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Li L, Wan G, Cui X, Wang Y. Ultrasensitive sensing performances of amphiphilic block copolymer induced gyrus-like In 2O 3 thick films to low-concentration acetone. RSC Adv 2023; 13:20575-20583. [PMID: 37435374 PMCID: PMC10331797 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03063f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
Abstract
In the present work, an inducible assembly of di-block polymer compounds approach was employed for the synthesis of mesoscopic gyrus-like In2O3 by using lab-made high-molecular-weight amphiphilic di-block copolymer poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene (PEO-b-PS) as a revulsive, with indium chloride as an indium source and THF/ethanol as the solvent. The obtained mesoscopic gyrus-like In2O3 indium oxide materials exhibit a large surface area and a highly crystalline In2O3 nanostructure framework, and the gyrus distance is about 40 nm, which can facilitate the diffusion and transport of acetone vapor molecules. By using this material as a chemoresistance sensor, the obtained gyrus-like indium oxides were used as sensing materials, showing an excellent performance to acetone at a low operating temperature (150 °C) due to their high porosity and unique crystalline framework. The limit of detection of the thick-film sensor based on indium oxides is appropriate for diabetes exhaled breath acetone concentration detection. Moreover, the thick-film sensor shows a very fast response-recovery dynamics upon contacting acetone vapor due to its abundant open folds mesoscopic structure, and also to the large surface area of the nanocrystalline gyrus-like In2O3.
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- Ling Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University Jinan 250100 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University Jinan 250100 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University Jinan 250100 China
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- Technology and Information Technology Department, China Railway Jinan Group Co. Ltd Jinan 250001 China
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Bhat V, Callaway CP, Risko C. Computational Approaches for Organic Semiconductors: From Chemical and Physical Understanding to Predicting New Materials. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37141497 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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While a complete understanding of organic semiconductor (OSC) design principles remains elusive, computational methods─ranging from techniques based in classical and quantum mechanics to more recent data-enabled models─can complement experimental observations and provide deep physicochemical insights into OSC structure-processing-property relationships, offering new capabilities for in silico OSC discovery and design. In this Review, we trace the evolution of these computational methods and their application to OSCs, beginning with early quantum-chemical methods to investigate resonance in benzene and building to recent machine-learning (ML) techniques and their application to ever more sophisticated OSC scientific and engineering challenges. Along the way, we highlight the limitations of the methods and how sophisticated physical and mathematical frameworks have been created to overcome those limitations. We illustrate applications of these methods to a range of specific challenges in OSCs derived from π-conjugated polymers and molecules, including predicting charge-carrier transport, modeling chain conformations and bulk morphology, estimating thermomechanical properties, and describing phonons and thermal transport, to name a few. Through these examples, we demonstrate how advances in computational methods accelerate the deployment of OSCsin wide-ranging technologies, such as organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic thermoelectrics, organic batteries, and organic (bio)sensors. We conclude by providing an outlook for the future development of computational techniques to discover and assess the properties of high-performing OSCs with greater accuracy.
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- Vinayak Bhat
- Department of Chemistry & Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, United States
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Functionalized polysiloxanes with perylene diimides and poly(ethylene glycol): Synthesis and properties. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gorman J, Orsborne SRE, Sridhar A, Pandya R, Budden P, Ohmann A, Panjwani NA, Liu Y, Greenfield JL, Dowland S, Gray V, Ryan STJ, De Ornellas S, El-Sagheer AH, Brown T, Nitschke JR, Behrends J, Keyser UF, Rao A, Collepardo-Guevara R, Stulz E, Friend RH, Auras F. Deoxyribonucleic Acid Encoded and Size-Defined π-Stacking of Perylene Diimides. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 144:368-376. [PMID: 34936763 PMCID: PMC8759064 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
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Natural photosystems
use protein scaffolds to control intermolecular
interactions that enable exciton flow, charge generation, and long-range
charge separation. In contrast, there is limited structural control
in current organic electronic devices such as OLEDs and solar cells.
