Phosphorescent, green-emitting Ir(III) complexes with carbazolyl-substituted 2-phenylpyridine ligands: Effect of binding mode of the carbazole group on photoluminescence and electrophosphorescence

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-224

  Cho, Min Ju ^a   Jin, Jung Il ^a   Choi, Dong Hoon ^a   Kim, Young Min ^a   Park, Young Wook ^a   Ju, Byeong Kwon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbazole; Iridium(III) complex; Phosphorescence; Photoluminescence; Solubility; Triplet energy transfer

Indexed keywords

2-PHENYLPYRIDINE; BINDING MODES; CARBAZOL; CARBAZOLE; CARBAZOLE GROUPS; CARBAZOLYL; ELECTROPHOSPHORESCENCE; ELECTROPHOSPHORESCENT; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HOLE TRANSPORTING; IRIDIUM(III) COMPLEX; LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY; PHENYL RINGS; POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES; PROCESSABLE; TRIPLET ENERGY TRANSFER;

BINDING ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IRIDIUM; LIGANDS; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

BINDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LUMINESCENCE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 67649343909     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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