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Liu H, Liu Y, Chen G, Meng Y, Peng H, Miao J, Yang C. Nonplanar structure accelerates reverse intersystem crossing of TADF emitters: nearly 40% EQE and relieved efficiency roll off. Chem Sci 2024; 15:12598-12605. [PMID: 39118617 PMCID: PMC11304530 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc03111c] [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: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
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Exploring strategies to enhance reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) is of great significance to develop efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) molecules. In this study, we investigate the substantial impact of nonplanar structure on improving the rate of RISC (k RISC). Three emitters based on spiroacridine donors are developed to evaluate this hypothesis. All molecules exhibit high photoluminescent quantum yields (PLQYs) of 96-98% due to their rigid donor and acceptor. Leveraging the synergistic effects of heavy element effect and nonplanar geometry, S2-TRZ exhibits an accelerated k RISC of 24.2 × 105 s-1 compared to the 11.1 × 105 s-1 of S1-TRZ, which solely incorporates heavy atoms. Additionally, O1-TRZ possesses a further lower k RISC of 9.42 × 105 s-1 because of the absence of these effects. Remarkably, owing to the high PLQYs and suitable TADF behaviors, devices based on these emitters exhibit state-of-the-art performance, including a maximum external quantum efficiency of up to 40.1% and maximum current efficiency of 124.7 cd A-1. More importantly, devices utilizing S2-TRZ as an emitter achieve a relieved efficiency roll-off of only 7% under 1000 cd m-2, in contrast to the 12% for O1-TRZ and 11% for S1-TRZ, respectively. These findings advance our fundamental understanding of TADF processes for high-performance electroluminescent devices.
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- He Liu
- National Key Laboratory of Green and Long-Life Road Engineering in Extreme Environment (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University 518055 Shenzhen P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green and Long-Life Road Engineering in Extreme Environment (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University 518055 Shenzhen P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green and Long-Life Road Engineering in Extreme Environment (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University 518055 Shenzhen P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green and Long-Life Road Engineering in Extreme Environment (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University 518055 Shenzhen P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green and Long-Life Road Engineering in Extreme Environment (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University 518055 Shenzhen P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green and Long-Life Road Engineering in Extreme Environment (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University 518055 Shenzhen P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green and Long-Life Road Engineering in Extreme Environment (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University 518055 Shenzhen P. R. China
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Lu F, Xu X, Zhu X, Shen L, Wan W, Hu M. Based on FRET to construct color-tunable ultralong lifetime room temperature phosphorescent carbon dots in aqueous solution. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 304:123404. [PMID: 37722162 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Room temperature phosphorescent (RTP) Carbon Dots have been capturing increasing attention in recent years, while building a general method to adjust the emission color of RTP carbon dots is still a big challenge. Herein we report a simple method that combine the carbon nanodots and dyes (R6G and DCF) in SiO2 nanosphere to get a series of multicolor RTP nanodots (CD@SiO2@dye) with long lifetime in aqueous solution. Leverage on chitosan quaternary ammonium as matrix and diethylenetriamine as N-doping resource to form a cross-linked skeleton as a luminescent center (namely CD), and a rigid network is formed by silica encapsulation (CD@SiO2) to restrict the non-radiative transition process to generate the phosphorescence. The CD-based composites, with 1.10 s green (503 nm) phosphorescence emission, serve as activator to stimulate the corresponding luminescence of organic dyes. Then, based on Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process from CDs (as donor) to organic dyes (as acceptor) under UV excitation, the CD@SiO2@R6G emit ultra-long lifetime (1.13 s) orange-yellow (570 nm) afterglow, and CD@SiO2@DCF emit ultra-long lifetime (1.20 s) yellow-green afterglow (530 nm). Furthermore, it also achieves RTP colors control when the ratio of CDs and the dyes changes, the ratio of green emission and dye's emission activated by CDs will gradually change as well. These kinds of materials keep the inherent advantages of low toxicity and luminous stability, and achieve adjustable RTP color in aqueous solution. Our research provides a strategy to synthesize water-soluble long-life RTP CDs with adjustable color and lifetime.
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- Feng Lu
- School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China.
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Yang Z, Liu H, Zhang X, Lv Y, Fu Z, Zhao S, Liu M, Zhang ST, Yang B. Photo-Responsive Dynamic Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Materials Based on a Functional Unit Combination Strategy. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2306784. [PMID: 37781967 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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A rational molecular design strategy facilitates the development of a purely organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) material system with precisely regulated luminescence properties, which surely promotes its functional integration and intelligent application. Here, a functional unit combination strategy is proposed to design novel RTP molecules combining a folding unit with diverse luminescent cores. The different luminescent cores are mainly responsible for tunable RTP properties, while the folding unit contributes to the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) enhancement, which makes the RTP material design as workable as the building block principle. By this strategy, a series of color/lifetime-tunable RTP materials is achieved with unique photo-responsive RTP enhancement when subjected to UV irradiation, which expands their application scenarios in reusable privacy tags, advanced "4D" encryption, and phase separation analysis of blended polymers. This work suggests a simple and effective strategy to design purely organic RTP materials with tunable color and lifetime, and also provides new application options for photo-responsive dynamic RTP materials.
