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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

Interplay of Orbital Overlap and Exciton Coupling in the Optical Properties of Adamantylethynyl-Substituted Pyrene Molecular Crystals.

Benedikt Herbert, Kazutaka Shoyama

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Benedikt HerbertCenter for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) and Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Kazutaka ShoyamaCenter for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) and Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0937-4431

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 542652295Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron R-20250796
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular crystals of apolar π-conjugated hydrocarbons exhibit pronounced solution-to-crystal spectral shifts, yet the interplay between band formation and exciton coupling remains unclear. Adamantylethynyl-pyrene derivatives were designed to adopt unidirectional crystal packing, providing a model system to disentangle these effects. Large redshifts of up to -203 meV are observed, which cannot be explained by exciton coupling alone but require a substantial contribution from band dispersion, identified here as a narrowing of frontier crystal orbital energy levels. The remaining discrepancies between experiment and the full-coherence limit correspond to coherence lengths of four to seven molecules, consistent with literature values. These results provide a basis for interpreting more complex organic crystalline materials and highlight the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the photophysical properties of molecular crystals.

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band structurecrystal growthexciton couplingPAHphotophysics

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PMID41888062
PMCPMC13250353

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