2025 Publications
Accelerating reverse intersystem crossing by bridging two multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters with [2.2]paracyclophane
Xu, Y., Chen, D., Wu, S., Black, D. J., Wang, H., Pal, R., Zhang, X. & Zysman-Colman, E., 20 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: CCS Chemistry. Ahead of Print, 15 p.
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A multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter with a twisted second-generation carbazole dendron showing suppressed concentration quenching and its use in solution-processed organic light-emitting diodes
Wang, J., Yasuda, Y., Ren, Y., Kondo, R., Cordes, D. B., Kaji, H. & Zysman-Colman, E., 21 May 2025, In: Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12, 10, p. 3279-3287 9 p.
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A multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescent dendrimer with intramolecular energy transfer: application for efficient host-free green solution-processed organic light-emitting diodes
Wu, S., Chen, D., Zhang, X.-H., Sun, D. & Zysman-Colman, E., 9 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Materials. Early View, 12 p., 2415289.
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A three boron doped B/O/N multi-resonant TADF emitter for improved reverse intersystem crossing rate and efficient pure blue organic light-emitting diodes
Wu, S., Chen, D., Seinfeld, M., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D., Zhang, X. & Zysman-Colman, E., 7 Sept 2025, In: Chemical Science. 16, 33, p. 15256-15264 9 p.
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Blue emission in sterically shielded multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters
Fatahi, M., Chen, D. & Zysman-Colman, E., 7 Oct 2025, In: Materials Advances. 6, 19, p. 6755-6763 9 p.
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Bowl-shaped corannulene donor-acceptor emitter unlocks host-modulated thermally activated delayed fluorescence/room temperature phosphorescence for oxygen sensing
Si, C., Wang, J., Lee, O., Cordes, D., Siegel, J. S. & Zysman-Colman, E., 11 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: CCS Chemistry. Online first
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Chiral polymers based on vinyl[2.2]paracyclophane and their application as CPL emitters
Tappert, H., Puttock, E. V., Ortiz, J. S. O., Zysman-Colman, E., Crassous, J. & Bräse, S., 16 Apr 2025, In: Polymers. 17, 8, 12 p., 1070.
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Chiral selenium-integrated multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters showing improved reverse intersystem crossing rate
Wang, J., Hafeez, H., Chen, D., Ortiz, J. S. O., Xu, Y., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Crassous, J., Samuel, I. D. W. & Zysman-Colman, E., 11 Aug 2025, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64, 33, 12 p., e202506999.
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Common mechanism of dual emission in linearly-linked donor-acceptor-type thermally activated delayed fluorescence molecules
Ryu, T., Ruseckas, A., Saigo, M., Miyata, K., Tsuchiya, Y., Nakanotani, H., Adachi, C., Samuel, I. D. W. & Onda, K., 3 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Advance Article, 10 p.
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Comparison of the performance of fluorescent, phosphorescent and TADF luminophores for explosives sensing
Duarte Tonet, M., Turnbull, G. & Zysman-Colman, E., 23 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Sensor Research. Early View, 11 p., e00137.
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Curcuminoid derivatives with a donor-acceptor-donor architecture: an outstanding platform for highly-efficient near-infrared electroluminescence and amplified spontaneous emission
D’Aléo, A., Tang, X., Kim, D.-H., Valverde, D., Zaborova, E., Canard, G., Brosseau, A., Mager, L., Clavier, G., Adachi, C., Olivier, Y. & Ribierre, J.-C., 11 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 10 p., 2500338.
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Deep-red to NIR solution-processed OLEDs of donor-decorated quinoxaline-based TADF aggregates
Gupta, A. K., Cordes, D. B., De, J., Slawin, A. M. Z., Warriner, S., Samuel, I. D. W. & Zysman-Colman, E., 28 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13, 12, p. 6123-6135 13 p.
