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Zeng CY, Deng WJ, Zhao KQ, Redshaw C, Donnio B. Phenanthrothiophene-Triazine Star-Shaped Discotic Liquid Crystals: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescence Properties. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400296. [PMID: 38427538 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Lipophilic biphenylthiophene- and phenanthrothiophene-triazine compounds, BPTTn and CPTTn, respectively, were prepared by a tandem procedure involving successive Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and Scholl cyclodehydrogenation reactions. These compounds display photoluminescence in solution and in thin film state, solvatochromism with increasing solvent's polarity, as well as acidochromism and metal ion recognition stimuli-responsive fluorescence. Protonation of BPTT10 and CPTT10 by trifluoroacetic acid results in fluorescence quenching, which is reversibly restored once treated with triethylamine (ON-OFF switch). DFT computational studies show that intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) phenomena occurs for both molecules, and reveal that protonation enhances the electron-withdrawing ability of the triazine core and reduces the band gap. This acidochromic behavior was applied to a prototype fluorescent anti-counterfeiting device. They also specifically recognize Fe3+ through coordination, and the recognition mechanism is closely related to the photoinduced electron transfer between Fe3+ and BPTT10/CPTT10. CPTTn self-assemble into columnar rectangular (Colrec) mesophase, which can be modulated by oleic acid via the formation of a hydrogen-bonded supramolecular liquid crystal hexagonal Colhex mesophase. Finally, CPTTn also form organic gels in alkanes at low critical gel concentration (3.0 mg/mL). Therefore, these star-shaped triazine molecules possess many interesting features and thus hold great promises for information processing, liquid crystal semiconductors and organogelators.
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- Chong-Yang Zeng
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, 610066, Chengdu, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, 610066, Chengdu, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, 610066, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, School of Natural Sciences, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK
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- Institut de Chimie et Physique des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, CNRS-University of Strasbourg, 67034, Strasbourg, France
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Kumar K, Sharma D, Thakur D, Karmakar A, Yang HW, Jayakumar J, Banik S, Jou JH, Ghosh S. Sterically Crowded Donor-Rich Imidazole Systems as Hole Transport Materials for Solution-Processed OLEDs. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:5137-5150. [PMID: 38412064 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Imidazole, being an interesting dinitrogenic five-membered heterocyclic core, has been widely explored during the last several decades for developing various fascinating materials. Among the different domains where imidazole-based materials find wide applications, the area of optoelectronics has seen an overwhelming growth of functional imidazole derivatives developed through remarkable design and synthesis strategies. The present work reports a design approach for integrating bulky donor units at the four terminals of an imidazole core, leading to the development of sterically populated imidazole-based molecular platforms with interesting structural features. Rationally chosen starting substrates led to the incorporation of a bulky donor at the four terminals of the imidazole core. In addition, homo- and cofunctional molecular systems were synthesized through a suitable combination of initial ingredients. Our approach was extended to develop a series of four molecular systems, i.e., Cz3PhI, Cz4I, Cz3PzI, and TPA3CzI, containing carbazole, phenothiazine, and triphenylamine as known efficient donors at the periphery. Given their interesting structural features, three sterically crowded molecules (Cz4I, Cz3PzI, and TPA3CzI) were screened by using DFT and TD-DFT calculations to investigate their potential as hole transport materials (HTMs) for optoelectronic devices. The theoretical studies on several aspects including hole reorganization and exciton binding energies, ionization potential, etc., revealed their potential as possible candidates for the hole transport layer of OLEDs. Single-crystal analysis of Cz3PhI and Cz3PzI established interesting structural features including twisted geometries, which may help attain high triplet energy. Finally, the importance of theoretical predictions was established by fabricating two solution-process green phosphorescent OLED devices using TPA3CzI and Cz3PzI as HTMs. The fabricated devices exhibited good EQE/PE and CE of ∼15%/56 lm/W/58 cd/A and ∼13%/47 lm/W/50 cd/A, respectively, at 100 cd/m2.
