Nano LettersPub Date : 2024-11-13Epub Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03283
Daria V Beznasyuk, Sara Martí-Sánchez, Gunjan Nagda, Damon James Carrad, Jordi Arbiol, Thomas Sand Jespersen
{"title":"Scale-Dependent Growth Modes of Selective Area Grown III-V Nanowires.","authors":"Daria V Beznasyuk, Sara Martí-Sánchez, Gunjan Nagda, Damon James Carrad, Jordi Arbiol, Thomas Sand Jespersen","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03283","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03283","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Due to their flexible geometry, in-plane selective area grown (SAG) nanowires (NWs) encompass the advantages of vapor-liquid-solid NWs and planar structures. The complex interplay of growth kinetics and NW dimensions provides new pathways for crystal engineering; however, their growth mechanisms remain poorly understood. We analyze the growth mechanisms of GaAs(Sb) and InGaAs/GaAs(Sb) in-plane SAG NWs using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). While GaAs(Sb) NWs consistently follow a layer-by-layer growth, the InGaAs/GaAs(Sb) growth transitions from step-flow to layer-by-layer and layer-plus-island depending on the InGaAs thickness and the NW dimensions. We extract the diffusion lengths of Ga adatoms along the [11̅0] and [110] directions under As<sub>2</sub> during GaAs(Sb) growth. Our results indicate that Sb may inhibit the layer-by-layer to step-flow transition. Our findings show that different growth modes can be achieved in the MBE of in-plane SAG NWs grown on the same substrate and highlight the importance of the interplay with NW dimensions.</p>","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142556649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bio-Based Polyurethane Composites with Adjustable Fluorescence and Ultraviolet Shielding for Anti-Counterfeiting and Ultraviolet Protection.","authors":"Mengyao Zhai, Tao Shou, Dexian Yin, Zhi Chen, Yaowen Wu, Yue Liu, Xiuying Zhao, Shikai Hu, Liqun Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acsami.4c12183","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.4c12183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Polyurethane and its composites play an important role in innovative packing materials including anticounterfeiting and ultraviolet protection, however, they are mainly derived from petroleum resources that are not sustainable. In this study, a 100% biobased thermoplastic polyurethane (Bio-TPU) was synthesized using biobased poly(trimethylene ether) glycol, pentamethylene disocyanate, and 1,4-butanediol. Subsequently, biobased tannic acid (TA) was employed to prepare biobased composites. The structures and properties of Bio-TPU and its composites were systematically evaluated. The results showed that the Bio-TPU/TA composite films had excellent and controllable fluorescence and UV-shielding properties. The fluorescence colors of the Bio-TPU/TA composite films could be adjusted to blue, green, and yellow by varying the TA content and adding coupling agents. Moreover, the UV transmittance of the Bio-TPU/TA composites decreased from 79.25 to 5.43% below 400 nm with an increasing TA content, indicating an excellent ultraviolet-barrier performance. Consequently, biobased TPU/TA composite films can be utilized as innovative anticounterfeiting materials and UV-shielding protection films. This study is expected to facilitate sustainable development in the polyurethane industry and broaden the high-end applications of polyurethane such as fashion, electronics, food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and finance.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142560360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i> 1.0320 Postbiotics Ameliorate Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Colonic Inflammation and Oxidative Stress by Regulating the Intestinal Barrier and Gut Microbiota.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Xiaolei Duan, Xianhui Chen, Shanshan Qian, Jiage Ma, Zhanmei Jiang, Juncai Hou","doi":"10.1021/acs.jafc.4c06303","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jafc.4c06303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Probiotics are increasingly being used as an adjunctive therapy for ulcerative colitis. However, some safety issues have been found in the clinical use of probiotics. Postbiotics have attracted much attention due to their storage stability, safety, and potential functions, but the dose required to exert a significant protective effect is unknown. Therefore, this study evaluated the potential mechanisms of different doses (200, 400, 600 mg/kg) of <i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i> 1.0320 postbiotics (1.0320P) in alleviating dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis. The study revealed that 1.0320P could mitigate DSS-induced colitis with signs of reductions in the disease activity index, amelioration of colon tissue damage, decreased secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, reduced oxidative stress levels, and lower bone marrow peroxidase activity. Furthermore, high dose of 1.0320P could upregulated the expression of key proteins in the Nrf2/ARE pathway (NQO1, Nrf2, and HO-1) and downregulated the expression of key proteins in the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway (TLR4, MyD88, and