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Ji L, Riese S, Schmiedel A, Holzapfel M, Fest M, Nitsch J, Curchod BFE, Friedrich A, Wu L, Al Mamari HH, Hammer S, Pflaum J, Fox MA, Tozer DJ, Finze M, Lambert C, Marder TB. Thermodynamic equilibrium between locally excited and charge-transfer states through thermally activated charge transfer in 1-(pyren-2'-yl)- o-carborane. Chem Sci 2022; 13:5205-5219. [PMID: 35655553 PMCID: PMC9093154 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc06867a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Reversible conversion between excited-states plays an important role in many photophysical phenomena. Using 1-(pyren-2'-yl)-o-carborane as a model, we studied the photoinduced reversible charge-transfer (CT) process and the thermodynamic equilibrium between the locally-excited (LE) state and CT state, by combining steady state, time-resolved, and temperature-dependent fluorescence spectroscopy, fs- and ns-transient absorption, and DFT and LR-TDDFT calculations. Our results show that the energy gaps and energy barriers between the LE, CT, and a non-emissive 'mixed' state of 1-(pyren-2'-yl)-o-carborane are very small, and all three excited states are accessible at room temperature. The internal-conversion and reverse internal-conversion between LE and CT states are significantly faster than the radiative decay, and the two states have the same lifetimes and are in thermodynamic equilibrium.
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- Lei Ji
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University 127 West Youyi Road Xi'an Shaanxi China .,Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham South Road Durham DH1 3LE UK
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University 127 West Youyi Road Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany .,Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University PO Box 36, Al Khoudh 123 Muscat Sultanate of Oman
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- Experimentelle Physik VI, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VI, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham South Road Durham DH1 3LE UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham South Road Durham DH1 3LE UK
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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Sinha S, Kelemen Z, Hümpfner E, Ratera I, Malval JP, Jurado JP, Viñas C, Teixidor F, Núñez R. o-Carborane-based fluorophores as efficient luminescent systems both as solids and as water-dispersible nanoparticles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:4016-4019. [PMID: 35266927 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc07211k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
A set of o-carborane-appended π-conjugated fluorophores and their light-emitting properties in the solid state are reported. The aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) exhibited for one of the fluorenyl derivatives paved the way to successfully preparing o-carborane-containing organic nanoparticles (NPs) homogeneously dispersed in aqueous media that maintain their luminescence properties. Notably, NPs processed as thin films also show high fluorescence efficiency, suggesting potential optical and optoelectronic applications.
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- Sohini Sinha
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus U.A.B., 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Mũegyetem Rkp 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Mũegyetem Rkp 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus U.A.B., 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. .,CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Université de Haute-Alsace, Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (CNRS-UMR7361), 15 rue Jean Starcky BP 2488, 68057 Mulhouse, France
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus U.A.B., 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus U.A.B., 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus U.A.B., 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus U.A.B., 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Li C, Aldred MP, Harder RA, Chen Y, Yufit DS, Zhu MQ, Fox MA. Carborane photochromism: a fatigue resistant carborane switch. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:9466-9469. [PMID: 34528961 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03248h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A dithienylethene molecule involving carborane clusters shows remarkable fatigue resistance and high contrast visual colour changes when irradiated with alternating ultraviolet and visible light. The fluorescence of this assembly can be switched on and off when irradiated in the solid state but not in the solution state.
