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Roy R, Chawla S, Sharma V, Pal AK, Silori Y, Datta A, De AK, Koner AL. Ultrafast symmetry-breaking charge separation in Perylenemonoimide-embedded multichromophores: impact of regioisomerism. Chem Sci 2024; 15:6363-6377. [PMID: 38699268 PMCID: PMC11062123 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05325c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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Symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) has recently evolved as an emerging concept offering its potential to the latest generation of organic photovoltaics. However there are several concerns that need to be addressed to reach the state-of-the-art in SB-CS chemistry, for instance, the desirable molecular geometry, interchromophoric distance and extent of electronic coupling. To shed light on those features, it is reported herein, that ortho-functionalized perylene monoimide (PMI) constituted regioisomeric dimer and trimer derivatives with varied molecular twisting and electronic conjugation have been synthesized. In steady-state photophysical studies, all the dimers and trimer derivatives exhibit a larger bathochromic shift in the emission spectra and a significant reduction of fluorescence quantum yield in polar DMF. Among the series of multichromophores, ortho- and self-coupled dimers display the strikingly different optical feature of SB-CS with a very fast charge separation rate (τCS = 80.2 ps) upon photoexcitation in DMF, which is unveiled by femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) studies. The SB-CS for two dimers is well-supported by the formation of PMI˙+ and PMI˙- bands in the fs-TA spectra. Further analysis of fs-TA data revealed that, among the other multichromophores the trimer also exhibits a clear charge separation, whereas SB-CS signatures are less prominent, but can not be completely disregarded, for the meta- and para-dimers. Additionally, the charge separation dynamics of those above-mentioned PMI derivatives are devoid of a kinetically favorable excimer or triplet formation. The evidence of a profound charge transfer phenomenon in the ortho-dimer is characterized by density functional theory (DFT) calculations on excited state electronic structures. The excitonic communications in the excited state electronic arrangements unravel the key role of dihedral twisting in SB-CS. The thermodynamic feasibility of CS (ΔGCS) and activation barrier (ΔG≠) of the derivatives in DMF are established from the Rehm-Weller equation and Marcus's theory, respectively. This work is an in-depth study of the effect of mutual orientation of PMIs and regioisomerism in determining sustainable guidelines for using SB-CS.
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- Rupam Roy
- Bionanotechnology Lab, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
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- Bionanotechnology Lab, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur Kolkata West Bengal 700032 India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 USA
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur Kolkata West Bengal 700032 India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
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- Bionanotechnology Lab, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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Panthakkal Das P, Mazumder A, Rajeevan M, Swathi RS, Hariharan M. Energy landscape of perylenediimide chromophoric aggregates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:2007-2015. [PMID: 38126428 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04609e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Understanding the self-assembly of conjugated organic materials at the molecular level is crucial in their potential applications as active components in electronic and optoelectronic devices. The type of aggregation significantly influences the intriguing electronic and optical characteristics differing from their constituent molecules. Perylenediimides (PDIs), electron-deficient molecules exhibiting remarkable n-type semiconducting properties, are among the most explored organic fluorescent materials due to their high fluorescence efficiency, photostability, and optoelectronic properties. PDI derivatives are reported to form well-tailored supramolecular architectures: cofacial with minor slip (H-aggregates), staggered with major slip (J-aggregates), magic angle stacking (M-aggregates), rotated (X-aggregates), rotated orthogonal ((+)-aggregates), etc. H*-aggregates are defined here as an ideal case of H-aggregate with an eclipsed configuration. Although numerous reports regarding the formation and optical properties of various PDI aggregates are known, the key driving force within the PDI units guiding the self-assembly to form distinct aggregate systems remains elusive. To unravel the molecular-level mechanisms behind the self-assembly of PDI units by probing the intermolecular interactions, symmetry-adapted perturbation theory-based energy decomposition, potential energy surface scans, and non-covalent interaction index analyses were employed on PDI dimer models. Quantum theory of atoms in molecules and frontier molecular orbital analyses were implemented on the dimer models to comprehend the effect of heteroatoms and orbital interactions in stabilising the X-aggregates over the other PDI aggregate systems. Competition between the attractive and repulsive non-covalent interactions dictates a stability order of X > H > J > M > (+) > H* for the PDI aggregate system, while in the parent perylene system, the stability order was found to be X > (+) > H > M > J > H*.
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- Pallavi Panthakkal Das
- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala P.O., Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala P.O., Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala P.O., Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala P.O., Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala P.O., Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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Craciunescu L, Asbach M, Wirsing S, Hammer S, Unger F, Broch K, Schreiber F, Witte G, Dreuw A, Tegeder P, Fantuzzi F, Engels B. Cluster-Based Approach Utilizing Optimally Tuned TD-DFT to Calculate Absorption Spectra of Organic Semiconductor Thin Films. J Chem Theory Comput 2023; 19:9369-9387. [PMID: 38073092 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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The photophysics of organic semiconductor (OSC) thin films or crystals has garnered significant attention in recent years since a comprehensive theoretical understanding of the various processes occurring upon photoexcitation is crucial for assessing the efficiency of OSC materials. To date, research in this area has relied on methods using Frenkel-Holstein Hamiltonians, calculations of the GW-Bethe-Salpeter equation with periodic boundaries, or cluster-based approaches using quantum chemical methods, with each of the three approaches having distinct advantages and disadvantages. In this work, we introduce an optimally tuned, range-separated time-dependent density functional theory approach to accurately reproduce the total and polarization-resolved absorption spectra of pentacene, tetracene, and perylene thin films, all representative OSC materials. Our approach achieves excellent agreement with experimental data (mostly ≤0.1 eV) when combined with the utilization of clusters comprising multiple monomers and a standard polarizable continuum model to simulate the thin-film environment. Our protocol therefore addresses a major drawback of cluster-based approaches and makes them attractive tools for OSC investigations. Its key advantages include its independence from external, system-specific fitting parameters and its straightforward application with well-known quantum chemical program codes. It demonstrates how chemical intuition can help to reduce computational cost and still arrive at chemically meaningful and almost quantitative results.
