Facile Synthesis and Evaluation of Electron Transport and Photophysical Properties of Photoluminescent PDI Derivatives.

Perylenediimides (PDIs) have emerged as potential materials for optoelectronic applications. In the current work, four PDI derivatives, substituted at imide nitrogen with 2,6-diisopropyl phenyl, 2-nitrophenyl, diphenylmethylene, and pentafluorophenyl groups, have been synthesized from perylene 3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride using a facile imidization synthesis process. PDI derivatives have been spectroscopically characterized for their structure and optical properties.

Comparative Charge Transfer Studies of Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads: Substituents Effect.

The present study deals with the study of charge transfer and photophysical properties of synthesized non-metallated fullerene-porphyrin dyad-III (H2P3-C60) via Prato reaction. The porphyrin has been substituted with electron donating groups (3,5-di--butylbenzene) at meso positions facilitating the effective charge transfer for the formation of long lived charge-separated states in dyad molecule. The photophysical and thermal activated conducting properties of dyad was comprehensively studied to establish the effect of substituents and also by comparing with our reported dyad II having only meso-phenyl groups.