Linking design and properties of purine-based donor–acceptor chromophores as optoelectronic materials

Collier, Graham S.; Brown, Lauren A.; Boone, Evan S.; Kaushal, Meesha; Ericson, Milton Nance; Walter, Michael G.; Long, Brian K.; Kilbey, S. Michael

doi:10.1039/c7tc01835e

Title: Linking design and properties of purine-based donor–acceptor chromophores as optoelectronic materials

Journal Article · Mon Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc01835e· OSTI ID:1649656

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Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Creating new building blocks for donor–acceptor conjugated systems is an important task for continued development of materials for organic electronics. Here, purines were introduced into small-molecule π-conjugated systems via Stille cross-coupling using stannylated derivatives of benzodithiophene, thiophene, or dithienylbenzothiadiazole to generate a series of “purine–π–purine” chromophores having high thermal stability, long excited-state lifetimes, and high quantum yields. Photophysical and electrochemical property characterization indicate that depending on the choice of a conjugated bridging unit, purines behave as either an electron-donating or an electron-accepting unit in these small-molecule donor–acceptor chromophores. Specifically, while purine chromophores do not exhibit charge transfer character when linked to a thiophene unit, purinyl units act as a weak acceptor when coupled with benzodithiophene and as a weak donor when coupled with dithienylbenzothiadiazole. In addition to fundamental insights into the molecular design of purine-based chromophores and their charge-transfer character, the results and synthetic tailorability of purines suggest that they may be compelling building blocks in conjugated materials for optical and electronic devices and sensors.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; US Army Research Office (ARO)

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; W911NF-14-1-0153

OSTI ID:: 1649656

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 5, Issue 27; ISSN 2050-7526

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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