Narcissistic self-sorting of <i>n</i>-acene nano-ribbons yielding energy-transfer and electroluminescence at p

Narcissistic self-sorting of n-acene nano-ribbons yielding energy-transfer and electroluminescence at p–n junctions

Published:2022 Issue:25 Volume:14 Page:8951-8958
ISSN:2040-3364
Container-title:Nanoscale
language:en
Short-container-title:Nanoscale

Author:

Schäfer Philip¹,de Vet Christiaan¹^ORCID,Gartzia-Rivero Leire¹²^ORCID,Raffy Guillaume¹^ORCID,Kao Min-Tzu¹,Schäfer Christian¹,Romasanta Laura J.³^ORCID,Pavageau Bertrand³,Tsai Yu-Tang¹⁴,Hirsch Lionel⁴^ORCID,Bassani Dario M.¹^ORCID,Del Guerzo André¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires UMR 5255, 351 Cours de la Libération, F-33400 Talence, France

2. Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain

3. CNRS, Solvay, Univ. Bordeaux, LOF, UMR 5258, 178 Avenue du Dr Albert Schweitzer, F-33600 Pessac, France

4. Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ENSCPB, IMS, CNRS UMR 5218, F-33600 Pessac, France

Abstract

Narcissistic self-sorting of n-acenes led to their self-assembly into separated nanoribbons despite identical side-chains and growth kinetics, due to discrepant dipolar vs. quadrupolar characters. Electroluminescence is switched-on at p–n junctions.

Funder

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Conseil Régional Aquitaine

Agence Nationale de la Recherche

FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions

Eusko Jaurlaritza

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/NR/D2NR01017H