Abstract
We have explored the photoluminescence (PL) and electronic properties, that is, orbital energies and resulting energy gap calculated theoretically by density functional theory (DFT) of four unsymmetrical (UAz1–UAz4) azomethines. All of the investigated compounds exhibited mesomorphic behavior. The photoluminescence studies have shown that molecular structure of the imines influenced both the PL properties and HOMO–LUMO levels of azomethines. Azomethines emitted violet, blue or green light. The effect of excitation wavelength and concentration on the PL properties has been detected as well. Unsymmetrical imine UAz3 posses carbazole unit exhibited lower both HOMO and LUMO energies compare to others investigated azomethines. Additionally, azomethines were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Two unsymmetrical imines (UAz2 and UAz3) exhibited irreversible oxidation behavior. The HOMO level of the compound with ethylcarbazole (UAz2) moiety was observed at −5.22eV, while for the UAz3 with phenoxybiphenyl unit was found at −5.64eV. The data obtained by theoretical calculation using DFT method was very similar to the results obtained by electrochemical measurements.
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