Single-component panchromatic white light generation, and tuneable excimer-like visible orange and NIR emission in a Dy quinolinolate complex

Mara D.;Pilia L.

Second

;Van De Steen M.;Miletto I.;Zeng M.;Van Hecke K.;Serpe A.;Deplano P.;Van Deun R.;Artizzu F.

2021-01-01

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Abstract

Panchromatic single-component pure white light generation with a PLQY of ∼14.5% is obtained from a dysprosium complex with the 5,7-dichloro-8-quinolinol ligand (HClQ) thanks to a peculiar orange-red excimer-like emission induced by π-staking interactions between discrete dimeric units in the crystal packing. The emission color is highly tunable by phase change and mechanical stimuli. Remarkably, this compound also displays Dy-centered NIR emission at telecommunication wavelengths upon photoexcitation over an extraordinarily broad spectral range.