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Langer F, Yin S, Duvigneau J, Vancso GJ, Benson N. Suppression of the Coffee Ring Effect in a Single Solvent-Based Silicon Nanoparticle Ink. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:4242-4248. [PMID: 38193452 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c16316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Silicon (Si) is made printable by dispersing Si nanoparticles in a single organic solvent. Viscoelastic properties of the prepared inks as well as the uniformity of inkjet-printed thin films are investigated in dependence on the Si volume fraction. It has been demonstrated that no ink additives are needed to completely suppress the occurrence of the coffee ring effect. This is obtained by increasing the ink's volume fraction to induce gelation in order to generate elasticity. The printability of our inks is investigated in terms of Weber, Reynolds, and Ohnesorge numbers and found to be maintained even at high particle loads due to shear-thinning viscosity behavior. When printed onto tungsten (W) substrates, Si inks with ϕ(Si) = 0.4% and ϕ(Si) = 2.1% leave a ring stain after drying, whereas coffee rings are absent for inks with ϕ(Si) = 3.0% and above. The reason for this is a significant ink elasticity achieved by the buildup of a gel network for higher particle loads, which leads to thixotropy-like properties. These are low viscosity for printability and elevated elasticity during ink drying, made possible by a breakup of the gel network during drop formation in conjunction with a rapid network reformation after deposition.
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- Fabian Langer
- Institute of Technologies for Nanostructures (NST), University of Duisburg-Essen and CENIDE, Duisburg D-47048, Germany
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- Materials Science and Technology of Polymers and Sustainable Polymer Chemistry, University of Twente, Enschede 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- Materials Science and Technology of Polymers and Sustainable Polymer Chemistry, University of Twente, Enschede 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- Materials Science and Technology of Polymers and Sustainable Polymer Chemistry, University of Twente, Enschede 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Technologies for Nanostructures (NST), University of Duisburg-Essen and CENIDE, Duisburg D-47048, Germany
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Ir(III)-based Ratiometric Hypoxic Probe for Cell Imaging. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2922-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Karimi S, Shahroosvand H, Yaghoobi Nia N, Di Carlo A, Nazeeruddin MK. Versatile Electroluminescence Color-Tuning Strategy of an Efficient Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell (LEC) by an Ionic Additive. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:20734-20742. [PMID: 36515661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The color-tuning strategies of solid-state light-emitting devices (ss-LEDs) are mainly focused on engineering molecular structures. In this paper, for the first time, we developed a facile strategy for tuning the electroluminescence (EL) color from orange to green through the addition of the ionic additive TBAP (tetrabutylammonium perchlorate). To achieve the active ionic emissive compound for use in a light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC), the neutral biscyclometalated bromo tetrazole iridium(III) [Ir(ppy)2(BrTz)] was exchanged to its cationic complex, [Ir(ppy)2(BrTz-Me)]ClO4 (ppy = 2-phenyl pyridine, BrTz = 4-bromo-2-pyridine tetrazole, BrTz-Me = 4-bromo-2-pyridine methyl tetrazole) with a new synthetic strategy. This method allows employing neutral Ir-cyclometalated complexes, which are ruled out for use in LECs because of their non-ionic behaviors. In the following, an LEC based on the new cationic [Ir(ppy)2(BrTz-Me)]ClO4 as the emissive layer was fabricated between the FTO (fluorine-doped tin oxide) anode and Ga:In alloy cathode without using any additive or polymers, which makes this configuration the simplest ss-LED so far. By adding the ionic additives, the electroluminescence characteristics of [Ir(ppy)2(BrTz-Me)]ClO4 were dramatically increased, including luminance (L) from 162.8 cd/m2 for the device with an additive to 212.9 and 355.9 cd/m2 for devices containing LiTFSI (bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonamide lithium salt) and TBAP, respectively. In particular, when TBAP was added to the [Ir(ppy)2(BrTz-Me)]ClO4 complex, the irradiance was significantly increased from 166.4 to 220.8 μW/cm2 with an efficacy of 1.78 cd/A and external quantum efficiency (EQE) value of 2.14%. The obtained EL results clearly showed that adding TBAP and LiTFSI significantly improved the electroluminescence characteristics and tuned the electroluminescence color.