We report here the DNA-encoded assembly of π-conjugated perylene
diimides (PDIs) with deterministic control over the number of electronically
coupled molecules. The PDIs are integrated within DNA chains using
phosphoramidite coupling chemistry, allowing selection of the DNA
sequence to either side, and specification of intermolecular DNA hybridization.
In this way, we have developed a “toolbox” for construction
of any stacking sequence of these semiconducting molecules. We have
discovered that we need to use a full hierarchy of interactions: DNA
guides the semiconductors into specified close proximity, hydrophobic–hydrophilic
differentiation drives aggregation of the semiconductor moieties,
and local geometry and electrostatic interactions define intermolecular
positioning. As a result, the PDIs pack to give substantial intermolecular
π wave function overlap, leading to an evolution of singlet
excited states from localized excitons in the PDI monomer to excimers
with wave functions delocalized over all five PDIs in the pentamer.
This is accompanied by a change in the dominant triplet forming mechanism
from localized spin–orbit charge transfer mediated intersystem
crossing for the monomer toward a delocalized excimer process for
the pentamer. Our modular DNA-based assembly reveals real opportunities
for the rapid development of bespoke semiconductor architectures with
molecule-by-molecule precision.
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- Jeffrey Gorman
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Physics, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 171 21 Solna, Sweden
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Berlin Joint EPR Lab, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Berlin Joint EPR Lab, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry & Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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Winkler C, Zojer E. Strategies for Controlling Through-Space Charge Transport in Metal-Organic Frameworks via Structural Modifications. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E2372. [PMID: 33260582 PMCID: PMC7760313 DOI: 10.3390/nano10122372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In recent years, charge transport in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has shifted into the focus of scientific research. In this context, systems with efficient through-space charge transport pathways resulting from π-stacked conjugated linkers are of particular interest. In the current manuscript, we use density functional theory-based simulations to provide a detailed understanding of such MOFs, which, in the present case, are derived from the prototypical Zn2(TTFTB) system (with TTFTB4- corresponding to tetrathiafulvalene tetrabenzoate). In particular, we show that factors such as the relative arrangement of neighboring linkers and the details of the structural conformations of the individual building blocks have a profound impact on bandwidths and charge transfer. Considering the helical stacking of individual tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) molecules around a screw axis as the dominant symmetry element in Zn2(TTFTB)-derived materials, the focus, here, is primarily on the impact of the relative rotation of neighboring molecules. Not unexpectedly, changing the stacking distance in the helix also plays a distinct role, especially for structures which display large electronic couplings to start with. The presented results provide guidelines for achieving structures with improved electronic couplings. It is, however, also shown that structural defects (especially missing linkers) provide major obstacles to charge transport in the studied, essentially one-dimensional systems. This suggests that especially the sample quality is a decisive factor for ensuring efficient through-space charge transport in MOFs comprising stacked π-systems.
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria;
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Meftahi N, Manian A, Christofferson AJ, Lyskov I, Russo SP. A computational exploration of aggregation-induced excitonic quenching mechanisms for perylene diimide chromophores. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:064108. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0013634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Nastaran Meftahi
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- School of Science, College of Science, Engineering and Health, RMIT University, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Victoria 3001, Australia
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Ricci M, Roscioni OM, Querciagrossa L, Zannoni C. MOLC. A reversible coarse grained approach using anisotropic beads for the modelling of organic functional materials. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:26195-26211. [PMID: 31755499 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04120f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
We describe the development and implementation of a coarse grained (CG) modelling approach where complex organic molecules, and particularly the π-conjugated ones often employed in organic electronics, are modelled in terms of connected sets of attractive-repulsive biaxial Gay-Berne ellipsoidal beads. The CG model is aimed at reproducing realistically large scale morphologies (e.g. up to 100 nm thick films) for the materials involved, while being able to generate, with a back-mapping procedure, atomistic coordinates suitable, with limited effort, to be applied for charge transport calculations. Detailed methodology and an application to the common hole transporter material α-NPD are provided.
