title: Coaxing solid-state phosphorescence from tellurophenes.
abstract: The synthesis of the first examples of tellurophenes exhibiting phosphorescence in the solid state and under ambient conditions (room temperature and in air) is reported. Each of these main-group-element-based emitters feature pinacolboronates (BPin) as ring-appended side groups. The nature of the luminescence observed was also investigated using computational methods.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Dr., Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2 (Canada).
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Torres Delgado
authors.forename: Devon J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Merten
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammadpour
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Karthik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivard
keywords: boronic esters; main-group elements; solid-state phosphorescence; tellurophenes