NF-κB p65). In addition, high dose of 1.0320P could upregulate the expression of tight junction (TJ) proteins including ZO-1, Occludin, and Claudin-1, contributing to the restoration of the intestinal mucosal barrier function. Additionally, 1.0320P was found to effectively correct imbalances in the intestinal microbiota and enhance the synthesis of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), thereby regulating homeostasis in the intestinal internal environment. Overall, our findings suggest that postbiotics could ameliorate colonic inflammation while being somewhat dose-dependent. This study provides new insights into postbiotics as a next-generation biotherapeutic agent for the treatment of ulcerative colitis and even other diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":41,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142562388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Memcapacitors and Memristor Characteristics of ISGE-SOT and SHE-SOT Gain-Driven MoS<sub>2</sub>:Er Ferromagnets.","authors":"Haoqun Zeng, Xi Chen, Jianyu Ling, Hongpeng Zhang, Yu Tong, Kewei Zhang, Mingzhe Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acsami.4c09201","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.4c09201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The enhancement of the spin-orbit torque (SOT) effect through the integration of intrinsic inverse spin galvanic effect spin-orbit torque and spin Hall effect spin-orbit torque is fundamentally dependent on the structural and material properties of the ferromagnets. Consequently, the synthesis of ferromagnets with superior structural integrity and material characteristics is of paramount importance. In this study, a gas-liquid chemical reaction, in conjunction with ultrasonic crushing, was employed to synthesize few-layer MoS<sub>2</sub>:Er nanosheets. X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and energy-dispersive spectroscopy analyses confirm the successful substitution of Mo<sup>4+</sup> by Er<sup>3+</sup> through doping within the MoS<sub>2</sub> lattice. Vibrating sample magnetometry and MT measurements indicate that MoS<sub>2</sub>:Er exhibits room-temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM), with the underlying mechanism elucidated through first-principles calculations. Furthermore, the unique electron density of states at the Fermi level suggests the presence of ferromagnetism in MoS<sub>2</sub>:Er. A wedge-shaped Pt/MoS<sub>2</sub>:Er/Au structure was fabricated and subsequently evaluated for current-induced SOT switching, as well as for its memcapacitor and memristor characteristics. The precession of a magnetic moment in three-dimensional space was successfully simulated by solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert-Slonczewski equation using the Mumax.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sulfonate-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework as a Porous \"Proton Reservoir\" for Boosting Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia.","authors":"Yun-Shan Tsai, Shang-Cheng Yang, Tzu-Hsien Yang, Chung-Huan Wu, Tzu-Chi Lin, Chung-Wei Kung","doi":"10.1021/acsami.4c14786","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.4c14786","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The electrochemical reduction reaction of nitrate (NO<sub>3</sub>RR) is an attractive route to produce ammonia at ambient conditions, but the conversion from nitrate to ammonia, which requires nine protons, has to compete with both the two-proton process of nitrite formation and the hydrogen evolution reaction. Extensive research efforts have thus been made in recent studies to develop electrocatalysts for the NO<sub>3</sub>RR facilitating the production of ammonia. Rather than designing another better electrocatalyst, herein, we synthesize an electrochemically inactive, porous, and chemically robust zirconium-based metal-organic framework (MOF) with enriched intraframework sulfonate groups, SO<sub>3</sub>-MOF-808, as a coating deposited on top of the catalytically active copper-based electrode. Although both the overall reaction rate and electrochemically active surface area of the electrode are barely affected by the MOF coating, with negatively charged sulfonate groups capable of enriching more protons near the electrode surface, the MOF coating significantly promotes the selectivity of the NO<sub>3</sub>RR toward the production of ammonia. In contrast, the use of MOF coating with positively charged trimethylammonium groups to repulse protons strongly facilitates the conversion of nitrate to nitrite, with selectivity of more than 90% at all potentials. Under the optimal operating conditions, the copper electrocatalyst with SO<sub>3</sub>-MOF-808 coating can achieve a Faradaic efficiency of 87.5% for ammonia production, a nitrate-to-ammonia selectivity of 95.6%, and an ammonia production rate of 97 μmol/cm<sup>2</sup> h, outperforming all of those achieved by both the pristine copper (75.0%; 93.9%; 87 μmol/cm<sup>2</sup> h) and copper with optimized Nafion coating (83.3%; 86.9%; 64 μmol/cm<sup>2</sup> h). Findings here suggest the function of MOF as an advanced alternative to the commercially available Nafion to enrich protons near the surface of electrocatalyst for NO<sub>3</sub>RR, and shed light on the potential of utilizing such electrochemically inactive