The fluorescence and phosphorescence of 2,2'-bis(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)biphenyl shows good spectral matching with the absorptionspectra of the MLCT
1 and MLCT
3 transitions of Ir(ppy)
3. The red-shift of the 0-0 band in the phosphorescence at 77 K is due to the intramolecular
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interactions between the oxadiazole side chains. Maximum brightness of 43 000 cd/m
2 with an efficiency of 26 cd/A at 200 cd/m
2 wasachieved when BOBP was used as the host material for Ir(ppy)
3 in the PHOLED study.