title: A compactly fused pi-conjugated tetrathiafulvalene-perylenediimide donor-acceptor dyad.
abstract: The synthesis and structural characterization of a tetrathiafulvalene-fused perylenediimide molecular dyad is presented. Its largely extended pi-conjugation provides intense optical absorption bands over a wide spectral range. The planar functional molecule exhibits a short-lived nonluminescent excited state attributed to intramolecular charge separation.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaggi
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grilj
authors.forename: Shi-Xia
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jürg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Decurtins