title: Pentacenobis(thiadiazole)dione, an n-type semiconductor for field-effect transistors.
abstract: A new heteroacenequinone, pentaceno[2,3-c:9,10-c']bis([1,2,5]thiadiazole)-6,13-dione (PBTDQ), with two peripheral thiadiazole rings was synthesized, and its solid-state properties were characterized. The fused planar structure with a low-lying LUMO and low reorganization energy facilitates electron transport, affording μe values of up to 0.11 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) in field-effect transistor devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, McGill University , 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada.
authors.forename: Zi-Fa
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Hayden T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Afshin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dadvand
authors.forename: Dmitrii F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Perepichka