MOF coatings in a range of proton-coupled electrocatalytic reactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improved Thermal Dissipation in a MoS<sub>2</sub> Field-Effect Transistor by Hybrid High-<i>k</i> Dielectric Layers.","authors":"Jian Huang, Yifan Li, Xiaotong Yu, Zexin Liu, Fanfan Wang, Yue Yue, Rong Zhang, Ruiwen Dai, Kai Yang, Heng Liu, Qingyang Fan, Donghui Hong, Qiang Chen, Zhiqiang Wang, Yuan Gao, Guoqing Xin","doi":"10.1021/acsami.4c12143","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.4c12143","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transition metal dichalcogenides like MoS<sub>2</sub> have been considered as crucial channel materials beyond silicon to continuously advance transistor scaling down owing to their two-dimensional structure and exceptional electrical properties. However, the undesirable interface morphology and vibrational phonon frequency mismatch between MoS<sub>2</sub> and the dielectric layer induce low thermal boundary conductance, resulting in overheating issues and impeding electrical performance improvement in the MoS<sub>2</sub> field-effect transistors. Here, we employed hybrid high-<i>k</i> dielectric layers of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/HfO<sub>2</sub> to simultaneously reduce the interfacial thermal resistance and improve device electrical performance. The enhanced contact, greater vibrational phonon overlapping region, and stronger interfacial bonding force between the top Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> layer and MoS<sub>2</sub> promote the heat removal efficiency across the interface to the substrate. Under the same input power density, the temperature profile of the MoS<sub>2</sub> transistor on the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/HfO<sub>2</sub> has been largely reduced compared to that of the device on HfO<sub>2</sub>, with a maximum reduction of 49.5 °C. In addition, the field-effect mobility and current of MoS<sub>2</sub> devices on the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/HfO<sub>2</sub> high-<i>k</i> dielectric layers have been significantly improved, attributed to the depressed electron scattering and trap states at the interface. The design of the hybrid high-<i>k</i> dielectric layers provides an efficient solution to simultaneously improve the thermal and electrical performance of the two-dimensional devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Verena Schäfer, Simone Stegmüller, Hanna Becker, Elke Richling
{"title":"Reactivity of the 2-Methylfuran Phase I Metabolite 3-Acetylacrolein Toward DNA.","authors":"Verena Schäfer, Simone Stegmüller, Hanna Becker, Elke Richling","doi":"10.1021/acs.jafc.4c07280","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jafc.4c07280","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>2-Methylfuran (2-MF) is a well-known industrial chemical and also formed via thermal treatment of food. One main source of 2-MF in the human diet is coffee. 2-MF is known to form 3-acetylacrolein (AcA, 4-oxopent-2-enal) via cytochrome P 450 metabolism and further reacts with amino acids in vivo. Still the reactivity toward other biomolecules is rather scarce. Therefore, AcA was synthesized, and its reaction with 2'-deoxyadenosine (dA), 2'deoxyguanosine (dG), 2'deoxycytosine (dC), and 2'-deoxythymidine (dT) was tested. For this purpose, adduct formation was performed by acid hydrolysis of 2,5-dihydro-2,5-dimethoxy-2-methylfuran (DHDMMF) as well as pure AcA. The structures of these adducts were confirmed by UPLC-ESI<sup>+</sup>-MS/MS fragmentation patterns and <sup>1</sup>H-/<sup>13</sup>CNMR spectra. Except for dT, which showed no reactivity, all adducts of AcA were characterized, which enabled the development of sensitive quantification methods via (U)HPLC-ESI<sup>±</sup>-MS/MS. Pure AcA was synthesized by oxidation of 2-MF using dimethyldioxirane (DMDO), and its behavior in aqueous medium was studied. Incubations of AcA and isolated DNA of primary rat hepatocytes (pRH) showed time- and dose-dependent formation of the identified DNA adducts dA-AcA, dG-AcA, or dC-AcA. In contrast, the DNA adducts dA-AcA, dG-AcA, or dC-AcA were not detected on a cellular level when pRH were incubated with 2-MF or AcA. This indicates an efficient detoxification or reaction with biomolecules in the cell, although the induction of other DNA damage, possibly also by other metabolites, cannot be ruled out in principle.</p>","PeriodicalId":41,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142566380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inhibition of Aβ Aggregation and Tau Phosphorylation with Functionalized Biomimetic Nanoparticles for Synergic Alzheimer's Disease Therapy.","authors":"Yunfei Tang, Xiaolei Song, Mengmeng Xiao, Chenchen Wang, Xiaowan Zhang, Peng Li, Shihao Sun, Dingzhong Wang, Wei Wei, Songqin Liu","doi":"10.1021/acsami.4c16337","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.4c16337","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The main pathological mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are extracellular senile plaques caused by β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles derived from hyperphosphorylated Tau protein (p-Tau). However, it is difficult to obtain a good curative effect because of the poor brain bioavailability of drugs, which is attributed