Aligned terrylene molecules in a spin-coated ultrathin crystalline film of p-terphenyl

被引：74

作者：

Pfab, RJ ^{[1
]}

Zimmermann, J ^{[1
]}

Hettich, C ^{[1
]}

Gerhardt, I ^{[1
]}

Renn, A ^{[1
]}

Sandoghdar, V ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ETH, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Phys Chem Lab, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS | 2004年 / 387卷 / 4-6期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.cplett.2004.02.040

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

We report on the use of a simple spin casting procedure to fabricate very thin crystalline films of P-terphenyl doped with fluorescent terrylene molecules. By performing single molecule studies, we show that the guest molecules are oriented normal to the plane of the film. We find that despite the very low thickness of the p-terphenyl matrix. as thin as only 20 molecular layers, about half of the embedded emitters withstand photobleaching for illumination times of at least a day. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：490 / 495

页数：6

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