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X-ray Scattering from Spintronic Structures (2016)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B. (2016). X-ray Scattering from Spintronic Structures. In Y. Xu, D. D. Awschalom, & J. Nitta (Eds.), Handbook of Spintronics (919-945). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6892-5_33

The principles and underlying physics of grazing-incidence X-ray scattering are outlined in the context of application to the study of room temperature spintronic systems. Examples are presented showing the precision and reliability of analysis. The... Read More about X-ray Scattering from Spintronic Structures.

Revealing the spin–vibronic coupling mechanism of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (2016)
Journal Article
Etherington, M. K., Gibson, J., Higginbotham, H. F., Penfold, T. J., & Monkman, A. P. (2016). Revealing the spin–vibronic coupling mechanism of thermally activated delayed fluorescence. Nature Communications, 7, Article 13680. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13680

Knowing the underlying photophysics of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) allows proper design of high efficiency organic light-emitting diodes. We have proposed a model to describe reverse intersystem crossing (rISC) in donor–acceptor c... Read More about Revealing the spin–vibronic coupling mechanism of thermally activated delayed fluorescence.

Indirect consequences of exciplex states on the phosphorescence lifetime of phenazine-based 1,2,3-triazole luminescent probes (2016)
Journal Article
Costa, B., Jardim, G., Santos, P., Calado, H., Monkman, A., Dias, F., …Cury, L. (2017). Indirect consequences of exciplex states on the phosphorescence lifetime of phenazine-based 1,2,3-triazole luminescent probes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(5), 3473-3479. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp06134f

The optical properties of phenazine derivative probe solutions involving intersystem crossing from singlet to triplet states were investigated by time resolved spectroscopy. The room temperature phosphorescence emission presented different time respo... Read More about Indirect consequences of exciplex states on the phosphorescence lifetime of phenazine-based 1,2,3-triazole luminescent probes.

Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites (2016)
Journal Article
Massey, M., Kotsialos, A., Volpati, D., Vissol-Gaudin, E., Pearson, C., Bowen, L., …Petty, M. (2016). Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 32197. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32197

Evolution-in-materio concerns the computer controlled manipulation of material systems using external stimuli to train or evolve the material to perform a useful function. In this paper we demonstrate the evolution of a disordered composite material,... Read More about Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites.

Sulfonyl-Substituted Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes as Blue Emitters for Solution-Processable Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (2016)
Journal Article
Benjamin, H., Zheng, Y., Batsanov, A., Fox, M., Al-Attar, H., Monkman, A., & Bryce, M. (2016). Sulfonyl-Substituted Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes as Blue Emitters for Solution-Processable Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(17), 8612-8627. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01179

The synthesis is reported of a series of blue-emitting heteroleptic iridium complexes with phenylpyridine (ppy) ligands substituted with sulfonyl, fluorine, and/or methoxy substituents on the phenyl ring and a picolinate (pic) ancillary ligand. Some... Read More about Sulfonyl-Substituted Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes as Blue Emitters for Solution-Processable Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes.

Using Guest–Host Interactions To Optimize the Efficiency of TADF OLEDs (2016)
Journal Article
dos Santos, P. L., Ward, J. S., Bryce, M. R., & Monkman, A. P. (2016). Using Guest–Host Interactions To Optimize the Efficiency of TADF OLEDs. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2016(7), 3341-3346. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01542

We show that the emitter and host combination must be optimized to minimize the reverse intersystem crossing (rISC) barrier and maximize thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). The blue TADF emitter, 2,7-bis(9,9-dimethyl-acridin-10-yl)-9,9-d... Read More about Using Guest–Host Interactions To Optimize the Efficiency of TADF OLEDs.

