Open-shell radicals are usually thermodynamically and kinetically unstable due to their
incompletely satisfied valency. However, the rapid development of radical chemistry in the …

This review highlights recent major progress in the development of organic semiconductors
as electron transport n-channel materials in organic field effect transistors (OFETs). Three …

Open-shell molecules such as radicals, carbenes, and electronically excited-state molecules
exhibit high energies, and thus, in general, they are quite reactive. 1 The short-lived species …

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

Aromaticity is an important concept to understand the stability and physical properties of π-
conjugated molecules. Recent studies on pro-aromatic and anti-aromatic molecules …

Low band gap (Eg< 1.5 eV) polycyclic hydrocarbons have become one of the most important
types of materials for many applications, for example, as semiconductors in organic field …

Ever since the first field-effect transistors (FETs) based on polymer1-3 and small molecule4,
5 semiconductors were reported, interest in this field has risen steadily for both technological …

Functional Oligothiophenes: Molecular Design for Multidimensional Nanoarchitectures and Their
Applications | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS Find my institution Log In …

Electronic and optoelectronic devices using organic materials as active elements, for
example, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs) …

Over the past decade, the number of research groups exploring the field of organic
electronics has exploded due to the potential use of organic semiconducting materials as a …