Abstract
Single crystals of furan/phenylene co-oligomers are among the most promising highly-emissive materials for applications in various optoelectronic devices. In this work, we synthesized and studied furan/phenylene co-oligomers with the same conjugated core 1,4-bis(5-phenylfuran-2-yl)benzene and methyl substituents at p- and m-positions of the terminal phenyls. The effect of substituents on the crystal packing, charge transport and luminescence of the single crystals was studied. Compared to the unsubstituted compound, the methyl-substituted co-oligomers demonstrated improved thermostability and enhanced photoluminescence, which we assign to J-aggregation resulting from the strong inclination of the molecules against the main crystal facet. The charge mobility in single crystal organic field-effect transistors decreased upon the inclination of the molecules. We conclude that the molecular tilt angle, intermolecular distances and interactions in crystals of heteroaryl-containing linear conjugated oligomers can be controlled by the introduction of end methyl groups in the appropriate positions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1809-1815 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | CrystEngComm |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Apr 2017 |
Keywords
- FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS
- SOLID-STATE ORDER
- PACKING
- DERIVATIVES
- EMISSION
- MOBILITY
- FILM
OECD FOS+WOS
- 1.04.FI CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
- 1.04 CHEMICAL SCIENCES