Pendant Homopolymer and Copolymers as Solution-Processable Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (2016)
Journal Article
Ren, Z., Nobuyasu, R. S., Dias, F. B., Monkman, A. P., Yan, S., & Bryce, M. R. (2016). Pendant Homopolymer and Copolymers as Solution-Processable Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Macromolecules, 49(15), 5452-5460. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01216

Materials that display thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) have recently been identified as the third generation emitters for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). However, there are only a few reported examples of polymeric TADF materia... Read More about Pendant Homopolymer and Copolymers as Solution-Processable Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes.

Investigation of the Mechanisms Giving Rise to TADF in Exciplex States (2016)
Journal Article
dos Santos, P. L., Dias, F. B., & Monkman, A. P. (2016). Investigation of the Mechanisms Giving Rise to TADF in Exciplex States. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(32), 18259-18267. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05198

The donor–acceptor systems studied in this work have been demonstrated to show strong exciplex formation by their red-shifted PL emission when compared with the individual donor and acceptor molecules, and all give rise to delayed fluorescence. In al... Read More about Investigation of the Mechanisms Giving Rise to TADF in Exciplex States.

The Importance of Vibronic Coupling for Efficient Reverse Intersystem Crossing in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Molecules (2016)
Journal Article
Gibson, J., Monkman, A., & Penfold, T. (2016). The Importance of Vibronic Coupling for Efficient Reverse Intersystem Crossing in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Molecules. ChemPhysChem, 17(19), 2956-2961. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201600662

Factors influencing the rate of reverse intersystem crossing (krISC) in thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters are critical for improving the efficiency and performance of third-generation heavy-metal-free organic light-emitting dio... Read More about The Importance of Vibronic Coupling for Efficient Reverse Intersystem Crossing in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Molecules.

The Role of Local Triplet Excited States and D-A Relative Orientation in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: Photophysics and Devices (2016)
Journal Article
Dias, F., Santos, J., Graves, D., Data, P., Nobuyasu, R., Fox, M., …Monkman, A. (2016). The Role of Local Triplet Excited States and D-A Relative Orientation in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: Photophysics and Devices. Advanced Science, 3(12), Article 1600080. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201600080

Here, a comprehensive photophysical investigation of a the emitter molecule DPTZ-DBTO2, showing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), with near-orthogonal electron donor (D) and acceptor (A) units is reported. It is shown that DPTZ-DBTO2 h... Read More about The Role of Local Triplet Excited States and D-A Relative Orientation in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: Photophysics and Devices.

Star-Shaped Conjugated Molecules with Oxa- or Thiadiazole Bithiophene Side Arms (2016)
Journal Article
Kotwica, K., Kostyuchenko, A. S., Data, P., Marszalek, T., Skorka, L., Jaroch, T., …Pron, A. (2016). Star-Shaped Conjugated Molecules with Oxa- or Thiadiazole Bithiophene Side Arms. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(33), 11795-11806. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600984

Star-shaped conjugated molecules, consisting of a benzene central unit symmetrically trisubstituted with either oxa- or thiadiazole bithiophene groups, were synthesized as promising molecules and building blocks for application in (opto)electronics a... Read More about Star-Shaped Conjugated Molecules with Oxa- or Thiadiazole Bithiophene Side Arms.

Electric Field Induce Blue Shift and Intensity Enhancement in 2D Exciplex Organic Light Emitting Diodes; Controlling Electron-Hole Separation (2016)
Journal Article
Al Attar, H. A., & Monkman, A. P. (2016). Electric Field Induce Blue Shift and Intensity Enhancement in 2D Exciplex Organic Light Emitting Diodes; Controlling Electron-Hole Separation. Advanced Materials, 28(36), 8014-8020. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600965

A simple but novel method is designed to study the characteristics of the exciplex state pinned at a donor–acceptor abrupt interface and the effect an external electric field has on these excited states. The reverse Onsager process, where the field i... Read More about Electric Field Induce Blue Shift and Intensity Enhancement in 2D Exciplex Organic Light Emitting Diodes; Controlling Electron-Hole Separation.

