Solution-processed blue/deep blue and white phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes (PhOLEDs) hosted by a polysiloxane derivative with pendant mCP (1, 3-bis(9-carbazolyl)benzene) (2015)
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Sun, D., Zhou, X., Liu, J., Sun, X., Li, H., Ren, Z., …Yan, S. (2015). Solution-processed blue/deep blue and white phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes (PhOLEDs) hosted by a polysiloxane derivative with pendant mCP (1, 3-bis(9-carbazolyl)benzene). ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7(51), 27989-27998. https://doi.org/10.1021/am507592s

The synthesis and characterization is reported of an efficient polysiloxane derivative containing the 1,3-bis(9-carbazolyl)benzene (mCP) moiety as a pendant unit on the polysiloxane backbone. In comparison with mCP, the mCP-polysiloxane hybrid (PmCPS... Read More about Solution-processed blue/deep blue and white phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes (PhOLEDs) hosted by a polysiloxane derivative with pendant mCP (1, 3-bis(9-carbazolyl)benzene).

Anion-specific aggregation induced phosphorescence emission (AIPE) in an ionic iridium complex in aqueous media (2015)
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Li, G., Guan, W., Du, S., Zhu, D., Shan, G., Zhu, X., …Monkman, A. P. (2015). Anion-specific aggregation induced phosphorescence emission (AIPE) in an ionic iridium complex in aqueous media. Chemical Communications, 51(95), 16924-16927. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc07187a

Efficient aggregation induced phosphorescence emission (AIPE) of an ionic Ir(III) complex occurs when the counterion (PF6−) is exchanged specifically by ClO4− in aqueous media. As a result, a rapid, highly selective “turn-on” phosphorescent response... Read More about Anion-specific aggregation induced phosphorescence emission (AIPE) in an ionic iridium complex in aqueous media.

Solvent Dependence of the Single Molecule Conductance of Oligoyne-Based Molecular Wires (2015)
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Milan, D. C., Al-Owaedi, O. A., Oerthel, M., Marqués-González, S., Brooke, R. J., Bryce, M. R., …García-Suárez, V. M. (2016). Solvent Dependence of the Single Molecule Conductance of Oligoyne-Based Molecular Wires. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(29), 15666-15674. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08877

The conductance and the decay of conductance as a function of molecular length within a homologous series of oligoynes, Me3Si—(C≡C)n—SiMe3 (n = 2, 3, 4, or 5), is shown to depend strongly on the solvent medium. Single molecule junction conductance me... Read More about Solvent Dependence of the Single Molecule Conductance of Oligoyne-Based Molecular Wires.

Key role of the linker in pyrene-linker-carboxylate surfactants for the efficient aqueous dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (2015)
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Welsh, D. J., O'Driscoll, L. J., Bailey, S. W., Visontai, D., Howes, K., Frampton, H., …Lambert, C. J. (2015). Key role of the linker in pyrene-linker-carboxylate surfactants for the efficient aqueous dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. RSC Advances, 5(115), 95360-95368. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra20250g

This study establishes that the structure of the linker group between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic units in the new surfactants 1–13 plays an important role in the dispersibility of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in water. The systematic var... Read More about Key role of the linker in pyrene-linker-carboxylate surfactants for the efficient aqueous dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

High brightness deep blue/violet fluorescent polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) (2015)
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Cook, J. H., Santos, J., Al-Attar, H. A., Bryce, M. R., & Monkman, A. P. (2015). High brightness deep blue/violet fluorescent polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs). Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 3(37), 9664-9669. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tc02162f

Two new deep blue/violet emitting alternating co-polymers, comprising readily-available carbazole (C) and fluorene (F) monomer units, have been synthesised and shown to produce extremely bright solution-processed polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs)... Read More about High brightness deep blue/violet fluorescent polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs).

Arylsilanes and siloxanes as optoelectronic materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) (2015)
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Sun, D., Ren, Z., Bryce, M. R., & Yan, S. (2015). Arylsilanes and siloxanes as optoelectronic materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 3(37), 9496-9508. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tc01638j

Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are currently receiving much attention for applications in new generation full-colour flat-panel and flexible displays and as sources for low energy solid-state lighting. Arylsilanes and siloxanes have been exten... Read More about Arylsilanes and siloxanes as optoelectronic materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

Syntheses and Structures of Buta-1,3-Diynyl Complexes from ‘On Complex’ Cross-Coupling Reactions (2015)
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Oerthel, M., Yufit, D., Fox, M., Bryce, M., & Low, P. (2015). Syntheses and Structures of Buta-1,3-Diynyl Complexes from ‘On Complex’ Cross-Coupling Reactions. Organometallics, 34(11), 2395-2405. https://doi.org/10.1021/om501186c

The Pd(PPh3)4/CuI-cocatalyzed reaction of Ru(C≡CC≡CH)(PPh3)2Cp (2) with aryl iodides, Ar–I (3, Ar = C6H4CN-4 (a); C6H4Me-4 (b); C6H4OMe-4 (c); 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene (d); C5H4N (e)) proceeds smoothly in diisopropylamine and under an inert atmos... Read More about Syntheses and Structures of Buta-1,3-Diynyl Complexes from ‘On Complex’ Cross-Coupling Reactions.

