The study of the chiroptical properties of thin-film samples of two chiral benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-based oligothiophenes with optoelectronic properties was carried out at Diamond B23 beamline using the synchrotron radiation electronic circular dichroism imaging (SR-ECDi) facility. The experimental results support the hypothesis that the non-reciprocal circularly polarized absorption observed in these materials is due to the combined linear dichroism and linear birefringence contributions. The mapping at 50-mu m spatial resolution revealed that several species coexist in the mesoscopic chiral domains likely due to different aggregated phases, which were identified in the films by SR-ECDi but could not be detected with benchtop ECD instruments.
Spatially resolved chiroptical study of thin films of benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-based oligothiophenes by synchrotron radiation electronic circular dichroism imaging (SR-ECDi) technique
Gianluigi AlbanoPrimo
;Gennaro Pescitelli
Penultimo
;Lorenzo Di Bari
Ultimo
2022-01-01
Abstract
The study of the chiroptical properties of thin-film samples of two chiral benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-based oligothiophenes with optoelectronic properties was carried out at Diamond B23 beamline using the synchrotron radiation electronic circular dichroism imaging (SR-ECDi) facility. The experimental results support the hypothesis that the non-reciprocal circularly polarized absorption observed in these materials is due to the combined linear dichroism and linear birefringence contributions. The mapping at 50-mu m spatial resolution revealed that several species coexist in the mesoscopic chiral domains likely due to different aggregated phases, which were identified in the films by SR-ECDi but could not be detected with benchtop ECD instruments.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.