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Title: Study on Relationship Between Fluorescence Properties and Structure of Substituted 8-Hydroxyquinoline Zinc Complexes

Journal Article · · Journal of Fluorescence (Online)
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  1. Xihua University, Key Lab of Advanced Scientific Computation of Sichuan Province, Faculty of Science (China)

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) produced from 8-hydroxyquinoline metal complexes play a vital role in modern electroluminescent devices. In this manuscript, a series of 8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives were synthesized by different methods and their corresponding zinc metal complexes were prepared. The UV and fluorescence properties of the complexes were measured aiming to understand the effect of substituents at the quinoline ring on the fluorescence properties of the complexes. When the C-5 of 8-hydroxyquinoline was replaced by halogen group, the fluorescence emission wavelengths had been red-shifted, at the same time, blue-shifted of fluorescence emission wavelength was observed when the C-5 position of 8-hydroxyquinoline was substituted by electron-withdrawing group. When the C-4 position of 8-hydroxyquinolie was substituted by methyl or the C-5 position was substituted by sulfonic acid group, the corresponding zinc complexes had higher fluorescence intensity than 8-hydroxyquinolie zinc.

OSTI ID:
22795600
Journal Information:
Journal of Fluorescence (Online), Vol. 28, Issue 5; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2018 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature; http://www.springer-ny.com; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1573-4994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English