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- Zhiqiang Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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Hu JH, Zhang S, Wang CH, Bai QH, Chen LX, Yuan SW, Xiao X, Zhao AT, Pan WD, Zeng X. Red Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Supramolecular Assemblies Based on Cucurbit[7]uril: Reversible Temperature Stimulation Response and Cell-Specific Silver Ion Imaging. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 38019638 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Solid-state materials with efficient room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) emission have been widely used in materials science, and organic RTP-emitting systems with heavy-metal doping in aqueous solutions have attracted much attention in recent years. A novel supramolecular interaction was induced by host-guest assembly using cucurbit[7]uril (Q[7]) as the host and brominated naphthalimide phosphor as the guest. This interaction was further enhanced through synergistic chelation stimulated by analytical silver ion complexation. This approach facilitated the system's structural rigidity, intersystem crossing, and oxygen shielding. We achieved deep red phosphorescence emission in aqueous solution and ambient conditions along with quantitative determination of silver ions. The new complex exhibited good reversible thermoresponsive behavior and was successfully applied for the first time to target phosphorescence imaging of silver ions in the mitochondria of A549 cancer cells. These results are beneficial for constructing novel RTP systems with stimulus-responsive luminescence in aqueous solution, contributing to future research in bioimaging, detection, optical sensors, and thermometry materials.
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- Jian-Hang Hu
- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Zhao S, Yang Z, Zhang X, Liu H, Lv Y, Wang S, Yang Z, Zhang ST, Yang B. A functional unit combination strategy for enhancing red room-temperature phosphorescence. Chem Sci 2023; 14:9733-9743. [PMID: 37736641 PMCID: PMC10510757 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03668e] [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: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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Red room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials based on non-metallic organic compounds are less reported compared to the commonly found green RTP materials. Here, we propose a novel approach to obtain red RTP materials by integrating and combining two functional units, resembling a jigsaw puzzle. In this approach, benzo[c][2,1,3]thiadiazole (BZT) serves as the red RTP unit, while a folding unit containing sulphur/oxygen is responsible for enhancing spin-orbit coupling (SOC) to accelerate the intersystem crossing (ISC) process. Three new molecules (SS-BZT, SO-BZT, and OO-BZT) were designed and synthesized, among which SS-BZT and SO-BZT with folded geometries demonstrate enhanced red RTP in their monodisperse films compared to the parent BZT. Meanwhile, the SS-BZT film shows a dual emission consisting of blue fluorescence and red RTP, with a significant spectral separation of approximately 150 nm, which makes the SS-BZT film highly suitable for applications in optical oxygen sensing and ratiometric detection. Within the oxygen concentration range of 0-1.31%, the SS-BZT film demonstrates a quenching constant of 2.66 kPa-1 and a quenching efficiency of 94.24%, indicating that this probe has the potential to accurately detect oxygen in a hypoxic environment.
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- Shuaiqiang Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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Ye W, Wang Y, Cao T, Meng H, Wang C, Hu B, Gao Z, Wang C. Respiration-Responsive Colorful Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials and Assembly-Induced Phosphorescence Enhancement Strategies. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207403. [PMID: 36775952 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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It is still very challenging to obtain colorful and long-afterglow room-temperature phosphorescent (RTP) materials from pure organic polymers. Herein, it is found that chitosan (CS), a natural polymer, not only has its own RTP, but also reacts with different phosphorescent molecules to obtain a multicolor, long-afterglow RTP material. CS can emit RTP with a lifetime of 48 ms. In addition, CS is rich in amino groups, and grafting different phosphorescent molecules onto CS by an amidation reaction can modulate it to emit different colors of phosphorescence and obtain a series of colorful CS derivatives. The obtained polymer films also have ultra-long RTP due to the good film-forming ability. In addition, one of the CS derivatives selected with α-cyclodextrin is used to construct RTP materials with lifetimes of up to seconds. The host-guest interactions are used to suppress nonradiative relaxation and build crystalline domains, thus synergistically enhancing the RTP. Interestingly, the RTP properties of the CS derivative films are extremely sensitive to water and heat stimuli, because water broke the hydrogen bonds between adjacent CS molecules and thus altered the rigid environment in the material. Finally, they can be used as a stimuli-responsive ink and for monitoring environmental humidity.
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- Wenyan Ye
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Yang Z, Fu Z, Liu H, Wu M, Li N, Wang K, Zhang ST, Zou B, Yang B. Pressure-induced room-temperature phosphorescence enhancement based on purely organic molecules with a folded geometry. Chem Sci 2023; 14:2640-2645. [PMID: 36908955 PMCID: PMC9993843 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00172e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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The pressure-dependent luminescence behavior of purely organic compounds is an important topic in the field of stimulus-responsive smart materials. However, the relevant studies are mainly limited to the investigation of fluorescence properties, while room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) of purely organic compounds has not been investigated. Here, we filled in this gap regarding pressure-dependent RTP by using a model molecule selenanthrene (SeAN) with a folded geometry. For the first time to the best of our knowledge, a unique phenomenon involving pressure-induced RTP enhancement was discovered in an SeAN crystal, and an underlying mechanism involving folding-induced spin-orbit coupling enhancement was revealed. Pressure-induced RTP enhancement was also observed in an analog of SeAN also showing a folded geometry, but in this case yielded a white-light emission that is very rare in purely organic RTP-displaying materials.
