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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2022

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Encoded and Size-Defined π-Stacking of Perylene Diimides.

Jeffrey Gorman, Sarah R E Orsborne, Akshay Sridhar, Raj Pandya, Peter Budden, Alexander Ohmann, Naitik A Panjwani, Yun Liu, Jake L Greenfield, Simon Dowland and 13 more

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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23 authors.

Jeffrey GormanCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6888-7838
Sarah R E OrsborneCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
Akshay SridharDepartment of Applied Physics, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 171 21 Solna, Sweden.
Raj PandyaCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1108-9322
Peter BuddenCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
Alexander OhmannCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3537-1074
Naitik A PanjwaniBerlin Joint EPR Lab, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2913-5377
Yun LiuCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1630-4052
Jake L GreenfieldYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Simon DowlandCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
Victor GrayDepartment of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6583-8654
Seán T J RyanCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
Sara De OrnellasDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom.
Afaf H El-SagheerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8706-1292
Tom BrownDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6538-3036
Jonathan R NitschkeYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4060-5122
Jan BehrendsBerlin Joint EPR Lab, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1024-428X
Ulrich F KeyserCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3188-5414
Akshay RaoCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4261-0766
Rosana Collepardo-GuevaraCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1781-7351
Eugen StulzDepartment of Chemistry & Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5302-2276
Richard H FriendCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6565-6308
Florian AurasCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1709-4384

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural photosystems use protein scaffolds to control intermolecular interactions that enable exciton flow, charge generation, and long-range charge separation. In contrast, there is limited structural control in current organic electronic devices such as OLEDs and solar cells. We report here the DNA-encoded assembly of π-conjugated perylene diimides (PDIs) with deterministic control over the number of electronically coupled molecules. The PDIs are integrated within DNA chains using phosphoramidite coupling chemistry, allowing selection of the DNA sequence to either side, and specification of intermolecular DNA hybridization. In this way, we have developed a "toolbox" for construction of any stacking sequence of these semiconducting molecules. We have discovered that we need to use a full hierarchy of interactions: DNA guides the semiconductors into specified close proximity, hydrophobic-hydrophilic differentiation drives aggregation of the semiconductor moieties, and local geometry and electrostatic interactions define intermolecular positioning. As a result, the PDIs pack to give substantial intermolecular π wave function overlap, leading to an evolution of singlet excited states from localized excitons in the PDI monomer to excimers with wave functions delocalized over all five PDIs in the pentamer. This is accompanied by a change in the dominant triplet forming mechanism from localized spin-orbit charge transfer mediated intersystem crossing for the monomer toward a delocalized excimer process for the pentamer. Our modular DNA-based assembly reveals real opportunities for the rapid development of bespoke semiconductor architectures with molecule-by-molecule precision.

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DNAImidesPeryleneSemiconductorsDNAImidesPeryleneperylenediimide

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PMCPMC8759064

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