Year

2017

Type(s)

Journal Article

Author(s)

Etherington, M.K. and Franchello, F. and Gibson, J. and Northey, T. and Santos, J. and Ward, J.S. and Higginbotham, H.F. and Data, P. and Kurowska, A. and Dos Santos, P.L. and Graves, D.R. and Batsanov, A.S. and DIas, F.B. and Bryce, M.R. and Penfold, T.J. and Monkman, A.P.

Source

Nature Communications, 8, 2017

Url

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85017426590&doi=10.1038%2fncomms14987&partnerID=40&md5=5080b2ae721924b7a9fb85616d972566

BibTeX

BibTeX

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Etherington2017, author={Etherington, M.K. and Franchello, F. and Gibson, J. and Northey, T. and Santos, J. and Ward, J.S. and Higginbotham, H.F. and Data, P. and Kurowska, A. and Dos Santos, P.L. and Graves, D.R. and Batsanov, A.S. and DIas, F.B. and Bryce, M.R. and Penfold, T.J. and Monkman, A.P.}, title={Regio-A nd conformational isomerization critical to design of efficient thermally-activated delayed fluorescence emitters}, journal={Nature Communications}, year={2017}, volume={8}, doi={10.1038/ncomms14987}, art_number={14987}, note={cited By 21}, url={https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85017426590&doi=10.1038%2fncomms14987&partnerID=40&md5=5080b2ae721924b7a9fb85616d972566}, abstract={Regio-A nd conformational isomerization are fundamental in chemistry, with profound effects upon physical properties, however their role in excited state properties is less developed. Here two regioisomers of bis(10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)dibenzo[b,d]thiophene-S,S-dioxide, a donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D) thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter, are studied. 2,8-bis(10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)dibenzo[b,d]thiophene-S,S-dioxide exhibits only one quasi-equatorial conformer on both donor sites, with charge-transfer (CT) emission close to the local triplet state leading to efficient TADF via spin-vibronic coupling. However, 3,7-bis(10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)dibenzo[b,d]thiophene-S,S-dioxide displays both a quasi-equatorial CT state and a higher-energy quasi-axial CT state. No TADF is observed in the quasi-axial CT emission. These two CT states link directly to the two folded conformers of phenothiazine. The presence of the low-lying local triplet state of the axial conformer also means that this quasi-axial CT is an effective loss pathway both photophysically and in devices. Importantly, donors or acceptors with more than one conformer have negative repercussions for TADF in organic light-emitting diodes. © 2017 The Author(s).}, document_type={Article}, source={Scopus},