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- Soheila Karimi
- Group for Molecular Engineering of Advanced Functional Materials (GMA), Department of Chemistry, University of Zanjan, Zanjan 45371-38111 Iran
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- Group for Molecular Engineering of Advanced Functional Materials (GMA), Department of Chemistry, University of Zanjan, Zanjan 45371-38111 Iran
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- CHOSE-Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via del Politecnico 1, Rome 00133, Italy.,Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM-CNR), via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
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- CHOSE-Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via del Politecnico 1, Rome 00133, Italy.,Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM-CNR), via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
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- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland
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Wei J, Yang Y, Liu X, Li R, Li S. 2,3‐Disubstituted Fluorene Scaffold for Efficient Green Phosphorescent Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200756. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jia‐Jia Wei
- School of Environment and Chemical Engineering Jiangsu Ocean University 59 Cangwu Road, Haizhou District Lianyungang 222005 P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Chemical Engineering Jiangsu Ocean University 59 Cangwu Road, Haizhou District Lianyungang 222005 P. R. China
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- WISPO Advanced Materials (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 200 Xingpu Road, Shengpu Street, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) Suzhou 215126 P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Chemical Engineering Jiangsu Ocean University 59 Cangwu Road, Haizhou District Lianyungang 222005 P. R. China
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Kim SY, Kim JH, Lee S, Yun BS, Son HJ, Kang SO. Tuning the Photophysical Properties of Homoleptic Tris-Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes by Facile Modification of the Imidazo-Phenanthridine and Their Application to Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:17234-17244. [PMID: 35647420 PMCID: PMC9134233 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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To explore the excited-state electronic structure of the blue-emitting Ir(dmp)3 dopant material (dmp = 3-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-7-methylimidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridine), which is notable for durable blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode (PhOLED), a series of homoleptic dmp-based Ir(III) complexes (DMP-R, tris[3-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-7-R-imidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridin-12-yl-κC 12,κN 1]iridium, R = H, CH3, F, and CF3) were prepared by introducing an electron-donating group (EDG; -CH3) or an electron-withdrawing group (EWG; -F and -CF3) at the 7-position of the imidazo-phenanthridine ligand. The photophysical analysis demonstrated that the alteration from EDG to EWGs led to redshifted structureless emission profiles, which were correlated with variations in the 3MLCT/3ILCT ratio in the T1 excited state. From electrochemical studies and density functional theory calculations, it turned out that the excited-state nature of the dmp-based Ir(III) complexes was significantly affected by the inductive effect of the 7-substituent of the cyclometalating dmp ligand. As a result of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy stabilization by the EWGs that suppressed the non-radiative pathway from the emissive triplet excited state to the 3 d-d state, the F- and CF3-modified Ir(dmp)3 complexes (DMP-F and DMP-CF 3 ) showed quantum yields of 27-30% in the solution state, which were at least 4- or 5-fold higher than those shown by DMP-H and DMP-CH 3 . A PhOLED device based on DMP-CF 3 [CIE chromaticity (0.17, 0.39)], which demonstrated a distinct 3MLCT characteristic, exhibited better electroluminescent efficiencies with an external quantum efficiency of 13.5% than that based on DMP-CH 3 .
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Wu H, Wang G, Zhang D, Jin X, Luo X, Guo S, Zhou H, Miao Y, Huang J, Su J. Novel carbazole- and dioxino[2,3- b]pyrazine-based bipolar hosts for red PhOLEDs with a high brightness. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj01951e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The target compounds offer new synthetic ideas for red bipolar host materials.
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- Haifa Wu
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Taoe Chemical Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Taoe Chemical Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Shanghai Taoe Chemical Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Large MJ, Posar JA, Mozer AJ, Nattestad A, Alnaghy S, Carolan M, Sellin PJ, Davies J, Pastuovic Z, Lerch MLF, Guatelli S, Rosenfeld A, Griffith MJ, Petasecca M. Flexible Polymer X-ray Detectors with Non-fullerene Acceptors for Enhanced Stability: Toward Printable Tissue Equivalent Devices for Medical Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:57703-57712. [PMID: 34806354 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c16914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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There is growing interest in the development of novel materials and devices capable of ionizing radiation detection for medical applications. Organic semiconductors are promising candidates to meet the demands of modern detectors, such as low manufacturing costs, mechanical flexibility, and a response to radiation equivalent to human tissue. However, organic semiconductors have typically been employed in applications that convert low energy photons into high current densities, for example, solar cells and LEDs, and thus existing design rules must be re-explored for ionizing radiation detection where high energy photons are converted into typically much lower current densities. In this work, we report the optoelectronic and X-ray dosimetric response of a tissue equivalent organic photodetector fabricated with solution-based inks prepared from polymer donor poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) blended with either a non-fullerene acceptor (5Z,5'Z)-5,5'-((7,7'-(4,4,9,9-tetraoctyl-4,9-dihydro-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b']dithiophene-2,7-diyl)bis(benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-7,4-diyl))bis(methanylylidene))bis(3-ethyl-2-thioxothiazolidin-4-one) (o-IDTBR) or a fullerene acceptor, [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). Indirect detection of X-rays was achieved via coupling of organic photodiodes with a plastic scintillator. Both detectors displayed an excellent response linearity with dose, with sensitivities to 6 MV photons of 263.4 ± 0.6 and 114.2 ± 0.7 pC/cGy recorded for P3HT:PCBM and P3HT:o-IDTBR detectors, respectively. Both detectors also exhibited a fast temporal response, able to resolve individual 3.6 μs pulses from the linear accelerator. Energy dependence measurements highlighted that the photodetectors were highly tissue equivalent, though an under-response in devices compared to water by up to a factor of 2.3 was found for photon energies of 30-200 keV due to the response of the plastic scintillator. The P3HT:o-IDTBR device exhibited a higher stability to radiation, showing just an 18.4% reduction in performance when exposed to radiation doses of up to 10 kGy. The reported devices provide a successful demonstration of stable, printable, flexible, and tissue-equivalent radiation detectors with energy dependence similar to other scintillator-based detectors used in radiotherapy.
