Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Anomalous deep-red luminescence of perylene black analogues with strong π-π interactions

  • Ningning Tang,
  • Jiadong Zhou,
  • Liangxuan Wang,
  • Matthias Stolte,
  • Guojing Xie,
  • Xinbo Wen,
  • Linlin Liu,
  • Frank Würthner,
  • Johannes Gierschner,
  • Zengqi Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37171-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Perylene bisimide dyes are high-performance pigments that have red, maroon or black colors, but with typically only weak fluorescence in the solid state. Here, the authors report a series of π-stacked PBI derivatives that show highly efficient deep-red fluorescence in the solid state.