Two Photon Absorption Study of Low-Bandgap, Fully Conjugated Perylene Diimide-Thienoacene-Perylene Diimide Ladder-Type Molecules

Zhengxu Cai, Ricardo J. Vázquez, Donglin Zhao, Lianwei Li, Wai Yip Lo, Na Zhang, Qinghe Wu, Bradley Keller, Audrey Eshun, Neranga Abeyasinghe, Halley Banaszak-Holl, Theodore Goodson*, Luping Yu

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Abstract

A new series of donor-acceptor ladder-type molecules were synthesized via Scholl reaction. These molecules contain up to 25-fused rings but still show good air stability and good solubility. The ring-fusing reaction is found to be sensitive to the nature of the side-chain in donor units. The molecular conformations were investigated by 2D NMR and DFT calculations. The photophysical properties were investigated and an intense intramolecular charge-transfer was observed. All of the molecules exhibit two-photon absorption (TPA) activity, and their TPA cross-section shows a linear relationship with increasing conjugation length of the thienoacene-PDI derivatives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6726-6732
Number of pages7
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume29
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes

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Cai, Z., Vázquez, R. J., Zhao, D., Li, L., Lo, W. Y., Zhang, N., Wu, Q., Keller, B., Eshun, A., Abeyasinghe, N., Banaszak-Holl, H., Goodson, T., & Yu, L. (2017). Two Photon Absorption Study of Low-Bandgap, Fully Conjugated Perylene Diimide-Thienoacene-Perylene Diimide Ladder-Type Molecules. Chemistry of Materials, 29(16), 6726-6732. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01512