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Vorona MY, Yutronkie NJ, Melville OA, Daszczynski AJ, Ovens JS, Brusso JL, Lessard BH. Developing and Comparing 2,6-Anthracene Derivatives: Optical, Electrochemical, Thermal, and Their Use in Organic Thin Film Transistors. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 13:E1961. [PMID: 32331289 PMCID: PMC7215602 DOI: 10.3390/ma13081961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Anthracene-based semiconductors have attracted great interest due to their molecular planarity, ambient and thermal stability, tunable frontier molecular orbitals and strong intermolecular interactions that can lead to good device field-effect transistor performance. In this study, we report the synthesis of six anthracene derivatives which were di-substituted at the 2,6-positions, their optical, electrochemical and thermal properties, and their single crystal structures. It was found that 2,6-functionalization with various fluorinated phenyl derivatives led to negligible changes in the optical behaviour while influencing the electrochemical properties. Furthermore, the choice of fluorinated phenyl moiety had noticeable effects on melting point and thermal stability (ΔTm < 55 °C and ΔTd < 65 °C). Bottom-gate top-contact (BGTC) organic thin transistors (OTFTs) were fabricated and characterized using the 2,6-anthracene derivatives as the semiconducting layer. The addition of fluorine groups on the phenyl groups led to a transition from p-type behaviour to n-type behaviour in BGBC OTFTs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mikhail Y. Vorona
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; (M.Y.V.); (O.A.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; (N.J.Y.); (A.J.D.)
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; (M.Y.V.); (O.A.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; (N.J.Y.); (A.J.D.)
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- X-Ray Core Facility, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; (N.J.Y.); (A.J.D.)
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; (M.Y.V.); (O.A.M.)
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Wang R, Lin K, Jiang F, Zhou W, Wang Z, Wu Y, Ding Y, Hou J, Nie G, Xu J, Duan X. Fluoro-substituted conjugated polyindole for desirable electrochemical charge storage materials. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Theoretical study of 1-amino-9,10-anthraquinone oligomers: Structural, electronic, and UV–visible spectral properties. J Mol Struct 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.04.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nikoofard H, Amin AH. Dft Study of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Conducting Oligo(p-Fluorophenylthiophene). J STRUCT CHEM+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476618060069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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