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Enabling dynamic ultralong organic phosphorescence in molecular crystals through the synergy between intramolecular and intermolecular interactions

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00975J, Paper
Zhan Yang, Eethamukkala Ubba, Qiuyi Huang, Zhu Mao, Wenlang Li, Junru Chen, Juan Zhao, Yi Zhang, Zhenguo Chi
Dynamic ultralong organic phosphorescence in molecular crystals is enabled through the synergy between intramolecular and intermolecular interactions.
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A hybridized local and charge transfer excited state for solution-processed non-doped green electroluminescence based on oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01266A, Paper
Hakan Usta, Dilek Alimli, Resul Ozdemir, Emine Tekin, Fahri Alkan, Rifat Kacar, Ahu Galen Altas, Salih Dabak, Ayşe Gül Gürek, Evren Mutlugun, Ahmet Faruk Yazici, Ayse Can
A novel oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)-based hot-exciton molecule with hybridized local and charge transfer (HLCT) excited states was developed to yield high radiative exciton yields in OLEDs.
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Dual-Emitting Quantum Dot Complex Nanoprobe for Ratiometric and Visual Detection of Hg2+ and Cu2+ ions

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01788D, Communication
Mihir Manna, Shilaj Roy, Satyapriya Bhandari, Arun Chattopadhyay
Herein we report the use of a dual emitting quantum dot complex (QDC; composed of blue emitting metal-methylsalicylaldimine complex being on the surface of orange emitting Mn2+-doped ZnS quantum dot)...
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All-covalently-implanted FETs with ultrahigh solvent resistibility and exceptional electrical stability, and their applications for liver cancer biomarker detection

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01385D, Paper
Congcong Zhang, Shanshan Cheng, Ke Si, Nannan Wang, Yong Wang, Penglei Chen, Huanli Dong, Wenping Hu
All covalent FETs of covalently-rooted source/drain electrodes and semiconductor layers are launched. The FETs exhibit ultrahigh solvent resistibility, exceptional electrical stability, and ultralong shelf life, facilitating their further treatments.
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Design and development of HMS@ZIF-8/fluorinated polybenzoxazole composite films with excellent low-k performance, mechanical properties and thermal stability

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00124D, Paper
Xudong Zhou, Xiaoyun Liu, Zhongkai Cui, Jinlou Gu, Shaoliang Lin, Qixin Zhuang
A new-type of hollow silica@ZIF-8 (HMS@ZIF-8) particle was successfully designed, fabricated and introduced into the fluorinated polybenzoxazole (6FPBO) matrix to prepare the HMS@ZIF-8/6FPBO composite film.
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Simultaneous enhancement of thermoelectric and mechanical performance for SnTe by nano SiC compositing

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00572J, Paper
Teng Wang, Hongchao Wang, Wenbin Su, Jinze Zhai, Galina Yakovleva, Xue Wang, Tingting Chen, Anatoly Romanenko, Chunlei Wang
SiC is firstly introduced into SnTe. The created lattice mismatch and interfaces via hand milling are responsible for the enhanced zT, which is comparable with doped samples. Besides, the hardness of samples is got improved with SiC compositing.
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A study on the effect of a pyridine secondary acceptor on the emission properties of thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00318B, Paper
Sung Joon Yoon, Ho Jung Lee, Kyung Hyung Lee, Jun Yeob Lee
A new molecular design of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters having a pyridine derived secondary acceptor was developed.
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Synthesis of [7]phenacene incorporating tetradecyl chains in the axis positions and its application in field-effect transistors

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00272K, Paper
Hideki Okamoto, Shino Hamao, Keiko Kozasa, Yanan Wang, Yoshihiro Kubozono, Yong-He Pan, Yu-Hsiang Yen, Germar Hoffmann, Fumito Tani, Kenta Goto
Ditetradecyl-substituted [7]phenacene was prepared and applied in thin-film FET devices, displaying higher mobility compared to parent [7]phenacene.
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Origin of aggregation-induced enhanced emission: role of pseudo-degenerate electronic states of excimers formed in aggregation phases

