Self-assembly of octahedral Fe(II) ions and linear perylene bisimide (PBI) dyes with 2,2'-bipyridine groups covalently attached at the imide positions quantitatively yields an Fe4(PBI)6 tetrahedron by the directional bonding approach. With an edge length of 3.9 nm and estimated internal volume >950 Å(3), tetrahedron T is one of the largest M4L6 tetrahedra ever reported. Importantly, many of the...

An S-heterocyclic annelated perylene bisimide (PBI) has been prepared from readily available tetrachloro-PBI by a one-step palladium-catalyzed reaction; when co-crystallized with pyrene it gives a unique columnar arrangement of 1 : 2 complexes.

This communication shows the possibility of inducing spontaneous special surface organisation by means of grafting a fluorescent aminobenzo[g,h,i]perylene derivative onto surface grown polyacrylic chains.

We report the synthesis of a soluble perylene imide benzimidazole (PIBI) and its structural, thermotropic, optical and electrochemical characterization with emphasis on discotic liquid crystalline properties.

Domain-like ultra-thin layers deposited electrochemically on an ITO electrode from perylene bisimide derivatives are found to improve the electron collection effectively in inverted photovoltaic cells.

We report the electrical conductivity enhancement of a perylene-based MOF upon partial ligand oxidation. The is rationalised by quantum-chemical calculations, supporting through-space hopping transport.

Cooperative aggregation of monomers into one-dimensional nanostructures typically results in elongated objects. Here we analyse in depth the self-assembly of an N-monoarylated perylene bisimide which shows characteristics of a cooperative growth mechanism but unexpectedly yields objects of small size, due to anti-cooperativity by attenuated growth.

Perylene bisimides (PBIs) self-assemble in solution. The solubility of the PBIs is commonly changed through the choice of substituents at the imide positions. It is generally assumed this substitution does not affect the electronic properties of the PBI, and that the properties of the self-assembled aggregate are essentially that of the isolated molecule. However, substituents do affect the sel...

a Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, People’s Republic of China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China Nano Institute of Utah and Department of Materials Sci...

Chloroform-vapor annealing of thin films of propoxyethyl perylene tetracarboxylic diimide (PE-PTCDI, an n-type semiconductor) deposited on glass or mica leads to formation of well-defined one-dimensional self-assemblies (e.g. nanobelts), which show optically uniaxial properties as demonstrated by the linearly polarized emission.