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Area of Science:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Photophysics
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Donor-acceptor molecules are crucial for optoelectronic applications.
  • Aza[7]helicenes offer unique structural and electronic properties.
  • Tuning photophysical properties through substitution is key for material design.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel triarylborane-based aza[7]helicenes.
  • To investigate the impact of substitution patterns on photophysical properties.
  • To explore potential applications in fluorescence and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL).

Main Methods:

  • Design and synthesis of a series of donor-acceptor-type triarylborane-based aza[7]helicenes.
  • Experimental and theoretical exploration of photophysical properties.
  • Spectroscopic analysis (UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence emission) and quantum chemical calculations.

Main Results:

  • Substitution pattern significantly influences the contribution of different molecular units to HOMO and LUMO.
  • Compounds with ortho-substituted boryl groups exhibit a hybrid locally excited (LE) and charge-transfer (CT) excited state.
  • Achieved intense fluorescence in both solution and solid states, with high fluorescence quantum yields (ΦF) up to 0.66.
  • Demonstrated strong circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) with |glum| up to 1.94 × 10-3.

Conclusions:

  • Strategic substitution engineering of triarylborane-based aza[7]helicenes enables fine-tuning of photophysical properties.
  • The synthesized compounds show excellent fluorescence and CPL characteristics.
  • These materials hold significant promise as emitters for advanced optical and electronic devices.