Inclusion crystal growth and optical properties of organic charge-transfer complexes built from small aromatic guest molecules and naphthalenediimide derivatives

Abstract

Inclusion crystals were effectively formed from a simple naphthalenediimide derivative with toluene, 4-fluorotoluene, and p-xylene by the aid of cooperative intermolecular interactions, such as charge-transfer interactions and inclusion phenomena. The crystals showed intense guest-dependent solid-state emission based on ground state CT complexes between naphthalenediimide and small aromatic guests.