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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2021

Using the Mechanical Bond to Tune the Performance of a Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitter*.

Pachaiyappan Rajamalli, Federica Rizzi, Wenbo Li, Michael A Jinks, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Beth A Laidlaw, Ifor D W Samuel, Thomas J Penfold, Stephen M Goldup, Eli Zysman-Colman

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Self-Assembly of Stimuli-Responsive [2]Rotaxanes by Amidinium Exchange.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Pachaiyappan RajamalliOrganic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK.
Federica RizziChemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8572-2923
Wenbo LiOrganic Semiconductor Centre, SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK.
Michael A JinksChemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4043-1185
Abhishek Kumar GuptaOrganic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK.
Beth A LaidlawChemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
Ifor D W SamuelOrganic Semiconductor Centre, SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK.
Thomas J PenfoldChemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
Stephen M GoldupChemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
Eli Zysman-ColmanOrganic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-6022

Funding

China Scholarship Council 201708060003Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/L017008Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/P010482/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/P012388/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/T022442/1European Research Council 724987Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 749557Leverhulme Trust ORPG-2733Leverhulme Trust RPG-2016-047Royal Societty NF171163Royal Society NF171163Scottish Funding Council AN/08/020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the characterization of rotaxanes based on a carbazole-benzophenone thermally activated delayed fluorescence luminophore. We find that the mechanical bond leads to an improvement in key photophysical properties of the emitter, notably an increase in photoluminescence quantum yield and a decrease in the energy difference between singlet and triplet states, as well as fine tuning of the emission wavelength, a feat that is difficult to achieve when using covalently bound substituents. Computational simulations, supported by X-ray crystallography, suggest that this tuning of properties occurs due to weak interactions between the axle and the macrocycle that are enforced by the mechanical bond. This work highlights the benefits of using the mechanical bond to refine existing luminophores, providing a new avenue for emitter optimization that can ultimately increase the performance of these molecules.

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luminescencemechanical bondrotaxanesupramolecular chemistryTADF

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PMID33666324
PMCPMC8251797

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