Layer-by-layer assembly of long-afterglow self-supporting thin films with dual-stimuli-responsive phosphorescence and antiforgery applications

The assembly of thin films (TFs) having long-lasting luminescence can be expected to play an important role in the development of new-generation smart sensors,anti-counterfeiting materials,and information-encryption systems.However,such films are limited compared with their powder and solution counterparts.In this study,by exploiting the self-organization of phosphors in the two-dimensional (2D) galleries between clay nanosheets,we developed a method for the ordered assembly of long-afterglow TFs by utilizing a hydrogen-bonding layer-by-layer (LBL) process.Compared with the pristine powder,the TFs exhibit high polarization and up-conversion room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP),as well as enhanced quantum yields and luminescence lifetimes,allowing them to be used as room-temperature phosphorescent sensors for humidity and oxygen.Moreover,modified day-based hybrids with multicolor RTP can serve as anti-counterfeiting marks and triple-mode 2D barcode displays.We anticipate that the LBL assembly process can be extended to the fabrication of other inorganic-organic room-temperature phosphorescent hybrids with smart luminescent sensor and antiforgery applications.     

A comparison of local phosphorescence detection and fluid dynamic gauging methods for studying the removal of cohesive fouling layers: Effect of layer roughness

The performance of industrial cleaning in place (CIP) procedures is critically important for food manufacture. CIP has yet to be optimised for many processes, in part since the mechanisms involved in cleaning are not fully understood. Laboratory tests have an important role in guiding industrial trials, and this paper introduces and compares two experimental techniques developed for studying CIP mechanisms: local phosphorescence detection (LPD), and scanning fluid dynamic gauging (sFDG).To illustrate the comparison, each technique is used to investigate the influence of soil topology on the cleaning of pre-gelatinised starch-based layers from stainless steel (SS 316) substrates by aqueous NaOH solutions at ambient temperature. The roughness of the soil surface is varied by incorporating zinc sulphide particles with different particle size distributions (range 1–80 μm) into the starch suspensions. The soil roughness increased with the use of larger particles, increasing the 3D arithmetic mean roughness (S_a) of the dry layers (range 0.37–3.33 μm). Rough layers were cleaned more readily than those containing small inclusions, with a good correlation between the cleaning rates observed during LPD and FDG measurements. The LPD technique, which is an instrumented CIP test, gives a better indication of the cleaning time, while sFDG measurements provide further insight into the removal mechanisms.     

New host materials based on fluorene and benzimidazole units for efficient solution-processed green phosphorescent OLEDs

New green host materials 1-(9,9-diphenyl-9H-fluorene-2-yl)-2-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole and 1-(9,9′-spirobifluorene-2-yl)-2-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole for solution-processed green phosphorescent organic light-emitting devices have been designed and synthesized by attaching the electron transporting benzimidazole units to the rigid fluorene units. Owing to the non-planar structures, which decrease the π conjugation length of fluorene and benzimidazole rings, these fluorene derived derivatives show high triplet energy. The high triplet energy of newly host materials ensures efficient energy transfer from the host to the triplet emitter tris(2-phenylpyridine)iridium. Furthermore, the thermal, photophysical, electrochemical properties and crystal structures of 1-(9,9-diphenyl-9H-fluorene-2-yl)-2-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole and 1-(9,9′-spirobifluorene-2-yl)-2-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole were investigated. The solution-processed single-layer green device using 1-(9,9-diphenyl-9H-fluorene-2-yl)-2-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole as the host for the phosphorescence emitter tris(2-phenylpyridine)iridium showed the maximum luminance efficiencies of 10.1 cd/A. This result demonstrated that the newly synthesized, fluorene-based rigid host materials are advantageous for fabrication of highly efficient green phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes.     

A Bipolar Host Material Containing Triphenylamine and Diphenylphosphoryl‐Substituted Fluorene Units for Highly Efficient Blue Electrophosphorescence

Highly efficient blue electrophosphorescent organic light‐emitting diodes incorporating a bipolar host, 2,7‐bis(diphenylphosphoryl)‐9‐[4‐(N,N‐diphenylamino)phenyl]‐9‐phenylfluorene (POAPF), doped with a conventional blue triplet emitter, iridium(III) bis[(4,6‐difluoro‐phenyl)pyridinato‐N,C^2´]picolinate (FIrpic) are fabricated. The molecular architecture of POAPF features an electron‐donating (p‐type) triphenylamine group and an electron‐accepting (n‐type) 2,7‐bis(diphenyl‐phosphoryl)fluorene segment linked through the sp³‐hybridized C9 position of the fluorene unit. The lack of conjugation between these p‐ and n‐type groups endows POAPF with a triplet energy gap (E_T) of 2.75 eV, which is sufficiently high to confine the triplet excitons on the blue‐emitting guest. In addition, the built‐in bipolar functionality facilitates both electron and hole injection. As a result, a POAPF‐based device doped with 7 wt% FIrpic exhibits a very low turn‐on voltage (2.5 V) and high electroluminescence efficiencies (20.6% and 36.7 lm W^?1). Even at the practical brightnesses of 100 and 1000 cd m^?2, the efficiencies remain high (20.2%/33.8 lm W^?1 and 18.8%/24.3 lm W^?1, respectively), making POAPF a promising material for use in low‐power‐consumption devices for next‐generation flat‐panel displays and light sources.     

