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Phase separation in ternary charge-transfer-complexes

Mixing of different organic charge-transfer-complexes (CT-complexes) might allow the adjustment of the optical and morphological properties of the resulting material system. In this work, a study of two CT-complexes, mixed by thermal coevaporation at different concentrations by substituting only the...

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Main Authors: Nanova, Diana (Author) , Beck, Sebastian (Author) , Alt, Milan (Author) , Glaser, Tobias (Author) , Pucci, Annemarie (Author) , Schultheiß, Katrin (Author) , Dieterle, Levin (Author) , Schröder, Rasmus R. (Author) , Pflaum, Jens (Author) , Kowalsky, Wolfgang (Author) , Kroeger, Michael (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing
Year: 2013, Volume: 112, Issue: 4, Pages: 1019-1025
ISSN:1432-0630
DOI:10.1007/s00339-012-7469-2
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7469-2
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Author Notes:Diana Nanova, Sebastian Beck, Milan Alt, Tobias Glaser, Annemarie Pucci, Katrin Schultheiß, Levin Dieterle, Rasmus R. Schröder, Jens Pflaum, Wolfgang Kowalsky, Michael Kroeger
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Summary:Mixing of different organic charge-transfer-complexes (CT-complexes) might allow the adjustment of the optical and morphological properties of the resulting material system. In this work, a study of two CT-complexes, mixed by thermal coevaporation at different concentrations by substituting only the acceptor molecules, is presented. Electron diffraction patterns, which were collected on samples of the ternary system of the prototypical CT-complexes DBTTF-TCNQ and DBTTF-F4TCNQ do not show any indication of a mixed crystalline phase or novel crystalline order. X-ray diffraction measurements additionally confirm the phase separation in the ternary system. However, upon mixing of the complexes, the degree of crystallinity of the individual phases is reduced. This effect correlates with the mixing ratio of the CT-complexes in the ternary compound. Furthermore, we do not observe a shift or the appearance of new peaks in the infrared spectra of (DBTTF-TCNQ)x:(DBTTF-F4TCNQ)1−x. Hence, there is no indication for a pronounced or novel chemical interaction between the individual CT-complexes in the mixed compound.
Item Description:Published online: 12 December 2012
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ISSN:1432-0630
DOI:10.1007/s00339-012-7469-2

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