Oligonucleotides containing new fluorescent 1-phenylethynylpyrene and 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene uridine-2′-carbamates: synthesis and properties

The synthesis of two novel fluorescent uridine-2′-carbamate phosphoramidites is described. The reagents carrying fluorescent polyaromatic hydrocarbons 1-phenylethynylpyrene (PEPy) or 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene (BPEA) are suitable for oligonucleotide synthesis. Prepared oligonucleotide conjugates show strong dye emissions at 401 and 485 nm, but low FRET rate when located in the oligonucleotide duplex. The dyes show considerable compensation of the usual carbamate duplex destabilization. The possible explanation of both effects is binding of PEPy and BPEA to the minor groove of the DNA duplex.     

The Anomalous Emission Characteristics of the Cyalume Fluorescer: 9,10-Bis (Phenylethynyl) Anthracene

A fancy emission behavior was found in the light carrier of the commercial Cyalume light stick, 9,10-bis (phenylethynyl) anthracene (BPEA). The yellowish-orange emission is noted from BPEA in methylcyclohexane matrix. Nitrogen laser time-resolved spectroscopy and excitation luminescene studies of BPEA in methylcyclohexane showed that the different emission behavior is probably due to the different conformation of the ground state of the BPEA in solid and in solution.     

THE PHOTO-DIMERIZATION AND EXCIMER FLUORESCENCE OF 9-METHYL ANTHRACENE

Abstract— Ultra-violet irradiation of oxygen-free solutions of 9-methyI anthracene leads to the formation of both stable dimers and metastable excimers. The fluorescence spectra of concentrated solutions show an excimer emission band. This behaviour is attributed to the partial steric hindrance of dimer formation by the meso -sub stituent, and it is proposed that the stable dimers and excimers correspond to anti-parallel and parallel configurations of the two monomers respectively. A consideration of the monomer fluorescence data for anthracene and its meso -substituted derivatives suggests that steric hindrance similarly reduces the interactions with solvent molecules which lead to internal quenching.     

EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES WITH A HETEROSTRUCTURE OF DYE DOPED POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE)/TRIS(8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE) ALUMINUM*

Organic electroluminescent diodes with a heterostructure of 9,10-bis(phenylethnyl) anthracene(BPEA) doped poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK)/tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (Alq_3) have beenfabricated. The electroluminescence (EL) both from BPEA and Alq_3 were observed when the Alq_3 layer isthin enough. With increasing thickness of the Alq_3 layer, the relative emission intensity of BPEA is graduallydecreased. For the thin Alq_3 layer structure, the light emission of Alq_3 becomes more dominant as the appliedvoltage increases. It is proposed that the electron-hole recombination takes place in both PVK and Alq_3 films.The field-induced quenching theory has also been applied to explain the change of the EL spectra withapplied voltage.     

有机小分子电致发光器件的蓝光主体材料的合成与表征

报道了应用于溶液法制备器件的小分子蓝光主体材料2-叔丁基-9,10-二(9,9-二正丙基芴基)蒽(TBPFA), 合成路线如Scheme 1所示, 该化合物具有较高的荧光量子效率,以它作为主体材料, 采用旋涂法制备了掺杂与非掺杂型单层器件, 并对器件性能进行了初步研究.     

Highly efficient and stable blue‐light‐emitting copolyfluorene consisting of carbazole,oxadiazole, and charge‐trapping anthracene groups

This article presents the synthesis and electroluminescent (EL) properties of a stable blue‐light‐emitting copolyfluorene ( P1 ) consisting of carbazole, oxadiazole and charge‐trapping anthracene groups by Suzuki coupling reaction. The hole‐transporting carbazole and electron‐transporting oxadiazole improve charges injection and transporting properties, whereas the anthracene is the ultimate emitting chromophore. The thermal, photophysical, electrochemical, and EL properties of P1 were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimeter, optical spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and EL devices fabrication and characterization. P1 demonstrated high‐thermal stability with thermal decomposition and glass tranistion temperatures above 400 and 145°C, respectively. In film state, P1 showed blue emission at 451 nm attributed to anthracene chromophore. Photophysical and electrochemical investigations demonstrate that effective energy transfer from fluorene to anthracene segments and charges trapping on anthracene segments leads to efficient and stable blue emission originating from anthracence. Polymer light‐emitting diodes using P1 as the emitting layer (ITO/PEDOT:PSS/ P1 /Ca/Al) exhibited excellent current efficiency (5.1 cd/A) with the CIE coordinate being (0.16, 0.11). The results indicate that copolyfluorene is a promising candidate for the blue‐emitting layer in the fabrication of efficient PLEDs. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2010     

Small molecule diffusion in a rubbery polymer near Tg: Effects of probe size,shape, and flexibility

