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Peripheral halogen atoms in multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters: the role of heavy atoms in intermolecular interactions and spin orbit coupling (2023)
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Miranda-Salinas, H., Wang, J., Danos, A., Matulaitis, T., Stavrou, K., Monkman, A. P., & Zysman-Colman, E. (2024). Peripheral halogen atoms in multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters: the role of heavy atoms in intermolecular interactions and spin orbit coupling. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 12(6), 1996-2006. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3tc04394k

Multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials (MR-TADF) can show narrow-band emission with high photoluminescence quantum efficiency, desirable for applications in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDS). However, they frequently su... Read More about Peripheral halogen atoms in multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters: the role of heavy atoms in intermolecular interactions and spin orbit coupling.

Intramolecular locking and coumarin insertion: a stepwise approach for TADF design (2023)
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Paredis, S., Cardeynaels, T., Brebels, S., Deckers, J., Kuila, S., Lathouwers, A., Van Landeghem, M., Vandewal, K., Danos, A., Monkman, A. P., Champagne, B., & Maes, W. (2023). Intramolecular locking and coumarin insertion: a stepwise approach for TADF design. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(43), 29842-29849. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp03695b

Three novel TADF (thermally activated delayed fluorescence) emitters based on the well-studied Qx-Ph-DMAC fluorophore are designed and synthesized. The photophysical properties of these materials are studied from a theoretical and experimental point... Read More about Intramolecular locking and coumarin insertion: a stepwise approach for TADF design.

Covalently linked pyrene antennas for optically dense yet aggregation-resistant light-harvesting systems (2023)
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Salah, L., Makhseed, S., Ghazal, B., Abdel Nazeer, A., Etherington, M. K., Ponseca Jr., C. S., …Shuaib, A. (2023). Covalently linked pyrene antennas for optically dense yet aggregation-resistant light-harvesting systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(36), 24878-24882. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp02586a

In this study we present a novel energy transfer material inspired by natural light-harvesting antenna arrays, zinc(II) phthalocyanine-pyrene (ZnPcPy). The ZnPcPy system facilitates energy transfer from 16 covalently linked pyrene (Py) donor chromoph... Read More about Covalently linked pyrene antennas for optically dense yet aggregation-resistant light-harvesting systems.

Quantifying Molecular Disorder in Tri-Isopropyl Silane (TIPS) Pentacene Using Variable Coherence Transmission Electron Microscopy (2023)
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Alanazi, F., Eggeman, A. S., Stavrou, K., Danos, A., Monkman, A. P., & Mendis, B. G. (2023). Quantifying Molecular Disorder in Tri-Isopropyl Silane (TIPS) Pentacene Using Variable Coherence Transmission Electron Microscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(36), 8183-8190. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01344

Structural disorder in molecular crystals is a fundamental limitation for achieving high charge carrier mobilities. Quantifying and uncovering the mechanistic origins of disorder are, however, extremely challenging. Here we use variable coherence tra... Read More about Quantifying Molecular Disorder in Tri-Isopropyl Silane (TIPS) Pentacene Using Variable Coherence Transmission Electron Microscopy.

Balanced Energy Gaps as a Key Design Rule for Solution‐Phase Organic Room Temperature Phosphorescence (2023)
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Paredis, S., Cardeynaels, T., Kuila, S., Deckers, J., Van Landeghem, M., Vandewal, K., Danos, A., Monkman, A. P., Champagne, B., & Maes, W. (2023). Balanced Energy Gaps as a Key Design Rule for Solution‐Phase Organic Room Temperature Phosphorescence. Chemistry - A European Journal, 29(42), Article e202301369. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301369

Metal-free organic emitters that display solution-phase room temperature phosphorescence (sRTP) remain exceedingly rare. Here, we investigate the structural and photophysical properties that support sRTP by comparing a recently reported sRTP compound... Read More about Balanced Energy Gaps as a Key Design Rule for Solution‐Phase Organic Room Temperature Phosphorescence.

Azaborine as a Versatile Weak Donor for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (2023)
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Sudhakar, P., Kuila, S., Stavrou, K., Danos, A., Slawin, A. M., Monkman, A., & Zysman-Colman, E. (2023). Azaborine as a Versatile Weak Donor for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(21), 25806-25818. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c05409

Extensive research has been devoted to the development of thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters, especially those showing pure-blue emission for use in lighting and fullcolor display applications. Towards that goal, herein we report a nov... Read More about Azaborine as a Versatile Weak Donor for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence.

Donor, Acceptor, and Molecular Charge Transfer Emission All in One Molecule (2023)
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Franca, L. G., Danos, A., & Monkman, A. (2023). Donor, Acceptor, and Molecular Charge Transfer Emission All in One Molecule. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(11), 2764-2771. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03925

The molecular photophysics in the thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) spiro-acridine–anthracenone compound, ACRSA, is dominated by the rigid orthogonal spirocarbon bridging bond between the donor and acceptor. This critically decouples th... Read More about Donor, Acceptor, and Molecular Charge Transfer Emission All in One Molecule.

Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding (2023)
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Saha, P. K., Mallick, A., Turley, A. T., Bismillah, A. N., Danos, A., Monkman, A. P., Avestro, A.-J., Yufit, D. S., & McGonigal, P. R. (2023). Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding. Nature Chemistry, 15(4), 516-525. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01149-6

The balance between strain relief and aromatic stabilization dictates the form and function of non-planar π-aromatics. Overcrowded systems are known to undergo geometric deformations, but the energetically favourable π-electron delocalization of thei... Read More about Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding.