Polymerizable cationic iridium(III) complexes exhibiting color tunable light emission and their corresponding conducting metallopolymers

Cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes have been synthesized for use in a variety of photophysical applications, including polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs). A series of new complexes with one electrochemically polymerizable ligand and two phenylpyridine(ppy)-based ligands have been prepared: [Ir(ppy)2L][PF6](1), [Ir(F-mppy)2L][PF6](2), and [Ir(Br-mppy)2L][PF6](3), where L = 3,8-bis(2,2′-bithien-5-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline. The ancillary ppy ligands can be easily varied synthetically to tune emission color of the monomer from blue–green to red. The solid state structure of complex 1 has been obtained by single crystal X-ray crystallography. Conducting polymer materials have been prepared by electropolymerization of monomers and were characterized through XPS analysis and spectroscopic studies.

A new series of cationic cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes with an electropolymerizable ligand and two phenylpyridine(ppy)-based ligands have been synthesized and characterized. These complexes exhibit color tunable photophysical properties and can be easily electropolymerized into conducting metallopolymers.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide