Origin of the low-energy emission band in epitaxially grown para -sexiphenyl nanocrystallites

A comparative study of steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence of para-sexiphenyl (PSP) films grown by organic molecular beam epitaxy (OMBE) and hot wall epitaxy (HWE) under comparable conditions is presented. Using different template substrates [mica(001) and KCl(001) surfaces] as well as...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 2009-02, Vol.130 (8), p.084901-084901-9
Main Authors: Kadashchuk, A., Schols, S., Heremans, P., Skryshevski, Yu, Piryatinski, Yu, Beinik, I., Teichert, C., Hernandez-Sosa, G., Sitter, H., Andreev, A., Frank, P., Winkler, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
MICA
MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY
MORPHOLOGY
NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
NANOSTRUCTURES
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
POTASSIUM CHLORIDES
SPECTRA
STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS
TIME RESOLUTION
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Summary:A comparative study of steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence of para-sexiphenyl (PSP) films grown by organic molecular beam epitaxy (OMBE) and hot wall epitaxy (HWE) under comparable conditions is presented. Using different template substrates [mica(001) and KCl(001) surfaces] as well as different OMBE growth conditions has enabled us to vary greatly the morphology of the PSP crystallites while keeping their chemical structure virtually untouched. We prove that the broad redshifted emission band has a structure-related origin rather than being due to monomolecular oxidative defects. We conclude that the growth conditions and type of template substrate impacts substantially on the film morphology (measured by atomic force microscopy) and emission properties of the PSP films. The relative intensity of the defect emission band observed in the delayed spectra was found to correlate with the structural quality of PSP crystallites. In particular, the defect emission has been found to be drastically suppressed when (i) a KCl template substrate was used instead of mica in HWE-grown films, and (ii) in the OMBE-grown films dominated by growth mounds composed of upright standing molecules as opposed to the films consisting of crystallites formed by molecules lying parallel to the substrate.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.3073883