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- Matthew J Large
- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES), Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES), Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
- Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, U.K
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, New South Wales 2234, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, New South Wales 2234, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- School of Aeronautical, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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Zhang Y, Kao HC, Shi C, Wu C, Zhu M, Li K, Wu CC, Yang C. Iridium(III) Complexes with [-2, -1, 0] Charged Ligand Realized Deep-Red/Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Emission. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103543. [PMID: 34730859 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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A series of [-2, -1, 0] charged-ligand based iridium(III) complexes of [Ir(bph)(bpy)(acac)] (1), [Ir(bph)(2MeO-bpy)(acac)] (2), [Ir(bph)(2CF3 -bpy)(acac)] (3), [Ir(bph)(bpy)(2t Bu-acac)] (4) and [Ir(bph)(bpy)(CF3 -acac)] (5), which using biphenyl as dianionic ligand [-2], acetylacetone (or its derivatives) as monoanionic ligand [-1], and 2,2'-bipyridine (or its derivatives) as neutral ligand [0] were designed and synthesized. The chemical structures were well characterized. All of the ligands have simple chemical structures, thus further making the complexes have excellent thermal stability and are easy to sublimate and purify. Phosphorescent characteristics with short emission lifetime were demonstrated for these emitters. Notably, all of the complexes exhibit remarkable deep red/near infrared emission, which is quite different from the reported [-1, -1, -1] charged-ligand based iridium(III) complexes. The photophysical properties of these complexes are regularly improved by introducing electron-donating or -withdrawing groups into [-1] or [0] charged-ligand. The related organic light-emitting diodes exhibited deep red/near infrared emission with acceptable external quantum efficiency and low turn-on voltage (<2.6 V). This work provides a new idea for the construction of new type phosphorescent iridium(III) emitters with different valence states of [-2, -1, 0] charged ligands, thus offering new opportunities and challenges for their optoelectronic applications.
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- Youming Zhang
- Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and, Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, 212003, Zhenjiang, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and, Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518055, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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Zhang Y, Wu C, Zhu M, Miao J. High Performance Near-Infrared Emitters with Methylated Triphenylamine and Thiadiazolo[3,4-g]quinoxaline-Based Fluorophores. Molecules 2021; 26:6386. [PMID: 34770795 PMCID: PMC8588353 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26216386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Three near-infrared emitters (2TPA-QBT, 2MeTPA-BT and TPA-QBT-MeTPA) were rationally designed and synthesized. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations showed that the introduction of mono- or di-methyl groups between the donors and acceptor could result in the spatial configuration changing greatly for 2MeTPA-QBT and TPA-QBT-MeTPA compared to their parent compound 2TPA-QBT. The emission of TPA-QBT-MeTPA had a more obvious hybridized local and charge transfer feature (HLCT) based on the influence of the steric hindrance of the methyl substituent. Attributed to their different spatial configurations and luminescence mechanisms, different emission wavelengths with photoluminescent quantum yields of 26%, 38% and 34% in toluene, as well as 24%, 27% and 31% in 4,4'-bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1'-biphenyl (CBP) doped film, were observed for 2TPA-QBT, 2MeTPA-QBT and TPA-QBT-MeTPA, respectively. The constructed organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) displayed electroluminescence with emission peaks at 728, 693 and 710 nm, with maximum external quantum efficiencies of 1.58%, 1.33% and 3.02% for the 2TPA-QBT, 2MeTPA-QBT and TPA-QBT-MeTPA-doped OLEDs, respectively. This work illustrated the effect of spatial configuration changes on the luminescence properties of donor-acceptor-type organic emitters.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China; (Y.Z.); (C.W.); (M.Z.)
