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Rapid Charge Transport Along Self‐Assembling Graphitic Nanowires
Author(s) -
van de Craats Anick M.,
Warman John M.,
Müllen Klaus,
Geerts Yves,
Brand Johann D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199801)10:1<36::aid-adma36>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - discotic liquid crystal , materials science , columnar phase , graphite , planar , nanowire , molecular wire , liquid crystal , charge (physics) , electrical conductor , molecule , self assembly , phase (matter) , nanotechnology , chemical physics , optoelectronics , liquid crystalline , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , computer graphics (images) , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science
The conductive properties of molecular wires constructed by columnar self‐assembly of peripherally substituted large aromatic macrocycles are reported. The Figure illustrates how planar, disc‐shaped aromatic molecules form a discotic liquid crystal (LC) phase consisting effectively of coaxially insulated wires of “one‐dimensional graphite”. The intracolumnar charge mobility is the largest yet for a discotic LC material.