journal article·2026-05

Chiral Cyclic Dimeric Pyromellitic Diimides Single‐Crystalline Arrays for Integrated Circularly Polarized Solar‐Blind Ultraviolet Photodetector

Huagui Zhuo, Yuanyuan Guo, Hanfei Gao, Wenkai Zhao, Jiawang Zou, Wenhan Wu, Ke Gao, Zhiwei Wang, Zhenping Li, Xiao Wei, Gang Chang, Guankui Long, Yuchen Wu, Xiaobo Shang

Advanced Optical Materials· Volume 14· Issue 18
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Circularly polarized light (CPL) detection in the solar‐blind ultraviolet (UV range (200–280 nm) holds promise for applications in secure communication, environmental monitoring, and near‐earth communication due to its low background noise and high signal‐to‐noise ratio. However, the balance between the high absorption asymmetry factors ( g abs ) and efficient electronic transport have restricted organic solar‐blind UV CPL detection. Herein, we present chiral cyclic pyromellitic diimide ((−)‐ and (+)‐2PMDI), exhibiting a maximum absorption peak at 235 nm. Its D 2 symmetry gives a 180° or 0° angle between the magnetic ( m ) and electric transition ( µ ) dipole moments, contributing to high | g abs | of 0.01. The self‐assembled single‐crystalline microwire arrays of (+)‐2PMDI with favorable π−π stacking are fabricated by multi‐interface confined assembly strategy as active layers of solar‐blind UV photodetectors, which exhibit excellent stability, a maximum responsivity ( R ) and detectivity ( D * ) of 3.73 × 10 −3 A W −1 and 5.01 × 10 8 Jones. Based on these photodetectors, we further demonstrate the integrated CPL imaging with high resolution of 37 × 37 pixels, and devices show a photocurrent asymmetry factor ( g ph ) of 0.39. This study provides fundamental new insight into chiral organic integrated optoelectronics for CPL solar‐blind UV photodetection.
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OpenAlex topics: Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds · Perovskite Materials and Applications · Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Porous Metal Materials Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter School of Materials Science and Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an P. R. China

CAS Key Laboratory of Bio‐inspired Materials and Interfacial Science Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research University of Science and Technology of China Suzhou P. R. China

Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST) Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Materials Science and Engineering Nankai University Tianjin P. R. China

Instrumental Analysis Center of Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province

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