title: Processable Rylene Diimide Dyes up to 4 nm in Length: Synthesis and STM Visualization.
abstract: Long and planar: Facile syntheses of soluble hexarylene diimides (HDI) and octarylene diimides (ODI) are described. They are stable in both solution and the solid state and exhibit broad and intense NIR absorption. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) reveals that HDI, after deposition from solution, forms a unique herringbone bilayer or stable multilayers depending on the concentration.
authors: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz (Germany), Fax: (+49) 6131-379-350.
authors: Zhongyi
authors: Z
authors: Yuan
authors: Shern-Long
authors: SL
authors: Lee
authors: Long
authors: L
authors: Chen
authors: Chen
authors: C
authors: Li
authors: Kunal S
authors: KS
authors: Mali
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: De Feyter
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Müllen
keywords: NIR dyes; dyes/pigments; pi conjugation; rylene diimides; scanning tunneling microscopy; self‐assembly