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ArticleNature communications2018

Giant intrinsic circular dichroism of prolinol-derived squaraine thin films.

Matthias Schulz, Jennifer Zablocki, Oliya S Abdullaeva, Stefanie Brück, Frank Balzer, Arne Lützen, Oriol Arteaga, Manuela Schiek

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Synthesis, Structure, and Thin Film Optical Properties of a Chiral Benzothiazole-Derived Squaraine.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2026
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  7. Tuning Aggregation in Liquid-Crystalline Squaraine Chromophores.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  14. Template and Temperature-Controlled Polymorph Formation in Squaraine Thin Films.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Matthias SchulzKekulé Insitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, D-53121, Bonn, Germany.
Jennifer ZablockiKekulé Insitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, D-53121, Bonn, Germany.
Oliya S AbdullaevaEnergy and Semiconductor Research Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D-26129, Oldenburg, Germany.
Stefanie BrückKekulé Insitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, D-53121, Bonn, Germany.
Frank BalzerMads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, DK-6400, Sønderborg, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-6839
Arne LützenKekulé Insitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, D-53121, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-0823
Oriol ArteagaDepartment of Applied Physics and IN2UB, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain.
Manuela SchiekEnergy and Semiconductor Research Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D-26129, Oldenburg, Germany. manuela.schiek@uni-oldenburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-2998
University of Bonn · DECarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg · DEUniversitat de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) GRK1885
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular chirality and the inherently connected differential absorption of circular polarized light (CD) combined with semiconducting properties offers great potential for chiral opto-electronics. Here we discuss the temperature-controlled assembly of enantiopure prolinol functionalized squaraines with opposite handedness into intrinsically circular dichroic, molecular J-aggregates in spincasted thin films. By Mueller matrix spectroscopy we accurately probe an extraordinary high excitonic circular dichroism, which is not amplified by mesoscopic ordering effects. At maximum, CD values of 1000 mdeg/nm are reached and, after accounting for reflection losses related to the thin film nature, we obtain a film thickness independent dissymmetry factor g = 0.75. The large oscillator strength of the corresponding absorption within the deep-red spectral range translates into a negative real part of the dielectric function in the spectral vicinity of the exciton resonance. Thereby, we provide a new small molecular benchmark material for the development of organic thin film based chiroptics.

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