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Trapalis C, Lidorikis E, Papageorgiou D. Structural and energetic properties of P3HT and PCBM layers on the Ag(1 1 1) surface. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2020.112997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Vill R, Gülcher J, Khalatur P, Wintergerst P, Stoll A, Mourran A, Ziener U. Supramolecular polymerization: challenges and advantages of various methods in assessing the aggregation mechanism. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:663-674. [PMID: 30565631 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr08472f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Oligothiophenes with branched alkyl end groups show distinct aggregation in organic solvents. The process of supramolecular polymerization is assessed by three different methods (UV-vis absorption and fluorescence emission spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering) to exclude artifacts. An apparent dependence of the degree of aggregation on the concentration of the oligomers is observed. Above the upper limit of concentration (a lower micromolar range for the present class of compounds), experimental data delivered conflicting results and the concentration should not therefore be exceeded. Scanning force microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations confirm the formation of one-dimensional aggregates with presumably helical arrangement of the achiral monomers.
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- Roman Vill
- Institute of Organic Chemistry III-Macromolecular Chemistry and Organic Materials, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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Jaymand M, Hatamzadeh M, Omidi Y. Modification of polythiophene by the incorporation of processable polymeric chains: Recent progress in synthesis and applications. Prog Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2014.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Böckmann M, Schemme T, de Jong DH, Denz C, Heuer A, Doltsinis NL. Structure of P3HT crystals, thin films, and solutions by UV/Vis spectral analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:28616-25. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03665h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The shift in the absorption spectrum of P3HT when comparing solution, spin-coated thin films, and the bulk crystal can be reproduced by multiscale simulation and explained in terms of the degree of intramolecular torsion.
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- Marcus Böckmann
- Institut für Festkörpertheorie
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Center for Multiscale Theory & Computation
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Center for Multiscale Theory & Computation
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Center for Multiscale Theory & Computation
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
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- Institut für Festkörpertheorie
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Center for Multiscale Theory & Computation
- 48149 Münster
- Germany
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Bloom JWG, Wheeler SE. Benchmark Torsional Potentials of Building Blocks for Conjugated Materials: Bifuran, Bithiophene, and Biselenophene. J Chem Theory Comput 2014; 10:3647-55. [DOI: 10.1021/ct5004725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jacob W. G. Bloom
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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Gong R, Guo Z, Li F, Song Y, Mu Y, Li M, Wan X. An Alternating Copolymer of a Tetrapeptide and a Tetrathiophene Prepared by a Click Reaction: A Study of the Synthesis and Assembly Behavior. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201300563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ruiying Gong
- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials; Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266101 P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials; Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266101 P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials; Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266101 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Qingdao University of Science and Technology; 53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao Shandong Province 266042 P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials; Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266101 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Qingdao University of Science and Technology; 53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao Shandong Province 266042 P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials; Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266101 P. R. China
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Poelking C, Andrienko D. Effect of Polymorphism, Regioregularity and Paracrystallinity on Charge Transport in Poly(3-hexylthiophene) [P3HT] Nanofibers. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma4015966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Carl Poelking
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Potai R, Kamphan A, Traiphol R. Conformational change, intrachain aggregation and photophysical properties of regioregular poly(3-octylthiophene) in alkanes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.23326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ruttayapon Potai
- Laboratory of Advanced Polymers and Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Naresuan University; Phitsanulok 65000 Thailand
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- Laboratory of Advanced Polymers and Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Naresuan University; Phitsanulok 65000 Thailand
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- Laboratory of Advanced Polymers and Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Naresuan University; Phitsanulok 65000 Thailand
- NANOTEC-MU Excellence Center on Intelligent Materials and Systems, Faculty of Science; Rama 6 Road Ratchathewi Bangkok 10400 Thailand
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Shaytan AK, Schillinger EK, Khalatur PG, Mena-Osteritz E, Hentschel J, Börner HG, Bäuerle P, Khokhlov AR. Self-assembling nanofibers from thiophene-peptide diblock oligomers: a combined experimental and computer simulations study. ACS NANO 2011; 5:6894-6909. [PMID: 21823646 DOI: 10.1021/nn2011943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report herein the synthesis of a novel type of hybrid compound that consists of a poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) functionalized β-sheet peptide sequence covalently linked to an alkylated quaterthiophene moiety. Compounds of this class are highly promising for technological applications because their self-assembly and stimuli-responsive behavior, which is mainly caused by the peptide moieties, combined with the potential semiconducting properties of oligothiophenes provides unprecedented opportunities for the design of advanced materials at the nanoscale in such areas as, for example, organic electronics and sensor design for chemical and biomedical applications. The compound presented herein is experimentally shown to form stable fibrillar aggregates that are visualized by both transmission electron and atomic force microscopy. We developed a theoretical methodology to study the possible intermolecular arrangements and their characteristic features with the help of all-atom MD simulations, while simultaneously incorporating available experimental data into the model. Large-scale atomistic simulations of several fibrillar aggregates with different molecular arrangements were performed. The results of the simulations are compared with experimental data, which leads to the proposition of a likely model for the arrangement of the individual molecules within the observed aggregates.
