What is the role of planarity and torsional freedom for aggregation in a π-conjugated donor–acceptor model oligomer?
Stefan Wedler, Axel Bourdick, Stavros Athanasopoulos, Stephan Gekle, Fabian Panzer, Caitlin McDowell, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen, Guillermo C. Bazan, Anna Köhler
Abstract
We compare the aggregation properties of two model compounds, differing in their stiffness, in solution by a combined spectroscopic and computational approach.
Topics & Concepts
Planarity testingOligomerMaterials scienceConjugated systemStiffnessAcceptorDegrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)Chemical physicsPolymer chemistryPolymerCrystallographyThermodynamicsComposite materialChemistryCondensed matter physicsPhysicsLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsOrganic Electronics and Photovoltaics