In This research the effect of fluorine and chlorine substituents on the electronic and opticalproperties of pentacene molecule have been investigated based on density functional theory as implemented in SIESTA code. The results show thatthe full replacement of hydrogen atoms with fluorine and chlorine in pentacene molecule, leads to ...

The electronic structures of pentacene and C60 interfaces were investigated using ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The magnitudes of measured interface dipole were 0.11 eV and 0.07 eV for the C60 deposited on pentacene (C60/pentacene) and the pentacene deposited on C60 (pentacene/C60), respectively. The obtained C 1s spectra on these sampl...

Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy is used to investigate the energy level alignment and molecular orientation at the interfaces in Au/pentacene/PTCDA trilayer stacks. We deduced a standing orientation for pentacene grown on Au while we conclude a flat lying geometry for PTCDA grown onto pentacene. We propose that the rough surface of polycrystalline Au induces the standing geometry in pent...

We have investigated the effect of pentacene-doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene:poly(4-styrenesulfonate) [PEDOT:PSS] films as a hole-conducting layer on the performance of polymer photovoltaic cells. By increasing the amount of pentacene and the annealing temperature of pentacene-doped PEDOT:PSS layer, the changes of performance characteristics were evaluated. Pentacene-doped PEDOT:PSS thin ...

It has recently been shown [D. Adil and S. Guha, J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 12779 (2012)] that a large enhancement in the Raman intensity due to surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is observed from pentacene when probed through the Au contact in organic field-effect transistors (OFET) structures. Here, the SERS spectrum is shown to exhibit a high sensitivity to disorder introduced in the pentac...

We present a comprehensive study of the optical and transient photoconductive properties of pentacene and functionalized pentacene thin films grown by evaporation or from solution onto a variety of substrates. The transient photoconductivity was studied over picosecond time scales using time-resolved terahertz pulse spectroscopy. The structure and morphology of the films were assessed using x-r...

We present the underlying mechanism for the mobility enhancement in a pentacene thin-film transistor TFT with a photocrosslinking polymeric insulator, poly vinyl cinnamate PVCi . Experimental results for the optical anisotropy, x-ray diffraction, and microscopic layer-by-layer coverage of the pentacene film on the photocrosslinked PVCi layer, exposed to a linearly polarized ultraviolet LPUV lig...

We demonstrate n-type doping of pentacene with the powerful reducing molecule decamethylcobaltocene (CoCp∗2). Characterization of pentacene films deposited in a background pressure of CoCp∗2 by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering confirm that the concentration of incorporated donor molecules can be controlled to a level as high as 1%. Ultraviolet photoemission spectro...

Monolayer islands of pentacene deposited on silicon substrates with thermally grown oxides were studied by electric force microscopy (EFM) and scanning Kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM) in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) after prior 10 min exposure to atmospheric ambient. On 25-nm-thick oxides, the pentacene islands are 0.5 V higher in electrostatic potential than the silicon dioxide background because of ...

This journal is a The Royal Society of Water soluble pentacene† Chandrani Pramanik, Yushu Li, Anup Singh, Weimin Lin, Jennifer L. Hodgson, Jonathan B. Briggs, Simka Ellis, Peter Müller, Nicol E. McGruer and Glen P. Miller* Awater soluble pentacene, potassium 3,30-(pentacene-6,13-diylbis(sulfanediyl))dipropanoate (4), has been synthesized and characterized. The synthesis of 4 is straightforward ...