Issue 33, 2021

Terahertz Raman scattering as a probe for electron–phonon coupling, disorder and correlation length in molecular materials

Abstract

Terahertz (or low-frequency) Raman spectroscopy has been shown to be a quite useful tool to infer important information on some key properties of molecular materials, like polymorphism, phase purity and phase transitions. Based on some of our recent studies, we present promising new directions and possible development of the technique for the characterization of electron–lattice phonon coupling, disorder and correlation length in systems of low-dimensionality. The relative strength of electron–lattice phonon coupling can be extracted from the intensities of the Raman bands in the pre-resonance Raman regime, as exemplified in the charge-transfer (CT) crystal N,N-dimethylphenazine-tetracyanoquinodimethane (M2P-TCNQ). Disorder is instead reflected in the Raman bandwidth, which we analyze with polarized light for systems of reduced dimensionality. The sample system studied for the one-dimensional case is the tetramethylbenzidine-tetrafluoroTCNQ CT crystal. As an example of a quasi two-dimensional (2D) system we address pentacene, the classical case of a monomolecular material widely studied for its application in organic electronics. Here the discussion is mostly related to the dispersion of the phonon branches, eventually leading to peculiar spectral profiles depending on the 2D or 3D regime of the films grown under different deposition conditions.

Graphical abstract: Terahertz Raman scattering as a probe for electron–phonon coupling, disorder and correlation length in molecular materials

Article information

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Submitted
12 abr 2021
Accepted
05 jul 2021
First published
05 jul 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021,9, 10677-10688

Terahertz Raman scattering as a probe for electron–phonon coupling, disorder and correlation length in molecular materials

T. Salzillo, A. Brillante and A. Girlando, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 10677 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC01698A

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