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- Matteo Ricci
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari" and INSTM, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, IT-40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Royakkers J, Minotto A, Congrave DG, Zeng W, Patel A, Bond AD, Bučar DK, Cacialli F, Bronstein H. Doubly Encapsulated Perylene Diimides: Effect of Molecular Encapsulation on Photophysical Properties. J Org Chem 2019; 85:207-214. [PMID: 31682123 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Intermolecular interactions play a fundamental role on the performance of conjugated materials in organic electronic devices, as they heavily influence their optoelectronic properties. Synthetic control over the solid state properties of organic optoelectronic materials is crucial to access real life applications. Perylene diimides (PDIs) are one of the most highly studied classes of organic fluorescent dyes. In the solid state, π-π stacking suppresses their emission, limiting their use in a variety of applications. Here, we report the synthesis of a novel PDI dye that is encapsulated by four alkylene straps. X-ray crystallography indicates that intermolecular π-π stacking is completely suppressed in the crystalline state. This is further validated by the photophysical properties of the dye in both solution and solid state and supported by theoretical calculations. However, we find that the introduction of the encapsulating "arms" results in the creation of charge-transfer states which modify the excited state properties. This article demonstrates that molecular encapsulation can be used as a powerful tool to tune intermolecular interactions and thereby gain an extra level of control over the solid state properties of organic optoelectronic materials.
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- Jeroen Royakkers
- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LCN , University College London , Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LCN , University College London , Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , 20 Gordon Street , London WC1H 0AJ , United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LCN , University College London , Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , United Kingdom.,Cavendish Laboratory , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB3 0HE , United Kingdom
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Mishima K, Yamashita K. Importance of Side-Chains on Molecular Characteristics of Interacting Organic Molecules. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:10396-10404. [PMID: 31460133 PMCID: PMC6648652 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
In this work, we have calculated several physical quantities related to two interacting semiconductor organic molecules to reveal the significance and the role of the side-chains. The molecular systems of our target are the geometry-optimized dimer systems: that consisting of two [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester molecules and that consisting of two peryline diimide-related molecules. The physical quantities shown in the present work are their relative molecular geometries, optimized energies, barycentric distances, angles between the two molecular planes, dipole moments, and electronic couplings. We have found that these physical quantities show quite different tendencies among the systems, which results from the absence/presence of the side-chains in these molecular species. It is emphasized that the presence of side-chains brings about the diversity of molecular characteristics in interacting molecules. This may point out the importance of side-chains in the various organic materials in general.
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Huang T, Lewis DK, Sharifzadeh S. Assessing the Role of Intermolecular Interactions in a Perylene-Based Nanowire Using First-Principles Many-Body Perturbation Theory. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2842-2848. [PMID: 31002517 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present a first-principles many-body perturbation theory study of the role of intermolecular coupling in the optoelectronic properties of a one-dimensional (1D) π-stacked nanowire composed of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide molecules on a DNA-like backbone. We determine that strong intermolecular electronic coupling results in large bandwidths and low carrier effective masses, suggesting a high-electron mobility material. Additionally, by including the role of finite-temperature phonons on optical absorption via a newly presented approach, we predict that the optical absorption spectrum is significantly altered from that at zero temperature due to allowed indirect transitions, while the exciton delocalization and binding energy, a measure of intermolecular electronic interactions, remains constant. Overall, our studies indicate that strong intermolecular coupling can dominate the optoelectronic properties of π-conjugated 1D systems even at room temperature.
