Light: Science & Applications (May 2022)

Direct demonstration of triplet excimer in purely organic room temperature phosphorescence through rational molecular design

  • Zhenjiang Liu,
  • Yu Tian,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Aisen Li,
  • Yunsheng Wang,
  • Jia Ren,
  • Manman Fang,
  • Ben Zhong Tang,
  • Zhen Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00826-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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An ideal model containing eight phenothiazine 5,5-dioxide derivatives was established to clearly prove the formation of triplet excimer. Competition between monomer (T1) and excimer (T1*) based on π-π stacking is the origin for their changed RTP properties.