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC07067B, Paper
Wataru Ota, Ken Takahashi, Kenji Higashiguchi, Kenji Matsuda, Tohru Sato
The origin of aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) is investigated considering cyano-substituted 1,2-bis(pyridylphenyl)ethene (CNPPE) as an example.
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Four-membered red iridium(III) complexes with Ir–S–C–S structures for efficient organic light-emitting diodes

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01312A, Paper
Ning Su, Fang-Ling Li, You-Xuan Zheng
Three sulfur atom containing red Ir(III) complexes were synthesized rapidly at room temperature in 5 min with high yields and their OLEDs show an EQEmax of up to 26.10%.
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A novel design of donor–acceptor polymer semiconductors for printed electronics: application to transistors and gas sensors

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01341B, Paper
Hyung Jin Cheon, Xinlin Li, Yong Jin Jeong, Min Jae Sung, Zhijun Li, Inha Jeon, Xiaowu Tang, Henok Getachew Girma, Hoyoul Kong, Soon-Ki Kwon, Tae Kyu An, Se Hyun Kim, Yun-Hi Kim
This work reports the molecular engineering of polymeric semiconductors to get highly soluble inks, which enables the uniform deposition of semiconductors and contributes to high-performance transistor and sensor devices.
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Asymmetric organic semiconductors for high performance single crystalline field-effect transistors with low activation energy

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01122C, Communication
Fei Qiu, Yicai Dong, Jie Liu, Yanan Sun, Hua Geng, Hantang Zhang, Danlei Zhu, Xiaosong Shi, Jianghong Liu, Jing Zhang, Shiyun Ai, Lang Jiang
We synthesized three asymmetric anthracene derivatives, in which 2-phvA shows a high field-effect mobility of 10 cm2 V−1 s−1. This work demonstrates the potential advantages of asymmetric structures for high-performance organic semiconductors.
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Loss-favored ultrasensitive refractive index sensor based on directional scattering from a single all-dielectric nanosphere

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00899K, Communication
Churong Ma, Ying Liu, Feng Zhao, Feng Xu, Jiahao Yan, Xiangping Li, Bai-Ou Guan, Guowei Yang, Kai Chen
An ultrasensitive refractive index sensor based on a lossy all-dielectric nanosphere.
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Tricolor fluorescence switching in a single component mechanochromic molecular material

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01032D, Paper
Hyeong-Ju Kim, Johannes Gierschner, Soo Young Park
Reversible tricolor switching in a mechanochromic α-dicyanodistyrylbenzene molecule has been developed. The tricolor switching (blue, orange, and green) is implemented by external stimuli of heat, solvent-vapor exposure, and mechanical force.
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Organic and quantum-dot hybrid white LEDs using a narrow bandwidth blue TADF emitter

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01942A, Paper
Yang Tang, Guohua Xie, Xiao Liang, You-Xuan Zheng, Chuluo Yang
By mixing a blue organoboron emitter, and green/red quantum dots, hybrid white LEDs with the primary RGB sharp peaks respectively at 464, 538 and 622 nm were demonstrated, accompanied with three individual bandwidths of 30, 34 and 31 nm.
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Flexible and luminescent fibers of a 1D Au(I)–thiophenolate coordination polymer and formation of gold nanoparticle-based composite materials for SERS

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01706J, Paper
Shefali Vaidya, Oleksandra Veselska, Antonii Zhadan, Marlène Daniel, Gilles Ledoux, Alexandra Fateeva, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Aude Demessence
Formation of flexible, red emissive and highly stable fibers of [Au(SPh)]n that can be calcined to generate gold nanoparticle composite fibers with a SERS effect.
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Azobenzene-functionalized graphene nanoribbons: bottom-up synthesis, photoisomerization behaviour and self-assembled structures

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01609H, Paper
Zhichun Shangguan, Chunyang Yu, Chen Li, Xianhui Huang, Yiyong Mai, Tao Li
We show the strategy of introducing azobenzene groups into graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), which not only endows GNRs with fast photo-responsiveness but also induces the self-assembly of the GNRs into ultra-long nanowires.
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Seeking optimized transformer oil-based nanofluids by investigation of the modification mechanism of nano-dielectrics