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- Luca Craciunescu
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Chemical Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS Scotland, U.K
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VI, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
- Center for the Physics of Materials, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W, Montreal, H3A 2K6 Québec, Canada
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Molekulare Festkörperphysik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Kent, Park Wood Rd, CT2 7NH Canterbury, U.K
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Wirsing S, Hänsel M, Craciunescu L, Belova V, Schreiber F, Broch K, Engels B, Tegeder P. Adsorption Structures Affecting the Electronic Properties and Photoinduced Charge Transfer at Perylene-Based Molecular Interfaces. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202300386. [PMID: 37428120 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Perylene-based organic semiconductors are widely used in organic electronic devices. Here, we studied the ultrafast excited state dynamics after optical excitation at interfaces between the electron donor (D) diindenoperylene (DIP) and the electron acceptor (A) dicyano-perylene-bis(dicarboximide) (PDIR-CN2 ) using femtosecond time-resolved second harmonic generation (SHG) in combination with large scale quantum chemical calculations. Thereby, we varied in bilayer structures of DIP and PDIR-CN2 the interfacial molecular geometry. For an interfacial configuration which contains a edge-on geometry but also additional face-on domains an optically induced charge transfer (CT) is observed, which leads to a pronounced increase of the SHG signal intensity due to electric field induced second harmonic generation. The interfacial CT state decays within 7.5±0.7 ps, while the creation of hot CT states leads to a faster decay (5.3±0.2 ps). For the bilayer structures with mainly edge-on geometries interfacial CT formation is suppressed since π-π overlap perpendicular to the interface is missing. Our combined experimental and theoretical study provides important insights into D/A charge transfer properties, which is needed for the understanding of the interfacial photophysics of these molecules.
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- Sara Wirsing
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Straße 42, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Straße 42, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71, avenue des Martyrs CS 40220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Straße 42, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Elsyed AFN, Wong GL, Ameen M, Wu MW, Chang CC. Tunable Fluorescence via Self-Assembled Switching of AIE-Active Micelle-like Nanoaggregates. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:9941. [PMID: 37373087 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24129941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Chemical structures bearing a combination of aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) and intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) properties attracted the attention of many researchers. Recently, there is an increasing demand to pose tunable AIEE and ICT fluorophores that could present their conformation changes-related emission colors by adjusting the medium polarity. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of 4-alkoxyphenyl-substituted 1,8-naphthalic anhydride derivatives NAxC using the Suzuki coupling reaction to construct donor-acceptor (D-A)-type fluorophores with alkoxyl substituents of varying carbon chain lengths (x = 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 in NAxC). To explain the observation that molecules with longer carbon chains revealed unusual fluorescence enhancement in water, we study the optical properties and evaluate their locally excited (LE) and ICT states by solvent effects combined with Lippert-Mataga plots. Then, we explored the self-assembly abilities of these molecules in water-organic (W/O) mixed solutions and observed the morphology of its nanostructure using a fluorescence microscope and SEM. The results show that NAxC, x = 4, 6, 12 show different degrees of self-assembly behaviors and corresponding aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) progresses. At the same time, different nanostructures and corresponding spectral changes can be obtained by adjusting the water ratio in the mixed solution. That is, NAxC compounds present different transitions between LE, ICT and AIEE based on the polarity, water ratio and time changes. We designed NAxC as the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of the surfactant to demonstrate that AIEE comes from the formation of micelle-like nanoaggregates, which causes a restriction of the transfer from the LE state to the ICT state, and micelle formation results in a blue-shift in emission and enhances the intensity in the aggregate state. Among them, NA12C is most likely to form micelles and the most obvious fluorescence enhancement, which will switch over time due to the nano-aggregation transition.
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- Amal Farghal Noreldein Elsyed
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
- Intelligent Minimally-Invasive Device Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Ahmed R, Manna AK. Electronic Structures and Charge Mobilities of Several Regioisomeric B 2N 2-Substituted Perylenediimides. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:2742-2750. [PMID: 36921232 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c09106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Tunable and rich electronic properties of perylenediimide (PDI), an n-type semiconductor together with its synthetic ease and processibility, make it suitable for various optoelectronic and field-effect transistor applications. The electronic structures, spectroscopic properties, and charge mobilities for a few isoelectronic BN-substituted PDIs (B2N2-PDIs) with varied BN-patterning are studied using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT employing optimally tuned range-separated hybrid. Two substitutional doping patterns, namely, BNNB and NBBN with zero dipole and also BNBN, the one with a finite dipole, are considered to explore the changes in the PDI properties due to different B2N2-substitutions. All three B2N2-PDIs are found to be dynamically stable and lie within a small energy window of ca. ∼1.7 kcal mol-1. An increased electronic gap due to charge localization produces a similar but slightly blue-shifted low-lying optical peak compared to the pristine PDI, in good agreement with the experimental observations. Additionally, differently considered BN patterns result in only slightly varied charge mobilities due to mainly differences in electronic couplings with larger electron mobilities found for the experimentally synthesized BNNB-PDI crystal. On the other hand, small reorganization energy and relatively large coupling for the hole transport produce greater hole mobilities for the NBBN-PDI. Varied nuclear reorganization and electronic coupling are understood by analyzing Huang-Rhys factors associated with normal modes and frontier molecular orbitals, respectively. These results serve as complementary to understanding the recently reported experimental findings and also provide new insights into the impact of different BN patterns on modulating the PDI electronic and charge-transport properties.
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- Raka Ahmed
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences & Technologies, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517619, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences & Technologies, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517619, India
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Hammer S, Linderl T, Tvingstedt K, Brütting W, Pflaum J. Spectroscopic analysis of vibrational coupling in multi-molecular excited states. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:221-234. [PMID: 36367085 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh00829g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Multi-molecular excited states accompanied by intra- and inter-molecular geometric relaxation are commonly encountered in optical and electrooptical studies and applications of organic semiconductors as, for example, excimers or charge transfer states. Understanding the dynamics of these states is crucial to improve organic devices such as light emitting diodes and solar cells. Their full microscopic description, however, demands sophisticated tools such as ab initio quantum chemical calculations which come at the expense of high computational costs and are prone to errors by assumptions as well as iterative algorithmic procedures. Hence, the analysis of spectroscopic data is often conducted at a phenomenological level only. Here, we present a toolkit to analyze temperature dependent luminescence data and gain first insights into the relevant microscopic parameters of the molecular system at hand. By means of a Franck-Condon based approach considering a single effective inter-molecular vibrational mode and different potentials for the ground and excited state we are able to explain the luminescence spectra of such multi-molecular states. We demonstrate that by applying certain reasonable simplifications the luminescence of charge transfer states as well as excimers can be satisfactorily reproduced for temperatures ranging from cryogenics to above room temperature. We present a semi-classical and a quantum-mechanical description of our model and, for both cases, demonstrate its applicability by analyzing the temperature dependent luminescence of the amorphous donor-acceptor heterojunction tetraphenyldibenzoperiflanthene:C60 as well as polycrystalline zinc-phthalocyanine to reproduce the luminescence spectra and extract relevant system parameters such as the excimer binding energy.
