IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v10y2019i1d10.1038_s41467-019-11749-x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Enabling long-lived organic room temperature phosphorescence in polymers by subunit interlocking

Author

Listed:
  • Suzhi Cai

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Huili Ma

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Huifang Shi

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • He Wang

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Xuan Wang

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Leixin Xiao

    (Nanjing University)

  • Wenpeng Ye

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Kaiwei Huang

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Xudong Cao

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Nan Gan

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Chaoqun Ma

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Mingxing Gu

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Lulu Song

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Hai Xu

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Youtian Tao

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Chunfeng Zhang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Wei Yao

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Zhongfu An

    (Nanjing Tech University)

  • Wei Huang

    (Nanjing Tech University
    Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)
    Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications)

Abstract

Long-lived room temperature phosphorescence (LRTP) is an attractive optical phenomenon in organic electronics and photonics. Despite the rapid advance, it is still a formidable challenge to explore a universal approach to obtain LRTP in amorphous polymers. Based on the traditional polyethylene derivatives, we herein present a facile and concise chemical strategy to achieve ultralong phosphorescence in polymers by ionic bonding cross-linking. Impressively, a record LRTP lifetime of up to 2.1 s in amorphous polymers under ambient conditions is set up. Moreover, multicolor long-lived phosphorescent emission can be procured by tuning the excitation wavelength in single-component polymer materials. These results outline a fundamental principle for the construction of polymer materials with LRTP, endowing traditional polymers with fresh features for potential applications.

Suggested Citation

  • Suzhi Cai & Huili Ma & Huifang Shi & He Wang & Xuan Wang & Leixin Xiao & Wenpeng Ye & Kaiwei Huang & Xudong Cao & Nan Gan & Chaoqun Ma & Mingxing Gu & Lulu Song & Hai Xu & Youtian Tao & Chunfeng Zhang, 2019. "Enabling long-lived organic room temperature phosphorescence in polymers by subunit interlocking," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-11749-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11749-x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11749-x
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-019-11749-x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Liang Gao & Jiayue Huang & Lunjun Qu & Xiaohong Chen & Ying Zhu & Chen Li & Quanchi Tian & Yanli Zhao & Chaolong Yang, 2023. "Stepwise taming of triplet excitons via multiple confinements in intrinsic polymers for long-lived room-temperature phosphorescence," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Xiaokang Yao & Huili Ma & Xiao Wang & He Wang & Qian Wang & Xin Zou & Zhicheng Song & Wenyong Jia & Yuxin Li & Yufeng Mao & Manjeet Singh & Wenpeng Ye & Jian Liang & Yanyun Zhang & Zhuang Liu & Yixiao, 2022. "Ultralong organic phosphorescence from isolated molecules with repulsive interactions for multifunctional applications," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    3. Kaijun Chen & Yongfeng Zhang & Yunxiang Lei & Wenbo Dai & Miaochang Liu & Zhengxu Cai & Huayue Wu & Xiaobo Huang & Xiang Ma, 2024. "Twofold rigidity activates ultralong organic high-temperature phosphorescence," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    4. Huai Chen & Mingyang Wei & Yantao He & Jehad Abed & Sam Teale & Edward H. Sargent & Zhenyu Yang, 2022. "Germanium silicon oxide achieves multi-coloured ultra-long phosphorescence and delayed fluorescence at high temperature," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    5. Juan Wei & Chenyuan Liu & Jiayu Duan & Aiwen Shao & Jinlu Li & Jiangang Li & Wenjie Gu & Zixian Li & Shujuan Liu & Yun Ma & Wei Huang & Qiang Zhao, 2023. "Conformation-dependent dynamic organic phosphorescence through thermal energy driven molecular rotations," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    6. Jingxuan You & Xin Zhang & Qinying Nan & Kunfeng Jin & Jinming Zhang & Yirong Wang & Chunchun Yin & Zhiyong Yang & Jun Zhang, 2023. "Aggregation-regulated room-temperature phosphorescence materials with multi-mode emission, adjustable excitation-dependence and visible-light excitation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-11749-x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.