Prominent electron transport property observed for triply fused metalloporphyrin dimer: directed columnar liquid crystalline assembly by amphiphilic molecular design.
A triply fused copper porphyrin dimer, when site-specifically modified on its periphery with hydrophobic and hydrophilic wedges (1C12/TEG), self-assembles into a columnar liquid crystalline (LC) mesophase over a wide-temperature range from -17 to 99 degrees C but gives rise to an amorphous solid when modified with only hydrophobic (1C12/C12) or hydrophilic wedges (1TEG/TEG). A LC film of 1C12/TEG displays at 16 degrees C a top-class one-dimensional electron mobility (0.27 cm2/V x s), as evaluated from its maximum flash-photolysis time-resolved microwave conductivity.
Sakurai
Tsuneaki
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School of Engineering and Center for NanoBio Integration, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Shi
Keyu
K
Sato
Hiroshi
H
Tashiro
Kentaro
K
Osuka
Atsuhiro
A
Saeki
Akinori
A
Seki
Shu
S
Tagawa
Seiichi
S
Sasaki
Sono
S
Masunaga
Hiroyasu
H
Osaka
Keiichi
K
Takata
Masaki
M
Aida
Takuzo
T
D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D019281:Dimerization; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004583:Electrons; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008872:Microwaves; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010316:Particle Size; D012666:Semiconductors; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D003300:Copper