9,10-Diphenylanthracene is a
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
A Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) is any member of a class of organic compounds that is composed of multiple fused aromatic rings. Most are produced by the incomplete combustion of organic matter— by engine exhaust fumes, tobacco, incine ...
. It has the appearance of a slightly yellow powder. 9,10-Diphenylanthracene is used as a
sensitiser in
chemiluminescence
Chemiluminescence (also chemoluminescence) is the emission of light (luminescence) as the result of a chemical reaction, i.e. a chemical reaction results in a flash or glow of light. A standard example of chemiluminescence in the laboratory se ...
. In
glow sticks it is used to produce blue light. It is a molecular
organic semiconductor
Organic semiconductors are solids whose building blocks are pi-bonded molecules or polymers made up by carbon and hydrogen atoms and – at times – heteroatoms such as nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen. They exist in the form of molecular crystals o ...
, used in blue
OLEDs and OLED-based displays.
See also
*
2-Chloro-9,10-diphenylanthracene, a chlorinated derivative
References
External links
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Australian National Pollutant Inventory
Organic semiconductors
Anthracenes
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