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Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Organic Electronics

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Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) represents the differential emission of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light, which gives information of the excited states of the chiral systems. Because of the combination of specific helical chirality and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), most helicenes show CPL properties. And supramolecular structures self-assembled by helicenes give relatively higher g lum values than single helicenes. Due to the good thermal and chemical stability, strong intensity and good quantum yields of fluorescence or phosphorescence, helicenes with π-conjugated skeletons are also good candidates for organic electronics. Especially, it was found that helicenes, aza[6]helicene and boron-embedded [4]helicenes can be used as emitting materials in organic light emitting diodes, while thiahelicenes, azaborahelicene, and highly contorted PAH bearing four [4]helicene and two [5]helicene units can be applied in organic field-effect transistor devices. In addition, some helicenes are also utilized in the organic photovoltaic devices, optical waveguides, and organic spintronic devices.

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Chen, CF., Shen, Y. (2017). Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Organic Electronics. In: Helicene Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53168-6_12

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