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- Sebastian Hammer
- Experimental Physics VI, Julius Maximilian University Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, Julius Maximilian University Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, Julius Maximilian University Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
- Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Dai Y, Calzolari A, Zubiria-Ulacia M, Casanova D, Negri F. Intermolecular Interactions and Charge Resonance Contributions to Triplet and Singlet Exciton States of Oligoacene Aggregates. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 28:molecules28010119. [PMID: 36615311 PMCID: PMC9822017 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28010119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Intermolecular interactions modulate the electro-optical properties of molecular materials and the nature of low-lying exciton states. Molecular materials composed by oligoacenes are extensively investigated for their semiconducting and optoelectronic properties. Here, we analyze the exciton states derived from time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations for two oligoacene model aggregates: naphthalene and anthracene dimers. To unravel the role of inter-molecular interactions, a set of diabatic states is selected, chosen to coincide with local (LE) and charge-transfer (CT) excitations within a restricted orbital space including two occupied and two unoccupied orbitals for each molecular monomer. We study energy profiles and disentangle inter-state couplings to disclose the (CT) character of singlet and triplet exciton states and assess the influence of inter-molecular orientation by displacing one molecule with respect to the other along the longitudinal translation coordinate. The analysis shows that (CT) contributions are relevant, although comparably less effective for triplet excitons, and induce a non-negligible mixed character to the low-lying exciton states for eclipsed monomers and for small translational displacements. Such (CT) contributions govern the La/Lb state inversion occurring for the low-lying singlet exciton states of naphthalene dimer and contribute to the switch from H- to J-aggregate type of the strongly allowed Bb transition of both oligoacene aggregates.
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- Yasi Dai
- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Euskadi, Spain
- Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Manuel Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Euskadi, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Euskadi, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- INSTM UdR Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Zhang X, Geng K, Jiang D, Scholes GD. Exciton Diffusion and Annihilation in an sp 2 Carbon-Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:16423-16432. [PMID: 35998305 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To optimize the optical and optoelectronic functionalities of two-dimensional (2D) covalent organic frameworks (COFs), detailed properties of emissive and nonradiative pathways after photoexcitation need to be elucidated and linked to particular structural designs. Here, we use transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy to study the colloidal suspension of the full sp2 carbon-conjugated sp2c-COF and characterize the spatial extent and diffusion dynamics of the emissive excitons generated by impulsive photoexcitation. The ∼3.5 Å stacking distance between 2D layers results in cofacial pyrene excitons that diffuse through the framework, while the state that dominates the emissive spectrum of the polycrystalline solid is assigned to an extended cofacial exciton whose 2D delocalization is promoted by C═C linkages. The subnanosecond kinetics of a photoinduced absorption (PIA) signal in the near-infrared, attributed to a charge-separated exciton, or polaron pair, reflects three-dimensional (3D) exciton diffusion as well as long-range exciton-exciton annihilation driven by resonance interactions. Within our experimental regime, doubling the excitation intensity results in a 10-fold increase in the estimated exciton diffusion length, from ∼3 to ∼30 nm, suggesting that higher lattice temperature may enhance exciton mobility in the COF colloid.
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- Xinzi Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117549, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117549, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Wu G, Li F, Tang B, Zhang X. Molecular Engineering of Noncovalent Dimerization. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:14962-14975. [PMID: 35969112 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Dimers are probably the simplest model to facilitate the understanding of fundamental physical and chemical processes that take place in much-expanded systems like aggregates, crystals, and other solid states. The molecular interplay within a dimer differentiates it from the corresponding monomeric state and determines its features. Molecular engineering of noncovalent dimerization through applied supramolecular restrictions enables additional control over molecular interplay, particularly over its dynamic aspect. This Perspective introduces the recent effort that has been made in the molecular engineering of noncovalent dimerization, including supramolecular dimers, folda-dimers, and macrocyclic dimers. It showcases how the variation in supramolecular restrictions endows molecular-based materials with improved performance and/or functions like enhanced emission, room-temperature phosphorescence, and effective catalysis. We particularly discuss pseudostatic dimers that can sustain molecular interplay for a long period of time, yet are still flexible enough to adapt to variations. The pseudostatic feature allows for active species to decay along an alternate pathway, thereby spinning off emerging features that are not readily accessible from conventional dynamic systems.
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- Guanglu Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.,Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Hong Y, Schlosser F, Kim W, Würthner F, Kim D. Ultrafast Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation in a Perylene Bisimide Dimer Enabled by Vibronic Coupling and Breakdown of Adiabaticity. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:15539-15548. [PMID: 35951363 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Perylene bisimides (PBIs) have received great attention in their applicability to optoelectronics. Especially, symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) in PBIs has been investigated to mimic the efficient light capturing and charge generation in natural light-harvesting systems. However, unlike ultrafast CS dynamics in donor-acceptor heterojunction materials, ultrafast SB-CS in a stacked homodimer has still been challenging due to excimer formation in the absence of rigidifying surroundings such as a special pair in the natural systems. Herein, we present the detailed mechanism of ultrafast photoinduced SB-CS occurring in a 1,7-bis(N-pyrrolidinyl) PBI dimer within a cyclophane. Through narrow-band and broad-band transient absorption spectroscopy, we demonstrate that ultrafast SB-CS in the dimer is enabled by the combination of (1) vibrationally coherent charge-transfer resonance-enhanced excimer formation and (2) breakdown of adiabaticity (formation of SB-CS diabats) in the excimer state via structural and solvent fluctuation. Quantum chemical calculations also underpin that the participation of strong electron-donating substituents in overall vibrational modes plays a crucial role in triggering the ultrafast SB-CS. Therefore, our work provides an alternative route to facilitate ultrafast SB-CS in PBIs and thereby establishes a novel strategy for the design of optoelectronic materials.
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- Yongseok Hong
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Institut für Organische Chemie & Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universitat Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Institut für Organische Chemie & Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universitat Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.,Division of Energy Materials, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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Luňák S, Weiter M, Vala M. Complete Set of Diketopyrrolopyrrole Centrosymmetrical Cofacial Stacked Pairs. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202200252. [PMID: 35770507 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Stacked centrosymmetrical dimers and simultaneously H-bonded and stacked hexamers of thiophene-substituted diketopyrrolopyrrole (ThDPP) were studied using DFT as models for crystals with slipped-stacked molecules in 1D columns. Eight stacked dimer arrangements were found, six of which are driven by the minimisation of electron repulsion and realised by placing the partially negatively charged atoms of the diketopyrrolopyrrole rings below the centre of an adjancent thiophene ring. Four of these stacks are related to N,N'-diacylated derivative. An analogous set of eight stacks was discovered computationally for phenyl-substituted DPP (PhDPP), four of which are known among H-bonded DPP pigments, and one more among N,N'-dialkylated PhDPP derivatives. The results shed more light on the mechanisms that drive the formation of stacks between nonaromatic (DPP) and aromatic (Th, Ph) rings. The excitation energies of the lowest four singlet states computed by TD DFT enabled excitonic coupling and energy separation between Frenkel-resonsnce-type and charge-transfer states to be established, depending on the equilibrium stack geometry.
