Tim Silies, Nikos L. Doltsinis, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Fabio Rizzo
There are many options to design a molecular structure that could result in thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). One promising strategy is to use the donor‐π‐acceptor motive where an electron‐donating unit is linked to an electron‐acceptor via an aryl moiety like phenyl. While this approach is widely used and well understood, the performance of the chromophores can be limited by different energy loss pathways, e.g. internal conversion or by π‐stacking. To circumvent these problems rigid structures with sterically demanding substituents are applied. In this work, we designed two TADF emitters based on phenothiazine and nitrile linked via spiro‐9,9’‐bi[fluorene] or 9,9‐dimethylfluorene and compared the effect of the linker on the physical properties of the dyes. This work emphasizes the importance of careful design of conjugated spacer for efficient TADF emitters.
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A series of diphenylboron and 9‐borafluoren‐9‐yl complexes with chiral Schiff‐base ligands was synthesized and characterized by NMR spectroscopy. X‐ray diffraction analysis revealed that their boron centers were adapted to tetrahedral coordination geometry. Although boron complexes with salicylideneimine backbones exhibited a weak circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), the CPL brightness (BCPL) was enhanced more than 9‐fold by the π‐extension of the Schiff base ligands. Time‐resolved emission decay analysis and theoretical calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) were conducted to further understand their luminescent properties.
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Grazia M. L. Consoli, Giuseppe Forte, Ludovica Maugeri, Salvatore Petralia
The Front Cover presents a nanohybrid system consisting of the photocatalyst TiO2, photothermal gold nanoparticles, and thermo-responsive poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (TiO2-Au-PNM). This system combines the photothermal-controlled cargo release, triggered by visible-light irradiation, mediated by lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and by photothermal conversion effect, with the excellent photocatalytic effect prompted by UVB-light excitation. More information can be found in the Research Article by Salvatore Petralia and co-workers (DOI 10.1002/cptc.202400088).