to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) restriction and complicated brain conditions. Herein, HM-DK was proposed for synergistic therapy of AD by using hollow mesoporous manganese dioxide (HM) as a carrier to deliver an Aβ-inhibiting peptide and a Dp-peptide inhibitor of Tau-related fibril formation synergistically. Inspired by 4T1 cancer cells promoting BBB penetration during brain metastasis, a prospective biomimetic nanocarrier (HM-DK@CM) encapsulated by 4T1 cell membranes was designed. After crossing the BBB, HM-DK@CM inhibited Aβ aggregation and prevented Tau phosphorylation simultaneously. Moreover, by taking advantage of the catalase-like activity of HM, HM-DK@CM relieved oxidative stress and altered the microenvironment associated with the development of AD. Compared with the single therapeutic drug, HM-DK@CM restored nerve damage and improved AD mice's learning and memory abilities by decreasing Aβ oligomer, p-Tau protein, and inflammation through various pathways for synergistic therapy, which has broad prospects for the effective treatment of AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142566432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual-Mode Stretchable Emitter with Programmable Emissivity and Air Permeability.","authors":"Yinhyui Joo, Dongkyun Kang, Myeongkyu Lee","doi":"10.1021/acsami.4c15068","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.4c15068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Materials with anisotropic emission characteristics have attracted considerable attention for thermal management. Although many dual-mode emitters have been developed for this purpose in the form of textiles, multilayer films, and photonic structures, multiple functionalities are essential for their versatile applications. Herein, a highly stretchable dual-mode emitter with programmable emissivity and air permeability is presented. The emitter comprises a planar Ge<sub>2</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>5</sub> (GST) cavity on one side of a perforated elastomer substrate and an infrared-reflecting metal layer on the other side. With a laser-induced phase transition from amorphous to crystalline GST, the emitter exhibits a large emissivity difference of 0.52 between both sides. The dual-mode emitter remains highly stable without mechanical failure after repeated stretching cycles to a strain of 50%. This air-permeable and stretchable emitter can be attached to any curved surface, including the human body. The GST-side emissivity can be programmed into an arbitrary emissivity pattern using a spatially modulated laser beam, ultimately enabling the printing of mutually independent visible and thermal images in a single emitter. This study provides a promising structure for multispectral optical security as well as thermal management.</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142574794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual Emission and Low-Temperature Afterglow in Xanthone-Dibenzoazepine for High EQE Host-Guest OLEDs with Low-Efficiency Roll-Off.","authors":"Komal Vasant Barhate, Pramya Ranjan Chanda, Mahesh Poojary, Sangita Bose, Neeraj Agarwal","doi":"10.1021/acsami.4c10923","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsami.4c10923","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research has been driven to demonstrate organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with high efficiency, and in the quest for new materials, thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters have been employed. Preparation of donor-acceptor (D-A) π-conjugates is a useful guideline for developing TADF emitters. TADF emitters have shown excellent progress and high maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE<sub>max</sub>) for OLEDs in the recent past; however, they suffer with substantial roll-off resulting in a decrease in their efficiency. In order to have efficient OLED emitters with less efficiency roll-off, we designed a xanthone-amine derivative with twisted electron-rich dibenzoazepine having limited rotation at the donor-acceptor bond. <b>Xan-Azepine</b> shows solvent polarity-dependent fluorescence in the range of 441- 597 nm having a lifetime below 10 ns. At 77 K in Me-THF, a triplet at 557 nm was observed having a decay lifetime of 0.75 s and an afterglow for about 6 s. In powder, it shows dual emission, i.e., fluorescence (490 and 6 ns) and phosphorescence (530 nm and 192 μs) at ambient conditions. The energy difference between the singlet and triplet energy levels of <b>Xan-Azepine</b> is found to be 0.18 eV in the powder sample. Its blend in 4,4'-bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1'-biphenyl (CBP) showed delayed fluorescence with a lifetime of 118 μs at 300 K, while it reduced to 84 μs at 150 K. These observations suggest the TADF nature of <b>Xan-Azepine</b> in its CBP blend. OLED devices of <b>Xan-Azepine</b> showing a turn-on voltage of 2.8 V and a EQE<sub>max</sub> of 12% were successfully fabricated. In the doped films of <b>Xan-Azepine</b> (5 wt %) with CBP, a maximum luminescence of 5980 Cd/m<sup>2</sup> at a current density of 70 mA/cm<sup>2</sup> was obtained, resulting in devices with low-efficiency roll-off (2.75%).</p>","PeriodicalId":5,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142574805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}