Linearly polarized emission of an organic semiconductor nanobelt

  • Aniket Datar
  • , Kaushik Balakrishnan
  • , Xiaomei Yang
  • , Xiaobing Zuo
  • , Jialing Huang
  • , Randy Oitker
  • , Max Yen
  • , Jincai Zhao
  • , David M. Tiede
  • , Ling Zang

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Abstract

Linearly polarized emission has been observed for the nanobelts fabricated from a perylene diimide molecule through both solution-based and surface-supported self-assembling. The measurement of polarized emission was performed over single nanobelts with use of a near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) adapted with emission polarization (by putting a planar polarizer before the detector). Rotating the emission polarizer (from 0° to 180°) changed the emission intensity in a way depending on the relative angle between the long axis of the belt and the polarizer with a minimum of intensity detected at ca. 78°, which is indicative of the tilted stacking of molecules along the belt direction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)12327-12332
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume110
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 29 2006

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Materials Chemistry

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