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- Krishan Kumar
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175075, India
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University 101, Sec. 2, Guang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175075, India
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rosvisco Pais, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University 101, Sec. 2, Guang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Guang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 613401, India
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University 101, Sec. 2, Guang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175075, India
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Dobrikov GM, Nikolova Y, Slavchev I, Dangalov M, Deneva V, Antonov L, Vassilev NG. Structure and Conformational Mobility of OLED-Relevant 1,3,5-Triazine Derivatives. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031248. [PMID: 36770913 PMCID: PMC9921695 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A series of OLED-relevant compounds, consisting of 1,3,5-triazine core linked to various aromatic arms by amino group, has been synthesized and characterized. The studied compounds exist in solution as a mixture of two conformers, a symmetric propeller and asymmetric conformer, in which one of the aromatic arms is rotated around the C-N bond. At temperatures below -40 °C, the VT NMR spectra in DMF-d7 are in a slow exchange regime, and the signals of two conformers can be elucidated. At temperatures above 100 °C, the VT NMR spectra in DMSO-d6 are in a fast exchange regime, and the averaged spectra can be measured. The ratio of symmetric and asymmetric conformers in DMF-d7 varies from 14:86 to 50:50 depending on the substituents. The rotational barriers of symmetric and asymmetric conformers in DMF-d7 were measured for all compounds and are in the interval from 11.7 to 14.7 kcal/mol. The ground-state energy landscapes of the studied compounds, obtained by DFT calculations, show good agreement with the experimental rotational barriers. The DFT calculations reveal that the observed chemical exchange occurs by the rotation around the C(1,3,5-triazine)-N bond. Although some of the compounds are potentially tautomeric, the measured absorption and emission spectra do not indicate proton transfer neither in the ground nor in the excited state.
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- Georgi M. Dobrikov
- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
- Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tsarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tsarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Liang J, Ouyang X, Cao Y. Interfacial and confined molecular-assembly of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and its application in organic electronic devices. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2022; 23:619-632. [PMID: 36212681 PMCID: PMC9542436 DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2022.2125826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is a typical conducting polymer widely used in organic thin-film transistors, polymer solar cells, etc., due to good processability and remarkable charging carrier and hole mobility. It is known that the ordered structure assembled by π-conjugated P3HT chains could promote the performance of electronic devices. Interfacial and confined molecular-assembly is one effective way to generate an ordered structure by tuning surface geometry and substrate interaction. Great efforts have been made to investigate the molecular chain assembly of P3HT on a curved surface that is confined to different geometry. In this report, we review the recent advances of the interfacial chain assembly of P3HT in a flat or curved confined space and its application to organic electronic devices. In principle, this interfacial assembly of P3HT at a nanoscale could improve the electronic properties, such as the current transport, power conversion efficiency, etc. Therefore, this review on interfacial and confined assembly of P3HT could give general implications for designing high-performance organic electronic devices.
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- Junhao Liang
- Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangdong, China
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Moini N, Jahandideh A, Shahkarami F, Kabiri K, Piri F. Linear and star-shaped π-conjugated oligoanilines: a review on molecular design in syntheses and properties. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py00038e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molecular Design and Synthesis of Linear and Star-shaped π-conjugated Oligoanilines with reversible optoelectrochemical properties.
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- N. Moini
- Adhesive and Resin Department, Polymer Processing Faculty, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI), P.O. Box 14975-112, Tehran, Iran
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- Adhesive and Resin Department, Polymer Processing Faculty, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI), P.O. Box 14975-112, Tehran, Iran
- Pharmacology Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, 45371-38791, Iran
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- Adhesive and Resin Department, Polymer Processing Faculty, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI), P.O. Box 14975-112, Tehran, Iran
- Biobased Monomers and Polymers Division (BIOBASED Division), Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI), P.O. Box 14965-115, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, 45371-38791, Iran
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Muraoka H, Ogawa S. Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Star-Shaped (D-π)<sub>3</sub>-A Molecules with an <i>N</i>-Heteroaromatic Core. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2021. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.79.859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hiroki Muraoka
- Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University
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Venkatachalam D, Kaliappa S. Superabsorbent polymers: A state-of-art review on their classification, synthesis, physicochemical properties, and applications. REV CHEM ENG 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/revce-2020-0102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Superabsorbent polymers (SAP) and modified natural polymer hydrogels are widely and increasingly used in agriculture, health care textiles, effluent treatment, drug delivery, tissue engineering, civil concrete structure, etc. However, not many comprehensive reviews are available on this class of novel polymers. A review covering all the viable applications of SAP will be highly useful for researchers, industry persons, and medical, healthcare, and agricultural purposes. Hence, an attempt has been made to review SAPs with reference to their classifications, synthesis, modification by crosslinking, and physicochemical characterization such as morphology, swellability, thermal and mechanical properties, lifetime prediction, thermodynamics of swelling, absorption, release and transport kinetics, quantification of hydrophilic groups, etc. Besides, the possible methods of fine-tuning their structures for improving their absorption capacity, fast absorption kinetics, mechanical strength, controlled release features, etc. were also addressed to widen their uses. This review has also highlighted the biodegradability, commercial viability and market potential of SAPs, SAP composites, the feasibility of using biomass as raw materials for SAP production, etc. The challenges and future prospects of SAP, their safety, and environmental issues are also discussed.
