Degradation Kinetics of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials from Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and Density-Functional Theory: The Case of β-ZnTe(en).

Organic-inorganic hybrid materials often face a stability challenge. β-ZnTe(en) , which uniquely has over 15-year real-time degradation data, is taken as a prototype structure to demonstrate an accelerated thermal aging method for assessing the intrinsic and ambient-condition long-term stability of hybrid materials. Micro-Raman spectroscopy is used to investigate the thermal degradation of β-ZnTe(en) in a protected condition and in air by monitoring the temperature dependences of the intrinsic and degradation-product Raman modes.

II-VI Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanostructures with Greatly Enhanced Optoelectronic Properties, Perfectly Ordered Structures, and Shelf Stability of Over 15 Years.

Organic-inorganic hybrids may offer material properties not available from their inorganic components. However, they are typically less stable and disordered. Long-term stability study of the hybrid materials, over the anticipated lifespan of a real-world electronic device, is practically nonexistent.

Accessing new microporous polyspirobifluorenes via a C/Si switch.

Microporous spirosilabifluorene networks were synthesized via Yamamoto coupling of tetrabromospirosilabifluorene precursors. They exhibit bright fluorescence that is quenched in the presence of nitroaromatics. The C/Si switch has subtle effects on the optical properties of the spirobifluorene network and provides a convenient route to 3,3',6,6'-coupled and other polybifluorenes.