Supramolecular self‐assembly as a tool to preserve the electronic purity of 
perylene diimide chromophores**

Heckelmann, Ina; Lu, Zifei; Prentice, Joseph C. A.; Auras, Florian; Ronson, Tanya K.; Friend, Richard H.; Nitschke, Jonathan R.; Feldmann, Sascha

doi:10.1002/anie.202216729

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Supramolecular self‐assembly as a tool to preserve the electronic purity of perylene diimide chromophores**

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Auras, Florian
Department of Synthetic Materials and Functional Devices (SMFD), Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Heckelmann, I., Lu, Z., Prentice, J. C. A., Auras, F., Ronson, T. K., Friend, R. H., et al. (2023). Supramolecular self‐assembly as a tool to preserve the electronic purity of perylene diimide chromophores**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(12): e202216729. doi:10.1002/anie.202216729.

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Abstract

Organic semiconductors are promising for efficient, printable optoelectronics. However, strong excited-state quenching due to uncontrolled aggregation limits their use in devices. We report on the self-assembly of a supramolecular pseudo-cube formed from six perylene diimides (PDIs). The rigid, shape-persistent cage sets the distance and orientation of the PDIs and suppresses intramolecular rotations and vibrations, leading to non-aggregated, monomer-like properties in solution and the solid state, in contrast to the fast fluorescence quenching in the free ligand. The stabilized excited state and electronic purity in the cage enables the observation of delayed fluorescence due to a bright excited multimer, acting as excited-state reservoir in a rare case of benign inter-chromophore interactions in the cage. We show that self-assembly provides a powerful tool for retaining and controlling the electronic properties of chromophores, and to bring molecular electronics devices within reach.