The role of exciplex states in phosphorescent OLEDs with poly(vinylcarbazole) (PVK) host (2015)
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Jankus, V., Abdullah, K., Griffiths, G. C., Al-Attar, H., Zheng, Y., Bryce, M. R., & Monkman, A. P. (2015). The role of exciplex states in phosphorescent OLEDs with poly(vinylcarbazole) (PVK) host. Organic Electronics, 20, 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2015.02.002

Polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) may revolutionize lighting and display industries. PLEDs would enable printing of display or lighting panels on large area substrates that could substantially reduce fabrication costs by avoiding expensive vacuum... Read More about The role of exciplex states in phosphorescent OLEDs with poly(vinylcarbazole) (PVK) host.

Fluorene Co-polymers with High Efficiency Deep-Blue Electroluminescence (2015)
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Santos, J., Cook, J., Al-Attar, H., Monkman, A., & Bryce, M. (2015). Fluorene Co-polymers with High Efficiency Deep-Blue Electroluminescence. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 3(11), 2479-2483. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc02766c

Two new deep blue emitting co-polymers are synthesised and exploited in highly-efficient solution-processed polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs). A key molecular design feature is selective functionalisation of 9,9-diphenylfluorene to disrupt backbo... Read More about Fluorene Co-polymers with High Efficiency Deep-Blue Electroluminescence.

Correlation of breaking forces, conductances and geometries of molecular junctions (2015)
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Yoshida, K., Pobelov, I. V., Manrique, D. Z., Pope, T., Mészáros, G., Gulcur, M., …Wandlowski, T. (2015). Correlation of breaking forces, conductances and geometries of molecular junctions. Scientific Reports, 5, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep09002

Electrical and mechanical properties of elongated gold-molecule-gold junctions formed by tolane-type molecules with different anchoring groups (pyridyl, thiol, amine, nitrile and dihydrobenzothiophene) were studied in current-sensing force spectrosco... Read More about Correlation of breaking forces, conductances and geometries of molecular junctions.

A quantum circuit rule for interference effects in single-molecule electrical junctions (2015)
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Manrique, D. Z., Huang, C., Baghernejad, M., Zhao, X., Al-Owaedi, O. A., Sadeghi, H., …Lambert, C. J. (2015). A quantum circuit rule for interference effects in single-molecule electrical junctions. Nature Communications, 6, Article 6389. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7389

A quantum circuit rule for combining quantum interference effects in the conductive properties of oligo(phenyleneethynylene) (OPE)-type molecules possessing three aromatic rings was investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Molecules were o... Read More about A quantum circuit rule for interference effects in single-molecule electrical junctions.

Reversible Thermal Switching of Aqueous Dispersibility of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (2015)
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O'Driscoll, L., Welsh, D., Bailey, S., Visontai, D., Frampton, H., Bryce, M., & Lambert, C. (2015). Reversible Thermal Switching of Aqueous Dispersibility of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 21(10), 3891-3894. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201405804

Easily reversible aqueous dispersion/precipitation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) has been demonstrated using small-molecule non-ionic pyrene-based surfactants, which exhibit lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase behaviour. The MW... Read More about Reversible Thermal Switching of Aqueous Dispersibility of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes.

Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene) (OPE) Molecular Wires: Synthesis and Length Dependence of Photoinduced Charge Transfer in OPEs with Triarylamine and Diaryloxadiazole End Groups (2015)
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Linton, K., Fox, M., Pålsson, L., & Bryce, M. (2015). Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene) (OPE) Molecular Wires: Synthesis and Length Dependence of Photoinduced Charge Transfer in OPEs with Triarylamine and Diaryloxadiazole End Groups. Chemistry - A European Journal, 21(10), 3997-4007. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201406080

The systematic synthesis and photophysical, electrochemical and computational studies on an extended series of triphenylamine-[C[TRIPLE BOND]C-1,4-C6H2(OR)2]n-C[TRIPLE BOND]C-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole dyad molecules (the OR groups are at 2,5-position... Read More about Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene) (OPE) Molecular Wires: Synthesis and Length Dependence of Photoinduced Charge Transfer in OPEs with Triarylamine and Diaryloxadiazole End Groups.

New AIE-active dinuclear Ir(III) complexes with reversible piezochromic phosphorescence behaviour (2015)
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Li, G., Ren, X., Shan, G., Che, W., Zhu, D., Yan, L., …Bryce, M. R. (2015). New AIE-active dinuclear Ir(III) complexes with reversible piezochromic phosphorescence behaviour. Chemical Communications, 51(65), 13036-13039. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc04850h

Two new AIE-active dinuclear Schiff base Ir(III) complexes exhibit highly reversible piezochromic phosphorescence behaviour enabling the construction of a re-writable phosphorescence data recording device.