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Cover Picture: Molecular Wires from Contorted Aromatic Compounds (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45/2005)
Author(s) -
Xiao Shengxiong,
Myers Matthew,
Miao Qian,
Sanaur Sébastien,
Pang Keliang,
Steigerwald Michael L.,
Nuckolls Colin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200590149
Subject(s) - planarity testing , cover (algebra) , materials science , molecule , transistor , planar , layer (electronics) , core (optical fiber) , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , voltage , chemistry , crystallography , electrical engineering , computer science , organic chemistry , engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , computer graphics (images)
Nonplanar aromatic cores are used for the design of molecule‐based electronic materials. In their Communication on page 7390 ff., C. Nuckolls and co‐workers discuss the preparation of materials that can be applied to field‐effect transistors as an active layer owing to their high carrier mobilities, low turn‐on voltages, and high on/off current ratios. The cover picture shows the molecular structure of a new class of hexabenzocoronenes in which the core is severely distorted out of planarity.