Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Ultralong organic phosphorescence from isolated molecules with repulsive interactions for multifunctional applications

  • Xiaokang Yao,
  • Huili Ma,
  • Xiao Wang,
  • He Wang,
  • Qian Wang,
  • Xin Zou,
  • Zhicheng Song,
  • Wenyong Jia,
  • Yuxin Li,
  • Yufeng Mao,
  • Manjeet Singh,
  • Wenpeng Ye,
  • Jian Liang,
  • Yanyun Zhang,
  • Zhuang Liu,
  • Yixiao He,
  • Jingjie Li,
  • Zixing Zhou,
  • Zhu Zhao,
  • Yuan Zhang,
  • Guowei Niu,
  • Chengzhu Yin,
  • Shasha Zhang,
  • Huifang Shi,
  • Wei Huang,
  • Zhongfu An

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32029-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Despite great success in generation of ultralong organic phosphorescence (UOP) by suppressing non-radiative transitions through attractive interactions, consideration of repulsive interactions on UOP remains largely unexplored. Here, the authors introduce carboxyl groups into organic phosphors, enabling formation of the intense repulsive interactions between the isolated molecules and the matrix in rigid environment.