Cross-conjugation increases the conductance of: Meta-connected fluorenones

Charge transport is strongly suppressed by destructive quantum interference (DQI) in meta-connected 1,1′-biphenyl-containing molecules, resulting in low electrical conductance. Surprisingly, we have found that DQI is almost entirely overcome by adding a bridging carbonyl, to yield a cross-conjugated...

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Autores: Alanazy, Asma, Leary, Edmund, Kobatake, Takayuki, Sangtarash, Sara, González, M. Teresa, Jiang, Hua Wei, Bollinger, Gabino Rubio, Agrait de la Puente, Mario Nicolás, Sadeghi, Hatef, Grace, Iain, Higgins, Simon J., Anderson, Harry L., Nichols, Richard J., Lambert, Colin J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/690962
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/690962
https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9NR01235D
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Destructive quantum interference (DQI)
Charge transport
Electrical conductance
Física
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Sumario:Charge transport is strongly suppressed by destructive quantum interference (DQI) in meta-connected 1,1′-biphenyl-containing molecules, resulting in low electrical conductance. Surprisingly, we have found that DQI is almost entirely overcome by adding a bridging carbonyl, to yield a cross-conjugated fluorenone. This contrasts with other π-systems, such as para-connected anthraquinone, where cross-conjugation results in low conductance