Issue 40, 2014

Polymerisable octahedral rhenium cluster complexes as precursors for photo/electroluminescent polymers

Abstract

New polymerisable photoluminescent octahedral rhenium cluster complexes trans-[{Re6Q8}(TBP)4(VB)2] (Q = S or Se; TBP – p-tert-butylpyridine; VB – vinyl benzoate) have been synthesised, characterised and used to construct rhenium cluster-organic polymer hybrid materials. These novel polymer systems are solution-processable and the rhenium clusters retain their photoluminescent properties within the polymer environment. Notably, when the rhenium cluster complexes are incorporated into the matrix of the electroluminescent polymer poly(N-vinylcarbazole), the resultant cluster polymer hybrid combined properties of both components and was used successfully in the construction of a polymer light emitting diode (PLED). These prototype devices are the first PLEDs to incorporate octahedral rhenium clusters and provide the first direct evidence of the electroluminescent properties of rhenium clusters and indeed, to the best of our knowledge, of any member of the family of 24-electron hexanuclear cluster complexes of molybdenum, tungsten or rhenium.

Graphical abstract: Polymerisable octahedral rhenium cluster complexes as precursors for photo/electroluminescent polymers

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Jul 2014
Accepted
31 Aug 2014
First published
02 Sep 2014

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014,2, 8630-8638

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Polymerisable octahedral rhenium cluster complexes as precursors for photo/electroluminescent polymers

O. A. Efremova, K. A. Brylev, O. Kozlova, M. S. White, M. A. Shestopalov, N. Kitamura, Y. V. Mironov, S. Bauer and A. J. Sutherland, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 8630 DOI: 10.1039/C4TC01643B

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