Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence of Triazatruxene Derivatives for
Dynamic Data Encryption and Anti-counterfeiting
Abstract
Organic luminogens with persistent room temperature phosphorescence
(RTP) have drawn tremendous attentions due to their prom-ising
potentials in optoelectronic devices, information storage, biological
imaging, and anti-counterfeiting. In this work, six triazatrux-ene-based
lumiogens with different peripheral substituents and configurations are
synthesized and systematically studied. The results show that their
fluorescence quantum yields in solid states range from 15.73% to
37.58%. Dispersing the luminogens as guest into the host (PPh3) could
turn on the persistent RTP, where PPh3 acts as not only a rigid matrix
to suppress the non-radiative transitions of the guest, but also
provides energy transfer channels to the guest. The maximum
phosphorescence efficiency and the longest lifetime could reach 29.35%
and 0.99 s in co-crystal films of 6-TAT-CN/PPh3 and 5-TAT-H/PPh3,
respectively. Moreover, these host-guest co-crystalline films exhibit
great potentials in advanced dynamic data encryption and
anti-counterfeiting. This work deepens the insight for low cost,
halogen-free, and facile fabrication of all-organic persistent RTP
materials.