Study of the lowest electronic states in a polythiophene oligomer, α -sexithienyl, by one and two-photon spectroscopy

Taliani, C. ; Danieli, R. ; Lazzaronia, R. ; Periasamya, N. ; Ruani, G. ; Zamboni, R. (1992) Study of the lowest electronic states in a polythiophene oligomer, α -sexithienyl, by one and two-photon spectroscopy Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 217 (1). pp. 101-106. ISSN 1058-725X

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Abstract

α -Sexithienyl (T6) is a large rigid rod molecule with twelve conjugated double bonds. The electronic structure of T6 has been investigates by one-photon and two-photon spectroscopy as well as by photoconductivity. From the single crystal polarized spectra at 4.2K we observe that the lowest allowed π-π transition (λ max = 478 nm) is polarized parallel to the long molecular axis and a second intense transition at 370 nm is polarized parallel to the short in plane axis. The two-photon excitation spectra in polycristalline thin films have been investigated at 4.2 K in the spectral range between 910 and 1180 nm of the fundamental laser radiation. The intense two-photon absorption band at 544.9 nm is assigned to the 2lAg exciton band origin. The lowest "gerade" exciton level lies therefore at 898 cm-1 above the lowest one-photon allowed 11Bu exciton level. The photophysics of T6 is studied by photoconductivity and one-photon excitation spectroscopy. An efficient pathway for carrier generation open up at energies in the proximity of the 21Ag exciton. We suggest that T6 is a good model compound for polythiophene (PT) and therefore the energetics of PT should be very similar to T6.

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