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Ding L, Zang CX, Wen L, Shan GG, Gao Y, Sun HZ, Xie WF, Su ZM. High-Performance and Stable Warm White OLEDs Based on Orange Iridium(III) Phosphors Modified with Simple Alkyl Groups. Organometallics 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lei Ding
- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry and National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry and National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry and National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- Jilin Engineering Normal University Changchun 130052, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry and National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry and National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People’s Republic of China
- School of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin 130012, People’s Republic of China
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Orrill M, Abele D, Wagner M, LeBlanc S. Ink synthesis and inkjet printing of electrostatically stabilized multilayer graphene nanoshells. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 566:454-462. [PMID: 32028207 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.01.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Most functional inkjet inks are sterically stabilized nanoparticle dispersions that require a post-printing-process to remove stabilizing materials and gain functionality. This post-process limits material selection and increases fabrication time and complexity for printed devices. By optimizing the electrostatic stability of a carbon nanomaterial dispersed in water or ethylene glycol via pH adjustment, a stable and printable ink should be attainable without a steric stabilizing material and hence the post-process may be avoided. EXPERIMENTS The electrostatic stability of multilayer graphene nanoshells (MGNS)-an inexpensive and net carbon-negative nanomaterial-dispersed in water and ethylene glycol was studied by measuring zeta potential as a function of pH and modeling energetic potentials between particles. Requirements for electrical percolation of printed MGNS were analyzed and corroborated with electrical measurements. FINDINGS Electrostatic stability improved with increased zeta potential caused by an increased pH. Ionic strength also increased with pH, causing strong destabilization. By increasing zeta potential while minimizing ionic strength, the maximum solid-loading of MGNS in DI water and ethylene glycol was increased up to 20%. For the MGNS solid-loading achieved here, electrical percolation occurs with 20-30 consecutively printed layers producing a resistivity of 30 Ω-cm. The inexpensive, environmentally-friendly MGNS are a promising material for printed, flexible electronics.
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- Michael Orrill
- The George Washington University, 800 22nd St NW Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
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- The George Washington University, 800 22nd St NW Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
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- The George Washington University, 800 22nd St NW Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
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- The George Washington University, 800 22nd St NW Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
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Tang P, Xie L, Xiong X, Wei C, Zhao W, Chen M, Zhuang J, Su W, Cui Z. Realizing 22.3% EQE and 7-Fold Lifetime Enhancement in QLEDs via Blending Polymer TFB and Cross-Linkable Small Molecules for a Solvent-Resistant Hole Transport Layer. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:13087-13095. [PMID: 32090556 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c01001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-alt(4,4'-(N-(4-butylphenyl)))] (TFB) has been widely used as a hole transport layer (HTL) material in cadmium-based quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) because of its high hole mobility. However, as the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of TFB is -5.4 eV, the hole injection from TFB to the quantum dot (QD) layer is higher than 1.5 eV. Such a high oxidation potential at the QD/HTL interface may seriously degrade the device lifetime. In addition, TFB is not resistant to most solvents, which limits its application in inkjet-printed QLED display. In this study, the blended HTL consisting of TFB and cross-linkable small molecular 4,4'-bis(3-vinyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl)1,1'-biphenyl (CBP-V) was introduced into red QLEDs because of the deep HOMO energy level of CBP-V (-6.2 eV). Compared with the TFB-only devices, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of devices with the blended HTL improved from 15.9 to 22.3% without the increase of turn-on voltage for spin-coating-fabricated devices. Furthermore, the blended HTL prolonged the T90 and T70 lifetime from 5.4 and 31.1 to 39.4 and 148.9 h, respectively. These enhancements in lifetime are attributed to the low hole-injection barrier at the HTL/QD interface and high thermal stability of the blended HTL after cross-linking. Moreover, the cross-linked blended HTL showed excellent solvent resistance after cross-linking, and the EQE of the inkjet-printed red QLEDs reached 16.9%.
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- Pengyu Tang
- Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Juhua Printed Display Technol Company Ltd, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510700, People's Republic of China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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Lu JJ, Liang X, Luo XF, Wu ZG, Zheng YX. Efficient blue, green and red iridium( iii) complexes with noncovalently-linked pyrazole/pyrazolide rings for organic light-emitting diodes. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj05218f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
Blue, green and red iridium(iii) complexes using a new pyrazole/pyrazolide ancillary ligand system, and their application in OLEDs with EQEs of up to 21.0% and low efficiency roll-off.
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- Jun-Jian Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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