Balances depict pentacene’s photostability (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Balances depict pentacene’s photostability

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Light instability is a major factor preventing organic semiconductors from being implemented. Researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University demonstrated the ultrafast intersystem crossing of the pentacene moiety in pentacene radical links made the organic semiconductor much more photostable. This is the fastest enhanced intersystem crossing ( 10-13 seconds) demonstrated in a purely organic material without heavy atoms.

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Yoshio Teki

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