High-performance organic semiconductors: Asymmetric linear acenes containing sulphur

ML Tang, T Okamoto, Z Bao

Index: Tang, Ming L.; Okamoto, Toshihiro; Bao, Zhenan Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006 , vol. 128, # 50 p. 16002 - 16003

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Citation Number: 173

Abstract

Two new linear acenes with fused thiophene units have been synthesized. These acenes have conjugation lengths between anthracene and pentacene. Thin films of these linear molecules were characterized by ultraviolet spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and field-effect transistor measurements. Submonolayer AFM studies show growth that greatly resembles pentacene, while thin-film growth is dendritic. ...