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- Stanislav Luňák
- Brno University of Technology: Vysoke uceni technicke v Brne, Faculty of Chemistry, Purkyňova 464/118, 61200, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
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- Brno University of Technology: Vysoke uceni technicke v Brne, Faculty of Chemistry, Purkyňova 464/118, 61200, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
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- Brno University of Technology: Vysoke uceni technicke v Brne, Faculty of Chemistry, Purkyňova 464/118, 61200, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Craciunescu L, Wirsing S, Hammer S, Broch K, Dreuw A, Fantuzzi F, Sivanesan V, Tegeder P, Engels B. Accurate Polarization-Resolved Absorption Spectra of Organic Semiconductor Thin Films Using First-Principles Quantum-Chemical Methods: Pentacene as a Case Study. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:3726-3731. [PMID: 35442698 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Theoretical studies using clusters as model systems have been extremely successful in explaining various photophysical phenomena in organic semiconductor (OSC) thin films. But they have not been able to satisfactorily simulate total and polarization-resolved absorption spectra of OSCs so far. In this work, we demonstrate that accurate spectra are predicted by time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) when the employed cluster reflects the symmetry of the crystal structure and all monomers feel the same environment. Additionally, long-range corrected optimal tuned functionals are mandatory. For pentacene thin films, the computed electronic spectra for thin films then reach an impressive accuracy compared with experimental data with a deviation of less than 0.1 eV. This allows for accurate peak assignments and mechanistic studies, which paves the way for a comprehensive understanding of OSCs using an affordable and easy-to-use cluster approach.
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- Luca Craciunescu
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VI, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
- Center for the Physics of Materials, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Physical Sciences, Ingram Building, University of Kent, Park Wood Road, Canterbury CT2 7NH, U.K
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Hauschildt SJ, Wu Z, Uersfeld D, Schmid P, Götz C, Engel V, Engels B, Müllen K, Basché T. Excitation localization in a trimeric perylenediimide macrocycle: Synthesis, theory, and single molecule spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:044304. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0077676] [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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- Simon J. Hauschildt
- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Impact of Charge-Resonance Excitations on CT-Mediated J-Type Aggregation in Singlet and Triplet Exciton States of Perylene Di-Imide Aggregates: A TDDFT Investigation. COMPUTATION 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/computation10020018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The modulation of intermolecular interactions upon aggregation induces changes in excited state properties of organic molecules that can be detrimental for some optoelectronic applications but can be exploited for others. The time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is a cost-effective approach to determining the exciton states of molecular aggregates, and it has been shown to provide reliable results when coupled with the appropriate choice of the functional. Here we apply a general procedure to analyze the aggregates’ exciton states derived from TDDFT calculations in terms of diabatic states chosen to coincide with local (LE) and charge-transfer (CT) excitations within a restricted orbital space. We apply the approach to study energy profiles, interstate couplings, and the charge-transfer character of singlet and triplet exciton states of perylene di-imide aggregates (PDI). We focus on the intermolecular displacement along the longitudinal translation coordinate, which mimics different amounts of slip-stacking observed in PDI crystals. The analysis, in terms of symmetry-adapted Frenkel excitations (FE) and charge-resonance (CR) states and their interactions, discloses how the interchange of the H/J character for small longitudinal shifts, previously reported for singlet exciton states, also occurs for triplet excitons.
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Glaab F, Süβ J, Engel V. Third-order pump-probe spectroscopy applied to molecular dimers: characterization of relaxation dynamics and exciton–exciton annihilation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:25316-25326. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03435b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Exciton–exciton annihilation in a dimer, described within the basis of localizes monomer states.
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- Fabian Glaab
- Universität Würzburg, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Universität Würzburg, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Universität Würzburg, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Meskers SCJ. Circular Polarization of Luminescence as a Tool To Study Molecular Dynamical Processes. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202100154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Stefan C. J. Meskers
- Molecular Materials and Nanosystems and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. box 513 (STW 4.37) NL 5600 MB Eindhoven Netherlands
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Deperasińska I, Banasiewicz M, Gawryś P, Morawski O, Olas J, Kozankiewicz B. Spectra and nature of the electronic states of [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT): Single crystal and the aggregates. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:034504. [PMID: 34293905 DOI: 10.1063/5.0057202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Absorption, fluorescence, and phosphorescence spectra of single crystals of [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT) and BTBT dispersed in frozen n-nonane, n-hexadecane, and dichloromethane matrices were studied at 5 K. Observation of a new absorption band and related changes in the fluorescence to phosphorescence intensity ratio, when the concentration of BTBT in the matrix increased above 10-4M, indicated the presence of BTBT aggregates. Quantum-chemistry calculations performed for the simplest aggregate, isolated dimer, showed that its structure is similar to the "herringbone" element in the BTBT crystal unit cell and the lowest electronic excited singlet state of the dimer has the intermolecular charge-transfer character. A qualitatively different nature of this state in dimers and in crystals, when compared with the situation in BTBT monomer [locally excited (LE) state], is associated with a decrease in the intersystem crossing yield. The structured vibronic structure of phosphorescence spectra in the studied systems indicated LE character of the triplet states.
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- Irena Deperasińska
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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Shen CA, Bialas D, Hecht M, Stepanenko V, Sugiyasu K, Würthner F. Polymorphism in Squaraine Dye Aggregates by Self-Assembly Pathway Differentiation: Panchromatic Tubular Dye Nanorods versus J-Aggregate Nanosheets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:11949-11958. [PMID: 33751763 PMCID: PMC8252746 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A bis(squaraine) dye equipped with alkyl and oligoethyleneglycol chains was synthesized by connecting two dicyanomethylene substituted squaraine dyes with a phenylene spacer unit. The aggregation behavior of this bis(squaraine) was investigated in non-polar toluene/tetrachloroethane (98:2) solvent mixture, which revealed competing cooperative self-assembly pathways into two supramolecular polymorphs with entirely different packing structures and UV/Vis/NIR absorption properties. The self-assembly pathway can be controlled by the cooling rate from a heated solution of the monomers. For both polymorphs, quasi-equilibrium conditions between monomers and the respective aggregates can be established to derive thermodynamic parameters and insights into the self-assembly mechanisms. AFM measurements revealed a nanosheet structure with a height of 2 nm for the thermodynamically more stable polymorph and a tubular nanorod structure with a helical pitch of 13 nm and a diameter of 5 nm for the kinetically favored polymorph. Together with wide angle X-ray scattering measurements, packing models were derived: the thermodynamic polymorph consists of brick-work type nanosheets that exhibit red-shifted absorption bands as typical for J-aggregates, while the nanorod polymorph consists of eight supramolecular polymer strands of the bis(squaraine) intertwined to form a chimney-type tubular structure. The absorption of this aggregate covers a large spectral range from 550 to 875 nm, which cannot be rationalized by the conventional exciton theory. By applying the Essential States Model and considering intermolecular charge transfer, the aggregate spectrum was adequately reproduced, revealing that the broad absorption spectrum is due to pronounced donor-acceptor overlap within the bis(squaraine) nanorods. The latter is also responsible for the pronounced bathochromic shift observed for the nanosheet structure as a result of the slip-stacked arranged squaraine chromophores.
