One-dimensionality and neutral-to-ionic transition of some mixed-stack charge-transfer complexes
| Autor: | Eric Collet, Hervé Cailleau, M. H. Lemée-Cailleau, M. Buron, J. F. Berar, Tadeusz Luty, Sylvain Ravy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal de Physique IV. 12:357-360 |
| ISSN: | 1764-7177 1155-4339 |
| DOI: | 10.1051/jp4:20020437 |
| Popis: | Mixed-stack charge-transfer (CT) complexes undergoing the neutral-ionic (N-I) phase transition are molecular materials formed of stacks where electron donor (D) and acceptor (A) molecules regularly alternate. In the N phase, the CT is low and molecules are situated on inversion centers, while in the I phase, the increase of CT is accompanied by a lattice distortion (dimerization process and symmetry breaking). The one-dimensional (1D) architecture triggers the chain multistability by stabilizing lattice-relaxed (LR)-CT excitations ...D° A° D° A° $(D^+A^-)(D^+A^-)(D^+A^-)$ Do A" D° A° D°... These 1D nano-scale objects are at the heart of the equilibrium N-I phase transition and govern the fascinating physical properties such as giant dielectric response or photo-induced phase transformations. In this contribution, the 1D character of these critical excitations will be demonstrated by direct observation using high resolution X-Ray diffraction. |
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