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Title: Simultaneous monitoring of singlet and triplet exciton variations in solid organic semiconductors driven by an external static magnetic field

Abstract

The research field of organic spintronics has remarkably and rapidly become a promising research area for delivering a range of high-performance devices, such as magnetic-field sensors, spin valves, and magnetically modulated organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). Plenty of microscopic physical and chemical models based on exciton or charge interactions have been proposed to explain organic magneto-optoelectronic phenomena. However, the simultaneous observation of singlet- and triplet-exciton variations in an external magnetic field is still unfeasible, preventing a thorough theoretical description of the spin dynamics in organic semiconductors. Here, we show that we can simultaneously observe variations of singlet excitons and triplet excitons in an external magnetic field, by designing an OLED structure employing a singlet-exciton filtering and detection layer in conjunction with a separate triplet-exciton detection layer. This OLED structure enables the observation of a Lorentzian and a non-Lorentzian line-shape magnetoresponse for singlet excitons and triplet excitons, respectively.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Electron Science Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027 (Australia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22303957
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; DETECTION; EXCITONS; FILTERS; INTERACTIONS; LAYERS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSORS; SOLIDS; SPIN; TRIPLETS

Citation Formats

Ding, Baofu, and Alameh, Kamal. Simultaneous monitoring of singlet and triplet exciton variations in solid organic semiconductors driven by an external static magnetic field. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4890315.
Ding, Baofu, & Alameh, Kamal. Simultaneous monitoring of singlet and triplet exciton variations in solid organic semiconductors driven by an external static magnetic field. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890315
Ding, Baofu, and Alameh, Kamal. 2014. "Simultaneous monitoring of singlet and triplet exciton variations in solid organic semiconductors driven by an external static magnetic field". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890315.
@article{osti_22303957,
title = {Simultaneous monitoring of singlet and triplet exciton variations in solid organic semiconductors driven by an external static magnetic field},
author = {Ding, Baofu and Alameh, Kamal},
abstractNote = {The research field of organic spintronics has remarkably and rapidly become a promising research area for delivering a range of high-performance devices, such as magnetic-field sensors, spin valves, and magnetically modulated organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). Plenty of microscopic physical and chemical models based on exciton or charge interactions have been proposed to explain organic magneto-optoelectronic phenomena. However, the simultaneous observation of singlet- and triplet-exciton variations in an external magnetic field is still unfeasible, preventing a thorough theoretical description of the spin dynamics in organic semiconductors. Here, we show that we can simultaneously observe variations of singlet excitons and triplet excitons in an external magnetic field, by designing an OLED structure employing a singlet-exciton filtering and detection layer in conjunction with a separate triplet-exciton detection layer. This OLED structure enables the observation of a Lorentzian and a non-Lorentzian line-shape magnetoresponse for singlet excitons and triplet excitons, respectively.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4890315},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22303957}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 1,
volume = 105,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}