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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Unraveling the Role of Triplet-Triplet Annihilation and Photodegradation in Difluoroboron-Based Organic Laser Gain Materials.

Suman Kuila, Hector Miranda-Salinas, Chunyong Li, Natalie E Pridmore, Martin R Bryce, Christel M Marian, Andrew P Monkman

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Suman KuilaDepartment of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6466-6771
Hector Miranda-SalinasDepartment of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
Chunyong LiDepartment of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
Natalie E PridmoreDepartment of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
Martin R BryceDepartment of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2097-7823
Christel M MarianInstitute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, D-40204, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7148-0900
Andrew P MonkmanDepartment of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0784-8640

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 396890929/GRK 2482Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ModISCEPSRC EP/T02240X/1Leverhulme Research Project Grant RPG 2023-191
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Abstract

In this study, we investigate the triplet exciton dynamics of a series of difluoroboron-based organic gain molecules. We synthesized three previously reported molecules from the difluoroboron family and examined their photophysical properties using time-resolved emission spectroscopy and high-level theoretical calculations. Our results reveal that emission from these materials arises predominantly from the singlet manifold via prompt and triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA)-driven delayed fluorescence, rather than from phosphorescence, challenging the earlier assumptions of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) originating from the triplet manifold. In highly concentrated solutions, the emission shows strong resemblance to that of the crystalline phase, confirming its origin from aggregate singlet states rather than monomeric pathways. Further, the materials are prone to photodegradation, which gives rise to new high-energy fluorescence and phosphorescence bands adding to the complexity of the photophysics of this family of materials.

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AggregationAmplified spontaneous emissionDelayed fluorescencePhotochemistryTriplet–triplet annihilation

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PMID40958455
PMCPMC12582015

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