Aggregation-Induced Emission Leading to White Light Emission in Diphenylbenzofulvene Derivatives
Graphical Abstract
Even though the aggregation-induced emission phenomena have been described for diphenylbenzofulvene derivatives for about 15 years, their solid-state emission in films has not been previously studied. Hereby, their solid-state emission is characterized and the white light emission of a thin film made of mixture of the derivatives DPBFMe and DPMF(Me)2 is deciphered.
Abstract
The search for a unique molecular system able to efficiently emit in the total visible range of the electromagnetic spectra, i. e., white light emission (WLE), is a topic of intense research. We here show that aggregates formed by diphenylbenzofulvene (DPBF) derivatives are from two to four orders of magnitude more emissive than their monomers. From a simple strategy, involving structural modification of a DPBF propelled shape core, a close match with the pure white light emission coordinates is obtained with a combination of two derivatives in films, with featured solid-state emission, without involvement of D−A groups or energy transfer processes.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Data Availability Statement
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
