or changes in temperature, pressure, and media polarity. Smart Molecules are copublished by Wiley and Dalian University of Technology and it aims to publish experimental and theoretical approaches dealing with molecules based functional systems that show a response to external stimuli, such as light, heat, electric field, magnetic field, sound, guest molecules, et al. CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflicts of interest.