Synfacts 2006(7): 0671-0671  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-941877
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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A Single-Molecule White-Light Emitter

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
Y. Liu, M. Nishiura, Y. Wang, Z. Hou*
RIKEN, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan and Jilin University, Changchun, P. R. of China
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Publication History

Publication Date:
22 June 2006 (online)

Significance

A double-layer organic light-emitting diode (OLED) comprised of a 40-nm-thick film of 1, a carbazole-substituted phenyl enyne, exhibited white-light electroluminescence under a minimum driving voltage of 9 V; the emitted light was very close to ‘pure’ white light - as defined by the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE) - with CIE coordinates of (0.30, 0.32), compared to (0.33, 0.33) for ‘pure’ white light.