A novel experimental approach involving fluorescence nonradiative energy transfer (NRET) is employed to study the Fickian diffusion of small molecules in rubbery poly(isobutyl methacrylate) (PiBMA) films near the glass transition, using a formalism that directly relates the small molecule translational diffusion coefficient, D, to changes in the normalized nonradiative energy transfer efficiency, E_N. Values of D for pyrene, 1,3-bis-(1-pyrene) propane (BPP), 1,3-bis-(1-pyrene) decane (BPD), 9,10-bis-phenyl ethynyl anthracene (BPEA), diphenyl Disperse Red 4 (DPDR4), and decacyclene in PiBMA are measured over temperatures ranging from approximately T_g to T_g + 25°C. Among these chromophores, significant differences in both the magnitude and temperature dependence of D are observed which are attributed to differences in molecule shape and flexibility, as well as molar volume. Other factors being equal, chromophore flexibility was shown both to increase the magnitude of D and to decrease its dependence on temperature, as does an increase in aspect ratio. For BPD, these effects are attributed to the ability of the flexible molecule to diffuse in a piecewise manner, requiring the cooperative mobility of fewer polymer chain segments than a rigid molecule of the same molar volume. For BPEA and DPDR4, this deviation from D being dominated by molar volume effects is attributed the to high aspect ratio of these elongated molecules. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Electronic properties of anthracene derivatives for blue light emitting electroluminescent layers in organic light emitting diodes: a density functional theory study

Molecular level parameters are investigated computationally to understand the factors that are responsible for the higher efficiency in derivatives of 9,10-bis(1-naphthyl)anthracene (alpha-ADN), 9,10-bis(2-naphthyl)anthracene (beta-ADN), their tetramethyl derivatives (alpha,beta-TMADN) and the t-Bu derivative (beta-TBADN) as blue light emitting electroluminescent (EL) layers in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). DFT studies at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level have been carried out on the substituted anthracenes. The absorption spectra are simulated using time dependent DFT methods (TD-DFT) whereas the emission spectra are approximated by optimizing the excited state by HF/CI-Singles and then carrying out the vertical CI calculations by the TD-DFT method. The reorganization energy for estimating the hole and electron transport is calculated. The transfer integrals between parallely stacked molecules in the bulk state are estimated by calculating the electronic splitting. The substituted anthracenes are compared with unsubstituted anthracene and yet untested 9,10-dianthrylanthracene (TANTH). A larger and slower buildup of the electrons and holes in the EL layer, due to the higher reorganization energy and smaller electronic coupling between the adjacent molecules could lead to an increase in hole-electron recombination in the layer and thus increase the efficiency.     

Translational diffusion in sucrose benzoate near the glass transition: probe size dependence in the breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein equation

The translational diffusion coefficient D(trans) for rubrene, 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene (BPEA), and tetracene in the fragile molecular glass-former sucrose benzoate (SB) (Tg=337 K) was studied as a function of temperature from Tg+3 K to Tg+71 K by use of the holographic fluorescence recovery after photobleaching technique. The values of D(trans) vary by five to six orders of magnitude in this temperature range. Contrary to the predictions of the Stokes-Einstein equation, the temperature dependence of probe diffusion in SB over the temperature range of the measurements is weaker than that of T/eta, where eta is the shear viscosity. In going from the crossover temperature Tx approximately 1.2Tg to Tg, D(trans)eta/T increases by factors of 2.4+/-0.2 decades for rubrene, 3.4+/-0.2 decades for BPEA, and 3.8+/-0.4 decades for tetracene. The decoupling between probe diffusion in SB and viscosity is characterized by the scaling law D(trans) approximately T/eta(xi), with xi=0.621 for tetracene, 0.654 for BPEA, and 0.722 for rubrene. Data for probe diffusion in SB are combined with data from the literature for probe diffusion in ortho-terphenyl and alphaalphabeta-tris(naphthyl)benzene in a plot of enhancement versus the relative probe size parameter rho(m)=(m(p)m(h))(1/3), where m(p) and m(h) are, respectively, the molecular weights of the probe and host solvent. The plot clearly shows a sharp increase in enhancement of translational diffusion at rho(m) approximately 1. By applying temperature shifts, D(trans) for probe diffusion in SB and the dielectric relaxation time tau(D) can be superimposed on a single master curve based on the Williams-Landel-Ferry equation. This suggests that the dynamics of probe diffusion in SB is described by the scaling relationship D(trans) approximately 1/tau(D)(T+DeltaT), where tau(D)(T+DeltaT) is the temperature-shifted dielectric relaxation time. The results from this study are discussed within the context of dynamic heterogeneity in glass-forming liquids.     

