Synthesis and third-order nonlinear optical properties of linear p-acenequinones

3D island growth of 6,13 Pentacenequinone on silicon oxide and gold

“…Such a common chemical impurity of Pc belongs to the family of linear para-quinones used as industrial dyes and pigments. PQ thin films have been less investigated with respect to the well known properties of the bulk crystal phase [17][18][19] and there are not many literature data concerning their structural, electronic, morphological and optical properties [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. The growing interest around PQ is due not only to its effects as impurity in Pentacene-based devices, but also to its possible application in the field of organic heterostructures (PQ/Pc) [20], in UV detectors [21,22], as gate dielectric in single crystal Pc transistors [25] and for the functionalization of gold contacts in organic thin film transistors [28].…”