Room Temperature Phosphorescence Emission From Multi-States

Front Chem. 2022 Feb 2:9:810458. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.810458. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

Organic room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials have received considerable attention due to their fascinating photophysical properties. During the past decade, various organic luminogens exhibiting RTP emission in solid states were reported. However, the phosphorescence emission of organic compounds can hardly be observed in their solutions at room temperature. Herein, we reported two fluorene derivatives that can emit RTP in degassed organic solvents, polymer doped film, and crystalline states. Furthermore, those RTP luminogens emitted different colors with different phosphorescence lifetimes in multi-states. These results indicated that the phosphorescence performance can be adjusted flexibly in different condensed states. To our knowledge, this is the first example possessing diverse organic RTP at multi-states, including solution state.

Keywords: fluorene derivative; organic small molecule; room temperature phosphorescence; solution state; triplet state.