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A Black Perylene Bisimide Super Gelator with an Unexpected J‐Type Absorption Band
Author(s) -
Würthner Frank,
Bauer Christoph,
Stepanenko Vladimir,
Yagai Shiki
Publication year - 2008
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/adma.200702935
Subject(s) - perylene , materials science , absorption (acoustics) , type (biology) , absorption band , photochemistry , optics , fluorescence , composite material , physics , chemistry , ecology , biology
Self‐assembled nanofibers of a chiral core‐unsubstituted perylene bisimide dye exhibit an almost black color, which can be attributed to an unusual packing motif based on slipped J‐type aggregation.