Since the discovery of highly conducting polyacetylene by Shirakawa, MacDiarmid, and
Heeger1 in 1977, π-conjugated systems have attracted much attention as futuristic materials …

Conjugated polymers have attracted an increasing amount of attention in recent years for
various organic electronic devices because of their potential advantages over inorganic and …

Two-dimensionally extended, polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules (heterocyclic
nanographenes) are a highly versatile class of organic materials, applicable as functional …

The design, synthesis, and characterization of new organic semiconductors (OSCs) are
important aspects for the development of next-generation optoelectronic devices …

π-Conjugated molecular materials with fused rings are the focus of considerable interest in
the emerging area of organic electronics, since the combination of excellent charge carrier …

This critical review discusses specific chemical and physicochemical requirements which
must be met for organic compounds to be considered as promising materials for applications …

Ladder π‐conjugated compounds, which have fully ring‐fused polycyclic skeletons, are an
important class of materials possessing significant potentials for application in organic …

This paper highlights the recent progress for organic small molecule and polymer type thin
film transistors (OTFTs). In order to better understand the conduction process and mapping …

Abstract Tetrabenzotetraaza [8] circulene (1) has been synthesized in good yield by a “fold‐
in” oxidative fusion reaction of a 1, 2‐phenylene‐bridged cyclic tetrapyrrole. X‐ray diffraction …

In this account we give an overview of the synthesis and properties of heterocyclic [8]
circulenes. Much of the interest in studying heterocyclic [8] circulenes stems from the planar …