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- Chia-An Shen
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) and Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI), Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) and Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI), Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) and Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI), Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Shen C, Bialas D, Hecht M, Stepanenko V, Sugiyasu K, Würthner F. Polymorphism in Squaraine Dye Aggregates by Self‐Assembly Pathway Differentiation: Panchromatic Tubular Dye Nanorods versus J‐Aggregate Nanosheets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Chia‐An Shen
- Institut für Organische Chemie Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) and Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI) Universität Würzburg Theodor-Boveri-Weg 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) and Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI) Universität Würzburg Theodor-Boveri-Weg 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-2-1 Sengen Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0047 Japan
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- Institut für Organische Chemie Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) and Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI) Universität Würzburg Theodor-Boveri-Weg 97074 Würzburg Germany
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Canola S, Bagnara G, Dai Y, Ricci G, Calzolari A, Negri F. Addressing the Frenkel and charge transfer character of exciton states with a model Hamiltonian based on dimer calculations: Application to large aggregates of perylene bisimide. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:124101. [PMID: 33810656 DOI: 10.1063/5.0045913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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To understand the influence of interchromophoric arrangements on photo-induced processes and optical properties of aggregates, it is fundamental to assess the contribution of local excitations [charge transfer (CT) and Frenkel (FE)] to exciton states. Here, we apply a general procedure to analyze the adiabatic exciton states derived from time-dependent density functional theory calculations, in terms of diabatic states chosen to coincide with local excitations within a restricted orbital space. In parallel, motivated by the need of cost-effective approaches to afford the study of larger aggregates, we propose to build a model Hamiltonian based on calculations carried out on dimers composing the aggregate. Both approaches are applied to study excitation energy profiles and CT character modulation induced by interchromophore rearrangements in perylene bisimide aggregates up to a tetramer. The dimer-based approach closely reproduces the results of full-aggregate calculations, and an analysis in terms of symmetry-adapted diabatic states discloses the effects of CT/FE interactions on the interchange of the H-/J-character for small longitudinal shifts of the chromophores.
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- Sofia Canola
- Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica 'Giacomo Ciamician', Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica 'Giacomo Ciamician', Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica 'Giacomo Ciamician', Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica 'Giacomo Ciamician', Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica 'Giacomo Ciamician', Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica 'Giacomo Ciamician', Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Bialas D, Kirchner E, Röhr MIS, Würthner F. Perspectives in Dye Chemistry: A Rational Approach toward Functional Materials by Understanding the Aggregate State. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:4500-4518. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- David Bialas
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Thusek J, Hoffmann M, Hübner O, Germer S, Hoffmann H, Freudenberg J, Bunz UHF, Dreuw A, Himmel HJ. High-Resolution Electronic Excitation and Emission Spectra of Pentacene and 6,13-Diazapentacene Monomers and Weakly Bound Dimers by Matrix-Isolation Spectroscopy. Chemistry 2021; 27:2072-2081. [PMID: 32902008 PMCID: PMC7898606 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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N-Heteropolycycles are among the most promising candidates for applications in organic devices. For this purpose, a profound understanding of the low-energy electronic absorbance and emission characteristics is of crucial importance. Herein, we report high-resolution absorbance and fluorescence spectra of pentacene (PEN) and 6,13-diazapentacene (DAP) in solid neon obtained using the matrix-isolation technique. Accompanying DFT calculations allow the assignment of specific vibrationally resolved signals to corresponding modes. Furthermore, we present for the first time evidence for the formation of van der Waals dimers of both substances. These dimers exhibit significantly different optical characteristics resulting from the change of electronic properties evoked by the incorporation of sp2 nitrogen into the molecular backbone.
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- Jean Thusek
- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 275, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 275, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 275, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 275, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Ahmed R, Manna AK. Theoretical insights on tunable optoelectronics and charge mobilities in cyano-perylenediimides: interplays between -CN numbers and positions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:14687-14698. [PMID: 34190243 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01473k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Air-stable perylenediimide (PDI) and its derivatives, in particular the cyano-functionalized ones, have attracted great research attention for their potential use in flexible optoelectronics, organic field-effect-transistors (OFETs) as n-type transport materials and also as non-fullerene acceptors in organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Herein we provide a detailed theoretical study on the optical, electrochemical and charge-transport properties (electron and hole mobilities) in a few CN-substituted PDIs with varied number of -CN at different positions (both symmetric and asymmetric di- and tetra-CN derivatives) using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT implementing optimally tuned screened range-separated hybrid (OT-SRSH) combining with kinetic rate theory. All cyano-PDIs studied here are energetically stable and form stable π-stacked structures similar to the pristine one, and also act as better electron acceptors. No significant changes in the PDI optical properties are found with the different ways of CN-functionalization, but, this strongly affects the π-stacked geometry, and thereby the electronic coupling, which greatly modulates the PDI intrinsic carrier mobility. Calculated room-temperature electron mobility for the pristine PDI is in excellent agreement with the reported OFET value (∼0.1 cm2 V-1 s-1). Interestingly, relatively large electronic couplings together with small reorganization energies of the symmetrically substituted tetra-CN PDI result in very large charge mobilities (0.4 cm2 V-1 s-1 for electrons and 5.6 cm2 V-1 s-1 for holes) among the systems studied. Therefore, this may serve as a potential ambipolar transport material and hence, naturally calls for experimental demonstration. This detailed and comprehensive study sheds light on the complex interplays between the -CN numbers and the positions for tailored optoelectronic and charge-transport in several functional PDIs, and also shows routes to molecularly design potential n-type materials.
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- Raka Ahmed
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences & Technologies, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Tirupati, AP 517506, India.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences & Technologies, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Tirupati, AP 517506, India.
