Highly red-shifted NIR emission from a novel anthracene conjugated polymer backbone containing Pt( ii ) porphyrins

D. M. E. Freeman, A. Minotto, Warren Duffy, K. J. Fallon, Iain McCulloch, F. Cacialli, H. Bronstein

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Abstract

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016. We present the synthesis of a novel diphenylanthracene (DPA) based semiconducting polymer. The polymer is solubilised by alkoxy groups attached directly to a DPA monomer, meaning the choice of co-monomer is not limited to exclusively highly solubilising moieties. Interestingly, the polymer shows a red-shifted elecroluminescence maximum (510 nm) when compared to its photoluminescence maximum (450 nm) which we attribute to excimer formation. The novel polymer was utilised as a host for a covalently-linked platinum(ii) complexed porphyrin dopant. Emission from these polymers was observed in the NIR and again showed almost a 100 nm red shift from photoluminescence to electroluminescence. This work demonstrates that utilising highly aggregating host materials is an effective tool for inducing red-shifted emission in OLEDs.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)722-730
Number of pages9
JournalPolym. Chem.
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the LCN for funding. We thank the EC Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement No. 607585 (OSNIRO). F. C. is a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder.

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