Synthesis and characterization of chalcogenophene-based monomers with pyridine acceptor unit. (2016)
Journal Article
Pander, P., Data, P., Turczyn, R., Lapkowski, M., Swist, A., Soloducho, J., & Monkman, A. (2016). Synthesis and characterization of chalcogenophene-based monomers with pyridine acceptor unit. Electrochimica Acta, 210, 773-782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.05.185

2,4,6-Trisubstituted pyridine derivatives with different electropolymerizable groups were investigated. It was shown that steric hindrance caused by bichalcogenophene substituents in the 2,6-positions of pyridine enables successful electropolymerizat... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of chalcogenophene-based monomers with pyridine acceptor unit..

Kesterite Inorganic-Organic Heterojunction for Solution Processable Solar Cells (2016)
Journal Article
Data, P., Bialoglowski, M., Lyzwa, K., Bacewicz, R., Dluzewski, P., Lapkowski, M., …Monkman, A. (2016). Kesterite Inorganic-Organic Heterojunction for Solution Processable Solar Cells. Electrochimica Acta, 201, 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.132

New synthesis of solution processable kesterite and kesterite-phenoxazine nanopowders were presented. The direct band-gap semiconductor Cu2ZnSnS4 has attracted the attention of many due to its large absorption coefficient (alpha > 10(4) cm(-1)) and (... Read More about Kesterite Inorganic-Organic Heterojunction for Solution Processable Solar Cells.

Twinning in vapour-grown, large volume Cd1-xZnxTe crystals (2016)
Journal Article
Tanner, B., Mullins, J., Pym, A., & Maneuski, D. (2016). Twinning in vapour-grown, large volume Cd1-xZnxTe crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth, 448, 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.05.011

The onset of twinning from View the MathML source to View the MathML source in large volume Cd1−xZnx Te crystals, grown by vapour transport on View the MathML source, often referred to as (211)B, oriented GaAs seeds, has been investigated using X-ray... Read More about Twinning in vapour-grown, large volume Cd1-xZnxTe crystals.

The role of transition radiation in cathodoluminescence imaging and spectroscopy of thin-foils (2016)
Journal Article
Mendis, B., Howkins, A., Stowe, D., Major, J., & Durose, K. (2016). The role of transition radiation in cathodoluminescence imaging and spectroscopy of thin-foils. Ultramicroscopy, 167, 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.05.002

There is renewed interest in cathodoluminescence (CL) in the transmission electron microscope, since it can be combined with low energy loss spectroscopy measurements and can also be used to probe defects, such as grain boundaries and dislocations, a... Read More about The role of transition radiation in cathodoluminescence imaging and spectroscopy of thin-foils.

The effects of junction interdiffusion and misfit dislocations on the efficiency of highly mismatched heterojunction photovoltaic devices (2016)
Journal Article
Mendis, B., Treharne, R., Lane, D., & Durose, K. (2016). The effects of junction interdiffusion and misfit dislocations on the efficiency of highly mismatched heterojunction photovoltaic devices. Applied Physics Letters, 108(18), Article 183505. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4948397

A general modelling methodology has been developed to evaluate the effects of chemical interdiffusion and misfit dislocations on the performance of heterojunction solar cells made from highly mismatched materials. Results for the exemplar materials s... Read More about The effects of junction interdiffusion and misfit dislocations on the efficiency of highly mismatched heterojunction photovoltaic devices.

Understanding quaternary compound Cu2ZnSnSe4 synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location (2016)
Journal Article
Crossay, A., Colombara, D., Melchiorre, M., Guennou, M., Mendis, B., & Dale, P. (2016). Understanding quaternary compound Cu2ZnSnSe4 synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 4(21), 4626-4629. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tc01114d

The synthesis of multinary compound films from layered precursors is only partially understood. Identical location microscopy resolves the multi-step synthesis of Cu2ZnSnSe4 from metallic stacks on the micron-scale. Large scale metal alloying and the... Read More about Understanding quaternary compound Cu2ZnSnSe4 synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location.