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- Dhanapal Venkatachalam
- Department of Chemistry , Bannari Amman Institute of Technology , Sathyamangalam , 638 401 , Erode Dt , Tamil Nadu , India
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- Biopolymer and Biomaterial Synthesis and Analytical Testing Lab, Department of Biotechnology , Bannari Amman Institute of Technology , Sathyamangalam , 638 401 , Erode Dt , Tamil Nadu , India
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Branched Electron-Donor Core Effect in D-π-A Star-Shaped Small Molecules on Their Properties and Performance in Single-Component and Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells †. ENERGIES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/en14123596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Star-shaped donor-acceptor molecules are full of promise for organic photovoltaics and electronics. However, the effect of the branching core on physicochemical properties, charge transport and photovoltaic performance of such donor-acceptor materials in single-component (SC) and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells has not been thoroughly addressed. This work shows the comprehensive investigation of six star-shaped donor-acceptor molecules with terminal hexyldicyanovinyl blocks linked through 2,2′-bithiophene π-conjugated bridge to different electron-donating cores such as the pristine and fused triphenylamine, tris(2-methoxyphenyl)amine, carbazole- and benzotriindole-based units. Variation of the branching core strongly impacts on such important properties as the solubility, highest occupied molecular orbital energy, optical absorption, phase behavior, molecular packing and also on the charge-carrier mobility. The performance of SC or BHJ organic solar cells are comprehensively studied and compared. The results obtained provide insight on how to predict and fine-tune photovoltaic performance as well as properties of donor-acceptor star-shaped molecules for organic solar cells.
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Chen J, Lu R, Wang X, Qu H, Liu H, Zhang H, Cao X. C
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- Jun‐Bo Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University 361005 Xiamen P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University 361005 Xiamen P. R. China
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering Xiamen University 361005 Xiamen P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University 361005 Xiamen P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University 361005 Xiamen P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University 361005 Xiamen P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University 361005 Xiamen P. R. China
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Jiang Y, Liu YY, Liu X, Lin H, Gao K, Lai WY, Huang W. Organic solid-state lasers: a materials view and future development. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:5885-5944. [PMID: 32672260 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00037j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Lasing applications have spread over various aspects of human life. To meet the developing trends of the laser industry towards being miniature, portable, and highly integrated, new laser technologies are in urgent demand. Organic semiconductors are promising gain medium candidates for novel laser devices, due to their convenient processing techniques, ease of spectral and chemical tuning, low refractive indexes, mechanical flexibilities, and low thresholds, etc. organic solid-state lasers (OSSLs) open up a new horizon of simple, low-cost, time-saving, versatile and environmental-friendly manufacturing technologies for new and desirable laser structures (micro-, asymmetric, flexible, etc.) to unleash the full potential of semiconductor lasers for future electronics. Besides the development of optical feedback structures, the design and synthesis of robust organic gain media is critical as a vigorous aspect of OSSLs. Herein, we provide a comprehensive review of recent advances in organic gain materials, mainly focused on organic semiconductors for OSSLs. The significant breakthroughs toward electrical pumping of OSSLs are emphasized. Opportunities, challenges and future research directions for the design of organic gain media are also discussed.
