Transfer Character (transfer + character)

Distribution by Scientific Domains


Selected Abstracts


Highly Emitting Neutral Dinuclear Rhenium Complexes as Phosphorescent Dopants for Electroluminescent Devices

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 16 2009
Matteo Mauro
Abstract A series of neutral, dinuclear, luminescent rhenium(I) complexes suitable for phosphorescent organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) is reported. These compounds, of general formula [Re2(µ -Cl)2(CO)6(µ -1,2-diazine)], contain diazines bearing alkyl groups in one or in both the , positions. Their electrochemical and photophysical properties are presented, as well as a combined density functional and time-dependent density functional study of their geometry, relative stability and electronic structure. The complexes show intense green/yellow emissions in toluene solution and in the solid state and some of the complexes possess high emission quantum yields (,,=,0.18,0.22 for the derivatives with disubstituted diazines). In butyronitrile glass, at 77,K, due to the charge transfer character of the lowest (emitting) excited state, strong blue shift of the emission is observed, accompanied by a strong increase in the lifetime values. The highest-performing emitting complex, containing cyclopentapyridazine as ligand, is tested in a polymer-based light-emitting device, with poly(9-vinylcarbazole) as matrix, as well as in a device obtained by vacuum sublimation of the complex in the 2,7-bis(diphenylphosphine oxide)-9-(9-phenylcarbazol-3-yl)-9-phenylfluorene (PCF) matrix. This represents the first example of devices obtained with a rhenium complex which can be sublimed and is solution processable. Furthermore, the emission is the bluest ever reported for electrogenerated luminescence for rhenium complexes. [source]


Structure of charge-transfer reaction complexes in anionic polymerization of isoprene: Quantum chemical calculations

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, Issue 2 2005
K. K. Kalninsh
Abstract A new mechanism of isoprene anionic polymerization is proposed. Its central moment is thermal electronic excitation of a living polyisoprene,isoprene complex into the quasi-degenerate electronically excited state (S · T)1, which is of the charge (electron) transfer character. It is asserted that the probability of chemical bond formation is determined by the free valence index on carbon atoms and by the geometry of reacting complex in the excited state (S · T)1. Semi-empirical AM1 and ab initio 6-31G* quantum chemical calculations revealed low energies of triplet excited levels (<10 kcal/mole). Comparison of isoprene polymerization on free anions and on solvated ion pairs shows that both types of active centers produce vinyl 1,2 (4,3)-units. Free anions generate predominantly 1,2-units, whereas solvated ion pairs tend to form units with the 4,3-structure. Analysis of energies of excited isoprenyl lithium + isoprene complexes shows that the formation of 1,4 (4,1)- cis -polyisoprene in an inert media is most preferable. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2005 [source]


Intramolecular electronic communication in a dimethylaminoazobenzene,fullerene C60 dyad: An experimental and TD-DFT study

JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY, Issue 6 2010
K. Senthil Kumar
Abstract An electronically push,pull type dimethylaminoazobenzene,fullerene C60 hybrid was designed and synthesized by tailoring N,N -dimethylaniline as an electron donating auxochrome that intensified charge density on the ,-azonitrogen, and on N -methylfulleropyrrolidine (NMFP) as an electron acceptor at the 4 and 4, positions of the azobenzene moiety, respectively. The absorption and charge transfer behavior of the hybrid donor-bridge-acceptor dyad were studied experimentally and by performing TD-DFT calculations. The TD-DFT predicted charge transfer interactions of the dyad ranging from 747 to 601 nm were experimentally observed in the UV-vis spectra at 721 nm in toluene and dichloromethane. A 149 mV anodic shift in the first reduction potential of the NN group of the dyad in comparison with the model aminoazobenzene derivative further supported the phenomenon. Analysis of the charge transfer band through the orbital picture revealed charge displacement from the n(NN) (nonbonding) and , (NN) type orbitals centered on the donor part to the purely fullerene centered LUMOs and LUMO+n orbitals, delocalized over the entire molecule. The imposed electronic perturbations on the aminoazobenzene moiety upon coupling it with C60 were analyzed by comparing the TD-DFT predicted and experimentally observed electronic transition energies of the dyad with the model compounds, NMFP and (E)-N,N -dimethyl-4-(p-tolyldiazenyl)aniline (AZNME). The n(NN) , ,*(NN) and ,(NN) , ,*(NN) transitions of the dyad were bathochromically shifted with a significant charge transfer character. The shifting of ,(NN) , ,*(NN) excitation energy closer to the n , ,*(NN) in comparison with the model aminoazobenzene emphasized the predominant existence of charge separated quinonoid-like ground state electronic structure. Increasing solvent polarity introduced hyperchromic effect in the ,(NN) , ,*(NN) electronic transition at the expense of transitions involved with benzenic states, and the extent of intensity borrowing was quantified adopting the Gaussian deconvolution method. On a comparative scale, the predicted excitation energies were in reasonable agreement with the observed values, demonstrating the efficiency of TD-DFT in predicting the localized and the charge transfer nature of transitions involved with large electronically asymmetric molecules with HOMO and LUMO centered on different parts of the molecular framework. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2010 [source]


Cytogenetics of Brassica juncea×Brassica rapa hybrids and patterns of variation in the hybrid derivatives

PLANT BREEDING, Issue 4 2002
B. R. Choudhary
Abstract Interspecific hybridization is an important tool to elucidate intergenomic relationships, transfer characters across species and develop synthetic amphidiploids, and it has been widely applied for improving Brassicas. The objective of the present study was to create genetic variability in Brassica through interspecific hybridization. Crosses between Brassica juncea (AABB, 2n= 36), and Brassica rapa (AA, 2n = 20) vars toria, yellow sarson, and brown sarson were attempted, and the hybrid derivatives were advanced to the F4 generation. Hybrids were obtained from the crosses B. juncea× toria and B. juncea× yellow sarson. The F1 plants were vigorous and intermediate to the parents in many morphological traits. The meiotic study of AAB hybrids showed 10 II + 8 I in the majority (71.8%) of cells analysed. A maximum of 12 and a minimum of seven bivalents were also observed in a few cells. The occurrence of multivalent associations (trivalents to pentavalents) at diakinesis/metaphase I and a bridge-fragment configuration at anaphase I were attributed to homoeology between A and B genomes. A high percentage of plants resembling B. juncea was observed in the F2 generation. Transgressive segregation in both directions was found for plant height, primary branches, main raceme length, siliquae on main raceme, siliqua intensity, seeds per siliqua and seed yield. There were significant differences for the 14 characters in the F4 derivatives. Moderate to high estimates of phenotypic and genotypic coefficients of variation, broad-sense heritability, and expected genetic advance were found for seed yield, 1000-seed weight, siliquae per plant, seeds per siliqua and days to flowering. Intergenomic recombination, reflected as wide variation in the hybrid progenies, permitted the selection of some useful derivatives. [source]