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Design and experimental validation of a photocatalyst recommender based on a large language model
Millward, F., Kulczykowski, M., Badland-Shaw, J., Szymkuc, S., Suraksha, R., Kumar Srivastawa, A., Manet, V., Griffin, M., Bryden, M., Comerford, T., Hämmerling, L., Mariko, A., Grzybowski, B. A. & Zysman-Colman, E., 9 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Early View, 10 p., e14544.
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Design, synthesis, and photophysical properties of an iridium(III) complex bearing an indolo[3,2,1-jk]carbazole-decorated NHC ligand
Griffin, M., Mackenzie, C. F. R. & Zysman-Colman, E., 21 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Coordination Chemistry. Latest Articles, 15 p.
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DiICz MR-TADF emitters as potent energy transfer photocatalysts
Hämmerling, L., Hall, D., Blin, E., Heil, T. & Zysman-Colman, E., 28 Dec 2025, In: Chemical Science. 16, 48, p. 23220-23232 13 p.
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Easy to access iridium(III) NHC complexes as highly photoreducing photocatalysts having high photostability
Griffin, M. & Zysman-Colman, E., 17 Dec 2025, In: Cell Reports Physical Science. 6, 12, 13 p., 102991.
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Exploiting sodium ascorbate as an underutilized and sustainable sacrificial reductant for net reductive pinacol coupling reactions via mechanophotocatalysis
Millward, F. & Zysman-Colman, E., 1 Dec 2025, In: Helvetica Chimica Acta. 108, 12, 13 p., e00161.
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Exploring the impact of the presence of 9,9’-spirobifluorene moieties on the performance of carbonyl-based multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes
Haug, J. J., Wu, S., Hafeez, H., Schustek, M., Fatahi, M., Woordes, Y. T., Nieger, M., Fuhr, O., Luy, B., Samuel, I. D. W., Bräse, S. & Zysman-Colman, E., 14 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 14 p., e02118.
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Giant nonlinear Raman responses from organic semiconductors
Jiang, Y., Lin, H., Pan, J.-Q., Zhang, J.-L., Tam, H. L., Li, K. F., Wei, Q., Ng, S. M., Mak, C. L., Huang, Y. J., Wang, Y., Jia, Z.-B., Li, X.-C., Yi, L., Samuel, I. D. W., Cheah, K. W., Liu, X., Huang, W. & Lai, W.-Y., 1 Jul 2025, In: Nature Materials. 24, 7, p. 1091-1099 10 p.
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High-speed organic light-emitting diodes based on dinaphthylperylene achieving 4-Gbps communication
Yoshida, K., Majlesein, B., Chen, C., Haas, H., Turnbull, G. A. & Samuel, I. D. W., 12 Jun 2025, In: Advanced Photonics. 7, 3, 10 p., 036005.
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Hyperphosphorescent OLEDs: harnessing the power of MR-TADF terminal emitters
Puttock, E. V., Haug, J., Zysman-Colman, E. & Bräse, S., 22 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 25 p., 2500514.
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In-operando investigation of Purcell effect on efficiency roll-off in top-emitting phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes
Riahi, M., Yoshida, K., King, L. G. & Samuel, I. D. W., 1 Jun 2025, In: Synthetic Metals. 312, 6 p., 117848.
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Mechanometallaphotoredox catalysis: utilizing increased throughput mechanochemistry to develop solvent-minimized aryl amination and C(sp2)-C(sp3) cross-coupling reactions with increased tolerance to aerobic conditions
Millward, F. & Zysman-Colman, E., 2 Jul 2025, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147, 26, p. 22919-22931 13 p.
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It matters where the heavy atom is placed: optimizing the spin-orbital coupling in multiresonant TADF (MR-TADF) emitters and its impact on OLED performance
Chen, D., Wang, H., Huang, F., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A. P., Wang, K., Zhang, X.-H. & Zysman-Colman, E., 21 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Functional Materials. Early View, 11 p., 2506189.
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Judicious use of chalcogens in multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters leads to OLEDs with efficiencies exceeding 36% and showing mild efficiency roll-off
Liu, F., Su, Z., Cheng, Z., Chen, D., Xu, Y., Yan, Y., Dong, W., Wan, L., Zysman-Colman, E. & Lu, P., 6 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Early View, 10 p., e202511866.