Syntheses and photophysical studies of cyclodextrin derivatives with two proximate anthracenyl groups

A series of permethylated cyclodextrin derivatives, cyclodextrin dimers doubly bridged with two anthracene moieties (An2CD2) and singly bridged with one (AnCD2) and the monomer bearing two anthracene moieties (An2CD), were newly synthesized. For An2CD2, the two isomeric forms are also identified. All compounds are soluble in both aqueous and various organic solvents. The bisanthracene systems, An2CD2 and An2CD, show the thermal equilibrium in an aqueous solution between the intramolecularly interacting (closed) and less-interacting (open) states of the anthracene moieties, which results in the temperature-dependent absorption changes. These systems also show the characteristic excimer emission that is enhanced in water and weakened in organic solvents. The excitation spectra for the monomer and excimer fluorescence are found to be quite different from each other and similar to the absorption spectra of the open and the closed forms, respectively. The observed unique parallelism between excitation and absorption spectra for the present excimer systems indicates the dual ground state-dual excitation scheme where the excitation state formed from the closed ground state mainly gives excimer. The fluorescence lifetime analyses reveal that the rates of the conversion from the excited state of the open form to that of the closed one (6.0 x 10(6) s(-1) for An2CD2-2) are largely retarded compared with that of the ethyleneoxy linked bisanthracene system (8.8 x 10(7) s(-1)).     

The Origin of the Improved Efficiency and Stability of Triphenylamine‐Substituted Anthracene Derivatives for OLEDs: A Theoretical Investigation

Herein, we describe the molecular electronic structure, optical, and charge‐transport properties of anthracene derivatives computationally using density functional theory to understand the factors responsible for the improved efficiency and stability of organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) with triphenylamine (TPA)‐substituted anthracene derivatives. The high performance of OLEDs with TPA‐substituted anthracene is revealed to derive from three original features in comparison with aryl‐substituted anthracene derivatives: 1) the HOMO and LUMO are localized separately on TPA and anthracene moieties, respectively, which leads to better stability of the OLEDs due to the more stable cation of TPA under a hole majority‐carrier environment; 2) the more balanceable hole and electron transport together with the easier hole injection leads to a larger rate of hole–electron recombination, which corresponds to the higher electroluminescence efficiency; and 3) the increasing reorganization energy for both hole and electron transport and the higher HOMO energy level provide a stable potential well for hole trapping, and then trapped holes induce a built‐in electric field to prompt the balance of charge‐carrier injection.     

A small change in molecular structure, a big difference in the AIEE mechanism

An anthracene carboxamide derivative of the excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer compound of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole has been newly developed to produce the prominent characteristics of aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) with a high solid-state fluorescence quantum efficiency of 78.1%. Compared with our previously reported phenyl carboxamide derivatives, a small tailoring of the molecular structure was found to result in a big difference in the dominant factor of the AIEE mechanism. In the phenyl carboxamide derivatives, the dominant factor of the AIEE mechanism is the restriction of the twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) of the enol excited state, regardless of their different aggregation modes. In the anthracene carboxamide derivative, N-(3-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-hydroxyphenyl) anthracene-9-carboxamide, the AIEE characteristics are not dependent on the restriction of TICT, but mainly attributed to the cooperative effects of J-aggregation and the restriction of the cis-trans tautomerization in the keto excited state. A specific N···π interaction was found to be the main driving force for this J-aggregation, as revealed by the single crystal analysis. The AIEE mechanism of this anthracene carboxamide derivative was studied in detail through photophysical investigations and theoretical calculations. On the basis of its AIEE characteristics, a stable non-doped organic light-emitting diode was achieved, with high color purity and a remarkably low efficiency roll-off.     

Organic electroluminescence devices based on anthracene sulfide derivatives

A series of anthracene derivatives are synthesized and fabricated as light-emitting materials in OLED devices. The incorporation of the chalcogen atoms, either oxygen or sulfur, in between the anthracene moiety and the alkyl or aryl substituents affected drastically the photo- and electroluminescence properties of the materials, especially the HOMO-LUMO band gap and the emitting color of the devices. The new anthracene sulfide derivatives represent a new design for further modification of other light-emitting doped materials.     

Simple molecule-based fluorescent sensors for vapor detection of TNT

1,4-Diarylpentiptycenes (1a-e) were synthesized from 1,4-dichloro- or 1,4-difluoro-2,5-diarylbenzene derivatives by double base-promoted dehydrohalogenation to give corresponding arynes, which in the presence of anthracene undergo cycloaddition providing 1,4-diarylpentiptycenes in moderate overall yields. The resulting 1,4-diarylpentiptycenes show fluorescence modulated by the 1,4-aryl residues. The fluorescence is quenched in the presence of vapors of nitroaromatic compounds suggesting potential application in sensing of explosives.     

