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ArticleIUCrJ2015

Quantitative analysis of intermolecular interactions in orthorhombic rubrene.

Venkatesha R Hathwar, Mattia Sist, Mads R V Jørgensen, Aref H Mamakhel, Xiaoping Wang, Christina M Hoffmann, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Jacob Overgaard, Bo Brummerstedt Iversen

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Article in IUCrJ, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers.

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129 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Venkatesha R HathwarCenter for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C DK-8000, Denmark.
Mattia SistCenter for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C DK-8000, Denmark.
Mads R V JørgensenCenter for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C DK-8000, Denmark.
Aref H MamakhelCenter for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C DK-8000, Denmark.
Xiaoping WangChemical and Engineering Materials Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , PO Box 2008 - MS 6475, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
Christina M HoffmannChemical and Engineering Materials Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , PO Box 2008 - MS 6475, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
Kunihisa SugimotoJapan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute , I-I-I, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan.
Jacob OvergaardCenter for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C DK-8000, Denmark.
Bo Brummerstedt IversenCenter for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C DK-8000, Denmark.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rubrene is one of the most studied organic semiconductors to date due to its high charge carrier mobility which makes it a potentially applicable compound in modern electronic devices. Previous electronic device characterizations and first principles theoretical calculations assigned the semiconducting properties of rubrene to the presence of a large overlap of the extended π-conjugated core between molecules. We present here the electron density distribution in rubrene at 20 K and at 100 K obtained using a combination of high-resolution X-ray and neutron diffraction data. The topology of the electron density and energies of intermolecular interactions are studied quantitatively. Specifically, the presence of Cπ⋯Cπ interactions between neighbouring tetracene backbones of the rubrene molecules is experimentally confirmed from a topological analysis of the electron density, Non-Covalent Interaction (NCI) analysis and the calculated interaction energy of molecular dimers. A significant contribution to the lattice energy of the crystal is provided by H-H interactions. The electron density features of H-H bonding, and the interaction energy of molecular dimers connected by H-H interaction clearly demonstrate an importance of these weak interactions in the stabilization of the crystal structure. The quantitative nature of the intermolecular interactions is virtually unchanged between 20 K and 100 K suggesting that any changes in carrier transport at these low temperatures would have a different origin. The obtained experimental results are further supported by theoretical calculations.

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electron densityinteraction energyorganic semiconductorrubrene

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PMID26306198
PMCPMC4547824

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