Soluble molecular red emitters 1a/1b are synthesized by Stille coupling from 2‐(3,5‐di(1‐naphthyl)phenyl)thiophene precursors. The compounds show emission maxima at ca. 610 nm in CH2Cl2 solution and 620 nm in solid films. Replacing the n‐hexyl substituent by 4‐sec‐butoxyphenyl produces a marked increase of glass transition temperature (Tg) from 82 °C to 137 °C and increases the solubility in toluene and p‐xylene, thus improving the film‐forming properties. Cyclic voltammetry shows that the compounds can be reversibly oxidized and reduced around +1.10 and −1.20 V, respectively. A two‐layered electroluminescent device based on 1b produces a pure red light emission with CIE coordinates (0.646, 0.350) and a maximal luminous efficiency of 2.1 cd A−1. Furthermore, when used as a solution‐processed red emitter in optically pumped laser devices, compound 1b successfully produces a lasing emission at ca. 650 nm.

An ionic molecular glass based on a dendronized monoammonium salt has been facilely synthesized and utilized as an interfacial electron-injection layer in a light-emitting diode (LED). The characterization of a yellow-green LED that involves an Al cathode and a thin layer of the new compound spin cast from a methanol solution has shown device performances comparable to those obtained with a Ba/Al cathode. Photovoltaic measurements under white light irradiation reveal that a thin layer of the new compound can significantly increase the built-in potential and thus facilitate electron injection from an Al cathode. Furthermore, it is interesting to observe that the new ionic salt could undergo reorganization on the emissive conjugated polymer layer, which leads to the formation of nearly uniform nanoaggregates.

Asymmetrically 4,7-disubstituted benzothiadiazole derivatives involving a carbazolyl moiety at one end and a solubilizing dendron at the opposite end have been synthesized and characterized. A two-layer electroluminescent device based on one of these solution-processed molecular emitters revealed a maximal luminous efficiency of approximately 10.6 cd A(-1) and green light emission with CIE coordinates (0.34, 0.58).