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  • 1Dipartimento di Fisica della Materia e Tecnologie Fisiche Avanzate, Università di Messina, Contrada di Dio-S. Agata, 98166 Messina, Italy. aarena@ortica.unime.it

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Iridescent organic films with wire-like microstructures exhibit unique optical properties due to refractive index modulation. This phenomenon arises from phase separation during co-crystallization of aluminium-tris-hydroxyquinoline and phenanthroline.

Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Optics
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Organic films with microstructures can exhibit unique optical properties.
  • Controlling nanoscale morphology is key to tuning material behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the optical properties of iridescent organic films.
  • To understand the relationship between microstructure and optical behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Casting ethanol solutions of aluminium-tris-hydroxyquinoline and 1,10-phenanthroline.
  • Spectrophotometric measurements in the ultraviolet-visible range.
  • Characterization using optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM).

Main Results:

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  • Films displayed quasi-parallel wire-like microstructures.
  • Angular-dependent optical behavior was observed, linked to refractive-index modulation.
  • Refractive-index modulation resulted from thickness modulation and phase separation during co-crystallization.

Conclusions:

  • The co-crystallization of aluminium-tris-hydroxyquinoline and 1,10-phenanthroline leads to phase separation and modulated refractive index.
  • This modulation, occurring at dimensions comparable to visible light wavelengths, explains the observed iridescent and angular-dependent optical properties of the microstructured films.