Influence of alkyl chain lengths on the properties of iridium(III)-based piezochromic luminescent dyes with triazole-pyridine type ancillary ligands

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1082-1090

  Shan, Guo Gang ^a   Li, Hai Bin ^a   Cao, Hong Tao ^a   Sun, Hai Zhu ^a   Zhu, Dong Xia ^a   Su, Zhong Min ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chain length dependent emission; Density functional theory; High quantum efficiency; Intramolecular interaction; Iridium(III) complex; Piezochromic luminescence

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIC; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; RECRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CHAIN LENGTH; CHROMOGENICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITED STATES; LUMINESCENCE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84883864062     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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