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Kuan KY, Yeh SH, Yang W, Hsu CP. Excited-State Charge Transfer Coupling from Quasiparticle Energy Density Functional Theory. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:6126-6136. [PMID: 38830203 PMCID: PMC11181311 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
Abstract
The recently developed Quasiparticle Energy (QE) scheme, based on a DFT calculation with one more (or less) electron, offers a good description of excitation energies, even with charge transfer characters. In this work, QE is further extended to calculate electron transfer (ET) couplings involving two excited states. We tested it with a donor-acceptor complex, consisting of a furan and a 1,1-dicyanoethylene (DCNE), in which two low lying charge transfer and local excitation states are involved. With generalized Mülliken-Hush and fragment charge-difference schemes, couplings from the QE approach generally agree well with those obtained from TDDFT, except that QE couplings exhibit better exponential distance dependence. Couplings from half-energy gaps with an external field are also calculated and reported. Our results show that the QE scheme is robust in calculating ET couplings with greatly reduced computational time.
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- Kai-Yuan Kuan
- Institute
of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang
District, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang
District, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
- Department
of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Rd, Section 4, Da’an
District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang
District, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
- Division
of Physics, National Center for Theoretical
Sciences, 1 Roosevelt
Road, Section 4, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
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Song XF, Jiang C, Li N, Miao J, Li K, Yang C. Simultaneously enhancing the planarity and electron-donating capability of donors for through-space charge transfer TADF towards deep-red emission. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12246-12254. [PMID: 37969606 PMCID: PMC10631242 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04264b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Through-space charge transfer (TSCT) has been proven effective for designing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters due to the separation of the frontier molecular orbitals. Although tuning of the interaction between the donor and acceptor by controlling the conformation is known to be crucial for the photophysical properties of TSCT excited states, it remains a challenge to realize efficient red and deep-red emissions. Herein, we designed two TSCT molecules, namely TPXZ-QX and TPXZ-2QX, by using oxygen-bridged triphenylamine (TPXZ) as the electron donor with enhanced planarity and electron-donating capability. With a face-to-face orientation of the donor and acceptor segments and close π-π contacts, the new emitters have strong intramolecular noncovalent donor-acceptor interactions. The emissions of TPXZ-QX and TPXZ-2QX in doped thin films lie in the red (λmax = 632 nm) to deep-red (λmax = 665 nm) region. The photoluminescence quantum yields are 41% and 32% for TPXZ-QX and TPXZ-2QX, respectively. Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on TPXZ-QX and TPXZ-2QX show external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) of up to 13.8% and 11.4%, respectively. This work indicates that the modulation of TSCT excited states based on strong intramolecular cofacial π-stacking interactions is a viable choice for the development of high-efficiency long-wavelength TADF emitters.
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- Xiu-Fang Song
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen 518055 China
- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen 518060 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University Shenzhen 518055 China
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Kessler BJO, Mansoor IF, Wozniak DI, Emge TJ, Lipke MC. Controlling Intramolecular and Intermolecular Electronic Coupling of Radical Ligands in a Series of Cobaltoviologen Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:15924-15935. [PMID: 37460450 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
Abstract
Controlling electronic coupling between multiple redox sites is of interest for tuning the electronic properties of molecules and materials. While classic mixed-valence (MV) systems are highly tunable, e.g., via the organic bridges connecting the redox sites, metal-bridged MV systems are difficult to control because the electronics of the metal cannot usually be altered independently of redox-active moieties embedded in its ligands. Herein, this limitation was overcome by varying the donor strengths of ancillary ligands in a series of cobalt complexes without directly perturbing the electronics of viologen-like redox sites bridged by the cobalt ions. The cobaltoviologens [1X-Co]n+ feature four 4-X-pyridyl donor groups (X = CO2Me, Cl, H, Me, OMe, NMe2) that provide gradual electronic tuning of the bridging CoII centers, while a related complex [2-Co]n+ with NHC donors supports exclusively CoIII states even upon reduction of the viologen units. Electrochemistry and IVCT band analysis indicate that the MV states of these complexes have electronic structures ranging from fully localized ([2-Co]4+; Robin-Day Class I) to fully delocalized ([1CO2Me-Co]3+; Class III) descriptions, demonstrating unprecedented control over electronic coupling without changing the identity of the redox sites or bridging metal. Additionally, single-crystal XRD characterization of the homovalent complexes [1H-Co]2+ and [1H-Zn]2+ revealed radical-pairing interactions between the viologen ligands of adjacent complexes, representing a type of through-space electronic coupling commonly observed for organic viologen radicals but never before seen in metalloviologens. The extended solid-state packing of these complexes produces 3D networks of radical π-stacking interactions that impart unexpected mechanical flexibility to these crystals.
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- Brice J O Kessler
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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Im EJ, Jung HW, Kang YK. Evaluation of
Through‐Space
Electronic Coupling in the Cofacially Aligned
π‐Stacked
Organic
Mixed‐Valence
System. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Eun Ji Im
- Department of Chemistry Sangmyung University Seoul 03016 South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Sangmyung University Seoul 03016 South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Sangmyung University Seoul 03016 South Korea
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Krug M, Fröhlich N, Fehn D, Vogel A, Rominger F, Meyer K, Clark T, Kivala M, Guldi DM. Vorplanarisierte Triphenylamin‐basierte lineare gemischtvalente Ladungstransfersysteme. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Marcel Krug
- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare Materialien (ICMM) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstraße 3 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie Anorganische Chemie Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstraße 1 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
- Centre for Advanced Materials Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 225 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie Anorganische Chemie Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstraße 1 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie and Pharmazie Computer-Chemie-Centrum Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg Nägelsbachstraße 5 91052 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
- Centre for Advanced Materials Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 225 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare Materialien (ICMM) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstraße 3 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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Krug M, Fröhlich N, Fehn D, Vogel A, Rominger F, Meyer K, Clark T, Kivala M, Guldi DM. Pre-Planarized Triphenylamine-Based Linear Mixed-Valence Charge-Transfer Systems. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:6771-6777. [PMID: 33306267 PMCID: PMC7986061 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Three linear dimers with two redox-active planarized triphenylamines were synthesized and their structures verified by X-ray crystallography. Their radical cations, which exhibit electron self-exchange between the two redox centers, are of great interest. This process was thoroughly investigated by means of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, absorption spectroscopy, and (time-dependent) density functional theory calculations. A comparison of the key parameters of electron transfer with non-planarized nitrogen-centered building blocks emphasizes the impact of using redox centers with low internal reorganization energies. However, the distance-dependence attenuation factor of the super-exchange mechanisms remains similar.
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- Marcel Krug
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Chair of Organic Chemistry I, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Strasse 10, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Centre for Advanced Materials, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 225, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Computer-Chemistry-Center, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Naegelsbachstrasse 5, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Centre for Advanced Materials, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 225, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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Wang X, Yang S, Tian Q, Zhong C, Qu Y, Yu Y, Jiang Z, Liao L. Multi‐Layer π‐Stacked Molecules as Efficient Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xue‐Qi Wang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials Wuhan University Wuhan Hubei 430072 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
- Institute of Organic Optoelectronics Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) Wujiang Suzhou Jiangsu 215211 P. R. China
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Wang X, Yang S, Tian Q, Zhong C, Qu Y, Yu Y, Jiang Z, Liao L. Multi‐Layer π‐Stacked Molecules as Efficient Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5213-5219. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Xue‐Qi Wang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials Wuhan University Wuhan Hubei 430072 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China
- Institute of Organic Optoelectronics Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) Wujiang Suzhou Jiangsu 215211 P. R. China
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