Twisted penta‐Carbazole/Benzophenone Hybrid Compound as Multifunctional Organic Host,Dopant or Non‐doped Emitter for Highly Efficient Solution‐Processed Delayed Fluorescence OLEDs

A new multi‐functional penta‐carbazole/benzophenone hybrid compound 5CzBP was designed and synthesized through a simple one‐step catalyst‐free C—N coupling reaction by using 2,3,4,5,6‐pentafluorobenzophenone and carbazole as starting materials. 5CzBP is very soluble in tetrahydrofuran (THF), which brings an environmentally friendly device fabrication for solution‐processed OLEDs instead of most widely used chlorinated solvents when 5CzBP is employed as the bulk‐phase of organic host or non‐doped emitter in the emissive layer. 5CzBP exhibits thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) characteristic with relatively high triplet energy of 2.60 eV and a low ΔE_ST of 0.01 eV. By using the new TADF material as organic host for another green TADF emitter, maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 12.5% has been achieved in simple solution‐processed OLED device. Besides, a maximum EQE of 8.9% and 5.7% was further obtained in TADF devices based on 5CzBP as dopant and non‐doped emitter, respectively. The simultaneously acting as efficient TADF host and non‐doped TADF emitter provides the potential guidance of the future simple single‐layer two‐color white OLEDs based on low‐cost pure organic TADF materials.     

Dynamic Visualization of Free Radicals at Single Oxygen Bubbles using Chemiluminescence

The generation of free radicals is a key process in the formation and the collapse of the bubbles in water, however, the direct and dynamic observation of the radicals in this process at single bubbles has never been achieved. Here, the hydroxyl (OH^.) and oxygen (O₂^.−) radicals at single oxygen bubbles are continuously traced using chemiluminescence (CL), in which these radicals at the bubble react with the surrounding luminol in the solution emitting the light. Varied increase trends of luminescence are observed in the generation of a bubble, floating, short parking at the water/air interface and the final explosion, revealing the complexity in the distribution of radicals at the bubble unprecedentedly. Despite more radicals are observed at the bubble generated at a deep position under the water for the stabilization, almost the same amount of radicals are included in the bubbles that is independent on the water pressure during the production of the bubble. This rich information collected from the dynamic study of bubbles illustrates the complicated generation and distribution process of radicals at the bubbles, and will facilitate the understanding of the function about the bubbles.     

吡哌酸的固体表面-延迟荧光法研究

研究了吡哌酸(PPA)的同体表面-延迟荧光特征,实验表明Be(Ⅱ)、Mg(Ⅱ)、Ca(Ⅱ)、Sr(Ⅱ)、Ba(Ⅱ)及Zn(Ⅱ)、Cd(Ⅱ)、La(Ⅲ)等无机盐能显著增强PPA的固体表面-延迟荧光(SS-DF).pH值对PPA的SS-DF有显著影响。寿命测量结果表明,在固体表面PPA是以双指数衰减的,同时测量了PPA的低温光谱,在本文选择的条件下,PPA分析曲线的线性范围为1.8～1800ng/斑点。     

Nido‐Carboranes: Donors for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence

An approach to the design of nido‐carborane‐based luminescent compounds that can exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) is proposed. 7,8‐Dicarba‐nido‐undecaboranes (nido‐carboranes) having various 8‐R groups (R=H, Me, i‐Pr, Ph) are appended to the meta or para position of the phenyl ring of the dimesitylphenylborane (PhBMes₂) acceptor, forming donor–acceptor compounds (nido‐ m1 – m4 and nido‐ p1 – p4 ). The bulky 8‐R group and meta substitution of the nido‐carborane are essential to attain a highly twisted arrangement between the donor and acceptor moieties, leading to a very small energy splitting between the singlet and triplet excited states (ΔE_ST <0.05 eV for nido‐ m2 , ‐ m3 , and ‐ p3 ). These compounds exhibit efficient TADF with microsecond‐range lifetimes. In particular, nido‐ m2 and ‐ m3 display aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) with TADF properties.     

Investigation of thermal evolution of nanodomain structures in nonlinear barium sodium niobate crystals

By the 90°elastic light scattering investigation and far field observation in the range of 20-800℃,the relation between behavior of light scattering anomalies and evolution of nanodomain structures in lattice of barium sodium niobate(Ba2NaNb5O15,BSN)crystal was clarified.The correlation between anomalies on the temperature curves of the elastic light scattering intensity and temperature transformations of nanodomains was studied by X-ray and electron microscope methods.Phase transition near 500℃ and movement in field of scattering light could be explained by appearance of a new incommensurate phase.     