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- Tianlun Huang
- Division of Materials and Engineering , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Division of Materials and Engineering , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
- Department of Physics , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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Lorenzoni A, Mosca Conte A, Pecchia A, Mercuri F. Nanoscale morphology and electronic coupling at the interface between indium tin oxide and organic molecular materials. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:9376-9385. [PMID: 29738001 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr02341g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The correlation between nanoscale morphology and charge injection rates at the interface between an organic semiconductor layer and a transparent metal oxide electrode was investigated by integrating molecular dynamics simulations with electronic structure calculations. The simulation approach proposed has been applied to the analysis of the hole injection mechanism at the interface between an amorphous layer of tris[(3-phenyl-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl-2(3H)-ylidene)-1,2-phenylene]Ir (DPBIC), a hole transport and emitter molecule, and the surface of indium tin oxide (ITO), a material commonly used as anode in OLEDs. The link between interface morphology and charge injection was investigated by implementing a two-step, top-down simulation approach. Namely, nanoscale molecular aggregation phenomena at the organic/electrode interface were first assessed by molecular dynamics simulations, mimicking different processing conditions, and followed by density functional theory calculations of the electronic coupling between molecular levels and the manifold of electrode states involved in the charge injection process. The correlation between structural parameters and electronic coupling suggests a significant role of specific molecule/electrode configurations on charge transport processes at the interface, resulting in a broad distribution of charge injection rates, and highlights the link between molecular structure, nanoscale aggregation and processing in the realization of heterointerfaces for efficient charge injection in organic electronic devices.
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- Andrea Lorenzoni
- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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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: 696] [Impact Index Per Article: 116.0] [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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Purvis LJ, Gu X, Ghosh S, Zhang Z, Cramer CJ, Douglas CJ. Synthesis and Characterization of Electron-Deficient Asymmetrically Substituted Diarylindenotetracenes. J Org Chem 2018; 83:1828-1841. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Lafe J. Purvis
- Department of Chemistry,
Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Nguyen MT, Biberdorf JD, Holliday BJ, Jones RA. Electronic Interactions of n‐Doped Perylene Diimide Groups Appended to Polynorbornene Chains: Implications for Electron Transport in Organic Electronics. Macromol Rapid Commun 2017; 38. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Minh T. Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry The University of Texas at Austin 105 E 24th St. Stop A5300 Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Texas at Austin 105 E 24th St. Stop A5300 Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Texas at Austin 105 E 24th St. Stop A5300 Austin TX 78712 USA
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Volpi R, Linares M. Study of the cold charge transfer state separation at the TQ1/PC 71 BM interface. J Comput Chem 2017; 38:1039-1048. [PMID: 28318028 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Charge transfer (CT) state separation is one of the most critical processes in the functioning of an organic solar cell. In this article, we study a bilayer of TQ1 and PC71 BM molecules presenting disorder at the interface, obtained by means of Molecular Dynamics. The study of the CT state splitting can be first analyzed through the CT state splitting diagram, introduced in a previous work. Through this analysis, we identify the possibility of CT state splitting within Marcus Theory in function of the electric field. Once the right range of electric fields has been identified, we perform Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to estimate percentages and times for the CT state splitting and the free charge carriers collection. Statistical information extracted from these simulations allows us to highlight the importance of polarization and to test the limits of the predictions given by the CT state splitting diagram. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Riccardo Volpi
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, SE-581 83, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, SE-581 83, Sweden.,Swedish e-Science Research Centre (SeRC), Linköping University, Linköping, SE-581 83, Sweden
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Volpi R, Nassau R, Nørby MS, Linares M. Theoretical Study of the Charge-Transfer State Separation within Marcus Theory: The C60-Anthracene Case Study. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:24722-24736. [PMID: 27561228 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We study, within Marcus theory, the possibility of the charge-transfer (CT) state splitting at organic interfaces and a subsequent transport of the free charge carriers to the electrodes. As a case study we analyze model anthracene-C60 interfaces. Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations on the cold CT state were performed at a range of applied electric fields, and with the fields applied at a range of angles to the interface to simulate the action of the electric field in a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) interface. The results show that the inclusion of polarization in our model increases CT state dissociation and charge collection. The effect of the electric field on CT state splitting and free charge carrier conduction is analyzed in detail with and without polarization. Also, depending on the relative orientation of the anthracene and C60 molecules at the interface, CT state splitting shows different behavior with respect to both applied field strength and applied field angle. The importance of the hot CT in helping the charge carrier dissociation is also analyzed in our scheme.
