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Ie Y, Okamoto Y, Inoue T, Seo T, Ohto T, Yamada R, Tada H, Aso Y. Improving Intramolecular Hopping Charge Transport via Periodical Segmentation of π-Conjugation in a Molecule. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:599-603. [PMID: 33350820 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c10560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
The development of several-nanometer-scale π-conjugated systems for efficient intramolecular hopping charge transport remains a significant challenge. To construct localized electronic structures at the same energy in a molecule, a series of oligothiophenes, with lengths up to 10 nm and periodically twisted structures, was synthesized. Single-molecule conductance measurements of the twisted molecules revealed resistances lower than those of planar oligothiophenes. This study provides a rational molecular design to improve the intramolecular hopping charge transport in materials.
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- Yutaka Ie
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Tani F, Narita M, Murafuji T. Helicene Radicals: Molecules Bearing a Combination of Helical Chirality and Unpaired Electron Spin. Chempluschem 2020; 85:2093-2104. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Fumito Tani
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi 753-8512 Japan
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Kumar R, Maity DK. Structure, stability and spectral properties of seleno[ n]helicenes ( n = 1–10). NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj05001a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The most stable structures of seleno[n]helicenes (n = 3–10) are flexible and helical in nature. The excited state results show that many of the seleno[n]helicene radical cations have strong absorption bands in the IR region.
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- Rahul Kumar
- Homi Bhabha National Institute
- Training School Complex
- Anushaktinagar
- Mumbai-400094
- India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute
- Training School Complex
- Anushaktinagar
- Mumbai-400094
- India
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Narita M, Teraoka T, Murafuji T, Shiota Y, Yoshizawa K, Mori S, Uno H, Kanegawa S, Sato O, Goto K, Tani F. An Azulene-Based Chiral Helicene and Its Air-Stable Cation Radical. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2019. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20190219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Masahiro Narita
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Advanced Research Support Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Ie Y, Okamoto Y, Inoue T, Tone S, Seo T, Honda Y, Tanaka S, Lee SK, Ohto T, Yamada R, Tada H, Aso Y. Highly Planar and Completely Insulated Oligothiophenes: Effects of π-Conjugation on Hopping Charge Transport. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:3197-3204. [PMID: 31132274 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Elucidating the nature of long-range intramolecular charge transport in π-conjugated molecules is of great importance for the development of organic electronic materials. However, the effects of the degree of π-conjugation on the hopping charge transport have not been experimentally explored so far owing to the lack of π-conjugated backbones with different conjugation degrees and several-nanometer lengths. Here we develop highly planar and completely insulated oligothiophenes between 0.85 and 9.64 nm in length. As compared to distorted oligothiophenes, single-molecule conductance measurements of the planar molecules show (i) a smaller activation energy and larger electrical conductance in the hopping transport regime and (ii) a shift in crossover between tunneling and hopping conduction toward a short molecular length. Theoretical calculations indicate that small reorganization energies and narrow energy gaps derived from the planar backbones result in these superior characteristics. This study reveals that the planarity of π-conjugation has significant advantages for hopping charge transport.
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- Yutaka Ie
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR) , Osaka University , 8-1 Mihogaoka , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR) , Osaka University , 8-1 Mihogaoka , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR) , Osaka University , 8-1 Mihogaoka , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR) , Osaka University , 8-1 Mihogaoka , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR) , Osaka University , 8-1 Mihogaoka , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- West Japan Office, HPC Systems Inc. , 646 Nijohanjikicho , Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8412 , Japan
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- Research Center for Molecular Scale Nanoscience , Institute for Molecular Science , Okazaki , Aichi 444-8585 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science , Osaka University , 1-3 Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-8531 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science , Osaka University , 1-3 Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-8531 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science , Osaka University , 1-3 Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-8531 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science , Osaka University , 1-3 Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-8531 , Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR) , Osaka University , 8-1 Mihogaoka , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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Nishinaga T, Kanzaki Y, Shiomi D, Matsuda K, Suzuki S, Okada K. Radical Cation π‐Dimers of Conjugated Oligomers as Molecular Wires: An Analysis Based on Nitronyl Nitroxide Spin Labels. Chemistry 2018; 24:11717-11728. [PMID: 29797611 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Tohru Nishinaga
- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceTokyo Metropolitan University Hachioji Tokyo 192-0397 Japan
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- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku Kyoto, 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Present Address: Division of ChemistryGraduate School of Engineering ScienceOsaka University Japan
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- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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Nishinaga T, Sotome Y. Stable Radical Cations and Their π-Dimers Prepared from Ethylene- and Propylene-3,4-dioxythiophene Co-oligomers: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigations. J Org Chem 2017. [PMID: 28650158 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Co-oligomers composed of two 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) units and two or three 3,4-propylenedioxythiophene (ProDOT) units, i.e., 2E2PEt and 2E3PEt, were newly synthesized together with the ProDOT trimer 3PMe. On the basis of cyclic voltammetry, the gaps between the first and second oxidation potentials (ΔE1-2) of 2E2PEt and 2E3PEt were found to be larger than that of the previously synthesized ProDOT tetramer 4PHex. These co-oligomers gave the fairly stable radical cations 2E2PEt•+ and 2E3PEt•+ by chemical oxidation with AgSbF6. The disproportionation of 2E2PEt•+ and 2E3PEt•+ into neutral and dicationic species, which was observed for 4PHex•+, was inhibited in accord with the larger ΔE1-2. Additionally, the formation of the π-dimers (3PMe)22+, (2E2PEt)22+, and (2E3PE)22+ was clearly observed in dichloromethane solution at low temperatures with UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy. Furthermore, the π-dimerization enthalpies of 2E2PEt•+ and 2E3PEt•+ were greater than that of 3PMe•+, suggesting the formation of fully π-contacted structures. The structures of the π-dimers were optimized at the B97D3 method, and the calculated absorption spectra of the π-dimers obtained using TD-DFT methods were in reasonable agreement with the observed ones, supporting the reliability of the calculated structures.
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- Tohru Nishinaga
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University , Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University , Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Zhao C, Sakurai T, Yoneda S, Seki S, Sugimoto M, Oki C, Takeuchi M, Sugiyasu K. Stabilization of Charge Carriers in Picket-Fence Polythiophenes Using Dielectric Side Chains. Chem Asian J 2016; 11:2284-90. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Chunhui Zhao
- Molecular Design & Function Group; National Institute for Materials Science; 1-2-1 Sengen Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0047 Japan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences; University of Tsukuba; 1-1-1 Tennodai Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8577 Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering; Osaka University; 2-1 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry; Graduate School of Science and Technology; Kumamoto University; 2-39-1 Kurokami Chuo-ku Kumamoto 860-8555 Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering; Nagaoka University of Technology; 1603-1 Kamitomioka Nagaoka Niigata 940-2188 Japan
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- Molecular Design & Function Group; National Institute for Materials Science; 1-2-1 Sengen Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0047 Japan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences; University of Tsukuba; 1-1-1 Tennodai Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8577 Japan
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- Molecular Design & Function Group; National Institute for Materials Science; 1-2-1 Sengen Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0047 Japan
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Ie Y, Aso Y. Design and Development of New Functional Units towards Single-Molecule Electronics. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2016. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.74.676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yutaka Ie
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
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