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- Alexey K Shaytan
- Institute of Polymer Science, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, D-89069 Ulm, Germany.
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Shaytan AK, Schillinger EK, Mena-Osteritz E, Schmid S, Khalatur PG, Bäuerle P, Khokhlov AR. Self-organizing bioinspired oligothiophene-oligopeptide hybrids. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2011; 2:525-544. [PMID: 22003459 PMCID: PMC3190623 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.2.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 08/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this minireview, we survey recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and modeling of new oligothiophene-oligopeptide hybrids capable of forming nanostructured fibrillar aggregates in solution and on solid substrates. Compounds of this class are promising for applications because their self-assembly and stimuli-responsive properties, provided by the peptide moieties combined with the semiconducting properties of the thiophene blocks, can result in novel opportunities for the design of advanced smart materials. These bio-inspired molecular hybrids are experimentally shown to form stable fibrils as visualized by AFM and TEM. While the experimental evidence alone is not sufficient to reveal the exact molecular organization of the fibrils, theoretical approaches based on quantum chemistry calculations and large-scale atomistic molecular dynamics simulations are attempted in an effort to reveal the structure of the fibrils at the nanoscale. Based on the combined theoretical and experimental analysis, the most likely models of fibril formation and aggregation are suggested.
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- Alexey K Shaytan
- Institute of Polymer Science, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
- Biology Department, Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Polymer Science, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
- Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Science, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Polymer Science, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
- Physics Department, Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Pizzirusso A, Savini M, Muccioli L, Zannoni C. An atomistic simulation of the liquid-crystalline phases of sexithiophene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c0jm01284j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cheng Y, Peng JH, Li JQ. Orthogonal Synthesis of Densely Functionalized Pyrroles and Thiophenes from the Reactions of Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine Carbene-Derived Zwitterions with Electron-Deficient Alkynes. J Org Chem 2010; 75:2382-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jo100225r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ying Cheng
- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Moreno M, Casalegno M, Raos G, Meille SV, Po R. Molecular Modeling of Crystalline Alkylthiophene Oligomers and Polymers. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:1591-602. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9106124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Margherita Moreno
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy, and Research Center for Non-Conventional Energies, Istituto Donegani, ENI S.p.A, Via Fauser 4, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy, and Research Center for Non-Conventional Energies, Istituto Donegani, ENI S.p.A, Via Fauser 4, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy, and Research Center for Non-Conventional Energies, Istituto Donegani, ENI S.p.A, Via Fauser 4, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy, and Research Center for Non-Conventional Energies, Istituto Donegani, ENI S.p.A, Via Fauser 4, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy, and Research Center for Non-Conventional Energies, Istituto Donegani, ENI S.p.A, Via Fauser 4, 28100 Novara, Italy
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Jatsch A, Schillinger EK, Schmid S, Bäuerle P. Biomolecule assisted self-assembly of π-conjugated oligomers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1039/b926594e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Growing Interest in Theory and Simulations. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.200900087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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