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- Yi Jiang
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China. and Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China. and Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China
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A dendrimer consisting of a pyrene core and a 9-phenylcarbazole periphery as a multi-functional fluorescent probe for iodide, iron(III) and mercury(II). Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:586. [PMID: 31363854 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3661-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A dendrimer (termed G2) containing pyrene as the core and 9-phenylcarbazole (PCZ) on the periphery is shown to be a multi-functional fluorescent probe for iodide, iron(III) and mercury(II). It serves as the fluorometric/colorimetric dual-channel probe for these ions. As a fluorometric probe, the fluorescence of G2 is quenched both by iodide and iron(III). After that, the fluorescence of G2 which has been added iodide will recover when added mercury(II); as a colorimetric probe, the color of G2 solution can turn to yellow only by iodide which will change from yellow to colorless again when adding mercury(II). The color change is sensitive and observed visually at 0.1 mM for iodide. G2 also is an electroactive precursor for preparation of fluorescent films via electropolymerization. The resulting films can be used as the fluorescent films to sense the ions. This is attributed to the presence of a large specific surface, highly cross-linked microstructures and enhanced π conjugation. The electropolymerized film has blue fluorescence with excitation/emission maxima at 365/460 nm. The limits of detection (LOD) of G2 for iodide, iron(III) and mercury(II) were calculated to be 9.3, 37.1 and 22.0 nM in solution and 5.1, 12.0 and 6.1 nM in films, respectively. The linear range is from 2 to 10 μM for G2 electropolymerized films. The detection range is from 2 to 400 μM for iron(III) and mercury(II). The detection range is from 2 to 130 μM for iodide. For a third application, G2 displays compelling sensing performance in environmental systems and in living roundworms. Graphical abstractAs schematic presentation, after adding iodide, the fluorescence of G2 is quenched and the color changes to yellow. When adding Hg2+ to G2-iodide, the fluorescence and color of G2 recover. Iron(III) can also quench G2, but the color does not change.
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Zhang Z, Ye Z, Han S, Li S. One-Pot Synthesis of Hyperbranched and Star Polyketones by Palladium-Catalyzed Terpolymerization of 4-tert-Butylstyrene, Divinylbenzene, and Carbon Monoxide. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Zhichao Zhang
- Bharti School of Engineering, Laurentian University, Sudbury P3E 2C6, Ontario, Canada
- School of Applied Chemistry, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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- Bharti School of Engineering, Laurentian University, Sudbury P3E 2C6, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal H3G 1M8, Quebec, Canada
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- School of Applied Chemistry, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, China
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Liu C, Liu X, Lai W, Huang W. Design and Synthesis of Conjugated Starburst Molecules for Optoelectronic Applications. CHEM REC 2018; 19:1571-1595. [PMID: 30511813 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 11/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Cheng‐Fang Liu
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information DisplaysInstitute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information DisplaysInstitute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information DisplaysInstitute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE)Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072 Shaanxi China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information DisplaysInstitute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications 9 Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE)Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072 Shaanxi China
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Douchez A, Geranurimi A, Lubell WD. Applications of γ,δ-Unsaturated Ketones Synthesized by Copper-Catalyzed Cascade Addition of Vinyl Grignard Reagents to Esters. Acc Chem Res 2018; 51:2574-2588. [PMID: 30289682 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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γ,δ-Unsaturated ketones, so-called homoallylic ketones, have served as versatile building blocks for the synthesis of a variety of heterocycles, carbocycles, natural products, and reactive intermediates. Procured by a variety of processes, including conjugate addition of vinyl organometallic reagents to unsaturated ketones, allylation of silyl enol ethers, and rearrangements, homoallylic ketones are often synthesized by step-intensive methods. The cascade addition of 2 equiv of vinyl Grignard reagent to a carboxylate was reported by the Lubell laboratory in 2003 to give effective access to homoallylic ketones from a variety of aromatic, aliphatic, and α-amino methyl esters. Employing readily accessible vinyl magnesium halides in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper salt, this cascade reaction provides high yields of homoallylic ketones with minimal side product by a process featuring the assembly and collapse of a tetrahedral intermediate with expulsion of alkoxide ion, followed by conjugate addition to the resulting enone. Application of the cascade reaction to the synthesis of various homoallylic ketones has provided versatile building blocks for the synthesis of targets for different applications. For example, by employing (hetero)aryl di- and tricarboxylates as precursors, copper-catalyzed cascade additions have provided donor-acceptor and star-shaped monomers for optical-electronic materials. Amino ester starting materials have given homoallylic ketones for the synthesis of various peptidomimetics, including heteroarylalanines, hydroxyethylene isoesters, and diazepinone turn mimics. Moreover, anthranilate has served as building block to prepare various pyrrole, quinoline, benzodiazepine, and benzotriazepine heterocyles. In addition, cascade additions on hydroxyprolinates have given access to bipyrrole precursors of the prodigiosin family of natural products. In the interest to highlight the utility of the copper-catalyzed cascade addition of vinyl Grignard reagents to carboxylates, this Account provides details on the broad scope of substrates that deliver homoallylic ketone products as well as an overview of the wide range of applications in which this method may impact including materials and peptide science, heterocycle and natural product synthesis, and medicinal chemistry.
