Conducting metallopolymers have been investigated for a variety of applications due to their ability to take advantage of both the mechanical processability of the polymer material, as well as the optical and electronic properties of the metal. Our project goal is to design, synthesize and characterize novel iridium(III)-containing conducting metallopolymers for use as the active layer in polymer light-emitting diodes. We have utilized thiophene functionalized ligands that can be readily electropolymerized into conducting polymer thin films and can be easily incorporated into a device structure. Iridium(III) was chosen as the metal center due to its promising photophysical properties, as similar complexes have demonstrated high luminescent quantum yields and short phosphorescent lifetimes. The coordination environment around the metal can be altered synthetically to tune the emission wavelength across the visible spectrum. The synthetic control over the polymer backbone, as well as the iridium(III) ligand environment, allowed us to independently vary each component, which has provided a variety of materials. The materials are characterized through 1H and 13C NMR, mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, electrochemistry, X-Ray diffraction and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. The photophysical properties of the materials are studied through UVvii Visible absorption spectroscopy, UV-Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry and steadystate/ time-resolved emission spectroscopy. / text

Les réseaux de coordination sont des architectures cristallines hybrides organiques-inorganiques pouvant présenter des propriétés découlant de leurs compositions et de leurs architectures. L’objectif de ce travail fut la synthèse de réseaux de coordination hétérométalliques à base de complexes d’Iridium (III) chiraux et luminescents.Dans un premier temps, la synthèse de nouveaux complexes d’Iridium cationiques bis-cyclométallés sous forme racémique et énantiopure a été réalisée avec succès. L'étude de leurs propriétés photophysiques a montré une émission dans le rouge par excitation dans le visible. La formation de réseaux de coordination à partir de ces métallatectons cationiques a ensuite été étudiée. Un réseau de coordination homochiral monodimensionnel luminescent a notamment été obtenu via l’auto-assemblage d'un complexe énantiopure avec un sel de cadmium(II). D’autre part, la synthèse de complexes d’Iridium neutres tris-cyclométallés possédant un troisième ligand dérivé de l’unité 2-phénylpyridine comportant des sites de coordination périphériques a été optimisée et les propriétés photophysiques de ces complexes discrets ont été étudiées. L'utilisation de ces complexes comme métallatectons neutres a conduit à la formation de différents réseaux de coordination luminescents. / Coordination networks or Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are hybrid organic–inorganic crystalline architectures that, depending on their composition and organization, may display tailored properties. The aim of this PhD work was to synthesize heterometallic coordination networks based on chiral luminescent Iridium(III) complexes. On the one hand, the synthesis of cationic bis-cyclometallated Ir(III) complexes, both as racemate and as enantiopure species, was achieved. These complexes display red emission upon excitation in the visible domain. Formation of coordination networks using the prepared cationic metallatectons was studied. Notably, a luminescent enantiopure 1D coordination network was obtained upon self-assembly of one of the enantiopure cationic metallatectons with Cd(II) salts. On the other hand, synthesis of racemic neutral tris-cyclometallated Ir(III) complexes was also optimized and their photophysical properties studied. Different coordination networks have been also generated and studied.