Construction of deep-blue AIE luminogens with TPE and oxadiazole units

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1213-1220

  Huang, Jing ^a   Chen, Pengyu ^a   Yang, Xiao ^b   Tang, Runli ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Qin, Jinqui ^a   Li, Zhen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

aggregation induced emission; deep blue emitter; organic light emitting diodes; tetraphenylethene

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION-INDUCED EMISSIONS; DEEP-BLUE EMISSIONS; DEEP-BLUE EMITTER; EMISSIVE LAYERS; MOLECULAR DESIGN; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; OXADIAZOLE UNIT; TETRAPHENYLETHENE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84883456453     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-013-4925-6     Document Type: Article

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