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Theo Siegrist

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PubMed2006

Oxygen-related band gap state in single crystal rubrene.

A molecular exciton signature is established and investigated under different ambient conditions in rubrene single crystals. An oxygen-related band gap state is found to form in the ambient atmosphere. This state acts as an acceptor center and assists in the fast dissociation of excitons, resulting in a higher dark and photoconductivity of oxidized rubrene. The band gap state produces a well-defined photoluminescence band at an energy 0.25 eV below the energy of the 0-0 molecular exciton transition. Two-photon excitation spectroscopy shows that the states are concentrated near the surface of naturally oxidized rubrene.

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PubMed2006

Transferring self-assembled, nanoscale cables into electrical devices.

This study details a new derivative of the contorted HBCs that self-organizes into one-dimensional, single-crystalline fibers. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and electron diffraction studies show that they have an orthorhombic unit cell with dimensions of 5.8 nm x 4.5 nm x 0.45 nm. Each fiber is composed of a few thousands columns. A method is put forth that utilizes elastomer stamps to manipulate and position isolated fibers in organic field effect transistors.

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PubMed2006

Organization of acenes with a cruciform assembly motif.

This study explores the assembly in the crystalline state of a class of pentacenes that are substituted along their long edges with aromatic rings forming rigid, cruciform molecules. The crystals were grown from the gas phase, and their structures were compared with DFT-optimized geometries. Both crystallographic and computed structures show that a planar acene core is the exception rather than the rule. In the assembly of these molecules, the phenyl groups block the herringbone motif and further guide the arrangement of the acene core into higher order structures. The packing for the phenyl-substituted derivatives is dictated by close contacts between the C-H's of the pendant aromatic rings and the carbons at the fusions in the acene backbone. Using thiophene substituents instead of phenyls creates cofacially stacked acenes. In thin films, the thiophene-substituted derivative forms devices with good electrical properties: relatively high mobility, high ON/OFF ratios, and low threshold voltage for device activation. An unusual result is obtained for the decaphenyl pentacene when devices are fabricated on its crystalline surface. Although its acene cores are well isolated from each other, this material still exhibits good electrical properties.

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PubMed2005

Azinyl sulfides. LXXXI.(1)14-Phenyl-7-thiapyrano[2,3-c;6,5-c']diquinoline-14-carbonitrile.

The molecules of the title compound, C26H15N3S, have a pentacyclic ring system which is almost planar, with the central ring in a flattened boat conformation. The folding angle between the two quinoline rings is 6.75 (7) degrees. The 14-phenyl substituent is in a quasi-axial conformation, while the 14-cyano substituent is in a quasi-equatorial conformation with respect to the thiopyran ring. The S...C-C(phenyl) and S...C-C(CN) angles are 116.8 (2) and 129.3 (2) degrees, respectively. The plane of the phenyl group is nearly coplanar with the plane bisecting the dihedral angle of the pentacyclic ring system.

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PubMed2005

An organometallic synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles.

We report the synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles that uses the low-temperature reaction of low-valent organometallic precursors. Bis(cyclooctatetraene)titanium reacts with dimethyl sulfoxide in organic solution at temperatures as low as room temperature to produce TiO2. In the absence of any supporting ligand, the reaction gives precipitation of amorphous TiO2 powder; however, in the presence of basic ligands such as tributylphosphine, tributylphosphine oxide and trioctylphosphine oxide, the precipitation is arrested, and chemically distinct, isolated, internally crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles are formed.

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PubMed2004

Synthesis, crystal structure, and transistor performance of tetracene derivatives.

The substitution of chloro or bromo groups in tetracene gives rise to the change of crystal structure, having a substantial effect on carrier transport. Halogenated tetracene derivatives were synthesized and grown into single crystals. Monosubstituted 5-bromo- and 5-chlorotetracenes have the herringbone-type structure, while 5,11-dichlorotetracene has the slipped pi stacking structure. Mobility of 5,11-dichlorotetracene was measured to be as high as 1.6 cm2/V.s in single-crystal transistors. The pi stacking structure, which enhances pi orbital overlap and facilitates carrier transport, may thus be responsible for this high mobility.

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