fluorescence

Modification by Fluorine as Efficient Tool for the Enhancement of the Performance of Organic Electroactive Compounds – A Review

Functionalization of organic semiconductors with fluorine atoms and fluorine-containing groups can give rise to a wide variety of properties, for example, increase the rate of electron transport, induce harvesting of non-emissive triplet excitons through thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) or room temperature phosphorescence (RTP), improve photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) by forming multiple intra- and intermolecular interactions, and increase solution- processabitily of the compounds, therefore, lowering the cost of device fabrication.

WATER-DISPERSED FLUORESCENCE NANOMATERIALS BASED ON BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES

Water-dispersed fluorescence nanomaterials based on boron nitride nanotubes and grafted copolymer brushes (poly(acrylic acid-co-fluorescein acrylate) were successfully fabricated in a two-step process. The functionalization of BNNTs was confirmed by spectroscopic, gravimetric and imaging techniques. In contrast to “pure” BNNTs, functionalized BNNTs demonstrate intense green fluorescence emission at 520 nm. The developed hybrid structure can potentially be used for cellular imaging, as “smart” surfaces, nanotransducers and nanocarriers.