A green emissive amorphous fac-Alq3 solid generated by grinding crystalline blue fac-Alq3 powder

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Apr 14;47(14):4135-7. doi: 10.1039/c1cc00060h. Epub 2011 Mar 7.

Abstract

A novel green emissive Alq(3) solid with a facial isomeric form has been obtained by grinding the typical blue luminescent fac-Alq(3) crystalline powder. This is the first report, to the best of our knowledge, that a fac-Alq(3) isomer emits green light.