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The nature of singlet excitons in oligoacene molecular crystals
The nature of singlet excitons in oligoacene molecular crystals
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Yamagata, H.
Norton, J.
Hontz, E.
Olivier, Y.
Beljonne, David
Brédas, Jean-Luc
Silbey, R. J.
Spano, F. C.
Norton, J.
Hontz, E.
Olivier, Y.
Beljonne, David
Brédas, Jean-Luc
Silbey, R. J.
Spano, F. C.
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A theory for polarized absorption in crystalline oligoacenes is presented, which includes Frenkel exciton coupling, the coupling between Frenkel and charge-transfer (CT) excitons, and the coupling of all neutral and ionic excited states to the dominant ring-breathing vibrational mode. For tetracene, spectra calculated using all Frenkel couplings among the five lowest energy molecular singlet states predict a Davydov splitting (DS) of the lowest energy (0–0) vibronic band of only −32 cm ⁻¹, far smaller than the measured value of 631 cm ⁻¹ and of the wrong sign—a negative sign indicating that the polarizations of the lower and upper Davydov components are reversed from experiment. Inclusion of Frenkel-CT coupling dramatically improves the agreement with experiment, yielding a 0–0 DS of 601 cm ⁻¹ and a nearly quantitative reproduction of the relative spectral intensities of the 0–n vibronic components. Our analysis also shows that CT mixing increases with the size of the oligoacenes. We discuss the implications of these results on exciton dissociation and transport.
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2011-03
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