Phonon dynamics and electron-phonon coupling in pristine picene

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012 Feb 7;14(5):1694-9. doi: 10.1039/c2cp23322c. Epub 2011 Dec 21.

Abstract

The paper reports a complete analysis of the phonon structure of crystalline picene, a recently announced organic semiconductor. Both lattice and intramolecular vibrations are investigated. An exhaustive assignment of lattice phonons is obtained through polarized Raman spectra assisted by lattice dynamics calculations based on a well tested atom-atom potential model. Raman, infrared spectra and density functional (DFT) calculations are used for the characterization of intramolecular modes. Coupling between low-frequency molecular vibrations and lattice phonons is accounted for. Molecule-to-molecule transfer integrals, as well as the Peierls and Holstein (non-local and local) coupling constants, are evaluated through the semiempirical method INDO/S (Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap with Spectroscopic parametrization).

MeSH terms

  • Chrysenes / chemistry*
  • Electrons*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Phonons*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman
  • Vibration

Substances

  • Chrysenes
  • picene