Aggregation of polar merocyanine dyes has been identified as an important problem in the
fabrication of organic materials for photonic applications. In this work, a series of …

A series of well-defined chromophore stacks is obtained upon self-assembly of merocyanine
and bis (merocyanine) dyes in nonpolar solvents. Careful design of the spacer moieties …

Conspectus π-Conjugation between heterocyclic donor (D) and acceptor (A) groups via a
polymethine chain leads to dyes with dipole moments greater than 10 D. These dipole …

Two highly dipolar merocyanine dyes were tethered by a rigid tris (n-dodecyloxy) xylylene
unit that preorganizes the dyes for a supramolecular polymerization process through …

A series of merocyanine dye dimers tethered at different sites with spacers ranging from 0 to
5 methylene groups and the corresponding monomer have been synthesized. The …

Exciton coupling is of fundamental importance and determines functional properties of
organic dyes in (opto-) electronic and photovoltaic devices. Here we show that strong …

Self-organization of natural nanostructures controlled by noncovalent interactions is an
important topic in biophysics. In most cases, such as protein folding, biological self-assembly …

This paper reports synthesis, characterization and structural optimization of a mino-t hienyl-
di o xocyano-p yridine (ATOP) chromophores toward a multifunctional amorphous material …

Step by step: Bis (merocyanine) dyes 1 self-assemble in a stepwise manner with increasing
concentration to afford supramolecular polymers, organogels, and liquid-crystalline phases …

A key issue for the application of π-conjugated organic molecules as thin film solid-state
materials is the packing structure, which drastically affects optical and electronic properties …