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    New charge-transfer states in blends of ZnPC with F8ZnPC
    (College Park, ML : American Institute of Physics, 2021) Graf, Lukas; Ortstein, Katrin; Doctor, Louis P.; Naumann, Marco; Beyer, Jan; Heitmann, Johannes; Leo, Karl; Knupfer, Martin
    With the aim of pushing the knowledge and understanding on mixed films of organic semiconductors forward, blends of ZnPC and F8ZnPC in different ratios are manufactured. The films have a polycrystalline structure, as indicated by electron diffraction profiles and infrared-spectroscopy. Photoluminescence data show completely different spectra for the blends, compared to the pure materials, which can be ascribed to the suppressing of excimer formation and the appearance of a new charge-transfer excitation between the two different molecules in the blends. This new excitation can also be seen in optical absorption. Momentum dependent measurements of the electronic excitations by electron energy-loss spectroscopy confirm the localized character of the new charge-transfer excitation in the blends. Our experimental data help understand the important issue of donor/acceptor coupling in organic semiconductors.