Polymerisable octahedral rhenium cluster complexes as precursors for photo/electroluminescent polymers

Efremova, Olga A.; Brylev, Konstantin A.; Kozlova, Olena; White, Matthew S.; Shestopalov, Michael A.; Kitamura, Noboru; Mironov, Yuri V.; Bauer, Siegfried; Sutherland, Andrew J.

Abstract

New polymerisable photoluminescent octahedral rhenium cluster complexes trans-[{Re₆Q₈}(TBP)₄VB)₂] (Q = S or Se; TBP – p-tert-butylpyridine; VB – vinyl benzoate) have been synthesised, characterised and used to construct rhe-nium cluster-organic polymer hybrid materials. These novel polymer systems are solution-processable and the rhenium clusters retain their photoluminescent properties within the polymer environment. Notably, when the rhenium cluster complexes are incorporated into the matrix of the electroluminescent polymer poly(N-vinylcarbazole), the resultant cluster polymer hybrid combined properties of both components and was used successfully in the construc-tion of a polymer light emitting diode (PLED). These prototype devices are the first PLEDs to incorporate octahedral rhenium clusters and provide the first direct evidence of the electroluminescent properties of rhenium clusters and indeed, to the best of our knowledge, of any member of the family of 24-electron hexanuclear cluster complexes of molybdenum, tungsten or rhenium.

Citation

Efremova, O. A., Brylev, K. A., Kozlova, O., White, M. S., Shestopalov, M. A., Kitamura, N., …Sutherland, A. J. (2014). Polymerisable octahedral rhenium cluster complexes as precursors for photo/electroluminescent polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2(40), 8630-8638. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc01643b

• Acceptance Date: Aug 31, 2014
• Publication Date: Oct 28, 2014
• Deposit Date: Aug 27, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Journal of materials chemistry C
• Print ISSN: 2050-7526
• Electronic ISSN: 2050-7534
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 40
• Pages: 8630-8638
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc01643b
• Keywords: Rhenium cluster complexes, Organic Polymers, Photoluminescence, Electroluminescence
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/378137
• Publisher URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/tc/c4tc01643b#!divAbstract
• Additional Information: Author's accepted manuscript of article published in: Journal of materials chemistry C, 2014, v.2, issue 40