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Optical and Polarity Control of Donor–Acceptor Conformation and Their Charge-Transfer States in Thermally Activated Delayed-Fluorescence Molecules

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  • Paloma L. dos Santos
  • Jonathan S. Ward
  • Andrei S. Batsanov
  • Martin R. Bryce
  • Andrew P. Monkman
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>3/08/2017
<mark>Journal</mark>The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Issue number30
Volume121
Number of pages8
Pages (from-to)16462-16469
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date25/07/17
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This study reports two novel D–A–D molecules, 2,7-bis(phenothiazin-10-yl)-9,9-dimethylthioxanthene-S,S-dioxide (DPT-TXO2) and 2,7-bis(1-methylphenothiazin-10-yl)-9,9-dimethylthioxanthene-S,S-dioxide (DMePT-TXO2), where the latter differs by only a methyl group incorporated on each of the donor units. DMePT-TXO2 in solution and in solid state shows dual charge-transfer (CT) emission. The CT states come from two distinctive conformations between the D and A units. Experiments show that the emission contribution of each state can be controlled by the polarity of the environment and by the excitation energy. Also, how the different conformers can be used to control the TADF mechanism is analyzed in detail. These results are important as they give a more in-depth understanding about the relation between molecular conformation and the TADF mechanism, thereby facilitating the design of new TADF molecules.