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- Antoine Douchez
- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, C.P.6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, C.P.6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, C.P.6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada
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Drewniak A, Tomczyk MD, Hanusek L, Mielanczyk A, Walczak K, Nitschke P, Hajduk B, Ledwon P. The Effect of Aromatic Diimide Side Groups on the π-Conjugated Polymer Properties. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E487. [PMID: 30966521 PMCID: PMC6415361 DOI: 10.3390/polym10050487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The presented study describes the method for the synthesis and characterization of a new class of conjugated copolymers containing a perylenediimide (PDI) and naphthalene diimide (NDI) side groups. The main conjugated backbone is a donor-acceptor polymer poly[3,6-carbazole-alt-5,5-(4',7'-di-2-thienyl-2',1',3'-benzothiadiazole)] containing thiophene and carbazole as donor units and benzothiadiazole as an acceptor unit. The presented compounds were synthesized in a multistep synthesis. The polymerization was carried out by Suzuki or Stille coupling reaction. Redox properties of the studied polymers were tested in different conditions. Electrochemical investigation revealed independent reduction of the main polymer chain and diimide side groups. UV-Vis spectroscopy revealed the overlap of two absorption spectra. The difference between the electron affinity of the polymer main chain and that of the diimides estimated electrochemically is approximately 0.3 eV.
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- Anna Drewniak
- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, Curie-Sklodowskiej 34, 41-819 Zabrze, Poland.
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- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, Curie-Sklodowskiej 34, 41-819 Zabrze, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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Fujio T, Miwata T, Takase M, Sueki S, Nomura K. Facile, Efficient Synthesis of Star‐Shaped π‐Conjugated Systems by Combined Olefin Metathesis with Wittig‐type Coupling. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201700058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Takashi Fujio
- Department of Chemistry Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1‐1 Minami Osawa Hachioji, Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1‐1 Minami Osawa Hachioji, Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1‐1 Minami Osawa Hachioji, Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biology Ehime University Matsuyama, Ehime 790‐8577 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1‐1 Minami Osawa Hachioji, Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1‐1 Minami Osawa Hachioji, Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan
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Thiophene-based π-conjugated organic small molecules and polymers are the research subject of significant current interest owing to their potential use as organic semiconductors in material chemistry. Despite simple and similar molecular structures, the hitherto reported properties of thiophene-based organic semiconductors are rather diverse. Design of high performance organic semiconducting materials requires a thorough understanding of inter- and intra-molecular interactions, solid-state packing, and the influence of both factors on the charge carrier transport. In this chapter, thiophene-based organic semiconductors, which are classified in terms of their chemical structures and their structure-property relationships, are addressed for the potential applications as organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).
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Konidena RK, Thomas KRJ. Star-Shaped Asymmetrically Substituted Blue Emitting Carbazoles: Synthesis, Photophyscial, Electrochemical and Theoretical Investigations. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201701336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Rajendra Kumar Konidena
- Organic Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Roorkee − 247667 India
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- Organic Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Roorkee − 247667 India
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Ahn SK, Carrillo JMY, Keum JK, Chen J, Uhrig D, Lokitz BS, Sumpter BG, Michael Kilbey S. Nanoporous poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin film structures from self-organization of a tunable molecular bottlebrush scaffold. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:7071-7080. [PMID: 28422265 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr00015d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The ability to widely tune the design of macromolecular bottlebrushes provides access to self-assembled nanostructures formed by microphase segregation in melt, thin film and solution that depart from structures adopted by simple linear copolymers. A series of random bottlebrush copolymers containing poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and poly(d,l-lactide) (PLA) side chains grafted on a poly(norbornene) backbone were synthesized via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) using the grafting through approach. P3HT side chains induce a physical aggregation of the bottlebrush copolymers upon solvent removal by vacuum drying, primarily driven by attractive π-π interactions; however, the amount of aggregation can be controlled by adjusting side chain composition or by adding linear P3HT chains to the bottlebrush copolymers. Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations reveal that linear P3HT chains preferentially associate with P3HT side chains of bottlebrush copolymers, which tends to reduce the aggregation. The nanoscale morphology of microphase segregated thin films created by casting P3HT-PLA random bottlebrush copolymers is highly dependent on the composition of P3HT and PLA side chains, while domain spacing of nanostructures is mainly determined by the length of the side chains. The selective removal of PLA side chains under alkaline conditions generates nanoporous P3HT structures that can be tuned by manipulating molecular design of the bottlebrush scaffold, which is affected by molecular weight and grafting density of the side chains, and their sequence. The ability to exploit the unusual architecture of bottlebrushes to fabricate tunable nanoporous P3HT thin film structures may be a useful way to design templates for optoelectronic applications or membranes for separations.
