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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 58, Issue 18, Pages 12358-12364Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01948
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [NRF-2019R1A2C1009969, 2017R1D1A1B03031911]
- Basic Research Laboratory through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [2017R1A4A1015405]
- Nano Material Technology Development Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [NRF2016M3A7B4909246]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2017R1D1A1B03031911] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Novel carbazole-conjugated salen-In complexes (Cz1 and Cz2) were prepared and fully characterized by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The major low-energy absorption bands at lambda(abs) = 342 nm for Cz1 and 391 nm for Cz2, respectively, are assigned to typical intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) transitions between the carbazole unit and the salen-In center. The solvatochromism effects in various organic solvents and their large Stokes shift distinctly supported the ICT nature. The photoluminescent spectra of Cz1 and Cz2 showed broad emission bands are centered at 459 nm (blue, lambda(ex) = 354 nm) and 507 nm (green, lambda(ex) = 396 nm) in THF, respectively, which are typical feature of CT transitions. In particular, Cz1 showed 8-fold enhanced quantum efficiency relative to that of Cz2, at least 10-fold higher than those of the carbazole-free salen-In complexes. Such enhanced luminescence efficiency of Cz1 originated from efficient radiative decay based on the ICT transition between the salen-In moieties and carbazole parts, as well as its structural rigidity in conversion process between the ground (So) and excited (Si) states. In other words, Cz2 exhibited low quantum yield due to its structural fluctuation, which is free rotation of both the appended carbazole moieties and bridged phenylene rings in conversion between the So and Si structures. Theoretical calculations clearly supported these intriguing results. In addition, these salen-In complexes exhibited high thermal stability (T-dS = 367 degrees C for Cz1 and 406 degrees C for Cz2) and electrochemical stability.
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