title: Versatile Synthesis of Luminescent Tetradentate Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes and Their Application in Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices.
abstract: A new class of cyclometalated tetradentate alkynylgold(III) complexes has been successfully synthesized by post-synthetic modification. Through the judicious design and choice of pincer ligands, post-synthetic cyclization could be achieved to produce the robust and structurally rigid class of tetradentate gold(III) C^N^C^C complexes with high photoluminescence quantum yields of up to 0.49 in solution and 0.78 in doped thin films at room temperature, at least an order of magnitude higher than those of the structurally related uncyclized tridentate alkynylgold(III) analogues. High-performance yellow to orange-red emitting solution-processable organic light-emitting devices have also been achieved with external quantum efficiency of 11.1 %. This work describes for the first time of the use of post-synthetic ligand modification approach to overcome the synthetic challenge for tetradentate alkynylgold(III) complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ben Yiu-Wing
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hok-Lai
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yi-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Mei-Yee
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Vivian Wing-Wah
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Yam
keywords: gold; luminescence; organic light-emitting devices; post-synthetic modification; tetradentate ligands