title: Substituent effects on the electronic structure of siloles.
abstract: Siloles are attractive building blocks for the design and synthesis of organic semiconductors that exhibit potential applications in light-emitting diodes, solar cells, field-effect transistors, and sensors. Understanding how molecular engineering of the electronic structures can help control the properties of these materials has attracted significant research effort. In the present review we illustrate the current state-of-the-art of the molecular engineering of siloles, especially focusing on the effects of substituents and on the electronic structure of siloles.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China. xwzhan@iccas.ac.cn
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: Seth R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Marder