Switching properties of fluorescent photochromic poly(methyl methacrylate) with spironaphthoxazine and D-π-A type pyran-based fluorescent dye.
Fluorescent photochromic poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with spironaphthoxazine (SPO) and D-π-A type pyran-base fluorescent dye as a fluorophore was synthesized by typical free radical copolymerization. The poly(MMA-co-SPO-co-fluorophore) in both solution and solid film exhibited excellent photoregulated fluorescence switching behavior and reversible modulation of fluorescence intensity using alternating irradiation with UV and visible light. The poly(MMA-co-SPO-co-fluorophore) also showed viscosity and conductivity switching behaviors along with photoresponse.
Syntheses, Crystal Structure, and Photochromic Properties of Rhenium(I) Complexes Containing the Spironaphthoxazine Moiety
A series of novel spironaphthoxazine-containing rhenium(I) tricarbonyl diimine complexes, which show interesting photoluminescence behavior involving intramolecular photosensitization, have been synthesized and their photochromic properties studied.
A High Tg Carbazole-Based Hole-Transporting Material for Organic Light-Emitting Devices
A new branched carbazole derivative, 1,3,5-tris(2-(9-ethylcarbazyl-3)ethylene)benzene (TECEB), was prepared as a hole-transporting material for organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). TECEB is comparable to 1,4-bis(1-naphthylphenylamino)biphenyl (NPB) in terms of highest-occupied molecular orbital/lowest-unoccupied molecular orbial energy levels, hole-drift mobility, as well as device performance (maximum luminence of about 10 000 cd m-2 and current efficiency of 3.27 cd A-1) in a standard hole-transporting layer/tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum double-layer device, but is superior to NPB in terms of its higher glass-transition temperature (Tg, 130 °C) and ease of synthesis. The latter features suggest that TECEB can be a potential alternative material to NPB especially for high-temperature applications in OLEDs and other organic electronic devices.