A facile strategy for realizing room temperature phosphorescence and single molecule white light emission

Jianguo Wang; Xinggui Gu; Huili Ma; Qian Peng; Xiaobo Huang; Xiaoyan Zheng; Simon H. P. Sung; Guogang Shan; Jacky W. Y. Lam; Zhigang Shuai; Ben Zhong Tang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05298-y

Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

A facile strategy for realizing room temperature phosphorescence and single molecule white light emission

Jianguo Wang,
Xinggui Gu,
Huili Ma,
Qian Peng,
Xiaobo Huang,
Xiaoyan Zheng,
Simon H. P. Sung,
Guogang Shan,
Jacky W. Y. Lam,
Zhigang Shuai,
Ben Zhong Tang

Affiliations

Jianguo Wang: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering, Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science Institute of Advanced study, and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Xinggui Gu: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering, Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science Institute of Advanced study, and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Huili Ma: Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Qian Peng: Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaobo Huang: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University
Xiaoyan Zheng: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering, Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science Institute of Advanced study, and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Simon H. P. Sung: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering, Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science Institute of Advanced study, and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Guogang Shan: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering, Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science Institute of Advanced study, and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Jacky W. Y. Lam: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering, Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science Institute of Advanced study, and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Zhigang Shuai: Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Ben Zhong Tang: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering, Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science Institute of Advanced study, and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05298-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The demonstration of pure organic room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) luminogens with complementary emission is a key requirement for developing low-cost white light emitters. Here, the authors construct RTP-active organic salt compounds by exchanging the counterion with a heavy halide ion.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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