Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1525999 | Materials Chemistry and Physics | 2009 | 5 Pages |
A novel blue-emissive Alq3 derivative, tris-(4-methyl-6-fluoro-8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (6), has been designed and prepared. Because the strong electronegative F atom at 6-position lowers the HOMO significantly and the weak electron-donating methyl group at 4-position retains the drop of the LUMO, the band gap of 6 is broadened, and a blue-shift by 53 nm of the emission peak (λem) with substantially enhanced intensity is demonstrated when compared to that of Alq3. It is also found that 6 possesses good thermal stability and solubility in common solvents. Through theoretical simulations of the frontier orbitals, it is disclosed that 6's λem can be blue-shifted further if methyl is replaced with a stronger electron-donating substituent, such as methoxy or N,N′-dimethylamino group.