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Energy-dependent dielectric tensor axes in monoclinic α-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride

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THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 768, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2023.139686

Keywords

Monoclinic dielectric tensor; Perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride; Chromatic dispersion of tensor axes; Generalized ellipsometry; Electronic structure of organic semiconductor

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In this study, the complex dielectric tensor of single crystalline 3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (alpha-PTCDA) was determined as a function of energy in the range between 1.4 and 5.0 eV. The results showed monoclinic symmetry of the crystal, with the principal axes of the real and imaginary parts of the tensor not coinciding and exhibiting chromatic dispersion. The experimental findings indicated resonances occurring at energies close to electronic excitations, such as the optical gap and the HOMO-LUMO peak-to-peak gap, due to coupling with the stronger component of the tensor.
We have determined the complex dielectric tensor of single crystalline 3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (alpha-PTCDA) as a function of energy in the range between 1.4 and 5.0 eV. The results obtained reflect the monoclinic symmetry of the crystal: The principal axes of the real and the imaginary part of the tensor in general do not coincide and show chromatic dispersion. Monoclinic behavior allows rotation of the components epsilon(X) and epsilon(Z) in the plane perpendicular to the unique symmetry axis Upsilon The experimental results indicate that the energies of the optical transitions observed in the weak epsilon(X) component coincide with energies in which a resonance effect due to coupling with the stronger epsilon(Z) component occurs. These resonances appear at energies close to electronic excitations such as the optical gap, the transport gap and the highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) peak-to-peak gap and their assignments are discussed based on theoretical calculations.

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