Chiral approach to investigate mechanism of highly efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Feb 18;57(14):1738-1741. doi: 10.1039/d0cc08064k. Epub 2021 Feb 5.

Abstract

A chiral chromophore with thermally activated delayed fluorescence characteristics is designed. A model describing vibrations of the dihedral angle between donor and acceptor units allowed at room temperature explains the enhanced fluorescence rate of the molecule, including a nearly 100% photoluminescence quantum yield and the absence of circularly polarized emission characteristics from enantiomers of the chromophore.