Micro-spacing in-air sublimation of submillimeter-scaled rubrene nanoribbons and nanosheets for efficient optical waveguides
Autor: | Wei-Dong Dou, Qiao-Jun Cao, Qun Wang, Bi-Yun Shi, Xue-Dong Wang, Cong-Rong Lu, Ping Zhao, Han Huang, Yue Yu, Shuang Wen |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Diffraction
Materials science Fabrication Nucleation 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Biomaterials chemistry.chemical_compound Materials Chemistry Electrical and Electronic Engineering Rubrene Diode business.industry General Chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 0104 chemical sciences Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials chemistry Optoelectronics Sublimation (phase transition) Selected area diffraction 0210 nano-technology business Luminescence |
Zdroj: | Organic Electronics. 87:105983 |
ISSN: | 1566-1199 |
Popis: | Convenient and low-cost fabrication of large-scaled 1-dimensional (1D) and 2-dimensional (2D) organic crystals is vital for potential optoelectronic applications such as light-emitting diodes, transistors, lasers and optical waveguides. In this work, we report a feasible approach to fabricate submillimeter-scaled rubrene nano-ribbon (1D) and nano-sheet (2D), conducted in a micrometer-confined space and in air condition. It was found that the 1D nano-ribbons and 2D nano sheets can be selectively fabricated by tuning the heating rate of the source holder on which rubrene powder was placed. A vapor-to-solid mechanism is established for the growth of rubrene crystals. It was revealed that the growth of 1D ribbons was determined by the diffusion of rubrene on substrate surface while the growth of 2D sheets was governed by the homogeneous nucleation. Selected area electron diffraction and x-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the rubrene nano-ribbons and nano-sheets share the same single-crystalline structure with an orthorhombic cell of a = 14.49 A, b = 7.21 A and c = 26.92 A. Luminescence and optical transportation measurement revealed the quite low loss optical-loss coefficient at ~590 nm for both rubrene nano-ribbons and nano-sheets, indicating their promising applications as efficient optical waveguides. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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