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Deutsch M, Wirsing S, Kaiser D, Fink RF, Tegeder P, Engels B. Geometry relaxation-mediated localization and delocalization of excitons in organic semiconductors: A quantum chemical study. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:224104. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0028943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- M. Deutsch
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg,, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg,, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg,, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg,, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Hammer S, Zeiser C, Deutsch M, Engels B, Broch K, Pflaum J. Spatial Anisotropy of Charge Transfer at Perfluoropentacene-Pentacene (001) Single-Crystal Interfaces and its Relevance for Thin Film Devices. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:53547-53556. [PMID: 33167608 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c17152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Archetypal donor-acceptor (D-A) interfaces composed of perfluoropentacene (PFP) and pentacene (PEN) are examined for charge transfer (CT) state formation and energetics as a function of their respective molecular configuration. To exclude morphological interference, our structural as well as highly sensitive differential reflectance spectroscopy studies were carried out on PFP thin films epitaxially grown on PEN(001) single-crystal facets. Whereas the experimental data supported by complementary theoretical calculations confirm the formation of a strong CT state in the case of a cofacial PFP-PEN stacking, CT formation is energetically less favorable and thus absent for the corresponding head-to-tail configuration as disclosed for the first time. In view of technological implementations, the knowledge gained on the single-crystal references is transferred to thin-film diodes composed of either stacked PFP/PEN bilayers or mixed PFP:PEN heterojunction interfaces. As demonstrated, their electronic and electroluminescent behavior can be consistently described by the absence or presence of interfacial CT states. Thus, our results hint at the thorough design of D-A interfaces to achieve the highest device performances.
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- Sebastian Hammer
- Experimental Physics VI, Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Physics, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Straße 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Straße 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Physics, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
- Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, Magdalene-Schoch-Straße 3, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Süß J, Engel V. Exciton-exciton annihilation in a molecular trimer: Wave packet dynamics and 2D spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:164310. [PMID: 33138437 DOI: 10.1063/5.0027837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We theoretically study the exciton-exciton annihilation (EEA) in a molecular trimer MMM. The system is treated within a model of electronic states, and the coupling to a bath is incorporated using the quantum jump method. Two situations of initial excitation are compared. In the first one, a two-photon process populates configurations M*M*M and MM*M* so that two excitons reside on neighboring monomers M. Then, EEA can immediately proceed. In contrast, if the trimer initially is in the local configuration M*MM*, exciton diffusion must occur before the annihilation process can take place. For the trimer, this excitonic motion takes place on a very short time scale. In both cases, wave packets are prepared which show a different quantum dynamics where the latter depends on the couplings and decay rates. It is documented how fifth-order coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy can be used to directly map the EEA as a function of time.
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- J Süß
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Samanta S, Ray SK, Deolka S, Saha S, K R P, Bhowal R, Ghosh N, Chaudhuri D. Safeguarding long-lived excitons from excimer traps in H-aggregated dye-assemblies. Chem Sci 2020; 11:5710-5715. [PMID: 32874507 PMCID: PMC7441499 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01784a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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An unusually large exciton coupling and spontaneous self-localization safeguards the long-lived excitons of H-aggregated perylene bisimide against a notoriously universal excimeric trapping process, and rekindles its potential as a light-harvesting material.
The fate of perylene bisimide (PBI) H-aggregates as energy-harvesting materials depends on the ability to circumvent an extremely deleterious but efficient self-trapping process that scavenges the long-lived excitons to form deep excimeric traps. We present the first ever report of an ambient-stable, bright, steady-state photoluminescence (PL) from the long-lived exciton of an H-aggregated PBI crystal. The crystal structure reveals a rotationally displaced H-aggregated arrangement of PBI chromophores, in which transition from the lowest energy exciton state is partially allowed. Polarized absorption spectroscopy on single microcrystals confirms an unusually large exciton splitting of ∼1265 cm–1 that stabilizes the lower exciton state, and inhibits excimer formation. A PL Mueller matrix study shows an increase in the excited state polarization anisotropy, indicating a strong localization of the nascent exciton, which further safeguards it from the self-trapping process. Finally, the possibility of achieving excimer-free excitonic PL in solution self-assembly is also demonstrated.
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- Samaresh Samanta
- Department of Chemical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur 741246 , India .
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- Department of Physical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur 741246 , India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur 741246 , India .
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- Department of Physical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur 741246 , India
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- New Chemistry Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , Bengaluru 560064 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal , Bhopal 462066 , India
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- Department of Physical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur 741246 , India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur 741246 , India .
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Süß J, Engel V. A wave packet picture of exciton-exciton annihilation: Molecular dimer dynamics. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:174305. [PMID: 32384841 DOI: 10.1063/1.5134534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The usual view of exciton-exciton annihilation (EEA) processes in molecular aggregates is based on locally excited states of the monomer units. However, the corresponding localized configurations can only be assumed if the system is in a coherent superposition of eigenstates, i.e., a wave packet. We study a molecular dimer and focus on the characterization of EEA by a wave packet motion induced in the system by ultrashort pulse excitation. Here, coherences that appear are destroyed by dissipation processes. We discuss the influence of interband and intraband relaxation on the dynamics. The states that participate in the annihilation process are directly accessible by fifth-order optical two-dimensional spectroscopy. Such spectra are calculated, and spectral features are related to the annihilation process.
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- J Süß
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Henkel C, Wittmann JE, Träg J, Will J, Stiegler LMS, Strohriegl P, Hirsch A, Unruh T, Zahn D, Halik M, Guldi DM. Mixed Organic Ligand Shells: Controlling the Nanoparticle Surface Morphology toward Tuning the Optoelectronic Properties. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1903729. [PMID: 31778297 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201903729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2019] [Revised: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Precise control over the ratio of perylene bisimide (PBI) monomers and aggregates, immobilized on alumina nanoparticle (NP) surfaces, is demonstrated. Towards this goal, phosphonic acid functionalized PBI derivatives (PA-PBI) are shown to self-assemble into stoichiometrically mixed monolayers featuring aliphatic, glycolic, or fluorinated phosphonic acid ligands, serving as imbedding matrix (PA-M) to afford core-shell NPs. Different but, nevertheless, defined PBI monomer/aggregate composition is achieved by either the variation in the PA-PBI to PA-M ratios, or the utilization of different PA-Ms. Various steady-state as well as time-resolved spectroscopy techniques are applied to probe the core-shell NPs with respect to changes in their optical properties upon variations in the shell composition. To this end, the ratio between monomer and excimer-like emission assists in deriving information on the self-assembled monolayer composition, local ordering, and corresponding aggregate content. With the help of X-ray reflectivity measurements, accompanied by molecular dynamics simulations, the built-up of the particle shells, in general, and the PBI aggregation behavior, in particular, are explored in depth.
