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| The development of organic molecules for electronic, optoelectronic, or materials applications has been well-served by an appreciation of intermolecular interactions. More often than not, optimized (or even enhanced) performance is realized from an ability to tailor structure/organization in solution, on surfaces, and in the bulk. For π-conjugated materials this has been beautifully demonstrated, in part because we understand how (and why) flat polarizable molecules fit together and what the consequences (in the supramolecular sense) of their association will be. In this talk I will describe our latest efforts to realize this level of insight with fundamentally different architectures, donor-σ-acceptor molecules (here molecules that feature an electron-donating group (e.g., N) and an electron-accepting group (e.g., C=O) held at a fixed distance by carbon-carbon single bonds). We are using one class of these molecules, 1-aza-adamantanetriones (AATs), as vehicles to draw structure-property-function relationships and study the unique macromolecular and electronic properties that emerge upon self-assembly. |
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Young Academic Investigators
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- Ballroom, Oral
Division of Organic Chemistry |