• 文献标题:   Exciton Coherence Length and Dynamics in Graphene Quantum Dot Assemblies
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SINGH V, ZORIC MR, HARGENRADER GN, VALENTINE AJS, ZIVOJINOVIC O, MILIC DR, LI XS, GLUSAC KD
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1948-7185
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Illinois
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03384
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Exciton size and dynamics were studied in assemblies of two well-defined graphene quantum dots of varying size: hexabenzocoronene (HBC), where the aromatic core consists of 42 C atoms, and carbon quantum dot (CQD) with 78 C atoms. The synthesis of HBC and CQD were achieved using bottom-up chemical methods, while their assembly was studied using steady-state UV/vis spectroscopy, X-ray scattering, and electron microscopy. While HBC forms long ordered fibers, CQD was found not to assemble well. The exciton size and dynamics were studied using time-resolved laser spectroscopy. At early times (similar to 100 fs), the exciton was found to delocalize over similar to 1-2 molecular units in both assemblies, which reflects the confined nature of excitons in carbon-based materials and is consistent with the calculated value of similar to 2 molecular units. Exciton-exciton annihilation measurements provided the exciton diffusion lengths of 16 and 3 nm for HBC and CQD, respectively.