The focus of the presented research lies on the synthesis of novel charged iridium(III) compounds with potential applications in light-emitting electrochemical cells. The design involves iridium(III)-based materials with polymer side-chains leading to linear light-emitting polymer arrangements.

To study the electro-optical properties of such light-emitting polymers conventional and combinatorial deposition methods are used. Straightforward screening approaches are introduced. The combinatorial efforts engage the processing via inkjet printing and the screening of the optical properties using plate reader technologies based on steady state UV-vis and fluorescence. Furthermore, the morphological properties are investigated using optical interferometry and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Overall it can be shown that novel materials can be deposited revealing high-quality thin films, which allow the screening of electro-optical features using combinatorial methods. Some initial local current density studies by AFM have also been performed to characterize the current injection and transport properties of the novel materials.