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A robust single-molecule light-emitting diode (SM-LED) with high color purity, linear polarization, and efficiency tunability is prepared by covalently integrating one fluorescent molecule into nanogapped graphene electrodes. Furthermore, single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer from the electroluminescent center to different accepters is achieved through rational molecular engineering, enabling construction of a multicolor SM-LED. All these characterizations are accomplished in the photoelectrical integration system with high temporal/spatial/energy resolution, demonstrating the capability of the single-photon emission of SM-LEDs. The success in developing high-performance SM-LEDs inspires the development of the next generation of commercial display devices and promises a single-photon emitter for use in quantum computation and quantum communication.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
August 2025
School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, P.R. China.
Chiral single molecules that exhibit both thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) and room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) pose significant challenges, primarily due to their competitive luminescence mechanisms and the scarcity of studies on their applications in circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (CP-OLEDs). In this work, we develop a novel chiral emitter, CP-D3, with an axially chiral biphenyl segment selected as the chiral center. As a result, CP-D3 successfully exhibits both TADF and RTP properties with a high photoluminescence (PL) efficiency of 91%.
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July 2025
Surface and Interface Science Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Scanning the sharp metal tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) over a molecule allows for tuning the coupling between the tip plasmon and a molecular fluorescence emitter. This allows access to local variations in fluorescence field enhancement and wavelength shifts, which are central parameters for characterizing the plasmon-exciton coupling. Performing the same for phosphorescence with molecular-scale resolution remains a significant challenge.
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June 2025
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China.
Reported herein is the first example of iridium(III)-catalyzed C-H bond activation of phenols to construct phenothiazine-containing 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)azole-based π-conjugated luminescent materials. The novel phenothiazine-containing 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)azoles exhibit distinct white-light emission, which could be fabricated as low-cost and robust organic white-light-emitting diodes. Additionally, the doped system of phenothiazine-containing 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)azole@triphenylamine displays an ultralong lifetime and afterglow, which could be further used in encryption.
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May 2025
Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon,Hong Kong999077, China.
Organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials hold significant promise for applications in optoelectronics, information security, and bioimaging. Recently, significant progress has been made in RTP materials and vacuum-deposited organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices. However, the performance of solution-processed OLEDs is seriously lagging behind due to the lack of RTP molecular strategies that balance exciton stability and solution processability at the single-molecule scale.
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April 2025
Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, P. R. China.
Single-molecule emitters with dual thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) characteristics are very promising for application in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Rarely reported, organic dual-TADF materials, especially mechanochromic materials, are in demand. We present two donor-acceptor emitters, and , which exhibit dual-TADF in the solid state due to the separation of HOMO and LUMO and strong intermolecular interactions.
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