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Time-resolved Photophysical Characterization of Triplet-harvesting Organic Compounds at an Oxygen-free Environment Using an iCCD Camera
Published on: December 27, 2018
Cathodoluminescence investigation of organic materials
Jun-Ichi Niitsuma1, Hidetoshi Oikawa, Eiji Kimura
1Nanomaterials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. NIITSUMA_Junichi@nims.go.jp
Abstract:
Cathodoluminescence (CL) properties of various kinds of organic material were investigated for the purpose of staining biological specimens and obtaining CL images. Several kinds of organic light emitting device (OLED) material exhibited CL. The europium complex, Eu(dbm)3(phen), showed the strongest CL signal and was chemically modified for biological staining. However, the CL intensity from the stained biological specimen was too weak to build CL images. We discussed the CL properties of organic materials considering their chemical structure and charge distribution in the molecules.
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