Sun XLiao M.-YYu XWu Y.-SZhong CChueh C.-CLi ZLi Z.CHU-CHEN CHUEH2022-03-222022-03-22202220416520https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85123681594&doi=10.1039%2fd1sc06807e&partnerID=40&md5=04de69179573dfc06c5cd46daf648e26https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/598128For organic semiconductors, the development of electron-deficient building blocks has lagged far behind that of the electron-rich ones. Moreover, it remains a significant challenge to design organic molecules with efficient charge transport and strong solid-state emission simultaneously. Herein, we describe a facile synthetic route toward a new π-acceptor imide building block, namely 2,3-fluoranthene imide, based on which four regioregular small molecules (F1-F4) are synthesized by tuning the imide orientations and the central linkage bridges. All molecules exhibit attractive aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics with strong far-red emission in the powder state, and F3 shows the highest photoluminescence quantum yield of 5.9%. F1 and F3 with a thiophene bridge present an obvious p-type characteristic, while for F3 with an outward imide orientation, the maximum hole mobility from a solution-processed field-effect transistor (FET) device reaches 0.026 cm2 V-1 s-1, being ?104 times higher than the value of F1 with an inward imide orientation. By using a fluorinated thiophene bridge, the resulting F2 and F4 can be turned into n-type semiconductors, showing an electron mobility of ?1.43 × 10-4 and ?3.34 × 10-5 cm2 V-1 s-1, respectively. Our work not only demonstrates that asymmetric 2,3-fluoranthene imide is a promising building block for constructing organic materials with high carrier mobility and strong solid-state emission, but also highlights the importance of regioregular structures in the materials' properties. ? 2022 The Royal Society of Chemistry.Field effect transistorsHole mobilityMoleculesQuantum theorySynthesis (chemical)Aggregation-induced emissionsBuilding blockesElectron-deficientElectron-richEmission propertiesFluorantheneOrganic moleculesRegio-regularSolid state emissionSynthetic routesThiophene[SDGs]SDG7journal article10.1039/d1sc06807e2-s2.0-85123681594