The charge transport properties of dicyanomethylene-functionalised violanthrone derivatives

• Sondos A. J. Almahmoud,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Dylan Wilkinson,
• Michele Cariello,
• Claire Wilson,
• Alan A. Wiles,
• Peter J. Skabara and
• Graeme Cooke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2921–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.244

• field-effect transistor; organic semiconductor; violanthrone; Introduction Recently, organic semiconductors have received considerable attention due to their potential technological applications in semiconductor devices, such as organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) [1][2], organic light-emitting

• transport properties was most clearly observed in compound 3b which has a 60-fold improvement in mobility compared to 2b. This study demonstrates that the choice of the solubilising group has a profound effect on the hole mobility on these organic semiconductors. Keywords: Knoevenagel condensation; organic

Structure–property relationships in dicyanopyrazinoquinoxalines and their hydrogen-bonding-capable dihydropyrazinoquinoxalinedione derivatives

• Tural N. Akhmedov,
• Ajeet Kumar,
• Daken J. Starkenburg,
• Kyle J. Chesney,
• Khalil A. Abboud,
• Novruz G. Akhmedov,
• Jiangeng Xue and
• Ronald K. Castellano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1037–1052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.92

• groups have extensively developed H-bonded systems including dyes and pigments utilized in organic field-effect transistor (OFET) devices [17][18][19][20]. In two different studies, Głowacki reported H-bonding capable quinacridone and epindolidione-based semiconductors within OFET devices that offer

Introducing a new 7-ring fused diindenone-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]thiophene unit as a promising component for organic semiconductor materials

• Valentin H. K. Fell,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Eman J. Hussien and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 944–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.94

• s−1. Keywords: dithienothiophene (DTT); fused ring system; organic field-effect transistor (OFET); organic semiconductor; thienoacene; Introduction In recent years, organic molecules with several fused aromatic rings have gained much attention. Fusing aromatic rings leads to planar structures

Chemical syntheses and salient features of azulene-containing homo- and copolymers

• Vijayendra S. Shetti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2164–2185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.139

• reported azulene-containing homo- and copolymers have proven to be efficient functional materials for organic field-effect transistor (OFET), all-polymer solar cell (PSC) applications, and they can also exhibit NIR absorption and electrochromism, and electrical conductivity. However, the reports on

Thiazole-induced rigidification in substituted dithieno-tetrathiafulvalene: the effect of planarisation on charge transport properties

• Rupert G. D. Taylor,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Iain A. Wright,
• Neil Thomson,
• Olena Avramchenko,
• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Anto R. Inigo,
• Tell Tuttle and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1148–1154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.129

• and electrochemical properties of compounds 1 and 2 have been measured by UV–vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry and the results compared with density functional theory (DFT) calculations to confirm the observed properties. Organic field effect transistor (OFET) devices fabricated from 1 and 2

• interactions; organic field effect transistor (OFET); organic semiconductors; tetrathiafulvalene; thiazole; Introduction The TTF moiety has received much attention in the field of organic electronics owing to its reliable redox behaviour [1], good charge transport properties [2] and scope for