Advanced Organic Optoelectronic Materials: Harnessing Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) Process

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 23; no. 32; pp. 3615 - 3642
• Main Authors: Kwon, Ji Eon, Park, Soo Young
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 23.08.2011; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Electronics; excited-state intramolecular proton transfer; fluorescence; Fluorescent Dyes - chemistry; imaging; Materials Testing; Molecular Structure; Organic Chemicals - chemistry; organic optoelectronics; Protons; Quantum Theory; sensor; Stereoisomerism

Recently, organic fluorescent molecules harnessing the excited‐state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process are drawing great attention due to their unique photophysical properties which facilitate novel optoelectronic applications. After a brief introduction to the ESIPT process and related...