Advanced Optical Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
Abstract
Establishing
design
principles
to
engineer
molecules
that
exhibit
strong
circularly
polarized
luminescence
(CPL)‐brightness
across
the
UV,
visible
and
NIR
spectral
range
remains
an
unsolved
challenge.
To
achieve
a
large
CPL‐brightness,
main
difficulty
is
optimize
dissymmetry
factor
g
lum
.
Herein
described
discovery
multi‐helicene
system
based
on
series
of
annulated
[6]helicenes
perylenediimides,
exhibits
larger‐than‐linear
amplification
with
helicene
length.
Large
enhanced
fluorescent
quantum
yields
extinction
coefficients
are
also
observed
for
this
length
series.
Consequently,
oligomers
exceptional
CPL
brightness
(B
)
above
1
×
10
3
mol
−1
cm
Using
computational
methods
density
functional
theory
(DFT),
experimental
trend
shows
increase
glum
due
progressive
alignment
magnetic
(|m|)
electric
transition
(|µ|)
dipole
moment
vectors,
as
helical
backbone
grows
longer.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 28, 2025
A
quadruple
helicene
with
a
cyclooctatetrapyrrole
core
was
synthesized
via
simple
Ullmann
reaction.
Its
single-crystal
structure
exhibits
saddle
shape.
The
compound
shows
fluorescence
emission
λem
=
575
nm
and
good
chiroptical
properties,
including
dissymmetric
absorption
factor
(|gabs|)
of
5.84
×
10–3
(|glum|)
1.21
10–2.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 2, 2025
Double
[8]helicene
1,
featuring
a
dibenzo[g,p]chrysene
core,
was
synthesized
via
the
Scholl
reaction,
and
its
structure
unambiguously
confirmed
by
single-crystal
X-ray
diffraction
analysis
of
dicationic
salt
[1-Cl]2+·(SbCl6-)2.
The
compound
exhibits
red
fluorescence
with
an
emission
maximum
at
618
nm
(λem)
quantum
yield
16.2%,
highlighting
potential
in
optoelectronic
applications.
Furthermore,
circular
dichroism
(CD)
circularly
polarized
luminescence
(CPL)
measurements
reveal
notable
chiroptical
activity,
absorption
dissymmetry
factors
|gabs|
=
5.11
×
10-3
|glum|
7.1
10-4,
respectively.