meta-Linked spirobifluorene/phosphine oxide hybrids as host materials for deep blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes

This study investigated the use of a novel modification in molecular design to get two new electron-transport host materials, SF3PO and BSF3PO. By linking the phosphine oxide moieties at meta-position of spirobifluorene rings, higher triplet energies could be easily achieved for these two new materials. The steric spirobifluorene structures could guarantee their good thermal stabilities. According to these properties, their applications as host materials for deep blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) were explored. As expected, the deep blue emitting devices with Ir-complex FIr6 as phosphorescent dopants and SF3PO and BSF3PO as hosts had been fabricated and showed high efficiency of 28.5 and 22.0 cd/A, respectively, which were significantly higher than that of the para-linked analogue SPPO1.     

Synthesis, Characterization and Luminescence Properties of Rare Earth Complexes with Bis （Pyridinyl-Amide）

A ligand, N^1, N^4-di （ pyridin-2-yl ） succi- namide （L） and its lanthanide（ IH ） complexes （RE = La, Eu, Tb, Gd, Yb ） were synthesized and characterized in detail. The results indicate that the composition of the binary complexes is determined as [ REL （H2O）2（NO3）2] NO3, that the complexes are 1 ： 1 electrolytes in DMF, and that the Tb^3＋ complex has brightly green fluorescence in a solid state. At the same time, the energy levels of the excited triplet states for the six ligands were determined to be 22989 -1 cm . The fact that the ligand sensitize Tb^3＋ complexes was explained by the relative energy gap between the lowest triplet energy level of the ligand （T） and ^5Dj of Tb^3＋ or Eu^3＋ . When 2000 cm^-1 〈 △E（T-^5D4） 〈 3000 cm^-1, the luminescent intensity of the Tb^3＋ complex is stronger. When 3000 cm^-1〈 △E （T-^5D1）, the luminescent intensity of the Eu^3＋ complex is weak- er or close to nil. This means that the triplet energy level of the ligand is a chief factor that dominates RE^3＋ luminescence.     

Simultaneous Optimization of Luminance and Color Chromaticity of Phosphors Using a Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm

Acquiring materials that simultaneously meet two or more conflicting requirements is very difficult. For instance, a situation wherein the color chromaticity and photoluminescence (PL) intensity of phosphors conflict with one another is a frequent problem. Therefore, identification of a good phosphor that simultaneously exhibits both desirable PL intensity and color chromaticity is a challenge. A high‐throughput synthesis and characterization strategy that was reinforced by a nondominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA)‐based optimization process was employed to simultaneously optimize both the PL intensity and color chromaticity of a MgO–ZnO–SrO–CaO–BaO–Al₂O₃–Ga₂O₃–MnO system. NSGA operations, such as Pareto sorting and niche sharing, and the ensuing high‐throughput synthesis and characterization resulted in identification of promising green phosphors, i.e., Mn²⁺‐doped AB₂O₄ (A = alkali earth, B = Al and Ga) spinel solid solutions, for use in either plasma display panels or cold cathode fluorescent lamps.     

中国金刚石使用历史超过4500年

通过在国际学术界首次破解夜明珠这一世界性的自然、历史、文化千古之谜和首次创立金刚石考古地质学的理论和方法,以夜明珠就是中国古代巨粒金刚石为例,证明了中国巨粒金刚石开发利用的历史可以一直追溯到4000年前的尧、舜、禹时期甚至4500年前的炎帝时期。这一成果将之前国际学术界普遍认为人类使用金刚石不超过2500年的历史推前了至少2000年,比起哈佛学者使用物理学方法研究刚玉石斧得出中国人使用金刚石粉末加工刚玉石器历史超过4500年的类似结论领先了一年左右的时间。     

Electrical and optical properties of white organic light‐emitting devices using blue and orange phosphorescent materials

Abstract— Highly efficient white organic light‐emitting devices have been fabricated by doping phosphorescent orange and blue emitters into the separate layers of a single host. The efficiency and electroluminescence spectrum were strongly affected by the sequence of doped layers. The phosphorescent white devices exhibiting high efficiency and reasonable white balances are obtained when the recombination region is overlapped by the blue doped region. By using this principle, a simple structured phosphorescent white device with a peak power efficiency of 40.7 lm/W and Commission International de L'Eclairage coordinates of (0.43, 0.42) have been demonstrated.