Round up: A fully conjugated cyclododeca‐2,7‐carbazole is prepared around a porphyrin template and the corresponding empty macrocycle then released. Single molecules could be visualized by STM (see image) and their arrangement by atomic force microscopy. The macrocycles self‐assemble into a hexagonal array of columns. Efficient energy transfer occurs from the peripheral carbazole π system to the central porphyrin core.
A new series of highly efficient red‐emitting phosphorescent Ir(III) complexes, (Et‐CVz‐PhQ)2Ir(pic‐N‐O), (Et‐CVz‐PhQ)2Ir(pic), (Et‐CVz‐PhQ)2Ir(acac), (EO‐CVz‐PhQ)2Ir(pic‐N‐O), (EO‐CVz‐PhQ)2Ir(pic), and (EO‐CVz‐PhQ)2Ir(acac), based on carbazole (CVz)‐phenylquinoline (PhQ) main ligands and picolinic acid N‐oxide (pic‐N‐O), picolinic acid (pic), and acetylacetone (acac) ancillary ligands, are synthesized for phosphorescent organic light‐emitting diodes (PhOLEDs), and their photophysical, electrochemical, and electroluminescent (EL) properties are investigated. All of the Ir(III) complexes have high thermal stability and emit an intense red light with an excellent color purity at CIE coordinates of (0.65,0.34). Remarkably, high‐performance solution‐processable PhOLEDs were fabricated using Ir(III) complexes with a pic‐N‐O ancillary ligand with a maximum external quantum efficiency (5.53%) and luminance efficiency (8.89 cd A−1). The novel use of pic‐N‐O ancillary ligand in the synthesis of phosphorescent materials is reported. The performance of PhOLEDs using these Ir(III) complexes correlates well with the results of density functional theory calculations.
Networked SnO(2) nanowire sensors were achieved using the selective growth of SnO(2) nanowires and their tangling ability, particularly on on-chip V-groove structures, in an effort to overcome the disadvantages imposed on the conventional trench-structured SnO(2) nanowire sensors. The sensing performance of the V-groove-structured SnO(2) nanowire sensors was highly dependent on the geometrical dimension of the groove, being superior to those of their conventional trench-structured counterparts. Pt nanoparticles were decorated on the surface of the networked SnO(2) nanowires via γ-ray radiolysis to enhance the sensing performances of the V-groove sensors whose V-groove widths had been optimized. The V-groove-structured Pt-nanoparticle-decorated SnO(2) nanowire sensors exhibited outstanding and reliable sensing capabilities towards toluene and nitrogen dioxide gases, indicating their potential for use as a platform for chemical gas sensors.
γ-ray radiolysis is applied to synthesizing Pd nanodots on networked SnO(2) nanowires. The growth behavior of Pd nanodots is systematically investigated as a function of the precursor concentration, illumination intensity, and exposure time of the γ-rays. These factors greatly influence the growth behavior of the Pd nanodots. Selectively grown networked SnO(2) nanowires are uniformly functionalized with Pd nanodots by the radiolysis process. The NO(2) sensing characteristics of the Pd-functionalized SnO(2) nanowires are compared with those of bare SnO(2) nanowires. The results indicate that γ-ray radiolysis is an attractive means of functionalizing the surface of oxide nanowires with catalytic Pd nanodots. Moreover, the Pd-functionalization greatly enhances the sensitivity and response time in SnO(2) nanowire-based gas sensors.
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