Surface-assisted one-dimensional self-assembly of a perylene based semiconductor molecule.
Chloroform-vapor annealing of thin films of propoxyethyl perylene tetracarboxylic diimide (PE-PTCDI, an n-type semiconductor) deposited on glass or mica leads to formation of well-defined one-dimensional self-assemblies (e.g. nanobelts), which show optically uniaxial properties as demonstrated by the linearly polarized emission.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA.
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