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A new pH sensitive fluorescent and white light emissive material through controlled intermolecular charge transfer.

ABSTRACT: A new, pH dependent and water-soluble, conjugated oligomer (amino, trimethylammonium oligophenylene vinylene, ATAOPV) was synthesized with a quaternary ammonium salt and an aromatic amine at the two ends of a π-conjugated oligomer, thus creating a strong dipole across the molecule. A unique white light LED is successfully fabricated from a stimuli responsive organic molecule whose emission properties are dominated by the pH value of the solution through controlled intermolecular charge transfer.

SUBMITTER: Park YI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5592806 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A new pH sensitive fluorescent and white light emissive material through controlled intermolecular charge transfer.

Park Y I YI Postupna O O Zhugayevych A A Shin H H Park Y-S YS Kim B B Yen H-J HJ Cheruku P P Martinez J S JS Park J W JW Tretiak S S Wang H-L HL

Chemical science 20140910 1

A new, pH dependent and water-soluble, conjugated oligomer (amino, trimethylammonium oligophenylene vinylene, <b>ATAOPV</b>) was synthesized with a quaternary ammonium salt and an aromatic amine at the two ends of a π-conjugated oligomer, thus creating a strong dipole across the molecule. A unique white light LED is successfully fabricated from a stimuli responsive organic molecule whose emission properties are dominated by the pH value of the solution through controlled intermolecular charge tr ...[more]

PMID: 28936321

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A new pH sensitive fluorescent and white light emissive material through controlled intermolecular charge transfer.

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A new pH sensitive fluorescent and white light emissive material through controlled intermolecular charge transfer.

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