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- Christian Henkel
- Department Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Materials and Devices, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer Chemistry Center, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstraße 25, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Crystallography and Structural Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 6, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Macromolecular Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Crystallography and Structural Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 6, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer Chemistry Center, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstraße 25, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Materials and Devices, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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Aster A, Licari G, Zinna F, Brun E, Kumpulainen T, Tajkhorshid E, Lacour J, Vauthey E. Tuning symmetry breaking charge separation in perylene bichromophores by conformational control. Chem Sci 2019; 10:10629-10639. [PMID: 34040711 PMCID: PMC8133027 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03913a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Understanding structure-property relationships in multichromophoric molecular architectures is a crucial step in establishing new design principles in organic electronics as well as to fully understand how nature exploits solar energy. Here, we study the excited state dynamics of three bichromophores consisting of two perylene chromophores linked to three different crown-ether backbones, using stationary and ultrafast electronic spectroscopy combined with molecular dynamics simulations. The conformational space available to the bichromophores depends on the structure and geometry of the crown-ether and can be significantly changed upon cation binding, strongly affecting the excited-state dynamics. We show that, depending on the conformational restrictions and the local environment, the nature of the excited state varies greatly, going from an excimer to a symmetry-broken charge separated state. These results can be rationalised in terms of a structure-property relationship that includes the effect of the local environment.
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- Alexander Aster
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana Illinois USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology Urbana Illinois USA
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana Illinois USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology Urbana Illinois USA
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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Goswami S, Kopec S, Köppel H. Vibronic Coupling and Excitation Transfer in Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Dimers: A Quantum Dynamical Analysis. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:5491-5503. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sugata Goswami
- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Bettini S, Syrgiannis Z, Pagano R, D Ord Ević L, Salvatore L, Prato M, Giancane G, Valli L. Perylene Bisimide Aggregates as Probes for Subnanomolar Discrimination of Aromatic Biogenic Amines. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:17079-17089. [PMID: 30978000 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b04101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Perylene bisimide derivatives show peculiar physical chemical features, such as a highly conjugated system, high extinction coefficients and elevated fluorescence quantum yields, making them suitable for the development of optical sensors of compounds of interest. In particular, they are characterized by the tendency to aggregate into π-π stacked supramolecular structures. In this contribution, the behavior of the PBI derivative N, N'-bis(2-(trimethylammonium)ethylene)perylene bisimide dichloride was investigated both in aqueous solution and on solid support. The electronic communication between PBI aggregates and biogenic amines was exploited in order to discriminate aromatic amines down to subnanomolar concentrations by observing PBI fluorescence variations in the presence of various amines and at different concentrations. The experimental findings were corroborated by density functional theory calculations. In particular, phenylethylamine and tyramine were demonstrated to be selectively detected down to 10-10 M concentration. Then, in order to develop a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) device, PBI was deposited onto a SPR support by means of the layer-by-layer method. PBI was deposited in the aggregated form and was demonstrated to preserve the capability to discriminate, selectively and with an outstanding analytical sensitivity, tyramine in the vapor phase and even if mixed with other aromatic amines.
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- Simona Bettini
- Department of Engineering for Innovation , Campus University Ecotekne , Via per Monteroni , I-73100 Lecce , Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, INSTM , Via G. Giusti, 9 , I-50121 Firenze , Italy
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- Center of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials (CENMAT) and INSTM, Unit of Trieste, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Trieste , via L. Giorgieri 1 , 34127 Trieste , Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, DISTEBA , University of Salento , Via per Arnesano , I-73100 Lecce , Italy
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- Center of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials (CENMAT) and INSTM, Unit of Trieste, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Trieste , via L. Giorgieri 1 , 34127 Trieste , Italy
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- Department of Engineering for Innovation , Campus University Ecotekne , Via per Monteroni , I-73100 Lecce , Italy
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- Center of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials (CENMAT) and INSTM, Unit of Trieste, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Trieste , via L. Giorgieri 1 , 34127 Trieste , Italy
- Basque Foundation for Science, Ikerbasque , 48013 Bilbao , Spain
- Carbon Nanobiotechnology Laboratory , CIC biomaGUNE , Paseo de Miramón 182 , 20009 Donostia-San Sebastian , Spain
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- Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, INSTM , Via G. Giusti, 9 , I-50121 Firenze , Italy
- Department of Cultural Heritage , Università del Salento , Via D. Birago, 48 , I-73100 Lecce , Italy
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- Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, INSTM , Via G. Giusti, 9 , I-50121 Firenze , Italy
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, DISTEBA , University of Salento , Via per Arnesano , I-73100 Lecce , Italy
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Kirchner E, Bialas D, Fennel F, Grüne M, Würthner F. Defined Merocyanine Dye Stacks from a Dimer up to an Octamer by Spacer-Encoded Self-Assembly Approach. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:7428-7438. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Eva Kirchner
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Süß J, Wehner J, Dostál J, Brixner T, Engel V. Mapping of exciton–exciton annihilation in a molecular dimer via fifth-order femtosecond two-dimensional spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:104304. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5086151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J. Süß
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC), Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC), Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Aguilar Suarez LE, Kathir R, Siagri E, Havenith RW, Faraji S. Determination of electronic couplings in the singlet fission process using a nonorthogonal configuration interaction approach. STATE OF THE ART OF MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE COMPUTATIONS: CORRELATION METHODS, BASIS SETS AND MORE 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aiq.2019.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Jiang S, Xie Y, Lan Z. The role of the charge-transfer states in the ultrafast excitonic dynamics of the DTDCTB dimers embedded in a crystal environment. Chem Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Liu W, Canola S, Köhn A, Engels B, Negri F, Fink RF. A model hamiltonian tuned toward high level ab initio
calculations to describe the character of excitonic states in perylenebisimide aggregates. J Comput Chem 2018; 39:1979-1989. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Wenlan Liu
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Green Synthesis and Applications & College of Chemistry; Chongqing Normal University; Chongqing 401331 China
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; University of Stuttgart; Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart Germany
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Auf der Morgenstelle 18; University of Tübingen; 72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Auf der Morgenstelle 18; University of Tübingen; 72076 Tübingen Germany
- Universitá di Bologna Dipartimento di Chimica 'G. Ciamician'; Via F. Selmi 2, Bologna 40126 Italy
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; University of Stuttgart; Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42; University of Würzburg; 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Universitá di Bologna Dipartimento di Chimica 'G. Ciamician'; Via F. Selmi 2, Bologna 40126 Italy
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Auf der Morgenstelle 18; University of Tübingen; 72076 Tübingen Germany
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Plötz PA, Megow J, Niehaus T, Kühn O. All-DFTB Approach to the Parametrization of the System-Bath Hamiltonian Describing Exciton-Vibrational Dynamics of Molecular Assemblies. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 14:5001-5010. [PMID: 30141929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Spectral density functions are central to the simulation of complex many body systems. Their determination requires making approximations not only to the dynamics but also to the underlying electronic structure theory. Here, blending different methods bears the danger of an inconsistent description. To solve this issue we propose an all-DFTB approach to determine spectral densities for the description of Frenkel excitons in molecular assemblies. The protocol is illustrated for a model of a PTCDI crystal, which involves the calculation of monomeric excitation energies and Coulomb couplings between monomer transitions, as well as their spectral distributions due to thermal fluctuations of the nuclei. Using dynamically defined normal modes, a mapping onto the standard harmonic oscillator spectral densities is achieved.
