Phosphorescent Mesomorphic Dyads Based on Tetraacetylethane Complexes of Iridium(III)

Anton M. Prokhorov, Amedeo Santoro, J. A. Gareth Williams, Duncan W. Bruce

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Abstract

Dimeric iridium(III) luminophores with tetraacetylethane bridges lead to liquid-crystalline materials with very high photoluminescence quantum yields. The same design principle allows for the preparation of heteronuclear iridium(III)-platinum(II) dyads, which are also luminescent.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-98
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume51
Issue number1
Early online date15 Nov 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2012

Keywords

  • iridium
  • liquid crystals
  • metallomesogens
  • phosphorescence
  • platinum
  • DISCOTIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS
  • PLATINUM(II)

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