Structure and optical properties of single crystal of fluorene–thiophene oligomers

Solid-state optical properties of polymorph 2,7-(2-thienyl)-9,9-dihexylfluorene [TFT(C6)2] and 2,7-di(2-thienyl)-9,9-cyclopentanefluorene [TFT] related to their crystal structure are reported. 3D phase of the first molecule displays a very peculiar arrangement, tetragonal system, where adjacent molecules cannot face to each other, due to fourfold alternating axis, therefore preventing close intermolecular interactions. The 3D packing of the second molecule shows a herringbone arrangement, where dimers are alternatively shifted. Both exhibit significant photoluminescence (PL), which changes in position and shape as a function of the solid state organization. Such different arrangements are related to different PL quantum yield values preliminarily determined.