Issue 22, 2015

Fluorescent thiophene-based materials and their outlook for emissive applications

Abstract

Although thiophene-based materials are among the most widely studied conjugated materials for a number of technological applications, most discussions of emissive conjugated materials have focused on other systems, primarily due to the lower emission quantum yields of thiophene-based systems. Over the last decade, however, this has begun to change with the development of new highly emissive thiophene-based materials. In this review, we provide an overview of fluorescent thiophene-based materials and their applications, highlighting in particular the various methods employed to achieve highly emissive materials, as well as a variety of reported applications including fluorescent biomarkers and organic light emitting diodes.

Graphical abstract: Fluorescent thiophene-based materials and their outlook for emissive applications

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
18 Nov 2014
Accepted
14 Jan 2015
First published
26 Jan 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 4528-4543

Fluorescent thiophene-based materials and their outlook for emissive applications

S. C. Rasmussen, S. J. Evenson and C. B. McCausland, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 4528 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09206F

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