Saturated red light emission from organic light emitting diodes is less common than emission in the green or the blue. Most organic red light emitting devices are based on rare earth complexes, mainly europium, which are known to exhibit stability problems. The present article describes new diodes made of indium tin oxide-coated glass/triphenylene hexaether/perylene tetraester/aluminum. The band diagram was determined by ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, scanning tunneling microscopy, and absorbance measurements. The interfaces between electrodes and organic layers were investigated by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The current–voltage and luminance–voltage characteristics are very reproducible from device to device, with an emission peak at 620 nm and a full width at half maximum of 80 nm, a current rectification ratio of about 30, I∼V2 at low voltages and I∼Lum∼V6 at higher voltages.

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The present work describes the synthesis of difluoro‐boradiazaindacenes (Bodipy) functionalized at the central 8‐position by phenylamino moieties easily transformable into phenyl amide scaffoldings. Molecules carrying three linear or branched chains were prepared and characterized. An X‐ray crystal structure for the pivotal trimethoxyphenyl‐Bodipy derivative was determined, and the packing is discussed in terms of molecular interactions; a key feature for the formation of thin films. All of the dyes are thermally stable up to 170 °C but no liquid‐crystalline phases are observed. Reversible reduction and oxidation processes occur around +0.97 and −1.34 V, respectively, versus saturated calomel electrode in solution and the electroactivity and photoluminescence are maintained in thin films produced by vacuum evaporation. Interestingly, two distinct emissions are observed at 550 and 635 nm by electroluminescence of the trimethoxyphenyl‐Bodipy derivative, corresponding to the luminescence of isolated molecules and dimers, respectively. Doping Alq3 films with this Bodipy molecule by vacuum evaporation produces organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) in which very efficient energy transfer from the Alq3 matrix to the Bodipy occurs by a resonance mechanism involving the first Bodipy excited state. Yellow light (550 nm, 344 cd m−2 at 15 V) is emitted at low doping concentration (7 mol %), whereas red light (635 nm, 125 cd m−2 at 15 V) is emitted at higher concentration (19 mol %). Dispersion of the Bodipy into a fluorescent poly(N‐vinylcarbazole) polymer (PVK) (≈3 mol % per repeating unit of PVK) by solution processing exclusively produces yellow emission owing to the isolated Bodipyfluorophore (550 nm, 213 cd m−2 at 15 V). The second excited state of the Bodipy dye is likely involved during energy transfer from the PVK matrix.

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2-Phenyl-benzoxazole and five derivatives bearing an alkyl or alkoxy substituent on the phenyl ring were used to prepare aqueous suspensions of particles via a solvent-exchange method. In these conditions, the methyl and methoxy derivatives spontaneously gave nanofibers, while the other compounds led to microcrystals. This shows that minor chemical changes are enough to direct the formation of a given type of particle. From a spectroscopic viewpoint, all compounds strongly emit blue light in the solid state, with spectra much broader than those registered in n-heptane and ethanol solutions. The photoluminescence quantum yields reached 38% and were slightly affected in aqueous suspension by the polarity of the environment. The molecular arrangement, deduced from X-ray analysis for the methyl and methoxy derivatives, was used to explain the fluorescence properties in the solid state. This work shows that 2-phenyl-benzoxazole derivatives are interesting candidates for applications as fluorescent nanomaterials, including in aqueous and biological media.

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