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Multifunctional Charge-Transfer Single Crystals through Supramolecular Assembly.

ABSTRACT: Centimeter-sized segregated stacking TTF-C60 single crystals are crystallized by a mass-transport approach combined with solvent-vapor evaporation for the first time. The intermolecular charge-transfer interaction in the long-range ordered superstructure enables the crystals to demonstrate external stimuli-controlled multifunctionalities and angle/electrical-potential-dependent luminescence.

SUBMITTER: Xu B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7798091 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multifunctional Charge-Transfer Single Crystals through Supramolecular Assembly.

Xu Beibei B Luo Zhipu Z Wilson Andrew J AJ Chen Ke K Gao Wenxiu W Yuan Guoliang G Chopra Harsh Deep HD Chen Xing X Willets Katherine A KA Dauter Zbigniew Z Ren Shenqiang S

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 20160504 26

Centimeter-sized segregated stacking TTF-C60 single crystals are crystallized by a mass-transport approach combined with solvent-vapor evaporation for the first time. The intermolecular charge-transfer interaction in the long-range ordered superstructure enables the crystals to demonstrate external stimuli-controlled multifunctionalities and angle/electrical-potential-dependent luminescence. ...[more]

PMID: 27146726

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