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01521K, Paper
Fan Xu, Hongxia Wang, Shuaiqi Xing, Ming Tang, Huijuan Zhang, Yu Wang
The modification mechanism of nano-additives on the electrical properties of transformer oil-based nanofluids has systematically been studied from a micro-perspective.
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Hierarchical CoxAly layered double hydroxides@carbon composites derived from the metal-organic framework with efficient broadband electromagnetic wave absorption

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00622J, Paper
Bo Wen, Haibo Yang, Lei Wang, Yun Qiu
Porous carbon-based composites have attracted extensive attention because of their good performance. However, designing and synthesizing porous carbon-based composites with excellent electromagnetic wave attenuation capability is still a great challenge....
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Photoluminescence detection of symmetry transformations in low-dimensional ferroelectric ABO3 perovskites

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01183E, Paper
Tochukwu Ofoegbuna, Khashayar R. Bajgiran, Orhan Kizilkaya, Stuart A. J. Thomson, Adam T. Melvin, James A. Dorman
Photoluminescence detection of symmetry transformations in low-dimensional ABO3 perovskites.
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Intersystem Crossing via Charge Recombination in a Perylene-Naphthalimide Compact Electron Donor/Acceptor Dyad

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00017E, Paper
MUHAMMAD IMRAN, Ahmed Elzohry, Clemens Matt, Maria Taddei, Sandra Doria, Laura Bussotti, Paolo FOGGI, Jianzhang Zhao, Mariangela Di Donato, Omar F. Mohammed, Stefan Weber
In order to study the relationship between the molecular structures of compact electron donor/acceptor dyads and the spin orbit charge transfer intersystem crossing (SOCT-ISC) efficiency, we prepared perylene (Pery)-naphthalimide (NI)...
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Efficiency enhancement in inverted organic light-emitting device with TiO2 electron injection layer through interfacial engineering

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01040E, Paper
Chunxiu Zang, Hui Wang, Shihao Liu, Wenbin Guo, Letian Zhang, Wenfa Xie
TiO2 is widely used in optoelectronic device especially organic solar cells due to the excellent optical and electrical properties. While its application in organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) as electron injection...
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Inducing planarity in redox-active conjugated polymers with solubilizing 3,6-dialkoxy-thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes (DOTTs) for redox and solid-state conductivity applications

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00914H, Paper
Sandra L. Pittelli, Shawn A. Gregory, James F. Ponder, Shannon K. Yee, John R. Reynolds
A new family of redox-active dioxythienothiophene (DOTT) polymers are studied for their solid state ordering and doping susceptibility, along with their optical and electronic properties.
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Recent Advances in 0D Nanostructure-Functionalized Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Chemirisistive Gas Sensors

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00387E, Review Article
Tingqiang Yang, Yueli Liu, Huide Wang, Yanhong Duo, Bin Zhang, Yanqi Ge, Han Zhang, Wen Chen
The previous decades have witnessed increasing prevalence of research on semiconductor gas sensor due to its high response, simple configuration and low cost. The semiconductor gas sensor based on low-dimensional...
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Suppression of the morphology mismatch in Graphene/ n-type Organic Semiconductor interfaces: a Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy investigation

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01099E, Paper
Federico Chianese, Fabio Chiarella, Mario Barra, Andrea Candini, Marco Affronte, Antonio Cassinese
Contact resistance effects in n-type organic field-effect transistors (OFET) based on perylene-diimide thin films and monolayer CVD graphene electrodes have been investigated by Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (SKPFM). SKPFM...
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Relaxor/antiferroelectric composites: a solution to achieve high energy storage performance in lead-free dielectric ceramics

