Circularly polarized triplet exciton emission from chiral MOF-immobilized and -organized copper(I) complexes

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Excited states of chiral photoactive compounds are of great interest because they can exhibit circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) with a yet to fully explore potential in enantioselective sensors, data storage, (3D-)OLEDs, or ultrafast switching in quantum cryptographical applications. The majority of current CPL compounds is based on fluorescent states and lanthanides, both of which are not the optimal choice for optoelectronic applications. However, the design of phosphorescent CPL materials with high quantum yield and high radiative rate constants is much less explored as the formally spin-forbidden T1 emission requires coupling with Sn states of sufficient electronic transition dipole moment to the ground state, while each of them may have a different orientation of the magnetic transition dipole moment m (leading to partial cancellation of the overall m) that is necessary for strong CPL. Therefore, prediction of the extent of CP phosphorescence or even CP-TADF (thermally activated delayed fluorescence) is difficult, and the few examples known show relatively weak CPL.Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising platforms for the targeted design of novel materials with advanced photophysical properties, such as lasing, multi-photon absorption and guest, temperature or pressure dependent luminescence. The immobilization of photoactive molecular luminophores in a rigid crystalline coordination network can significantly improve their luminescence parameters (luminescence lifetime, quantum yield, etc.) due to increased photo-stability, a suppression of non-radiative deactivation as well as a targeted alignment and arrangement of the luminophores in 3D space. Within this collaborative project, we aim to combine our expertise for the construction of porous MOFs containing chiral highly-efficient organometallic Cu(I) luminophores, which can emit from their T1 state or via TADF, arranged in a three-dimensional lattice. For this, we will follow a very specific design strategy to obtain beneficial CPL properties in single crystals, powders and films, and employ these new materials in CP-PhOLEDs.