PMID- 27398216 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 2050-7526 (Print) IS - 2050-7534 (Electronic) IS - 2050-7526 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 17 DP - 2016 May 7 TI - Solubilised bright blue-emitting iridium complexes for solution processed OLEDs. PG - 3726-3737 AB - Combining a sterically bulky, electron-deficient 2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)pyridine (dFMesppy) cyclometalating C(wedge)N ligand with an electron rich, highly rigidified 1,1'-(alpha,alpha'-o-xylylene)-2,2'-biimidazole (o-xylbiim) N(wedge)N ligand gives an iridium complex, [Ir(dFMesppy)(2)(o-xylbiim)](PF(6)), that achieves extraordinarily bright blue emission (Phi(PL) = 90%; lambda(max) = 459 nm in MeCN) for a cationic iridium complex. This complex is compared with two reference complexes bearing 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine, and solution-processed organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been fabricated from these materials. FAU - Henwood, Adam F AU - Henwood AF AD - Organic Semiconductor Centre , EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9ST , UK . Email: eli.zysman-colman@st-andrews.ac.uk ; http://www.zysman-colman.com ; ; Tel: +44 (0)1334 463826. FAU - Bansal, Ashu K AU - Bansal AK AD - Organic Semiconductor Centre , SUPA , School of Physics and Astronomy , University of St Andrews , Fife , KY16 9SS , UK. FAU - Cordes, David B AU - Cordes DB AD - Organic Semiconductor Centre , EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9ST , UK . Email: eli.zysman-colman@st-andrews.ac.uk ; http://www.zysman-colman.com ; ; Tel: +44 (0)1334 463826. FAU - Slawin, Alexandra M Z AU - Slawin AM AD - Organic Semiconductor Centre , EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9ST , UK . Email: eli.zysman-colman@st-andrews.ac.uk ; http://www.zysman-colman.com ; ; Tel: +44 (0)1334 463826. FAU - Samuel, Ifor D W AU - Samuel ID AD - Organic Semiconductor Centre , SUPA , School of Physics and Astronomy , University of St Andrews , Fife , KY16 9SS , UK. FAU - Zysman-Colman, Eli AU - Zysman-Colman E AD - Organic Semiconductor Centre , EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9ST , UK . Email: eli.zysman-colman@st-andrews.ac.uk ; http://www.zysman-colman.com ; ; Tel: +44 (0)1334 463826. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160211 PL - England TA - J Mater Chem C Mater JT - Journal of materials chemistry. C JID - 101601114 PMC - PMC4906369 EDAT- 2016/07/12 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/12 06:01 PMCR- 2016/02/11 CRDT- 2016/07/12 06:00 PHST- 2016/01/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/02/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - c6tc00151c [pii] AID - 10.1039/c6tc00151c [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mater Chem C Mater. 2016 May 7;4(17):3726-3737. doi: 10.1039/c6tc00151c. Epub 2016 Feb 11.