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5681-5691
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00589D, Paper
Pengyuan Fan, Shan-Tao Zhang, Jiwen Xu, Jiadong Zang, Chanatip Samart, Ting Zhang, Hua Tan, David Salamon, Haibo Zhang, Gang Liu
Compared with the relaxor with pinched PE loops, the relaxor/antiferroelectric (RE/AFE) composites have narrower and oblique curves, proving the design of RE/AFE is an effective method to improve the energy storage properties of dielectric ceramics.
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A flexible semitransparent dual-electrode hydrogel based triboelectric nanogenerator with tough interfacial bonding and high energy output

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5752-5760
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC06937B, Paper
Xin Jing, Heng Li, Hao-Yang Mi, Pei-Yong Feng, Xiaoming Tao, Yuejun Liu, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen
A flexible semitransparent dual-electrode hydrogel based TENG with tough interfacial bonding and high output was developed.
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Temperature-responsive conversion of thermally activated delayed fluorescence and room-temperature phosphorescence of carbon dots in silica

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5744-5751
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00507J, Paper
Yuqiong Sun, Jinkun Liu, Xiaoliang Pang, Xuejie Zhang, Jianle Zhuang, Haoran Zhang, Chaofan Hu, Mingtao Zheng, Bingfu Lei, Yingliang Liu
The unique temperature-responsive afterglow characteristics of CDs was reported for the first time, which can meet multiple potential applications in rapid fingerprint detection, temperature sensing, and advanced temperature-responsive anti-counterfeiting and encryption.
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All-organic flexible fabric antenna for wearable electronics

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5662-5667
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00691B, Communication
Zongze Li, Sneh K. Sinha, Gregory M. Treich, Yifei Wang, Qiuwei Yang, Ajinkya A. Deshmukh, Gregory A. Sotzing, Yang Cao
An all-organic fabric patch antenna is realized with the help of nanotemplates-assisted PEDOT:PSS conductive phase segregation, paving a new way for clothing integrated wearable electronic networks.
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Highly-improved performance of inverted planar perovskite solar cells by glucose modification

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5894-5903
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00365D, Paper
Yunxin Zhang, Siqi Chen, Hao Chen, Guodong Zhang, Min Zhao, Chengjie Zhao, Wenfei Guo, Wenjie Ji, Zhiqiang Shi, Tonggang Jiu
Glucose is introduced for the preparation of high-quality MAPbI3 perovskite film, boosting the device efficiency to 20.15% with suppressed hysteresis.
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Small-molecular iridium complex based organic solar cells with improved photovoltaic performance through device optimization

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5761-5768
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00779J, Paper
Tianjian Yang, Xuyu Gao, Yinming He, Huabin Wang, Youtian Tao
An optimized device with a PDCBT/TBzIr:PC71BM structure was fabricated to increase the power conversion efficiencies of iridium complex-based organic solar cells from 3.91% to 6.17%.
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Prediction of high carrier mobility for a novel two-dimensional semiconductor of BC6N: first principles calculations

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5882-5893
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00549E, Paper
Li-Bin Shi, Mei Yang, Shuo Cao, Qi You, Ya-Jing Zhang, Meng Qi, Kai-Cheng Zhang, Ping Qian
First principles calculations are performed to predict phonon-limited carrier mobility for a novel graphene-like semiconductor with BC6N stoichiometry.
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Enhanced dielectric performance in flexible MWCNT/poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropene)-based nanocomposites by designing a tri-layered structure

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5950-5957
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00148A, Paper
Jie Chen, Yifei Wang, Jiufeng Dong, Yujuan Niu, Weixing Chen, Hong Wang
Tri-layered films are capable of excellent capacitive stability over straight bending (i.e. 20 000 cycles) and winding (i.e. 120 hours) tests.
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Improved microwave absorption performance of a multi-dimensional Fe2O3/CNTCM@CN assembly achieved by enhanced dielectric relaxation

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5715-5726
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00941E, Paper
Xuefeng Yu, Ying Zhang, Lei Wang, Linshen Xing, Wenbin You, Jiwei Liu, Guanyu Chen, Guangzhou Ding, Jingjun Ding, Xianhu Liu, Min Wang, Renchao Che
The novel multi-dimensional hollow Fe2O3/CNTCM@CN-2 hybrid microspheres fabricated by the forcible assembly of 0D nanoparticles, 1D CNTs, and 2D N-doped carbon layers are favorable for achieving superior microwave absorption performance.
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Muscle-inspired capacitive tactile sensors with superior sensitivity in an ultra-wide stress range

