The macrocyclic hexanuclear manganese(III) 18-metallacrown-6, [Mn6(pmshz)6(DMF)4(C2H5OH)2]·4DMF (1), where pmshz3− is N-propionyl-N′-5-methylsalicylhydrazide, has been synthesized by self-assembly and structurally characterized. The ring is formed by the succession of six structural moieties of the type [Mn(III)-N-N] with hydrazide N-N groups bridging the ring Mn ions. The ligand enforces the m...

This Minireview presents and discusses recent developments in photoactive/photoluminescent N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) transition metal complexes their viability as catalysts bond-forming photocatalysis. Specifically, we summarise key structural motifs adopted by photoactive NHC highlight some of photophysical properties. Representative examples applications photochemical reactions are also sh...

Luminescence thermometry usually suffer from cellular complexity of the biochemical environment (such as pH and ionic strength), and thus the accuracy and reliability of the determined intracellular temperature are directly affected. Herein, a photoluminescent nanothermometer composed of polymer encapsulated quantum dots (P-QD) has been developed. And the prepared nanothermometer exhibits some ...

Photoluminescent and electroluminescent studies of bilayer heterojunctions formed from a poly~pyridyl vinylene phenylene vinylene! ~PPyVPV! derivative and poly~vinyl carbazole! ~PVK! show an emission peak which cannot be ascribed to either the PPyVPV derivative or PVK layer. Through studies of absorption and photoluminescence excitation ~PLE! spectra we demonstrate that the additional feature r...

[structure: see text] A series of novel extended pi-conjugated twin molecules based on 10,15-dihydro-5H-diindeno[1,2-alpha;1',2'-c]fluorene (truxene) have been prepared via Pd(0)-catalyzed Suzuki coupling, Sonogashira coupling, and McMurry reactions, respectively. 9,9'-Spirobifluorenylene, ethynylene, and vinylene groups as the bridge are introduced to connect both truxene moieties to understan...

The synthesis of water-soluble nitrogen-doped carbon dots has received great attention, due to their wide applications in oxygen reduction reaction, cell imaging, sensors, and drug delivery. Herein, nitrogen-doped, carbon-rich, highly photoluminescent carbon dots have been synthesized for the first time from ammonium citrate under hydrothermal conditions. The obtained nitrogen-doped carbon dots...

The organic phosphor p-terphenyl is used as a wavelength-converter coating in some soft-x-ray detectors. We have measured the absolute photoluminescent efficiency of p-terphenyl as a function of incident photon energy from 36 to 191 eV. We have also measured changes in the efficiency caused by soft-x-ray fluence (total photons absorbed per unit area) at several photon energies in this range. We...

Photoluminescent (PL) properties related to Te(4+) species in zinc borate glasses are examined. Broad emission was observed by the excitation of the PL excitation peak of Te(4+) present at the optical absorption edge. The emission intensity of Te(4+) in 5TeO(2)-50ZnO-45B(2)O(3) glass was thermally quenched in a temperature region over 100 K, suggesting that concentration quenching preferentiall...

Thin films of the perovskite barium tin oxide (BaSnO3) were prepared and characterized by their structural optical, electrical, and photoluminescent characteristics. Film deposition methods included both RF sputtering and pulsed laser deposition techniques. High quality, oriented films having optical bandgaps ranging between 3.7 eV & 4.4 eV were produced on various substrates. The undoped films...

New photoluminescent donor-acceptor-donor (DAD) molecules, namely 5'-aryl-substituted 2,5-bis(3-decyl-2,2'-bithiophen-5-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles were prepared by palladium-catalyzed coupling from readily available compounds such as ethyl 3-decyl-2,2'-bithiophene-5-carboxylate and aryl halides. The obtained compounds feature increasing bathochromic shifts in their emission spectra with increasing a...