title: Epitaxial growth of π-stacked perfluoropentacene on graphene-coated quartz.
abstract: Chemical-vapor-deposited large-area graphene is employed as the coating of transparent substrates for the growth of the prototypical organic n-type semiconductor perfluoropentacene (PFP). The graphene coating is found to cause face-on growth of PFP in a yet unknown substrate-mediated polymorph, which is solved by combining grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction with theoretical structure modeling. In contrast to the otherwise common herringbone arrangement of PFP in single crystals and "standing" films, we report a π-stacked arrangement of coplanar molecules in "flat-lying" films, which exhibit an exceedingly low π-stacking distance of only 3.07 Å, giving rise to significant electronic band dispersion along the π-stacking direction, as evidenced by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. Our study underlines the high potential of graphene for use as a transparent electrode in (opto-)electronic applications, where optimized vertical transport through flat-lying conjugated organic molecules is desired.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. ingo.salzmann@physik.hu-berlin.de
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