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Wiley, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 7(6), p. 1848-1853, 2011

DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000832

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Linear and Hyperbranched Electron-Acceptor Supramolecular Oligomers

Journal article published in 2011 by José Santos, Emilio M. Pérez, Beatriz M. Illescas, Nazario Martín ORCID
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Abstract

The nanometric organization of p-type and n-type materials is expected to facilitate charge mobility in OSCs, thereby preventing recombination and enhancing efficiency. Herein, the synthesis and self-assembly of monomers comprising one or two units of a TCAQ tweezer covalently connected to a fullerene derivative is reported. Such molecules self-assemble in solution (NMR) and on surfaces (AFM) to form linear and hyperbranched supramolecular oligomers, respectively. The self-assembly process was also found to have very little influence on the electronic properties of the electroactive units of the monomers (CV and UV/Vis), as was expected from their matching character. These polymers constitute two of the first examples of n-type supramolecular polymers reported to date.