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5913-5922
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00453G, Paper
Xiaoping Shen, Kangchen Nie, Li Zheng, Zhaosong Wang, Zhe Wang, Song Li, Chunde Jin, Qingfeng Sun
Tactile sensors with superior sensitivity in an ultra-wide stress range were designed from wood/poly(ionic liquid) hydrogels.
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Insights into energy transfer pathways between the exciplex host and fluorescent guest: attaining highly efficient 710 nm electroluminescence

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5704-5714
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00986E, Paper
Chun-Ying Huang, Ssu-Yu Ho, Chien-Hsun Lai, Chang-Lun Ko, Yu-Chen Wei, Jia-An Lin, Deng-Gao Chen, Tzu-Yu Ko, Ken-Tsung Wong, Zhiyun Zhang, Wen-Yi Hung, Pi-Tai Chou
Insight has been gained into the energy transfer pathways between the exciplex host and NIR fluorescence chromophores.
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Theoretical studies on full-color thermally activated delayed fluorescence molecules

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5839-5846
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00279H, Paper
Lei Liu, Qi Wei, Yajuan Cheng, Huili Ma, Shiyun Xiong, Xiaohong Zhang
This work provides a detailed mechanism for exciton dynamics in D–π–A–π–D TADF molecules and strategies for further efficiency improvement.
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tert-Butyl substituted hetero-donor TADF compounds for efficient solution-processed non-doped blue OLEDs

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5769-5776
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00718H, Paper
Feng-Ming Xie, Zhi-Dong An, Miao Xie, Yan-Qing Li, Guang-Hui Zhang, Shi-Jie Zou, Li Chen, Jing-De Chen, Tao Cheng, Jian-Xin Tang
Solution-processed non-doped blue and white OLEDs with record-high EQEs of 25.8% and 27.3% are realized with a hetero-donor tert-butyl substitution strategy.
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Benzonitrile and dicyanocarbazole derived electron transport type host materials for improved device lifetime in blue thermally activated delayed fluorescent organic light-emitting diodes

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5832-5838
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC06978J, Paper
Sung Yong Byeon, Kyung Hyung Lee, Jun Yeob Lee
The electron transport host materials derived from dibenzofuran, benzonitrile and dicyanocarbazole units showed high triplet energy above 3.0 eV, high efficiency over 20% and 31 h lifetime up to 75% of initial luminance at 500 cd m−2.
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Phospholipid-stabilized CuxAg1−xInSe2 nanocrystals as luminophores: fabrication, optical properties, and biological application

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5821-5831
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00014K, Paper
Jinhang Hu, Jiangluqi Song, Zhishu Tang, Huan Li, Lin Chen, Rui Zhou
A novel phospholipid-decorated CuxAg1−xInSe2 nanoprobe was fabricated for fast fluorescence imaging of cancer cells and cancer stem cells. A mechanism to understand the PL origin of CuxAg1−xInSe2 nanocrystals was proposed.
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Green solvents for organic thin-film transistor processing

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5786-5794
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00512F, Paper
Dongil Ho, Jeongyeon Lee, Sangyun Park, Yonghan Park, Kwanghee Cho, Filippo Campana, Daniela Lanari, Antonio Facchetti, SungYong Seo, Choongik Kim, Assunta Marrocchi, Luigi Vaccaro
A wide range of green solvents are explored to process TIPS-PEN (6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene), and several other p- and n-type organic semiconductors for their potential generality in fabricating organic thin-film transistors.
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Designing hierarchical structures of complex electronically conducting organic polymers via one-step electro-polymerization

