CRC 1459- A04: Developing tunable triplet emitters towards adaptive electroluminescent devices

Basic data for this project

Description

This project is concerned with luminescent materials whose optical readouts respond to diverse external stimuli such as light, temperature, pressure, and electrochemical potential. This will be achieved by decorating responsive polymers with luminescent metal complexes. The design and synthesis of adequate ligands and metal complexes will be guided by ab initio calculations while molecular dynamics simulations will be performed to address their photo-triggered assembly. We aim to evolve these materials from being purely responsive to being adaptive by introducing the ability to process feedback or by exploiting memory effects. In the long term, this strategy will enable colour-coded information storage and processing in soft matter.