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New electroluminescent bipolar compounds for balanced charge-transport and tuneable colour in organic light emitting diodes: triphenylamine oxadiazole-fluorene triad molecules (2006)
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Kamtekar, K., Wang, C., Bettington, S., Batsanov, A., Perepichka, I., Bryce, M., …Petty, M. (2006). New electroluminescent bipolar compounds for balanced charge-transport and tuneable colour in organic light emitting diodes: triphenylamine oxadiazole-fluorene triad molecules. Journal of materials chemistry, 16(39), 3823-3835. https://doi.org/10.1039/b604543j

This work describes bipolar 2,5-diaryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole–fluorene hybrids which incorporate triphenylamine or carbazole units within the π-electron system, viz. compounds 7, 8, 14 and 16. A related bipolar bis(oxadiazolyl)pyridine system 20 is reporte... Read More about New electroluminescent bipolar compounds for balanced charge-transport and tuneable colour in organic light emitting diodes: triphenylamine oxadiazole-fluorene triad molecules.

Thermal annealing of blended-layer organic light-emitting diodes (2005)
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Ahn, J., Wang, C., Widdowson, N., Pearson, C., Bryce, M., & Petty, M. (2005). Thermal annealing of blended-layer organic light-emitting diodes. Journal of Applied Physics, 98(5),

The effects of thermal annealing on the electro-optical and morphological properties of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) containing a blend of poly [2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-5-methoxy-1, 4-phenylenevinylene] and an electron-transporting material, 2,7... Read More about Thermal annealing of blended-layer organic light-emitting diodes.

A covalent tetrathiafulvalene-tetracyanoquinodimethane diad: Extremely low HOMO-LUMO gap, thermoexcited electron transfer, and high-quality Langmuir-Blodgett films (2003)
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Perepichka, D., Bryce, M., Pearson, C., Petty, M., McInnes, E., & Zhao, J. (2003). A covalent tetrathiafulvalene-tetracyanoquinodimethane diad: Extremely low HOMO-LUMO gap, thermoexcited electron transfer, and high-quality Langmuir-Blodgett films. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 42(38), 4636-4639. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200351876

Arborol-functionalised tetrathiafulvalene derivatives: Synthesis and thin-film formation (2003)
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Le Gall, T., Pearson, C., Bryce, M., Petty, M., Dahlgaard, H., & Becher, J. (2003). Arborol-functionalised tetrathiafulvalene derivatives: Synthesis and thin-film formation. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 3562-3568. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.200300286

The syntheses of a series of novel tetrathiafulvalene derivatives substituted with four side-chains terminating in hydrophilic amidoalcohol (arborol) groups are reported, for example the tetrathiafulvalene derivative 15. Some of these arborol derivat... Read More about Arborol-functionalised tetrathiafulvalene derivatives: Synthesis and thin-film formation.

New electron-transporting materials for light emitting diodes: 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyridine and 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyrimidine hybrids (2002)
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Wang, C., Jung, G., Batsanov, A., Bryce, M., & Petty, M. (2002). New electron-transporting materials for light emitting diodes: 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyridine and 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyrimidine hybrids. Journal of materials chemistry, 12(2), 173-180

We describe the synthesis of three new isomeric 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyridine hybrids, namely: 2,6-, 3,5- and 2,4-bis[2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl] pyridine, (PDPy-2,6, PDPy-3,5 and PDPy-2,4, respectively) and a 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyrimidine... Read More about New electron-transporting materials for light emitting diodes: 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyridine and 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyrimidine hybrids.

A blended layer MEH-PPV electroluminescent device incorporating a new electron transport material (2002)
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Cea, P., Hua, Y., Pearson, C., Wang, C., Bryce, M., Lopez, M., & Petty, M. (2002). A blended layer MEH-PPV electroluminescent device incorporating a new electron transport material. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 22(1), 87-89

Single layer organic light-emitting devices containing both poly[2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-5-methoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) as an emissive polymer and a new electron transport (ET) material, 2,5-bis[5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-pyridyl]-1,3,4-oxadiaz... Read More about A blended layer MEH-PPV electroluminescent device incorporating a new electron transport material.

Single layer polymer electroluminescent devices incorporating new electron transport materials (2002)
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Cea, P., Hua, Y., Pearson, C., Wang, C., Bryce, M., Royo, F., & Petty, M. (2002). Single layer polymer electroluminescent devices incorporating new electron transport materials. Thin Solid Films, 408(1-2), 275-281

The opto-electronic properties of single layer light emitting devices containing the polymer poly [2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-5-methoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene] and different electron transport materials are reported. Two oxadiazole derivatives and three oxad... Read More about Single layer polymer electroluminescent devices incorporating new electron transport materials.

An efficient pyridine- and oxadiazole-containing hole-blocking material far organic light-emitting diodes: Synthesis, crystal structure, and device performance (2001)
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Wang, C., Jung, G., Hua, Y., Pearson, C., Bryce, M., Petty, M., …Howard, J. (2001). An efficient pyridine- and oxadiazole-containing hole-blocking material far organic light-emitting diodes: Synthesis, crystal structure, and device performance. Chemistry of Materials, 13(4), 1167-1173

In this paper, we focus on the synthesis and structure of the new bis(1,3,4-oxadiazole) system 2,5-bis[2-(4-tert- butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]pyridine (PDPyDP). We have fabricated light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using poly[2-methoxy-5- (2-ethylhex... Read More about An efficient pyridine- and oxadiazole-containing hole-blocking material far organic light-emitting diodes: Synthesis, crystal structure, and device performance.