Two-Dimensional Confinement for Generating Thin
Single Crystals for Time-Resolved Electron
Diffraction and Spectroscopy: An Intramolecular
Proton Transfer Study

Hyein Hwang; Vandana Tiwari; Hong-Guang Duan; Simon F. Bittmann; Friedjof Tellkamp; Ajay Jha; R. J. Dwayne Miller

doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-w7tlg

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Two-Dimensional Confinement for Generating Thin Single Crystals for Time-Resolved Electron Diffraction and Spectroscopy: An Intramolecular Proton Transfer Study

Working Paper

Hyein Hwang Universität Hamburg ,
Vandana Tiwari European XFEL ,
Hong-Guang Duan Ningbo University ,
Simon F. Bittmann Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter ,
Friedjof Tellkamp Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter ,
Ajay Jha Rosalind Franklin Institute ,
R. J. Dwayne Miller University of Toronto

Abstract

Thin single organic crystals (≤1 μm) with large area (≥100 × 100 μm2) are desirable to explore their photoinduced processes using transmission-based ultrafast spectroscopy and electron-diffraction techniques. Here we present a method to grow thin large area single crystals of a prototypical proton transfer system, 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone. As a proof of concept, we perform optical measurements on as-grown samples and recorded the data in transmission mode.