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- Riccardo Volpi
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University , SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
- Swedish e-Science Research Centre (SeRC), Linköping University , SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University , SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University , SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark , DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University , SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
- Swedish e-Science Research Centre (SeRC), Linköping University , SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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Bialas D, Brüning C, Schlosser F, Fimmel B, Thein J, Engel V, Würthner F. Exciton-Vibrational Couplings in Homo- and Heterodimer Stacks of Perylene Bisimide Dyes within Cyclophanes: Studies on Absorption Properties and Theoretical Analysis. Chemistry 2016; 22:15011-15018. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- David Bialas
- Universität Würzburg; Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry; Am Hubland 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 Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Universität Würzburg; Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Universität Würzburg; Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry; Am Hubland 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 Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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Hestand NJ, Spano FC. Interference between Coulombic and CT-mediated couplings in molecular aggregates: H- to J-aggregate transformation in perylene-based π-stacks. J Chem Phys 2016; 143:244707. [PMID: 26723702 DOI: 10.1063/1.4938012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The spectroscopic differences between J and H-aggregates are traditionally attributed to the spatial dependence of the Coulombic coupling, as originally proposed by Kasha. However, in tightly packed molecular aggregates wave functions on neighboring molecules overlap, leading to an additional charge transfer (CT) mediated exciton coupling with a vastly different spatial dependence. The latter is governed by the nodal patterns of the molecular LUMOs and HOMOs from which the electron (te) and hole (th) transfer integrals derive. The sign of the CT-mediated coupling depends on the sign of the product teth and is therefore highly sensitive to small (sub-Angstrom) transverse displacements or slips. Given that Coulombic and CT-mediated couplings exist simultaneously in tightly packed molecular systems, the interference between the two must be considered when defining J and H-aggregates. Generally, such π-stacked aggregates do not abide by the traditional classification scheme of Kasha: for example, even when the Coulomb coupling is strong the presence of a similarly strong but destructively interfering CT-mediated coupling results in "null-aggregates" which spectroscopically resemble uncoupled molecules. Based on a Frenkel/CT Holstein Hamiltonian that takes into account both sources of electronic coupling as well as intramolecular vibrations, vibronic spectral signatures are developed for integrated Frenkel/CT systems in both the perturbative and resonance regimes. In the perturbative regime, the sign of the lowest exciton band curvature, which rigorously defines J and H-aggregation, is directly tracked by the ratio of the first two vibronic peak intensities. Even in the resonance regime, the vibronic ratio remains a useful tool to evaluate the J or H nature of the system. The theory developed is applied to the reversible H to J-aggregate transformations recently observed in several perylene bisimide systems.
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- Nicholas J Hestand
- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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Markegard CB, Mazaheripour A, Jocson JM, Burke AM, Dickson MN, Gorodetsky AA, Nguyen HD. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Perylenediimide DNA Base Surrogates. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:11459-65. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Cade B. Markegard
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of
Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of
Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of
Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of
Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of
Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of
Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of
Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Hollfelder M, Gekle S. Dynamic Stacking Pathway of Perylene Dimers in Aromatic and Nonaromatic Solvents. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:10216-23. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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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- Manuel Hollfelder
- Physics
Department, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Physics
Department, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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The impact of trans/cis photoisomerization on photoinduced electron transport between 4,4′-stilbenedicarboxylic acid and columnar perylenediimide aggregates in water. Colloid Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-015-3639-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Manna MK, Rasale DB, Das AK. Supramolecular assembly of dipeptide functionalized benzo[ghi]perylene monoimide directs white light emission via donor–acceptor interactions. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra11804b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Optical and self-assembly nature of an aromatic dipeptide Phe-Phe (FF) functionalized benzo[ghi]perylene monoimide (BPI) are studied. Acceptor BPI-FF-OMe molecule shows white light emission upon energy transfer from donor pyrenebutyric acid molecule.
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- Manoj K. Manna
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Indore 452017
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Indore 452017
- India
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Fazzi D, Caironi M. Multi-length-scale relationships between the polymer molecular structure and charge transport: the case of poly-naphthalene diimide bithiophene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:8573-90. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00523j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Charge transport in organic polymer semiconductors is a complex phenomenon affected by structural and electronic properties ranging over different length scales, from the molecular one up to the macro-scale.
