Nature Communications (May 2016)

A method for controlling the synthesis of stable twisted two-dimensional conjugated molecules

  • Yongjun Li,
  • Zhiyu Jia,
  • Shengqiang Xiao,
  • Huibiao Liu,
  • Yuliang Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11637
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with tunable optoelectronic properties promise applications in future high tech devices. Here, the authors demonstrate an efficient method for preparing a series of stable 2D twisted dibenzoterrylene-acenes, and investigate their electronic structures and geometries.