ORGN 355 |
| This contribution will describe ongoing research from our group to explore new or otherwise under-utilized aromatic topologies as viable organic electronic materials. As a proof of principle, recent studies will be reported for two ten pi electron aromatic motifs, that of the cyclic polyene methano[10]annulene and of the more classical aromatic, naphthalene. Thiophene-based semiconductors derived from the annulene show much greater propensities to transport charge as deduced from the structural changes that accompany electrochemical oxidation. Using this principle as a guide, the design and synthesis of new organic electronic platforms will be addressed. |
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Materials, Devices, and Switches
1:00 PM-4:40 PM, Monday, August 20, 2007 BCEC -- 258A, Oral
Division of Organic Chemistry |