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Creation of a mixed-valence state from one-dimensionally aligned TTF utilizing the self-assembling nature of a low
Tatsuya Kitahara1, Michihiro Shirakawa, Shin-ichiro Kawano
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 27, 2005
Abstract:
One-dimensional TTF assemblies have been obtained through the design of low molecular-weight gels, which show a characteristic absorption band at around 1750 nm upon I2 doping, assignable to a mixed-valence state of the TTF assemblies.
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