Issue 51, 2016

Broadband spectra with fluorescence and phosphorescence dual emission from bichromophoric platinum metallomesogens containing a 6,12-dihydro-indeno[1,2-b]fluorene linkage

Abstract

Two binuclear platinum metallomesogens possessing a 6,12-dihydro-indeno[1,2-b]fluorene bridge, FJ-1 and FJ-2, have been synthesised and characterised by 1H and 13C NMR, TOF-MS and elemental analysis. Their thermal properties were studied by polarised optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Upon photoexcitation in solution, both complexes exhibited dual fluorescence (1π–π*)/phosphorescence (3π–π*) emission covering most of the visible spectrum (from about 460 nm to 750 nm). This uncommon behaviour has been further investigated by time-resolved optical spectroscopy, including nanosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy, and further insights were obtained by means of density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT). An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) using FJ-1 was prepared. Importantly the two emission bands are retained in electroluminescence. This result suggests that controlling spin–orbit coupling to obtain dual emission can provide an effective way of achieving broadband emission based on a single molecule.

Graphical abstract: Broadband spectra with fluorescence and phosphorescence dual emission from bichromophoric platinum metallomesogens containing a 6,12-dihydro-indeno[1,2-b]fluorene linkage

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 feb 2016
Accepted
03 maj 2016
First published
04 maj 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 45864-45872

Broadband spectra with fluorescence and phosphorescence dual emission from bichromophoric platinum metallomesogens containing a 6,12-dihydro-indeno[1,2-b]fluorene linkage

Y. Wang, J. Fan, T. Li, Q. Wang, J. Shi, Z. Qu, H. Tan, Y. Liu and W. Zhu, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 45864 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA03391A

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