We report on a series of novel homologous push-pull compounds, in which identical donor (a dimethylamino) and acceptor (a malonate ester) functionalities endcap crescent PPV fragments, bearing, respectively, 1, 2 and 3 p-phenylenevinylene units in direct linear conjugation (compounds 7-9). The three compounds exhibit striking differences in their linear and nonlinear optical properties. The shorter compound 7 exhibits aggregation-induced emission with a strong luminescence in the solid state (blue emission, photoluminescence quantum yield 38%), and it is nonemissive in solution; the more extended conjugated systems 8 and 9 show classical aggregation-caused quenching in the solid state, while high quantum yield photoluminescence (21 and 93% in toluene) is restored in diluted solutions, through mechanisms involving intramolecular charge transfer in the excited states. EFISH measurements in solutions demonstrate a strong solvent and concentration dependence. As rationalized with the aid of molecular modelling, compounds 8 and, more markedly, 9 aggregate in stable centrosymmetric dimers in solution.
Switching of emissive and NLO properties in push-pull chromophores with crescent PPV-like structures / C. Coluccini, A.K. Sharma, M. Caricato, A. Sironi, E. Cariati, S. Righetto, E. Tordin, C. Botta, A. Forni, D. Pasini. - In: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 1463-9076. - 15:5(2013), pp. 1666-1674. [10.1039/c2cp43140h]
Switching of emissive and NLO properties in push-pull chromophores with crescent PPV-like structures
A. Sironi;E. Cariati
;S. Righetto;E. Tordin;A. ForniPenultimo
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2013
Abstract
We report on a series of novel homologous push-pull compounds, in which identical donor (a dimethylamino) and acceptor (a malonate ester) functionalities endcap crescent PPV fragments, bearing, respectively, 1, 2 and 3 p-phenylenevinylene units in direct linear conjugation (compounds 7-9). The three compounds exhibit striking differences in their linear and nonlinear optical properties. The shorter compound 7 exhibits aggregation-induced emission with a strong luminescence in the solid state (blue emission, photoluminescence quantum yield 38%), and it is nonemissive in solution; the more extended conjugated systems 8 and 9 show classical aggregation-caused quenching in the solid state, while high quantum yield photoluminescence (21 and 93% in toluene) is restored in diluted solutions, through mechanisms involving intramolecular charge transfer in the excited states. EFISH measurements in solutions demonstrate a strong solvent and concentration dependence. As rationalized with the aid of molecular modelling, compounds 8 and, more markedly, 9 aggregate in stable centrosymmetric dimers in solution.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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