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Organic and Polymeric Semiconductors Enhanced by Noncovalent Conformational Locks

Huang, Hui, Yang, Lei, Facchetti, Antonio, Marks, Tobin J.·2017·Chemical Reviews

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Constructing highly planar, extended π-electron systems is an important strategy for achieving high-mobility organic semiconductors. In general, there are two synthetic strategies for achieving π-conjugated systems with high planarity. The conventional strategy connects neighboring aromatic rings through covalent bonds to restrict the rotation about single bonds. However, this usually requires a complex sequence of synthetic steps to achieve this target, which can be costly and labor-intensive. More recently, noncovalent through-space intramolecular interactions, which are defined here as noncovalent conformational locks, have been employed with great success to increase the planarity and rigidity of extended π-electron systems; this has become a well-known and important strategy to design and synthesize highly planar π-conjugated systems for organic electronics. This review offers a comprehensive and general summary of conjugated systems with such noncovalent conformational locks, including O···S, N···S, X···S (where X = Cl, Br, F), and H···S through-space interactions, together with analysis by density functional theory computation, X-ray diffraction, and microstructural characterization, as well as by evaluation of charge transport in organic thin-film transistors and solar cells.

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Authors
Huang, H., Yang, L., Facchetti, A., & Marks, T. J.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Northwestern University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Huang, Hui
  • Facchetti, Antonio
  • Marks, Tobin J.
Venue
Chemical Reviews
Published
2017-07-03
Volume
117
Issue
15
Pages
10291-10318
ISSN
  • 0009-2665 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6890
OpenAlex
W2731260437
Cited by
804
References
162
Citations by year
2026: 55 · 2025: 91 · 2024: 101 · 2023: 99 · 2022: 113 · 2021: 101 · 2020: 84 · 2019: 79 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 12
FWCI
3.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Chemical Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (2162043)
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-15-1-0044)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (21574135, 51303180)
  • Division of Materials Research (DMR-1121262)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Keywords
through-space interactions, organic semiconductors, semiconducting polymers, π-conjugated systems, planarity, intramolecular interactions, charge transport, organic thin-film transistors, organic solar cells, molecular rigidity

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