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Molecular designs offer fast exciton conversion

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Two independent studies report new organic compounds that offer record rates of reverse intersystem crossing between triplet and singlet excited states. The result is sky-blue organic light-emitting diodes with improved efficiency, stability and reduced efficiency roll-off.

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Fig. 1: Schematics of the chemical structure and energy states of the emitters.

S. Diesing and D. Chen

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Zysman-Colman, E. Molecular designs offer fast exciton conversion. Nat. Photonics 14, 593–594 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-020-0696-8

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