Vinyl spacers - Tuning electron transfer through fluorene-based molecular wires

Wielopolski M, Santos J, Illescas BM, Ortiz A, Insuasty B, Bauer T, Clark T, Guldi DM, Martín N (2011)


Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2011

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Original Authors: Wielopolski M., Santos J., Illescas B.M., Ortiz A., Insuasty B., Bauer T., Clark T., Guldi D.M., Martin N.

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Book Volume: 4

Pages Range: 765-771

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1039/c0ee00499e

Abstract

Rigid and soluble electron donor-acceptor conjugates (3 and 11) that combine π-extended tetrathiafulvalene (exTTF) as an electron donor and C as an electron acceptor have been synthesized using oligo-vinylfluorene (oFV) linkers to connect the electroactive entities. Fluorescence and transient absorption measurements confirm that light-induced excitation induces charge-transfer reactions over distances of 28 in THF. The incorporation of vinylene spacers into oligofluorene molecular wires has been shown both experimentally and theoretically to improve the charge-transfer features significantly to give a β value of 0.075 ± 0.001 . Enhanced π-conjugation caused by higher orbital overlap is responsible for this trend. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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APA:

Wielopolski, M., Santos, J., Illescas, B.M., Ortiz, A., Insuasty, B., Bauer, T.,... Martín, N. (2011). Vinyl spacers - Tuning electron transfer through fluorene-based molecular wires. Energy and Environmental Science, 4(3), 765-771. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0ee00499e

MLA:

Wielopolski, Mateusz, et al. "Vinyl spacers - Tuning electron transfer through fluorene-based molecular wires." Energy and Environmental Science 4.3 (2011): 765-771.

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