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Lee T, Jang J, Nguyen NNT, Jung J, Lee J, Lee MH. Ortho-Carborane Decorated Multi-Resonance TADF Emitters: Preserving Local Excited State and High Efficiency in OLEDs. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2309016. [PMID: 38233207 PMCID: PMC10953543 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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A novel class of o-carboranyl luminophores, 2CB-BuDABNA (1) and 3CB-BuDABNA (2) is reported, in which o-carborane moieties are incorporated at the periphery of the B,N-doped multi-resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) core. Both compounds maintain the inherent local emission characteristics of their MR-emitting core, exhibiting intense MR-TADF with high photoluminescence quantum yields in toluene and rigid states. In contrast, the presence of the dark lowest-energy charge transfer state, induced by cage rotation in THF, is suggested to be responsible for emission quenching in a polar solvent. Despite the different arrangement of the cage on the DABNA core, both 1 and 2 show red-shifted emissions compared to the parent compound BuDABNA (3). By utilizing 1 as the emitter, high-efficiency blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are achieved with a remarkable maximum external quantum efficiency of 25%, representing the highest reported efficiency for OLEDs employing an o-carboranyl luminophore as the emitter.
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- Taehwan Lee
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of UlsanUlsan44610Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and 3D Convergence CenterInha UniversityIncheon22212Republic of Korea
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of UlsanUlsan44610Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and 3D Convergence CenterInha UniversityIncheon22212Republic of Korea
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of UlsanUlsan44610Republic of Korea
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Huang Y, Ning L, Zhang X, Zhou Q, Gong Q, Zhang Q. Stimuli-fluorochromic smart organic materials. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:1090-1166. [PMID: 38193263 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00976e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Smart materials based on stimuli-fluorochromic π-conjugated solids (SFCSs) have aroused significant interest due to their versatile and exciting properties, leading to advanced applications. In this review, we highlight the recent developments in SFCS-based smart materials, expanding beyond organometallic compounds and light-responsive organic luminescent materials, with a discussion on the design strategies, exciting properties and stimuli-fluorochromic mechanisms along with their potential applications in the exciting fields of encryption, sensors, data storage, display, green printing, etc. The review comprehensively covers single-component and multi-component SFCSs as well as their stimuli-fluorochromic behaviors under external stimuli. We also provide insights into current achievements, limitations, and major challenges as well as future opportunities, aiming to inspire further investigation in this field in the near future. We expect this review to inspire more innovative research on SFCSs and their advanced applications so as to promote further development of smart materials and devices.
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- Yinjuan Huang
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry & Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
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Conway-Kenny R, Ferrer-Ugalde A, Careta O, Cui X, Zhao J, Nogués C, Núñez R, Cabrera-González J, Draper SM. Ru(ii) and Ir(iii) phenanthroline-based photosensitisers bearing o-carborane: PDT agents with boron carriers for potential BNCT. Biomater Sci 2021; 9:5691-5702. [PMID: 34264257 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm00730k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Four novel transition metal-carborane photosensitisers were prepared by Sonogashira cross-coupling of 1-(4-ethynylbenzyl)-2-methyl-o-carborane (A-CB) with halogenated Ru(ii)- or Ir(iii)-phenanthroline complexes. The resulting boron-rich complexes with one (RuCB and IrCB) or two carborane cages (RuCB2 and IrCB2) were spectroscopically characterised, and their photophysical properties investigated. RuCB displayed the most attractive photophysical properties in solution (λem 635 nm, τT 2.53 μs, and φp 20.4%). Nanosecond time-resolved transient absorption studies were used to explore the 3MLCT nature of the triplet excited states, and the highest singlet oxygen quantum yields (ΦΔ) were obtained for the mono-carborane-phenanthroline complexes (RuCB: 52% and IrCB: 25%). None of the complexes produce dark toxicity in SKBR-3 cells after incubation under photodynamic therapy (PDT) conditions. Remarkably, mono-carboranes RuCB and IrCB were the best internalised by the SKBR-3 cells, demonstrating the first examples of tris-bidentate transition metal-carborane complexes acting as triplet photosensitisers for PDT with a high photoactivity; RuCB or IrCB killed ∼50% of SKBR-3 cells at 10 μM after irradiation. Therefore, the high-boron content and the photoactive properties of these photosensitisers make them potential candidates as dual anti-cancer agents for PDT and Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT).
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- Robert Conway-Kenny
- School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193-Bellatera, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Cellular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland. and State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, E208 Western Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, E208 Western Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116012, P. R. China
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- Departament de Biologia Cellular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193-Bellatera, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Parejo L, Chaari M, Santiago S, Guirado G, Teixidor F, Núñez R, Hernando J. Reversibly Switchable Fluorescent Molecular Systems Based on Metallacarborane-Perylenediimide Conjugates. Chemistry 2021; 27:270-280. [PMID: 32648595 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Icosahedral metallacarboranes are θ-shaped anionic molecules in which two icosahedra share one vertex that is a metal center. The most remarkable of these compounds is the anionic cobalt-based metallacarborane [Co(C2 B9 H11 )2 ]- , whose oxidation-reduction processes occur via an outer sphere electron process. This, along with its low density negative charge, makes [Co(C2 B9 H11 )2 ]- very appealing to participate in electron-transfer processes. In this work, [Co(C2 B9 H11 )2 ]- is tethered to a perylenediimide dye to produce the first examples of switchable luminescent molecules and materials based on metallacarboranes. In particular, the electronic communication of [Co(C2 B9 H11 )2 ]- with the appended chromophore unit in these compounds can be regulated upon application of redox stimuli, which allows the reversible modulation of the emitted fluorescence. As such, they behave as electrochemically-controlled fluorescent molecular switches in solution, which surpass the performance of previous systems based on conjugates of perylendiimides with ferrocene. Remarkably, they can form gels by treatment with appropriate mixtures of organic solvents, which result from the self-assembly of the cobaltabisdicarbollide-perylendiimide conjugates into 1D nanostructures. The interplay between dye π-stacking and metallacarborane electronic and steric interactions ultimately governs the supramolecular arrangement in these materials, which for one of the compounds prepared allows preserving the luminescent behavior in the gel state.
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- Laura Parejo
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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