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- Zhiqiang Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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Bianconi T, Cesaretti A, Mancini P, Montegiove N, Calzoni E, Ekbote A, Misra R, Carlotti B. Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and Cellular Phototoxicity Activated by Triplet Dynamics in Aggregates of Push-Pull Phenothiazine-Based Isomers. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:1385-1398. [PMID: 36735941 PMCID: PMC9940226 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this study, we report a comprehensive time-resolved spectroscopic investigation of the excited-state deactivation mechanism in three push-pull isomers characterized by a phenothiazine electron donor, a benzothiazole electron acceptor, and a phenyl π-bridge where the connection is realized at the relative ortho, meta, and para positions. Spin-orbit charge-transfer-induced intersystem crossing takes place with high yield in these all-organic donor-acceptor compounds, leading also to efficient production of singlet oxygen. Our spectroscopic results give clear evidence of room-temperature phosphorescence not only in solid-state host-guest matrices but also in highly biocompatible aggregates of these isomers produced in water dispersions, as rarely reported in the literature. Moreover, aggregates of the isomers could be internalized by lung cancer and melanoma cells and display bright luminescence without any dark cytotoxic effect. On the other hand, the isomers showed significant cellular phototoxicity against the tumor cells due to light-induced reactive oxygen species generation. Our findings strongly suggest that nanoaggregates of the investigated isomers are promising candidates for imaging-guided photodynamic therapy.
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- Tommaso Bianconi
- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Gao Y, Liao Q, Li M, Han M, Huang A, Dang Q, Li Q, Li Z. Expounding the Relationship between Molecular Conformation and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Property by Deviation Angle. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:3251-3260. [PMID: 35388692 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) emitters with ultralong lifetimes are attracting more and more attention for their wide applications. However, it is still a big challenge to achieve persistent organic afterglow because of the undefined relationship between molecular structures and RTP effect. Herein, diphenylamine (DPA) as a commonly used building block is selected as the molecular skeleton. Through incorporation of various alkyl moieties by ortho-substitution in different numbers and positions, RTP lifetimes can increase from 129 to 661 ms with the subtle adjustment of molecular conformations. It is summarized that the deviation angle (θ) of phenyl units in the DPA skeleton from the ideal p-π conjugated plane can act as the key parameter determining RTP lifetime, and the larger the θ values, the longer the RTP lifetimes. Furthermore, this result has been successfully applied as the universal principle to explain the RTP properties of various organic luminogens with DPA blocks and similar structures.
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- Yuan Gao
- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China
- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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Cheng M, Cao L, Guo H, Dong W, Li L. Green Synthesis of Phosphorescent Carbon Dots for Anticounterfeiting and Information Encryption. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:2944. [PMID: 35458926 PMCID: PMC9026503 DOI: 10.3390/s22082944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Room-temperature phosphorescent (RTP) carbon dots (CDs) have promising applications in bioimaging, anticounterfeiting, and information encryption owing to their long lifetimes and wide Stokes shifts. Numerous researchers are interested in developing highly bright RTP CDs using environmentally friendly and safe synthesis processes (e.g., natural raw materials and zero-pollution production pathways). In this study, we successfully synthesized RTP CDs using a hydrothermal process employing natural vitamins as a raw material, ethylenediamine as a passivator, and boric acid as a phosphorescent enhancer, which is referred to as phosphorescent CD (PCD). The PCDs exhibit both bright blue fluorescence emission and green RTP emission, with a phosphorescence lifetime as long as 293 ms and an excellent green afterglow visible to the naked eye for up to 7.0 s. The total quantum yield is 12.69%. The phosphorescence quantum yield (PQY) is up to 5.15%. Based on the RTP performance, PCDs have been successfully employed for anticounterfeiting and information protection applications. The results of this study provide a green strategy for the scalable synthesis of RTP materials, which is a practical method for the fabrication of RTP materials with high efficiency and long afterglow lifetimes.
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- Mingming Cheng
- School of Biomedical Engineering (Suzhou), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; (M.C.); (L.C.); (W.D.)
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- School of Biomedical Engineering (Suzhou), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; (M.C.); (L.C.); (W.D.)
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- Changchun Guoke Medical Engineer and Technology Development Co., Ltd., Changchun 130033, China;
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- School of Biomedical Engineering (Suzhou), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; (M.C.); (L.C.); (W.D.)
- CAS Key Laboratory of Biomedical Diagnostics, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), Suzhou 215163, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering (Suzhou), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; (M.C.); (L.C.); (W.D.)
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