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- Suk-Kyun Ahn
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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Yao B, Zhou Y, Ye X, Wang R, Zhang J, Wan X. A Star-Shaped Molecule with Low-Lying Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital Level, n-Type Panchromatic Electrochromism, and Long-Term Stability. Org Lett 2017; 19:1990-1993. [PMID: 28368605 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An electron-deficient star-shaped molecule based on anthraquinone imide was synthesized and characterized. It showed high electron accommodating capacity and strong electron-withdrawing ability with a low-lying lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of -4.10 eV. In addition, it exhibited panchromatic electrochromism attributed to the simultaneous presence of π*-π* transitions and intervalence charge transfer (IV-CT) upon one-electron reduction, and revealed long-term stability in electron gain and loss due to the proper LUMO energy level and ordered intermolecular assembly.
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- Bin Yao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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Gao W, Wang J, Luo Q, Lin Y, Ma Y, Dou J, Tan H, Ma CQ, Cui Z. Tuning the optical and electrochemical properties of conjugated all-thiophene dendrimers via core functionalization with a benzothiadiazole unit. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra25567a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The optoelectronic properties of conjugated thiophene dendrimers can be tuned by core functionalization with a benzothiadiazole unit.
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- Wei Gao
- Printable Electronics Research Center
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
- Suzhou
- P. R. China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou
- PR China
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Steverlynck J, Monnaie F, Warniez E, Lazzaroni R, Leclère P, Koeckelberghs G. Strategies toward Controlling the Topology of Nonlinear Poly(thiophenes). Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Joost Steverlynck
- Laboratory for Polymer
Synthesis, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Polymer
Synthesis, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons (UMONS), B-7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons (UMONS), B-7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons (UMONS), B-7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Polymer
Synthesis, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Wang Q, Duan L, Tao Q, Peng W, Chen J, Tan H, Yang R, Zhu W. Photovoltaic Small Molecules of TPA(F xBT-T-Cz) 3: Tuning Open-Circuit Voltage over 1.0 V for Their Organic Solar Cells by Increasing Fluorine Substitution. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:30320-30327. [PMID: 27592746 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To simultaneously improve both open-circuit voltage (Voc) and short-circuit current density (Jsc) for organic solar cells, a novel D(A-π-Ar)3 type of photovoltaic small molecules of TPA(FxBT-T-3Cz)3 was designed and synthesized, which contain central triphenylamine (TPA), terminal carbazole (Cz), armed fluorine-substituted benzothiadiazole (FxBT, where x = 1 or 2), and bridged thiophene (T) units. A narrowed ultraviolet-visible absorption and a decreasing highest occupied molecular orbital energy level were observed from TPA(F1BT-T-3Cz)3 to TPA(F2BT-T-3Cz)3 with increasing fluorine substitution. However, the TPA(F2BT-T-3Cz)3/PC71BM-based solar devices showed a rising Voc of 1.01 V and an enhanced Jsc of 10.84 mA cm-2 as well as a comparable power conversion efficiency of 4.81% in comparison to the TPA(F1BT-T-3Cz)3/PC71BM-based devices. Furthermore, in comparison to the parent TPA(BT-T-3Cz)3 molecule without fluorine substitution, the fluorine-substituted TPA(FxBT-T-3Cz)3 molecules exhibited significantly incremental Voc and Jsc values in their bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, owing to fluorine incorporation in the electron-deficient benzothiadiazole unit.
