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Organic and Hybrid Materials for Photovoltaic and Photonic Applications II

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1298

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Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN), National Research Council-CNR, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: ultrafast spectroscopy; organic and hybrid material; strong and weak coupling
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Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” (SCITEC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Sede Via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: conjugated molecules; semiconducting polymers; conjugated polar materials; optoelectronic applications; new lasing materials; OLED; OPV OFET; sensor; Carbon-dots; micro /nanostructured materials
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Dear Colleagues,

Today, there is a significant demand for advanced materials that are capable of providing technological innovations. Among these, "organic semiconductors" combine the progress of semiconductors and plastic of the last century, becoming the subject of intense industrial and academic research. More recently, organic–inorganic hybrid functional materials have became a potential platform for applications in extremely diverse fields, such as optics, micro-electronics, transportation, health, energy and energy storage. This is because it is possible to combine the best characteristics of both components in a large variety of combinations and in this way, they represent an intriguing class of materials with a large spectrum of applications.

This Special Issue will consider the recent developments in the field of organic and hybrid materials in two of the most useful and promising applications of the millennium, photovoltaics and photonics. Multiple aspects of these materials will be taken into consideration, ranging from their synthesis and photophysical characterization to their application.

Potential and topics and keywords:

  • novel organic and hybrid materials;
  • inter-layer materials for photovoltaic devices;
  • sustainable materials, approaches and methods;
  • cw and ultrafast photophysical characterisation;
  • perovskite semiconductors;
  • organic and hybrid nanoparticles;
  • new lasing materials;
  • strong coupling or weak coupling regime in organic and hybrid microcavities;
  • amplified spontaneous emission

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Tersilla Virgili
Dr. Mariacecilia Pasini
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Keywords

  • novel organic and hybrid materials
  • inter-layer materials for photovoltaic devices
  • sustainable materials, approaches and methods
  • cw and ultrafast photophysical characterisation
  • perovskite semiconductors
  • organic and hybrid nanoparticles
  • new lasing materials
  • strong coupling or weak coupling regime in organic and hybrid microcavities
  • amplified spontaneous emission

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3-Ethynyltriimidazo[1,2-a:1′,2′-c:1″,2″-e][1,3,5]triazine Dual Short- and Long-Lived Emissions with Crystallization-Enhanced Feature: Role of Hydrogen Bonds and π-π Interactions
by Daniele Malpicci, Daniele Maver, Elisabetta Rosadoni, Alessia Colombo, Elena Lucenti, Daniele Marinotto, Chiara Botta, Fabio Bellina, Elena Cariati and Alessandra Forni
Molecules 2024, 29(9), 1967; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29091967 - 25 Apr 2024
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Organic room temperature phosphorescent (ORTP) materials with stimuli-responsive, multicomponent emissive behaviour are extremely desirable for various applications. The derivative of cyclic triimidazole (TT) functionalized with an ethynyl group, TT-CCH, is isolated and investigated. The compound possesses crystallization-enhanced emission (CEE) comprising [...] Read more.
Organic room temperature phosphorescent (ORTP) materials with stimuli-responsive, multicomponent emissive behaviour are extremely desirable for various applications. The derivative of cyclic triimidazole (TT) functionalized with an ethynyl group, TT-CCH, is isolated and investigated. The compound possesses crystallization-enhanced emission (CEE) comprising dual fluorescence and dual phosphorescence of both molecular and supramolecular origin with aggregation-induced components highly sensitive to grinding. The mechanisms involved in the emissions have been disclosed thanks to combined structural, spectroscopic and computational investigations. In particular, strong CH⋯N hydrogen bonds are deemed responsible, for the first time in the TT family, together with frequently observed π⋯π stacking interactions, for the aggregated fluorescence and phosphorescence. Full article
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Enhancement of Photoluminescence Properties via Polymer Infiltration in a Colloidal Photonic Glass
by Andrea Chiappini, Davide Faccialà, Nina I. Novikova, Samim Sardar, Cosimo D’Andrea, Guido Scavia, Chiara Botta and Tersilla Virgili
Molecules 2024, 29(3), 654; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030654 - 30 Jan 2024
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Photonic glasses (PGs) based on the self-assembly of monosized nanoparticles can be an effective tool for realizing disordered structures capable of tailoring light diffusion due to the establishment of Mie resonances. In particular, the wavelength position of these resonances depends mainly on the [...] Read more.
Photonic glasses (PGs) based on the self-assembly of monosized nanoparticles can be an effective tool for realizing disordered structures capable of tailoring light diffusion due to the establishment of Mie resonances. In particular, the wavelength position of these resonances depends mainly on the morphology (dimension) and optical properties (refractive index) of the building blocks. In this study, we report the fabrication and optical characterization of photonic glasses obtained via a self-assembling technique. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that the infiltration of these systems with a green-emitting polymer enhances the properties of the polymer, resulting in a large increase in its photoluminescence quantum yield and a 3 ps growing time of the photoluminescence time decay Finally, the development of the aforementioned system can serve as a suitable low-cost platform for the realization of lasers and fluorescence-based bio-sensors. Full article
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