Mechanism of singlet-oxygen induced delayed fluorescence of bacteriopheophytin in laser excitation

The relative intensity of photosensitized phosphorescence of singlet oxygen (¹O₂) at 1270 nm (L₁₂₇₀) and¹O₂-induced delayed fluorescence (L_df) of bacteriopheophytin a (BPh) (770 nm) in air-saturated solutions of BPh in hexafluorobenzene in excitation by 337-nm pulses of a nitrogen laso is investigated. It is established that L_df≪L₁₂₇₀. The ratio of the initial intensity of delayed fluorescence and phosphorescence of¹O₂(L_df)₀/(L₁₂₇₀)₀ changed from 0.02 to 0.30 as a function of the energies of laser pulses (2.5–5.0 mJ/cm¹) and the BPh concentration (6–18 μM). As the index of quantum efficiency of the delayed fluorescence, the authors used the coefficient

Initial operation at liquid-helium temperature of the M =2270 kg Al 5056 gravitational-wave antenna of the Rome group

Summary We report on the cooling at liquid-helium temperature of our 2270 kg 5056 Al bar at CERN. The liquid-helium container had been filled up to 1500 liters ensuring to keep the antenna cold for more than one month. The antenna is equipped with a resonant capacitive transducer operating at constant electrical charge with a FET low-noise amplifier. The transducer is tuned to the antenna within less than I Hz and the two normal-mode frequencies are ν₋=908.160 Hz and ν₊=924.234 Hz with an applied electrical field in the transducer of 10⁶ V/m. The corresponding overall merit factors areQ ₋=5.20·10⁶ andQ ₊=7.25·10⁶. The transducer has been tested up to an electrical field of 6·10⁶ V/m: in this condition we have βQ≈10⁴. The antenna has been in operation for several weeks giving, for the Brownian noise, values in agreement with the calculated values. We report also on the results of tests performed on a DC SQUID, whose input was connected to a commercial capacitor via a transformer with turn ratio of 1000. Supported in part by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.     

Delayed breakdown diode and its optimal design for solid state picosecond closing switch

We study a Si-based diode with a p⁺nn⁺ structure for picosecond semiconductor closing switch and discuss the physical process, which underlies the operation principle of high-power closing switch based on a delayed breakdown diode (DBD). From the results of numerical simulations and theoretical analysis, single device has demonstrated reliable operation at 2.3 kV, 89 ps risetime, and high output dV/dt(30 kV/ns). As a contribution to the optimal design, some conclusions about trade-off are drawn by changing structure parameters and physical parameters.     

Atomic force microscopy study of surface morphology change in spinel LiMn2O4: Possibility of direct observation of Jahn-Teller instability

Surface morphology in 3.5 × 3.5 μm² area of spinel LiMn₂O₄, which is a typical cathode material for Li ion secondary batteries, is studied using an atomic force microscopy (AFM) with a conductive probe. Negative bias voltage is applied to the probe to attract Li⁺ ions toward LiMn₂O₄ surface during the AFM observation. Before applying the voltage (0 V), the whole LiMn₂O₄ surface is covered with scale-shaped grains. Under the negative voltage of 5.5 V, electric current abruptly increases, indicating Li⁺ ionic conduction. Simultaneously, part of the scale-shaped grains expand and flatten. Jahn-Teller phase transition, which is induced by the repulsive interaction between the Mn-e_g and O-2p electrons in Li accumulated layer, is proposed as a possible origin of these results.     

基于HI-13串列加速器在束γ终端原子核激发态寿命测量的核结构研究

利用在HI-13串列加速器的在束γ终端上建立的多普勒线移衰减法、反冲距离多普勒线移法和快时间延迟符合法等3种寿命测量方法,开展了原子核手征对称性、磁转动等核结构热点课题的研究工作。实验结果表明,130Cs的伙伴带具有很好的手征特性,而106Ag的候选带并非手征双带。根据测量的能级寿命提取的B（M1）值表明,106Ag的正宇称晕带和107Ag的正、负宇称晕带都具有典型的磁转动特性。此外,寿命测量数据还为解释和理解不同的同位素链中展现出的形状演化、形状共存、形状相变及临界点对称性等物理现象提供了有价值的实验证据。 The significance and principle of lifetime measurements of excited states in nuclei are briefly described. By using the recoil-distance Doppler-shift method, the Doppler-shift attenuation method, and the fast-timing technique established at the in-beam γ terminal of HI-13 tandem accelerator, nuclear structure studies on topical subjects including chiral symmetries and magnetic rotation have been performed. Our experimental results indicate that 130Cs shows better chiral characteristics, however, the two candidate bands of 106Ag could not be a pair of chiral doublet bands. For magnetic rotation, the deduced B(M1) values deduced from the measured level lifetimes clearly demonstrate that the yrast positive-parity band in 106Ag and both the yrast positiveand negative-parity bands in 107Ag are magnetic rotation bands. In addition, our lifetime measurement data also provide valuable experimental evidences for the interpretation and understanding of the shape evolution, the shape coexistence, and the critical-point symmetries of shape phase transition in the different isotope chains.