Recent Progress in Fluorene-Based Luminescent Materials:Towards Suppression of Aggregates and Green Emission

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2008.04.305

Abstract

Abstract: Polyfluorene(PFs) has been one of the most promising luminescent polymers during the past ten years.It has many advantages that favor its applications in polymer light-emitting diodes(PLEDs).On the other hand,some drawbacks such as PF’s chain aggregation and undesirable green color emission also confine its application.This paper describes the recent progress on PFs materials in which methods on the suppression of aggregates and green color emission is mainly discussed.

Key words: polyfluorene, aggregation, green emission, modification

CLC Number:

ZHAO Qian-jin, WU Wen-hui. Recent Progress in Fluorene-Based Luminescent Materials:Towards Suppression of Aggregates and Green Emission[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2008, 26(4): 305-317.

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