Direct observation of ultrafast singlet exciton fission in three dimensions

Arjun Ashoka; Nicolas Gauriot; Aswathy V. Girija; Nipun Sawhney; Alexander J. Sneyd; Kenji Watanabe; Takashi Taniguchi; Jooyoung Sung; Christoph Schnedermann; Akshay Rao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33647-5

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Direct observation of ultrafast singlet exciton fission in three dimensions

Arjun Ashoka,
Nicolas Gauriot,
Aswathy V. Girija,
Nipun Sawhney,
Alexander J. Sneyd,
Kenji Watanabe,
Takashi Taniguchi,
Jooyoung Sung,
Christoph Schnedermann,
Akshay Rao

Affiliations

Arjun Ashoka: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Nicolas Gauriot: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Aswathy V. Girija: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Nipun Sawhney: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Alexander J. Sneyd: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Kenji Watanabe: Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
Takashi Taniguchi: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
Jooyoung Sung: Department of Emerging Materials Science, DGIST
Christoph Schnedermann: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Akshay Rao: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33647-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here, the authors use quantitative ultrafast interferometric pump-probe microscopy to track photoexcitations with sub-10 nm spatial precision in three dimensions and 15 fs temporal resolution to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of singlet exciton fission in polycrystalline pentacene films.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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