Conventional
aromatic compounds tend to exhibit the formation of
sandwich-shaped excimers and exciplexes between their excited and
ground states at high concentrations or in their aggregated states,
causing their fluorescence to weaken or disappear due to the aggregation-caused
quenching (ACQ) effect. This limits their applications in concentrated
solutions or solid materials. Herein, for the first time, ACQ-based
pyrene (Py) units are covalently connected to the surface of polyethylene/polypropylene
nonwoven fabric (PE/PP NWF) via electron beam preradiation-induced
graft polymerization followed by chemical modification. The matrix
can be considered a solid solvent and Py units as a solid solute,
such that the amount of Py units can be controlled by varying the
reaction time. The obtained fluorescent fabric not only exhibits remarkable
fluorescence properties with high fluorescence intensity, high quantum
yield (>90%), and excellent fluorescence stability after laundering
or in harsh chemical environments, but the fluorescence color and
intensity, quantum yield, and lifetime can also be regulated by employing
the ACQ effect. Additionally, the as-prepared fluorescent fabric can
effectively distinguish common monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via
a simple fluorescence response test.