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- Daniele Fazzi
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (MPI-KOFO)
- 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Germany
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
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Navarro A, Fernández-Liencres MP, García G, Granadino-Roldán JM, Fernández-Gómez M. A DFT approach to the charge transport related properties in columnar stacked π-conjugated N-heterocycle cores including electron donor and acceptor units. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:605-18. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04220d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Theoretical design of new, ambipolar DLC donor–acceptor systems based on tris[1,2,4]triazolo[1,3,5]triazine cores.
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- Amparo Navarro
- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica
- Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales
- Universidad de Jaén
- Jaén
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica
- Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales
- Universidad de Jaén
- Jaén
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica
- Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales
- Universidad de Jaén
- Jaén
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica
- Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales
- Universidad de Jaén
- Jaén
- Spain
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Spreitler F, Sommer M, Hollfelder M, Thelakkat M, Gekle S, Köhler J. Unravelling the conformations of di-(perylene bisimide acrylate) by combining time-resolved fluorescence-anisotropy experiments and molecular modelling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:25959-68. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03064h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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D’Avino G, Muccioli L, Zannoni C, Beljonne D, Soos ZG. Electronic Polarization in Organic Crystals: A Comparative Study of Induced Dipoles and Intramolecular Charge Redistribution Schemes. J Chem Theory Comput 2014; 10:4959-71. [DOI: 10.1021/ct500618w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Gabriele D’Avino
- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari” and INSTM, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, IT-40136 Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari” and INSTM, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, IT-40136 Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari” and INSTM, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, IT-40136 Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory
for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, Place du Parc
20, BE-7000 Mons, and
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- Department
of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Idé J, Méreau R, Ducasse L, Castet F, Bock H, Olivier Y, Cornil J, Beljonne D, D’Avino G, Roscioni OM, Muccioli L, Zannoni C. Charge Dissociation at Interfaces between Discotic Liquid Crystals: The Surprising Role of Column Mismatch. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:2911-20. [DOI: 10.1021/ja4114769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Julien Idé
- Institut
des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 5255, Université de Bordeaux, Cours de la Libération 351, FR-33405 Talence, France
- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, IT-20131 Milano, Italy
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- Institut
des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 5255, Université de Bordeaux, Cours de la Libération 351, FR-33405 Talence, France
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- Institut
des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 5255, Université de Bordeaux, Cours de la Libération 351, FR-33405 Talence, France
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- Institut
des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 5255, Université de Bordeaux, Cours de la Libération 351, FR-33405 Talence, France
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- Centre
de Recherche Paul Pascal, UPR CNRS 8641, Université de Bordeaux, Avenue Schweitzer 115, FR-33600 Pessac, France
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- Laboratory
for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, Place du Parc
20, BE-7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory
for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, Place du Parc
20, BE-7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory
for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, Place du Parc
20, BE-7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari” and INSTM, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, IT-40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari” and INSTM, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, IT-40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari” and INSTM, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, IT-40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari” and INSTM, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, IT-40136 Bologna, Italy
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Muccioli L, D’Avino G, Berardi R, Orlandi S, Pizzirusso A, Ricci M, Roscioni OM, Zannoni C. Supramolecular Organization of Functional Organic Materials in the Bulk and at Organic/Organic Interfaces: A Modeling and Computer Simulation Approach. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2013; 352:39-101. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Geng Y, Li HB, Wu SX, Su ZM. The interplay of intermolecular interactions, packing motifs and electron transport properties in perylene diimide related materials: a theoretical perspective. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm33369d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lamarra M, Muccioli L, Orlandi S, Zannoni C. Temperature dependence of charge mobility in model discotic liquid crystals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:5368-75. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp23178f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kojima H, Mori T. Dihedral Angle Dependence of Transfer Integrals in Organic Semiconductors with Herringbone Structures. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2011. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20110176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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