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Title: Axial and helical thermally activated delayed fluorescence bicarbazole emitters: opposite modulation of circularly polarized luminescence through intramolecular charge-transfer dynamics
The rationalization of the molecular parameters that influence the intensity and sign of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) for chiral emitters is a challenging task and remains of high interest for future chiral optoelectronic applications. In this report, we explore the design of novel chiral donor–acceptor structures based on C 2 -symmetric bicarbazole systems and compare the influence of the type of chirality, namely axial versus helical, and the electron withdrawing strength of the acceptor units on the resulting photophysical and CPL properties. By using carbonyl-based acceptors with both axial and helical electron donors, CP-Thermally Activated Delayed Fluoresence (TADF) can be obtained, whose efficiency depends on the dihedral angle between the carbazole moieties, related to the axial and helical chirality of the compounds. The latter also impacts the intensity of the CPL, which shows an opposite trend as a function of the polarity of the solvent, with a notably strong increase of the luminescence dissymmetry factor, g lum , for the helical donor–acceptor compounds related to a subtle reoarganization of the intramolecular charge-transfer process.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1855470
NSF-PAR ID:
10346706
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume:
9
Issue:
35
ISSN:
2050-7526
Page Range / eLocation ID:
11905 to 11914
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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