Computational approaches for organic semiconductors: from chemical and physical understanding to predicting new materials

V Bhat, CP Callaway, C Risko - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
While a complete understanding of organic semiconductor (OSC) design principles remains
elusive, computational methods─ ranging from techniques based in classical and quantum …

High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors

H Jiang, S Zhu, Z Cui, Z Li, Y Liang, J Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic molecular semiconductors have been paid great attention due to their advantages
of low-temperature processability, low fabrication cost, good flexibility, and excellent …

Boron-containing organic diradicaloids: dynamically modulating singlet diradical character by lewis acid–base coordination

J Guo, Y Yang, C Dou, Y Wang - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organic diradicaloids have unique open-shell structures and properties and promising
applications in organic electronics and spintronics. Incorporation of heteroatoms is an …

Carbon-based Biradicals: Structural and Magnetic Switching

Y Ishigaki, T Harimoto, T Shimajiri, T Suzuki - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sterically hindered C═ C double bonds often deform into a bent or twisted geometry. Thus,
many overcrowded ethylenes or anthraquinodimethanes can adopt multiple conformations …

Open‐Shell Diradical‐Sensitized Electron Transport Layer for High‐Performance Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

S Fang, J Huang, R Tao, Q Wei, X Ding… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) are well‐documented as an excellent electron
transport layer (ETL) in optoelectronic devices. However, the intrinsic surface flaw of the ZnO …

Construction of heptagon‐containing molecular nanocarbons

Chaolumen, IA Stepek, KE Yamada… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular nanocarbons containing heptagonal rings have attracted increasing interest due
to their dynamic behavior, electronic properties, aromaticity, and solid‐state packing …

Breathing new life into nonalternant hydrocarbon chemistry: Syntheses and properties of polycyclic hydrocarbons containing azulene, pentalene, and heptalene …

A Konishi, M Yasuda - Chemistry Letters, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Azulene 1, pentalene 2, and heptalene 3 are classical nonalternant hydrocarbons.
Their fascinating π-frameworks, consecutive arrangements of odd-membered carbocycles …

Bis-periazulene (Cyclohepta[def]fluorene) as a Nonalternant Isomer of Pyrene: Synthesis and Characterization of Its Triaryl Derivatives

K Horii, R Kishi, M Nakano, D Shiomi… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bis-periazulene (cyclohepta [def] fluorene), which is an unknown pyrene isomer, was
synthesized as kinetically protected forms. Its triaryl derivatives 1c–e exhibited the …

The electronic applications of stable diradicaloids: present and future

X Hu, W Wang, D Wang, Y Zheng - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic molecules with unpaired electrons are intriguing for advanced applications in
molecular electronics, spintronics and organic batteries, as well as other possible …

Tetra‐tert‐butyl‐s‐indacene is a Bond‐Localized C2h Structure and a Challenge for Computational Chemistry

LJ Karas, S Jalife, RV Viesser… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Whether tetra‐tert‐butyl‐s‐indacene is a symmetric D2h structure or a bond‐alternating C2h
structure remains a standing puzzle. Close agreement between experimental and computed …