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The photoluminescence (PL) property of two push-pull oligomers named C2B and DC2B, comprising of carbazole and difluoroboron β-diketonate units, were probed by many optical tests. A comparison of the PL property of C2B and DC2B indicated that the introduction of carbazole unit red shifted the spectral feature and accelerated PL relaxation rate. Meanwhile, it also accelerated the rate of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT), the reorganization of excited state and relaxation from the ICT state to the ground state, based on the global analysis of transient absorption data. Finally, C2B and DC2B were mixed together and engineered into white light emitting diode test, showing a correlated color temperatures (CCT) value of 4687 K, indicating their potential in the organic displaying devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through comparing the linear and nonlinear optical property of two pull-push chromophores, which are composed of difluoroboron β-diketonate functionalized with carbazole and tert-butyl carbazole, the role of tert-butyl in chromosphere has been discussed in detail. The tert-butyl unit would lead to the absorption and fluorescence peak red shift and accelerate the fluorescence relaxation rate of chromophores. Moreover, the tert-butyl unit would affect obviously the two-photon optical property of chromophore according to the Z-scan test. The transient absorption (TA) data shows that these two pull-push chromopphores both own intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) characteristics and the tert-butyl unit accelerate the dynamic rate of ICT generation and relaxation process, which may be responsible for the variance of fluorescence property. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Four cyanostyryl-substituted carbazole derivatives (CN-ODEC1, CN-ODEC2, CN-DDEC1, and CN-DDEC) were synthesized and their self-assembly properties have been studied. It was found that they could form organogels especially in aromatic solvents. Scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy images show that the xerogels formed from monosubstituted derivatives (CN-O/DDEC1) gave well-organized tapes, and those from disubstituted derivatives (CN-O/DDEC2) exhibited heavy entangled three-dimensional structures. The UV–vis absorption and fluorescence emission spectra, as well as X-ray diffraction patterns, suggest that carbazole derivatives underwent J-type π-stacking. Meanwhile, we suggested that strong H-bonding and moderate π–π interactions were the key driving force for the gelation of the monosubstituted derivatives, and head-to-tail “ladder-type” J-aggregates were formed in the gel state. On the other hand, strong π–π interaction might be considered as the main driving force for the gelation of disubstituted derivatives, and J-aggregates with no well-organized packing mode of molecules were obtained in the gel phase. It should be noticed that aggregation-induced emission was observed during the gelation processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]