title: Preparation of a tetraphenylethylene-based emitter: synthesis, structure and optoelectronic properties of tetrakis(pentaphenylphenyl)ethylene.
abstract: Soluble tetrakis(pentaphenylphenyl)ethylene (1), prepared in three steps, allows non-emissive tetraphenylethylene (TPE) to turn into an emitter (Phi(F) = 0.13) owing to the steric bulk of the four large hexaphenylbenzene propellers which hamper =C-Ph and C=C bond rotations in the TPE core.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, USA.
authors.forename: Vijay S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rathore