title: A supramolecular approach for designing emissive solid-state carbazole arrays.
abstract: Reactions of 5-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-isophthalate and metal salts provide laminar metal organic frameworks (MOFs) wherein interlayer interactions of the pendant carbazoles engender extended aromatic stacks or non-stacked structures with enhanced solid-state emission. These studies emphasize that MOFs serve as versatile supramolecular platforms to direct the aggregation and electroptical behaviours of organic chromophores.
authors.affiliation: Center for Photochemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA. jkloster@bgsu.edu.
authors.forename: Liubov M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lifshits
authors.forename: Bruce C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Noll
authors.forename: Jeremy K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Klosterman