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- Per-Arno Plötz
- Institut für Physik , Universität Rostock , Albert-Einstein-Strasse 23-24 , 18059 Rostock , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie , Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25 , 14476 Potsdam , Germany
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne , France
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- Institut für Physik , Universität Rostock , Albert-Einstein-Strasse 23-24 , 18059 Rostock , Germany
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Hestand NJ, Spano FC. Expanded Theory of H- and J-Molecular Aggregates: The Effects of Vibronic Coupling and Intermolecular Charge Transfer. Chem Rev 2018; 118:7069-7163. [PMID: 29664617 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 719] [Impact Index Per Article: 119.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The electronic excited states of molecular aggregates and their photophysical signatures have long fascinated spectroscopists and theoreticians alike since the advent of Frenkel exciton theory almost 90 years ago. The influence of molecular packing on basic optical probes like absorption and photoluminescence was originally worked out by Kasha for aggregates dominated by Coulombic intermolecular interactions, eventually leading to the classification of J- and H-aggregates. This review outlines advances made in understanding the relationship between aggregate structure and photophysics when vibronic coupling and intermolecular charge transfer are incorporated. An assortment of packing geometries is considered from the humble molecular dimer to more exotic structures including linear and bent aggregates, two-dimensional herringbone and "HJ" aggregates, and chiral aggregates. The interplay between long-range Coulomb coupling and short-range charge-transfer-mediated coupling strongly depends on the aggregate architecture leading to a wide array of photophysical behaviors.
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- Nicholas J Hestand
- Department of Chemistry , Temple University , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Temple University , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United States
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Niyas MA, Ramakrishnan R, Vijay V, Hariharan M. Structure-Packing-Property Correlation of Self-Sorted Versus Interdigitated Assembly in TTF⋅TCNQ-Based Charge-Transport Materials. Chemistry 2018; 24:12318-12329. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- M. A. Niyas
- School of Chemistry; Indian Institute of, Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Vithura; Thiruvananthapuram 695551 Kerala India
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- School of Chemistry; Indian Institute of, Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Vithura; Thiruvananthapuram 695551 Kerala India
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- School of Chemistry; Indian Institute of, Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Vithura; Thiruvananthapuram 695551 Kerala India
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- School of Chemistry; Indian Institute of, Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Vithura; Thiruvananthapuram 695551 Kerala India
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Kaiser D, Reusch E, Hemberger P, Bodi A, Welz E, Engels B, Fischer I. The ortho-benzyne cation is not planar. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:3988-3996. [PMID: 29350226 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08055g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A recent review on the photoionisation of the C6H4 isomer ortho-benzyne suggests that bands reported in earlier photoelectron spectra might be due to side products or contaminations, while computations raise doubts, whether the cation has a planar geometry. We therefore reinvestigate the photoionisation of ortho-benzyne, generated by pyrolysis from benzocyclobutenedione, by photoion mass-selected threshold photoelectron (ms-TPE) spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation. The experiments are accompanied by a theoretical study that investigates the structure of the ortho-benzyne cation systematically as a function of the computational method, up to CASPT2(11,14) ab initio computations. Our study leads to a re-evaluation of the ionisation energy of ortho-benzyne. It reveals that the ortho-benzyne cation has indeed a twisted C2 geometry rather than a C2v structure. A vertical ionisation energy IEvert of 9.77 eV and an adiabatic ionisation energy of IEad = 9.56 eV are computed for ortho-benzyne. A Franck-Condon simulation of the photoelectron spectrum based on the CASPT2 results and including three electronic states of the cation is in agreement with the experiment and yields IEad = 9.51 eV (+50 meV/-100 meV). Since this value is in contrast with previous work, the ionisation energy has to be revised based on our study. Computational methods based on density functional theory give a reasonable description of the cationic ground state, but fail for the corresponding excited electronic states that are indispensible for a proper assignment of the photoelectron spectrum.
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- D Kaiser
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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Maiti B, Schubert A, Sarkar S, Bhandari S, Wang K, Li Z, Geva E, Twieg RJ, Dunietz BD. Enhancing charge mobilities in organic semiconductors by selective fluorination: a design approach based on a quantum mechanical perspective. Chem Sci 2017; 8:6947-6953. [PMID: 29147520 PMCID: PMC5642104 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02491f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Selective fluorination of organic semiconducting molecules is proposed as a means to achieving enhanced hole mobility. Naphthalene is examined here as a root molecular system with fluorination performed at various sites. Our quantum chemical calculations show that selective fluorination can enhance attractive intermolecular interactions while reducing charge trapping. Those observations suggest a design principle whereby fluorination is utilized for achieving high charge mobilities in the crystalline form. The utility of this design principle is demonstrated through an application to perylene, which is an important building block of organic semiconducting materials. We also show that a quantum mechanical perspective of nuclear degrees of freedom is crucial for a reliable description of charge transport.
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- Buddhadev Maiti
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , OH 44242 , USA . ; ; r
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , OH 44242 , USA . ; ; r
- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI 48109 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , OH 44242 , USA . ; ; r
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , OH 44242 , USA . ; ; r
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , OH 44242 , USA . ; ; r
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , OH 44242 , USA . ; ; r
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI 48109 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , OH 44242 , USA . ; ; r
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , OH 44242 , USA . ; ; r
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Brückner C, Stolte M, Würthner F, Pflaum J, Engels B. QM/MM calculations combined with the dimer approach on the static disorder at organic-organic interfaces of thin-film organic solar cells composed of small molecules. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.3740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Charlotte Brückner
- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg; Würzburg Germany
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- Universität Würzburg, Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry; Würzburg Germany
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- Universität Würzburg, Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry; Würzburg Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VI; Universität Würzburg; Würzburg Germany
- Bayerisches Zentrum für Angewandte Energieforschung (ZAE Bayern e.V.); Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg; Würzburg Germany
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