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5934-5940
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC06945C, Paper
Tharindu A. Ranathunge, Duong T. Ngo, Dilan Karunarathilaka, Nuwan H. Attanayake, Indika Chandrasiri, Phillip Brogdon, Jared H. Delcamp, R. M. Gamini Rajapakse, Davita L. Watkins
Using electro-copolymerization as a versatile tool in synthesizing alternating and block copolymers, we have designed conjugation polymers with unique optical properties and excellent conductivities in comparison to conventional conjugated polymers.
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Customizing coaxial stacking VS2 nanosheets for dual-band microwave absorption with superior performance in the C- and Ku-bands

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5923-5933
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00763C, Paper
Deqing Zhang, Huibin Zhang, Junye Cheng, Hassan Raza, Tingting Liu, Bin Liu, Xuewei Ba, Guangping Zheng, Guohua Chen, Maosheng Cao
Engineering microwave absorption materials with absorption in multiple bands and strong absorption performance in the C-band remains challenging to date.
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Multiple strategies towards high-efficiency white organic light-emitting diodes by the vacuum deposition method

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5636-5661
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00085J, Review Article
Hui Liu, Futong Liu, Ping Lu
This review summarizes the progress in WOLEDs in recent years including all phosphorescent WOLEDs, hybrid WOLEDs, all fluorescence WOLEDs, doping-free WOLEDs, and single-emitter WOLEDs.
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Waterproof perovskites: high fluorescence quantum yield and stability from a methylammonium lead bromide/formate mixture in water

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5873-5881
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00383B, Paper
Yeasin Khan, Yohan Ahn, Hyuna Lee, Jaeki Jeong, Yun Seop Shin, Je Seung Lee, Jang Hyuk Kwon, Jin Young Kim, Hoon Sik Kim, Jung Hwa Seo, Bright Walker
We’ve observed intense, water-stable fluorescence from lead formate crystals when they are precipitated from a CH3NH3PbBr3 (MAPbBr3) perovskite precursor solution.
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The effect of alkyl side chain length on the formation of two semi-crystalline phases in low band gap conjugated polymers

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5856-5867
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00172D, Paper
Open Access
Mengmeng Li, Pieter J. Leenaers, Martijn M. Wienk, René A. J. Janssen
The length of solubilizing alkyl chains affects the formation, structure, and properties of two semi-crystalline phases in conjugated polymers.
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Multi-shelled upconversion nanostructures with enhanced photoluminescence intensity via successive epitaxial layer-by-layer formation (SELF) strategy for high-level anticounterfeiting

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5692-5703
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00902D, Paper
Andrew J. Evangelista, Mariia Ivanchenko, Alline F. Myers, Lisa N. McAnulty, Gillian K. M. Payne, Hao Jing
Multi-shelled upconversion nanoparticles with significantly enhanced emission intensity are synthesized via successive epitaxial layer-by-layer formation (SELF) strategy and used in dual-modal anticounterfeiting and latent fingerprint detection.
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Correction: Effect of molecular weight on the EUV-printability of main chain scission type polymers

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8,5967-5967
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC90080J, Correction
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Ashish Rathore, Ivan Pollentier, Harpreet Singh, Roberto Fallica, Danilo De Simone, Stefan De Gendt
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Phase control for quasi-2D blue emitters by spacer cation engineering

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01631D, Paper
Ho Won Tam, Tik Lun Leung, Wenting Sun, Fangzhou Liu, Chao Ma, Chun Sing Kam, Ivor Lončarić, Luca Grisanti, Juraj Ovčar, Željko Skoko, Jasminka Popović, Aleksandra Djurisic
Effect of the alkylammonium tail length in phenyl-alkyl spacer cations in quasi-2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites on the phase distribution in low n films (n=2 stoichiometry) is investigated. The increase in the...
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Regulating Active Layer Thickness and Morphology for High Performance Hot-casted Polymer Solar Cells

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC00822B, Paper
Ritesh Kant Gupta, Rabindranath Garai, Mohammad Adil Afroz, Parameswar K Iyer
Thicker films of active layer (Polymer: PCBM blend) are required to harness maximum amount of sunlight and to achieve higher efficiencies in polymer solar cells. However, realization of thicker films...
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