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Method for measuring exciton-exciton annihilation rate constants in thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) emitters to understand efficiency roll-off in OLEDs
Zhang, L., Ruseckas, A., Yoshida, K., King, L. G., Madayanad Suresh, S., Zysman-Colman, E. & Samuel, I. D. W., 14 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Materials Horizons. Advance Article, 8 p.
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Modulation of donor in purely organic triplet harvesting AIE-TADF photosensitizer for image-guided photodynamic therapy
Barman, D., Rajamalli, P., Bidkar, A. P., Sarmah, T., Ghosh, S. S., Zysman-Colman, E. & Iyer, P. K., 9 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Small. Online, 2409533.
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OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection
Gong, J., Biabanifard, M., Yoshida, K., Turnbull, G. A., Di Falco, A. & Samuel, I. D. W., 27 Aug 2025, In: Light: Science & Applications. 14, 9 p., 294.
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Optical wireless communications: enabling the next-generation network of networks
Krishnamoorthy, A., Safi, H., Younus, O., Kazemi, H., Osahon, I. N. O., Liu, M., Liu, Y., Babadi, S., Ahmad, R., Ihsan, A., Majlesein, B., Huang, Y., Herrnsdorf, J., Rajbhandari, S., McKendry, J. J. D., Tavakkolnia, I., Caglayan, H., Helmers, H., Turnbull, G. & Samuel, I. D. W. & 3 others, , Jun 2025, In: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. 20, 2, p. 20-39 20 p.
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Red and near-infrared thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters based on a dibenzo[f,h]pyrido[2,3-b]quinoxaline acceptor
Naz, F., Si, C., Kellici, S., Sajjad, M. T. & Zysman-Colman, E., 12 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemistry-An Asian Journal. Early View, 10 p., e202500136.
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Red multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters as bioimaging agents
Si, C., Primrose, W. L., Xu, Y., Hudson, Z. M. & Zysman-Colman, E., 14 Aug 2025, In: Advanced Optical Materials. 13, 23, 9 p., 2402576.
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Red-to-near-infrared electroluminescence and low-threshold amplified spontaneous emission from solution-processable fluorescent diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives
D’ Aléo, A., Placide, V., Ye, H., Fornasarig, M., Valverde, D., Choi, E., Canard, G., Wu, J. W., Olivier, Y., Adachi, C. & Ribierre, J., 1 May 2025, In: ChemPhotoChem. 9, 7, e202500039.
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Saturated carbazole-embedded BN-aromatic systems as narrowband sky-blue emitters
Fatahi, M., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B. & Zysman-Colman, E., 28 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13, 40, p. 20549-20558 10 p.
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Semirenewable polyamides containing disulfide bonds: synthesis, degradation, self-healing, and triboelectric properties
Kulyabin, P. S., Lozano-Pérez, A. S., Xu, T., More, Y. D., Sampathkumar, H., Pancholi, K., Page, O., Rennie, C., Hämmerling, L., Lima, K., Zysman-Colman, E., Tan, J.-C. & Kumar, A., 14 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Macromolecules. ASAP, 10 p.
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Simultaneous multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence and room temperature phosphorescence from biluminescent nitrogen-containing indolocarbazoles
Lee, O. S., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Warriner, S. L., Gather, M. C. & Zysman-Colman, E., 14 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Science . Early View, 16 p., e03175.
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The magic of semi-perfluorinated mixtures: engineering MR-TADF emission from host–guest mixtures of liquid crystals
Knöller, J. A., Günther, T., Matulaitis, T., Zens, A., Zysman-Colman, E. & Laschat, S., 12 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Advance Article, 14 p.
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Visible light communication using thermally activated delayed fluorescent OLEDs
King, L. G., Majlesein, B., Osahon, I. N. O., Yoshida, K., Haas, H. & Samuel, I. D. W., 19 Sept 2025, In: Device. 3, 9, 8 p., 100835.
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