Pratyush Ghosh, Antonios M Alvertis, Rituparno Chowdhury, Petri Murto, Alexander J Gillett, Shengzhi Dong, Alexander J Sneyd, Hwan-Hee Cho, Emrys W Evans, Bartomeu Monserrat, Feng Li, Christoph Schnedermann, Hugo Bronstein, Richard H Friend, Akshay Rao
The coupling of excitons in π-conjugated molecules to high-frequency vibrational modes, particularly carbon-carbon stretch modes (1,000-1,600 cm-1 ) has been thought to be unavoidable1,2 . These high-frequency modes accelerate non-radiative losses and limit the performance of light-emitting diodes, fluorescent biomarkers and photovoltaic devices. Here, by combining broadband impulsive vibrational spectroscopy, first-principles modelling and synthetic chemistry, we explore exciton-vibration coupling in a range of π-conjugated molecules...
May 2024: Nature