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Published on: June 18, 2013
Tuning intermolecular non-covalent interactions for nanowires of organic semiconductors
Lang Jiang1, Jianhua Gao, Yanyan Fu
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China.
Abstract:
Anthracene and its derivatives are used to demonstrate a simple way to cast assemble nanowires of organic semiconductors with tuning of intermolecular non-covalent interactions by molecular design. The tuning of intermolecular interactions could be achieved by (i) decreasing intermolecular hydrophobic interactions by linking hydrophilic side chains to anthracene rings, (ii) increasing intermolecular interaction for self-assembly with the assistance of hydrogen bonds, and (iii) enhancing molecular π-π interaction by increasing the conjugated dimension of the compounds.
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