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- Chong Li
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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Wang Z, Zhao J, Muddassir M, Guan R, Tao S. Recovering the Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in Aggregation-Induced Emitters of Carborane. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:4705-4716. [PMID: 33739084 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behaviors of carborane-based hybrid emitters have been extensively reported, while their combinations with the thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) are still scarce. We designed and synthesized three Janus carboranes (the chemical structures resemble the double-faced god, Janus) Cb-1/2/3 with different carbazole moieties. All of the Janus carboranes exhibited quenched emission in solution with ΦPL (quantum efficiency of photoluminescence (PL)) lower than 0.01. The PL performance was improved by proceeding to the aggregates in THF/water (ΦPL 0.17-0.35) and further improved in the crystals or solid with ΦPL up to 0.99 for Cb-1, 0.85 for Cb-2, and 0.61 for Cb-3, which agreed with the AIE enhancement. Although the PL of solid Cb-1/2/3 showed non-TADF properties with lifetimes only at several nanoseconds, the crystallographic studies have shown a root cause of π···π stacking that quenched the TADF, and the theoretical calculations forecasted small singlet-triplet energy gaps (ΔES-T) therein. According to these findings, TADF was recovered in Cb-1/2/3 by doping into 1,3-bis(carbazol-9-yl)benzene (mCP). The 10 wt % doped films of Cb-1/2/3 have achieved a trade-off of ΦPL (0.84 in Cb-3 and 0.83 in Cb-1) and delayed lifetime (up to 8 μs). The doped devices of organic light-emitting diodes incorporating Cb-1/2/3 achieved the highest external quantum efficiency at 10.1% and the maximized luminance of 5920 cd/m2 at a driving voltage of 8 V.
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- Zhaojin Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology in Environmental Protection of Jiangsu Province, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province 224051, P.R. China
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology in Environmental Protection of Jiangsu Province, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province 224051, P.R. China
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, P.R. China
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Marsh AV, Little M, Cheetham NJ, Dyson MJ, Bidwell M, White AJP, Warriner CN, Swain AC, McCulloch I, Stavrinou PN, Heeney M. Highly Deformed o-Carborane Functionalised Non-linear Polycyclic Aromatics with Exceptionally Long C-C Bonds. Chemistry 2021; 27:1970-1975. [PMID: 33044792 PMCID: PMC7898797 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The effect of substituting o-carborane into the most sterically hindered positions of phenanthrene and benzo(k)tetraphene is reported. Synthesised via a Bull-Hutchings-Quayle benzannulation, the crystal structures of these non-linear acenes exhibited the highest aromatic deformation parameters observed for any reported carborane compound to date, and among the largest carboranyl C-C bond length of all organo-substituted o-carboranes. Photoluminescence studies of these compounds demonstrated efficient intramolecular charge-transfer, leading to aggregation induced emission properties. Additionally, an unusual low-energy excimer was observed for the phenanthryl compound. These are two new members of the family of carborane-functionalised non-linear acenes, notable for their peculiar structures and multi-luminescent properties.
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- Adam V. Marsh
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable ElectronicsImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable ElectronicsImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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- Department of Physics and Centre for Processable ElectronicsImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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- Molecular Materials and Nanosystems and Institute for Complex Molecular SystemsEindhoven University of Technology5600 MBEindhovenNetherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable ElectronicsImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable ElectronicsImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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- Department of ChemistryChemistry Research LaboratoryUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX1 3TAUK
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- Department of Engineering ScienceUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX1 3PJUK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable ElectronicsImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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Recent Progress in the Development of Solid‐State Luminescent
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‐Carboranes with Stimuli Responsivity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ochi J, Tanaka K, Chujo Y. Recent Progress in the Development of Solid-State Luminescent o-Carboranes with Stimuli Responsivity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9841-9855. [PMID: 32009291 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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o-Carborane, a cluster compound containing boron and adjacent carbon atoms, displays intriguing luminescent properties. Recently, compounds containing o-carborane units were found to show suppressed aggregation-induced quenching and intense solid-state emission; they also show potential for the development of stimuli-responsive luminochromic materials. In this Minireview, we introduce three kinds of fundamental photochemical properties: aggregation-induced emission, twisted intramolecular charge transfer in crystals, and environment-sensitive excimer formation in solids. Based on these properties, several types of luminochromism, such as thermos-, vapo-, and mechanochromism, have been discovered. Based mainly on results from recent studies, we illustrate these mechanisms as well as unique luminescent behaviors of o-carborane derivatives.
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- Junki Ochi
- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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