Materials Engineering of π-Conjugated Molecules

 

Photoconducting, semiconducting, and electric field responsive organic materials have been designed via the controlled self-assembly of π-conjugated molecules.


"Chiroselective Assembly of a Chiral Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyad: Photoconductive Nanofiber with a Top-class Ambipolar Charge-Carrier Mobility"
Yumi Hizume, Kentaro Tashiro, Richard Charvet, Yohei Yamamoto, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6628–6629. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja1014713

"Liquid Crystalline Corannulene Responsive to Electric Field"
Daigo Miyajima, Kentaro Tashiro, Fumito Araoka, Hideo Takezoe, Jungeun Kim, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 44–45. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja808396b