Effect of Different Substitutions at the 1,7-Bay Positions of Perylenediimide Dyes on Their Optical and Laser Properties

Perylenediimide (PDI) compounds are widely used as the active units of thin-film organic lasers. Lately, PDIs bearing two sterically hindering diphenylphenoxy groups at the 1,7-bay positions have received attention because they provide a way to red-shift the emission with respect to bayunsubstituted...

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Autores: Zink Lorre, Nathalie, Ramírez, Manuel G., Pla, Sara, Boj, Pedro G., Quintana, José A., Villalvilla, José M., Sastre-Santos, Ángela, Fernández-Lázaro, Fernando, Díaz-García, María A.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositório:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/31043
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11000/31043
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28196776
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:perylenediimides
amplified spontaneous emission
photoluminescence
organic lasers
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Resumo:Perylenediimide (PDI) compounds are widely used as the active units of thin-film organic lasers. Lately, PDIs bearing two sterically hindering diphenylphenoxy groups at the 1,7-bay positions have received attention because they provide a way to red-shift the emission with respect to bayunsubstituted PDIs, while maintaining a good amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) performance at high doping rates. Here, we report the synthesis of a series of six PDI derivatives with different aryloxy groups (PDI 6 to PDI 10) or ethoxy groups (PDI 11) at the 1,7 positions of the PDI core, together with a complete characterization of their optical properties, including absorption, photoluminescence, and ASE.We aim to stablish structure-property relationships that help designing compounds with optimized ASE performance. Film experiments were accomplished at low PDI concentrations in the film, to resemble the isolated molecule behaviour, and at a range of increasing doping rates, to investigate concentration quenching effects. Compounds PDI 10 and PDI 7, bearing substituents in the 20 positions of the benzene ring (the one contiguous to the linking oxygen atom) attached to the 1,7 positions of the PDI core, have shown a better threshold performance, which is attributed to conformational (steric) effects. Films containing PDI 11 show dual ASE.