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Published on: December 27, 2018
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence chiral molecules exhibiting photoinduced radical emission
Shujun Gong1, Amjad Ali2, Yudong Cao3
1College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China. zhougq@nbut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Room-temperature stable, photoinduced radical emission is achieved in chiral D-A-D' thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecules doped in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). Host-guest interactions suppress non-radiative decay, enhancing TADF and enabling reversible radical emission via an anti-Kasha process from higher excited states (D2/D3). This offers new strategies for photoresponsive materials.
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