Issue 48, 2017

Raman antenna effect from exciton–phonon coupling in organic semiconducting nanobelts

Abstract

The highly anisotropic interactions in organic semiconductors together with the soft character of organic materials lead to strong coupling between nuclear vibrations and exciton dynamics, which potentially results in anomalous electrical, optical and optoelectrical properties. Here, we report on the Raman antenna effect from organic semiconducting nanobelts 6,13-dichloropentacene (DCP), resulting from the coupling of molecular excitons and intramolecular phonons. The highly ordered crystalline structure in DCP nanobelts enables the precise polarization-resolved spectroscopic measurement. The angle-dependent Raman spectroscopy under resonant excitation shows that all Raman modes from the skeletal vibrations of DCP molecule act like a nearly perfect dipole antenna IRaman ∝ cos4(θ − 90), with almost zero (maximum) Raman scattering parallel (perpendicular) to the nanobelt's long-axis. The Raman antenna effect in DCP nanobelt is originated from the coupling between molecular skeletal vibrations and intramolecular exciton and the confinement of intermolecular excitons. It dramatically enhances the Raman polarization ratio (ρ = I/I > 25) and amplifies the anisotropy of the angle-dependent Raman scattering (κRaman = Imax/Imin > 12) of DCP nanobelts. These findings have crucial implications for fundamental understanding on the exciton–phonon coupling and its effects on the optical properties of organic semiconductors.

Graphical abstract: Raman antenna effect from exciton–phonon coupling in organic semiconducting nanobelts

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Sep 2017
Accepted
26 Nov 2017
First published
27 Nov 2017

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 19328-19336

Raman antenna effect from exciton–phonon coupling in organic semiconducting nanobelts

M. Wang, Y. Gong, F. Alzina, O. Svoboda, B. Ballesteros, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, S. Xiao, Z. Zhang and J. He, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 19328 DOI: 10.1039/C7NR07212K

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