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- Qiong Wang
- College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University , Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University , Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao, Shandong 26610, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University , Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University , Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University , Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University , Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University , Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University , Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, People's Republic of China
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao, Shandong 26610, People's Republic of China
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Yang J, Zhang Z, Qin Y. A Molecular Tetrapod for Organic Photovoltaics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:22392-22401. [PMID: 27514435 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The synthesis and characterization of a molecular tetrapod, SFBTD, featuring a tetraphenylsilane center and four identical conjugated arms, which structurally resembles breakwaters in common wave-reducing shore constructions, are reported. Cyclic voltammetry reveals that SFBTD has a medium band gap of ca. 2.0 eV and a low-lying HOMO energy level at ca. -5.2 eV. Absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and differential scanning calorimetry experiments reveal a low degree of crystallinity in this compound and slow crystallization kinetics. Bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics (OPVs) employing SFBTD and fullerene derivatives exhibit power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) up to 1.05% and open-circuit voltage (VOC) values as high as 1.02 V. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest PCE obtained for OPVs employing molecular tetrapods as donor materials. These devices are relatively thermally stable due to the known ability of breakwater tetrapods to interlock, preventing dislodging and sliding. The lack of favorable phase separations and low hole mobilities of the blend films are the major factors limiting the device performance. Ternary blend devices by the addition of three low band gap poly(thienylene vinylene) (PTV) derivatives were fabricated and tested. We found that the added PTVs acted to be either the major hole conductor or a competing hole conduction channel depending on the HOMO level positions relative to that of SFBTD. Some of the ternary OPV devices out-performed the corresponding binary counterparts employing SFBTD or PTVs alone, suggesting cooperative effects in the ternary systems.
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- Jianzhong Yang
- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 UNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 UNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 UNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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Systematic synthesis, comparative studies of the optical properties, and the ICT-based sensor properties of a series of 2,4,6-tri(5-aryl-2-thienyl)pyrimidines with the D–π–A system. Tetrahedron Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.05.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Massoumi B, Massoumi R, Aali N, Jaymand M. Novel nanostructured star-shaped polythiophene, and its electrospun nanofibers with gelatin. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-016-1038-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Massoumi B, Jaymand M. Nanostructured star-shaped polythiophene with tannic acid core: Synthesis, characterization, and its physicochemical properties. J Appl Polym Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/app.43513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Bakhshali Massoumi
- Department of Chemistry; Payame Noor University; Tehran P.O. Box: 19395-3697 Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz P.O. Box: 51656-65811 Islamic Republic of Iran
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Qi H, Zhang C, Huang Z, Wang L, Wang W, Bard AJ. Electrochemistry and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of 1,3,5-Tri(anthracen-10-yl)-benzene-Centered Starburst Oligofluorenes. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:1947-54. [PMID: 26794226 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The electrochemistry and electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) of three 1,3,5-tri(anthracen-10-yl)-benzene-centered starburst oligofluorenes (T1-T3) are reported in this paper. The compounds T1-T3 contain 1,3,5-tri(anthracen-10-yl)-benzene as a core with fluorene as an arm from monofluorene to trifluorene groups (n = 1-3), generating a rigid three-dimensional structure. The electrochemical behaviors of these compounds are likely to be tuned by the fluorene arms. In cyclic voltammograms, both the oxidation and reduction of T1 and T2 are characterized by three reversible one-electron transfers from the core while the oxidation and reduction of T3 are characterized by six reversible one-electron transfers from the core and the arms in acetonitrile:benzene (v:v = 1:1) solvent. The second oxidation and reduction waves of T1 show three reversible one-electron transfers from three fluorene arms, while the second and third oxidation and reduction waves of T2 and T3 exhibit three reversible one-electron transfers from the six fluorene arms. The multiple electron transfers in one molecule are confirmed by chronoamperometry at an ultramicroelectrode, simulations and DFT calculations. The T1-T3 compounds display strong absorption in UV-vis and blue fluorescence emission. Strong blue ECL emissions can be generated from T1, T2 and T3 under ion annihilation condition, which is assigned as S-route.
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- Honglan Qi
- Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.,Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710062, PR China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710062, PR China
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- Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Supramolecular Columnar Liquid Crystals Formed by Hydrogen Bonding between a Clicked Star-Shapeds-Triazine and Benzoic Acids. Chemistry 2015; 21:8859-66. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Andernach RE, Rossbauer S, Ashraf RS, Faber H, Anthopoulos TD, McCulloch I, Heeney M, Bronstein HA. Conjugated Polymer-Porphyrin Complexes for Organic Electronics. Chemphyschem 2015; 16:1223-30. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Revised: 11/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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