The peculiarities of the spectral luminescence properties of N-anthryl-substituted pyridinium cations

A structureless fluorescence band λ^max_f ≈ 530 nm) in liquid solution and a fluorescence band with vibrational structure (λ = 376–480 nm) in rigid media (ethanol, 77 K and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), 296 K) were observed for N-anthryl-substituted pyridinium cations. In liquid solution the long-wave fluorescence is attributed to the biradical structure resulting from the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from anthracene to the pyridinium ring, and the long-wave, low intensity absorption (and fluorescence excitation) band (λ=465 nm) is attributed to this interfragment PET which is weakly allowed by the torsional vibrations. In rigid media the PET is strongly forbidden (in the strict orthogonal pyridinium-anthracene structure) and radiative deactivation of the anthracene fragment is observed.     

Thermal and Optoelectronic Properties of Anthracene and Dibenz[a,c]Anthracene

The basic characteristics of anthracene(AN) and dibenz[a,c]anthracene(D[a,c]A) derivatives, important semiconductors, were systematically studied. Differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) shows that D[a,c]A has the reversibility of solid and liquid phases. Thermalgravimetric analysis(TGA) shows that D[a,c]A exhibits higher T_d(decomposition temperature), which indicates D[a,c]A, as active layers, should be more suitable to being made into stable devices. D[a,c]A shows blue-shifted UV-Vis absorption and emission despite increased conjugation compared to anthracene due to different symmetries. Both the compounds are planar and show weak blue fluorescence in the tetrahydrofuran(THF) solution and higher fluorescence in the solid-state, due to different energy levels in solution and solid-state, explained via Jablonski diagram.     

Synthesis of Anthracene Derivatives with Azaacene-Containing Iptycene Wings and the Utilization as a Dopant for Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Substituted acene derivatives are regarded as promising materials for organic electronic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In particular, anthracene derivatives are known to exhibit good fluorescence property, with the air stability and solubility in common organic solvents expected to give advantages for solution-processed device fabrication. In this study, a series of bistriisopropylsilyl(TIPS)ethynyl anthracene derivatives with azaacene-containing iptycene wings have been synthesized by using condensation reactions. Effects of size of azaacenes on optical properties and packing structures were investigated. UV/Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra indicate that the π-elongation of iptycene units has small effects on the overall π-system, which is also supported by electrochemical measurements. Secondly, single-crystal X-ray analysis implies that the molecules likely have interactions with the iptycene units of adjacent molecules, while the iptycene wings and TIPSethynyl groups can prevent the central anthracene unit from undesirable non-radiative energy loss. Finally, the most emissive derivative was used as a dopant for solution-processed OLEDs, showing obvious electroluminescence with a luminance of over 920 cd m⁻².     

9,10-二(4-烷氧基苯乙烯基)蒽衍生物的合成及其荧光性质

以蒽环为中心核,由中间体对烷氧基苯甲醛与9,10-二(亚甲基亚磷酸二甲酯)蒽通过Arbusov-Horner反应,合成了4个9,10-二(4-烷氧基苯乙烯基)蒽衍生物(4a～4d),其结构经1H NMR和FT-IR表征.对4的荧光性质进行了初步研究,结果表明:随着柔性链碳原子数目的增加,其荧光强度逐渐增强,4a～4d的最大荧光发射波长分别为525 nm,523 nm,517 nm和515 nm.     

用能量转移探测萘-蒽二元分子体系的构象变化

合成了一个带有末端取代的能量给体-萘和能量受体-蒽的开链冠醚（DSA）.吸收光谱表明两个发色团之间在基态时没有相互作用.选择性激发萘观察到萘的荧光强度下降, 同时伴随着蒽的发射增强, 表明发生了从萘至蒽的单重态-单重态能量转移.能量转移效率受溶剂极性的影响.可以认为在极性小的溶剂如苯中－OCH2CH2O－单元中的中心C－C键主要以反式存在,而在极性大的溶剂如乙腈中则以邻交叉式为主.因此,开链冠醚末端取代的萘和蒽之间的距离随着溶剂极性的增大,能量转移效率却随之降低.表明能量转移可以用于探测以柔性配体键连接的给体-受体体系在不同极性溶剂中的构象变化特性.     

Jet spectroscopy of anthracene-alkane complexes

The fluorescence excitation spectra are reported for complexes of anthracene with n-alkanes. The spectra have only weak low-frequency mode structure, which indicates that the complexation geometries are stable with respect to excitation of the anthracene host. At the 2:1 complexation level, the spectra indicate that the complexation geometry changes over from trans, which is favoured for short alkanes, to the cis form for alkanes longer than heptane. This behaviour is attributed to increased guest-guest interaction, which favours the formation of alkane dimers on the anthracene surface.