First example of ambipolar naphthalene diimide exhibiting a room temperature columnar phase
Paresh Kumar Behera, Kajal Yadav, N. Santosh Kumar, Ravindra Kumar Gupta, D. S. Shankar Rao, Upendra Kumar Pandey, Ammathnadu S. Achalkumar
Abstract
A self-assembled ambipolar organic semiconductor based on naphthalene diimide with low clearing temperature, solution processability, and high molar extinction coefficient, exhibiting a room temperature columnar hexagonal liquid crystalline phase is reported.
Topics & Concepts
Ambipolar diffusionNaphthalenePhase (matter)DiimideMaterials scienceChemistryChemical physicsCrystallographyPhysicsOrganic chemistryMoleculePeryleneQuantum mechanicsPlasmaSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applications