Twisting strategy applied to N,N-diorganoquinacridones leads to organic chromophores exhibiting efficient solid-state fluorescence

A new molecular design of organic emitters exhibiting efficient solid-state fluorescence, which involves planarity breaking of N,N-diorganoquinacridones, is presented. The new design principle led to the development of dimethyl 2,5-diaminoterephthalates and 2,5-diamino-1,4-diaroylbenzenes, which emitted green to yellow and yellow to red light with high-to-excellent quantum yields, respectively. In addition, the photoluminescence properties of the diaroylbenzenes were dependent on the morphology and reversibly variable by thermal and solvent vapor stimuli. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.