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Banasiewicz M, Deperasińska I, Gawryś P, Suwińska K, Kozankiewicz B. 2,3-Dichloroanthracene crystal, a new rigid matrix for single molecule optical investigations. Chemphyschem 2024; 25:e202300668. [PMID: 38282140 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Absorption and emission spectra of single crystals of 2,3-dichloroathracene (23DCA) and 23DCA dispersed in n-nonane matrix were studied at 5 K. Singlet and triplet excitonic bands in the crystal were estimated to be at about 415 nm and at wavelengths shorter than 700 nm, respectively. Thus, from the spectroscopic point of view, these crystals satisfy all criteria for a transparent and rigid matrix for low temperature optical studies of single molecules of dibenzoterrylene, which have their purely electronic S0→S1 transition at around 785 nm. Quantum-chemistry calculations were used to analyze the spectra.
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- Marzena Banasiewicz
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, K. Wóycickiego 1/3, 01-938, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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Andrusenko I, Gemmi M. 3D
electron diffraction for structure determination of small‐molecule nanocrystals: A possible breakthrough for the pharmaceutical industry. WIRES NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 14:e1810. [PMID: 35595285 PMCID: PMC9539612 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Iryna Andrusenko
- Center for Materials Interfaces, Electron Crystallography Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Pontedera
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- Center for Materials Interfaces, Electron Crystallography Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Pontedera
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Zirkelbach J, Mirzaei M, Deperasinska I, Kozankiewicz B, Gurlek B, Shkarin A, Utikal T, Götzinger S, Sandoghdar V. High-resolution vibronic spectroscopy of a single molecule embedded in a crystal. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:104301. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0081297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Radiation Physics and Spectroscopy, Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
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- Sandoghdar Division, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany
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- Division Sandoghdar, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany
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Hall CL, Andrusenko I, Potticary J, Gao S, Liu X, Schmidt W, Marom N, Mugnaioli E, Gemmi M, Hall SR. 3D Electron Diffraction Structure Determination of Terrylene, a Promising Candidate for Intermolecular Singlet Fission. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:1631-1637. [PMID: 34117821 PMCID: PMC8457070 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Herein we demonstrate the prowess of the 3D electron diffraction approach by unveiling the structure of terrylene, the third member in the series of peri‐condensed naphthalene analogues, which has eluded structure determination for 65 years. The structure was determined by direct methods using electron diffraction data and corroborated by dispersion‐inclusive density functional theory optimizations. Terrylene crystalizes in the monoclinic space group P21/a, arranging in a sandwich‐herringbone packing motif, similar to analogous compounds. Having solved the crystal structure, we use many‐body perturbation theory to evaluate the excited‐state properties of terrylene in the solid‐state. We find that terrylene is a promising candidate for intermolecular singlet fission, comparable to tetracene and rubrene.
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- Charlie L Hall
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST, Pisa, 56127, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST, Pisa, 56127, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST, Pisa, 56127, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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Optical spin-state polarization in a binuclear europium complex towards molecule-based coherent light-spin interfaces. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2152. [PMID: 33846323 PMCID: PMC8042120 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22383-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The success of the emerging field of solid-state optical quantum information processing (QIP) critically depends on the access to resonant optical materials. Rare-earth ion (REI)-based molecular systems, whose quantum properties could be tuned taking advantage of molecular engineering strategies, are one of the systems actively pursued for the implementation of QIP schemes. Herein, we demonstrate the efficient polarization of ground-state nuclear spins-a fundamental requirement for all-optical spin initialization and addressing-in a binuclear Eu(III) complex, featuring inhomogeneously broadened 5D0 → 7F0 optical transition. At 1.4 K, long-lived spectral holes have been burnt in the transition: homogeneous linewidth (Γh) = 22 ± 1 MHz, which translates as optical coherence lifetime (T2opt) = 14.5 ± 0.7 ns, and ground-state spin population lifetime (T1spin) = 1.6 ± 0.4 s have been obtained. The results presented in this study could be a progressive step towards the realization of molecule-based coherent light-spin QIP interfaces.
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Kaehler T, John A, Jin T, Bolte M, Lerner H, Wagner M. Selective Vicinal Diiodination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Tanja Kaehler
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt Max‐von‐Laue‐Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt (Main) Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt Max‐von‐Laue‐Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt (Main) Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt Max‐von‐Laue‐Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt (Main) Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt Max‐von‐Laue‐Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt (Main) Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt Max‐von‐Laue‐Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt (Main) Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt Max‐von‐Laue‐Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt (Main) Germany
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Moradi A, Ristanović Z, Orrit M, Deperasińska I, Kozankiewicz B. Matrix-induced Linear Stark Effect of Single Dibenzoterrylene Molecules in 2,3-Dibromonaphthalene Crystal. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:55-61. [PMID: 30427119 PMCID: PMC6391937 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Absorption and fluorescence from single molecules can be tuned by applying an external electric field - a phenomenon known as the Stark effect. A linear Stark effect is associated to a lack of centrosymmetry of the guest in the host matrix. Centrosymmetric guests can display a linear Stark effect in disordered matrices, but the response of individual guest molecules is often relatively weak and non-uniform, with a broad distribution of the Stark coefficients. Here we introduce a novel single-molecule host-guest system, dibenzoterrylene (DBT) in 2,3-dibromonaphthalene (DBN) crystal. Fluorescent DBT molecules show excellent spectral stability with a large linear Stark effect, of the order of 1.5 GHz/kVcm-1 , corresponding to an electric dipole moment change of around 2 D. Remarkably, when the electric field is aligned with the a crystal axis, nearly all DBT molecules show either positive or negative Stark shifts with similar absolute values. These results are consistent with quantum chemistry calculations. Those indicate that DBT substitutes three DBN molecules along the a-axis, giving rise to eight equivalent embedding sites, related by the three glide planes of the orthorhombic crystal. The static dipole moment of DBT molecules is created by host-induced breaking of the inversion symmetry. This new host-guest system is promising for applications that require a high sensitivity of fluorescent emitters to electric fields, for example to probe weak electric fields.
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- Amin Moradi
- Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes LaboratoryLION, Postbus 95042300RA LeidenThe Netherlands
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- Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes LaboratoryLION, Postbus 95042300RA LeidenThe Netherlands
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- Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes LaboratoryLION, Postbus 95042300RA LeidenThe Netherlands
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- Institute of PhysicsPolish Academy of Sciences Al. Lotnikow 32/4602-668WarsawPoland
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Deperasińska I, Kozankiewicz B. Non-planar distortion of terrylene molecules in a naphthalene crystal. Chem Phys Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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