Coaxing Solid-State Phosphorescence from Tellurophenes

The synthesis of the first examples of tellurophenes exhibiting phosphorescence in the solid state and under ambient conditions (room temperature and in air) is reported. Each of these main‐group‐element‐based emitters feature pinacolboronates (BPin) as ring‐appended side groups. The nature of the l...

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Published inAngewandte Chemie (International ed.) Vol. 53; no. 18; pp. 4587 - 4591
Main Authors He, Gang, Torres Delgado, William, Schatz, Devon J., Merten, Christian, Mohammadpour, Arash, Mayr, Lorenz, Ferguson, Michael J., McDonald, Robert, Brown, Alex, Shankar, Karthik, Rivard, Eric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 25.04.2014
WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Wiley
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EditionInternational ed. in English
Subjects
boronic esters
Chemistry
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Computation
Devices
Emitters
Luminescence
main-group elements
Mathematical models
Phosphorescence
Physical Sciences
Science & Technology
Solid state
solid-state phosphorescence
Solids
Synthesis
tellurophenes
Tunnels (transportation)
ROOM-TEMPERATURE
POLYMERS
main-group elements
tellurophenes
POLYTELLUROPHENES
ATOM
CONJUGATION
FLUORESCENCE
AGGREGATION-INDUCED EMISSION
ZIRCONOCENE-COUPLING ROUTE
PI-ELECTRON SYSTEMS
METALLACYCLE TRANSFER
solid-state phosphorescence
boronic esters
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Summary:The synthesis of the first examples of tellurophenes exhibiting phosphorescence in the solid state and under ambient conditions (room temperature and in air) is reported. Each of these main‐group‐element‐based emitters feature pinacolboronates (BPin) as ring‐appended side groups. The nature of the luminescence observed was also investigated using computational methods. Light at the end of the tunnel: By incorporating pinacolboronate side groups, the first examples of tellurophenes that are phosphorescent in the solid state were isolated. These tellurophenes readily form phosphorescent films from solution, making them amenable to device fabrication methods.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/WNG-463QD14P-H
Alberta Innovates-Technologies Futures
Canada Foundation for Innovation
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This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Alberta Innovates-Technologies Futures (New Faculty Award to E.R. and scholarship to A.M.), and the Canada School for Energy and the Environment. C.M. acknowledges the Alexander von Humboldt foundation for a Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral fellowship. We also gratefully acknowledge access to the computing facilities provided by the Western Canada Research Grid (Westgrid) and Compute/Calcul Canada. We also thank Prof. Al Meldrum for useful discussions and Zhenyu Yang for SEM measurements.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
Canada School for Energy and the Environment
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This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Alberta Innovates‐Technologies Futures (New Faculty Award to E.R. and scholarship to A.M.), and the Canada School for Energy and the Environment. C.M. acknowledges the Alexander von Humboldt foundation for a Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral fellowship. We also gratefully acknowledge access to the computing facilities provided by the Western Canada Research Grid (Westgrid) and Compute/Calcul Canada. We also thank Prof. Al Meldrum for useful discussions and Zhenyu Yang for SEM measurements.
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ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.201307373