• Chinese Physics B
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Milica Rutonjski, Petar Mali, Slobodan Radošević, Sonja Gombar..., Milan Pantić and Milica Pavkov-Hrvojević|Show fewer author(s)
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  • Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/aba2de Cite this Article
    Milica Rutonjski, Petar Mali, Slobodan Radošević, Sonja Gombar, Milan Pantić, Milica Pavkov-Hrvojević. Exciton dynamics in different aromatic hydrocarbon systems[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10): Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic presentation of the analyzed crystal structures: pentacene and tetracene (sketch in color) vs picene and chrysene (gray-scale sketch). Each set of lattice vectors {a, −a}, {b, −b} and {a+b2,−a+b2,−a+b2,−−a+b2} corresponds to a pair of exchange integrals (see text).
    Fig. 1. Schematic presentation of the analyzed crystal structures: pentacene and tetracene (sketch in color) vs picene and chrysene (gray-scale sketch). Each set of lattice vectors {a, −a}, {b, −b} and {a+b2,a+b2,a+b2,a+b2} corresponds to a pair of exchange integrals (see text).
    Exciton dispersion in pentacene along three different directions in reciprocal lattice at T = 20 K. Experimental data are taken from Ref. [12]. Theoretical curves are obtained for Δ = 1.915 eV, I1Ax=3.2 meV, I2Ax=2.2 meV, I3Ax=38.2 meV.
    Fig. 2. Exciton dispersion in pentacene along three different directions in reciprocal lattice at T = 20 K. Experimental data are taken from Ref. [12]. Theoretical curves are obtained for Δ = 1.915 eV, I1Ax=3.2 meV, I2Ax=2.2 meV, I3Ax=38.2 meV.
    Exciton dispersion in pentacene along four different directions in reciprocal lattice at T = 300 K. Experimental data are taken from Ref. [10]. Theoretical curves are obtained for the exchange integral set from Fig. 2 and the gap value Δ = 1.83 eV.
    Fig. 3. Exciton dispersion in pentacene along four different directions in reciprocal lattice at T = 300 K. Experimental data are taken from Ref. [10]. Theoretical curves are obtained for the exchange integral set from Fig. 2 and the gap value Δ = 1.83 eV.
    Exciton dispersion in tetracene along two different directions in reciprocal lattice. Experimental data at T = 20 K are taken from Ref. [14]. Theoretical curves are obtained for Δ = 2.405 eV, I1Ax=5.7 meV, I2Ax=0.4 meV, I3Ax=19.8 meV.
    Fig. 4. Exciton dispersion in tetracene along two different directions in reciprocal lattice. Experimental data at T = 20 K are taken from Ref. [14]. Theoretical curves are obtained for Δ = 2.405 eV, I1Ax=5.7 meV, I2Ax=0.4 meV, I3Ax=19.8 meV.
    The 3D plot of exciton dispersion in pentacene at T = 20 K. Parameter set is the same as in Fig. 2.
    Fig. 5. The 3D plot of exciton dispersion in pentacene at T = 20 K. Parameter set is the same as in Fig. 2.
    Exciton dispersion in picene along three different directions in reciprocal lattice. Experimental data at T = 20 K are taken from Ref. [15]. Theoretical curves are obtained for Δ = 3.249 eV, I1Ax=2.8 meV, I2Ax=2 meV, I3Ax=2.8 meV.
    Fig. 6. Exciton dispersion in picene along three different directions in reciprocal lattice. Experimental data at T = 20 K are taken from Ref. [15]. Theoretical curves are obtained for Δ = 3.249 eV, I1Ax=2.8 meV, I2Ax=2 meV, I3Ax=2.8 meV.
    Exciton dispersion in chrysene along three different directions in reciprocal lattice. Experimental data at T = 20 K are taken from Ref. [15]. Theoretical curves are obtained for Δ = 3.4 eV, I1Ax=2.8 meV, I2Ax=2 meV, I3Ax=2.8 meV.
    Fig. 7. Exciton dispersion in chrysene along three different directions in reciprocal lattice. Experimental data at T = 20 K are taken from Ref. [15]. Theoretical curves are obtained for Δ = 3.4 eV, I1Ax=2.8 meV, I2Ax=2 meV, I3Ax=2.8 meV.
    The 3D plot of exciton dispersion in picene, obtained with the parameters from Fig. 6.
    Fig. 8. The 3D plot of exciton dispersion in picene, obtained with the parameters from Fig. 6.
    abγ/(°)References
    Pentacene6.277.7887.8[40]
    Tetracene6.067.8485.8[41]
    Picene8.486.1590[11,18]
    Chrysene8.396.2090[42]
    Table 1. Lattice constants and angles for the unit cells of studied structures.
    Eg/eVΔ/eV|I3x|/meV
    Pentacene2.2[43,44]1.91538.2
    Tetracene3.3[43,44]2.40519.8
    Picene4.05[45,46]3.2492.8
    Chrysene4.2[46]3.42.8
    Table 2. Transport energy gaps (Eg) for studied structures vs calculated optical gaps (Δ) together with the corresponding |I3x| values (at T = 20 K).
    Milica Rutonjski, Petar Mali, Slobodan Radošević, Sonja Gombar, Milan Pantić, Milica Pavkov-Hrvojević. Exciton dynamics in different aromatic hydrocarbon systems[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10):
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