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Photophysical and electrical properties of organic waveguide nanorods of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride

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The single crystalline nanostructure of organic semiconductors provides a very promising class of materials for applications in modern optoelectronic devices. However, morphology control and optoelectronic property modulation of high quality single crystalline samples remain a challenge. Here, we report the morphology-controlled growth of single crystalline nanorod arrays of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA). We demonstrate that, unlike PTCDA film, PTCDA nanorods exhibits optical waveguide features, enhanced absorption, and Frenkel excitation emission in the visible region. Additionally, we measured the electrical properties of PTCDA nanorods, including the conductivity along the growth direction of the nanorod, which is roughly 0.61 S·m–1 (much higher than that of pure crystalline PTCDA films).

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  1. High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China

    Yuyan Han, Wei Ning, Liang Cao, Xiaotao Xu, Tian Li, Fapei Zhang, Li Pi, Faqiang Xu & Mingliang Tian

  2. National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, 42 Hezuohua Road, Hefei, 230029, China

    Faqiang Xu

  3. Hefei Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China

    Yuyan Han, Wei Ning, Liang Cao, Fapei Zhang, Li Pi & Mingliang Tian

  4. Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

    Mingliang Tian

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Han, Y., Ning, W., Cao, L. et al. Photophysical and electrical properties of organic waveguide nanorods of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride. Nano Res. 9, 1948–1955 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1086-x

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