title: Synthesis, characterization, and bipolar transporting behavior of a new twisted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon: 1',4'-diphenyl-naphtho-(2'.3':1.2)-pyrene-6'-nitro-7'-methyl carboxylate.
abstract: An asymmetric twistacene, 1',4'-diphenyl-naphtho-(2'.3':1.2)-pyrene-6'-nitro-7'-methyl carboxylate (tetracene 2), was synthesized by using benzyne-trapping chemistry. Its structure, determined by X-ray crystallography, confirmed that this material has a twisted topology with torsion angles as high as 23.8(3) degrees. Organic light-emitting devices using tetracene 2 as either charge-transporting materials or emitters have been fabricated. The results indicate that this material has bipolar transporting behavior in these devices.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore. qczhang@ntu.edu.sg
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