ArticleNature communications2025
Thiophene-fused aromatic belts.
Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Conjugated Macrocycles for Host-Guest Recognition and Optoelectronic Applications.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- A Precisely Bromo-Functionalized [9]Cycloparaphenylene as a Platform for Late-Stage Multisite π-Extension Toward Chiral Nanohoops.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Aromatic belts, ultrashort carbon nanotubes, and related structures, are emerging molecular entities in the fields of organic electronics and supramolecular chemistry owing to their structural rigidity, fully fused π-conjugation, and well-defined cavity. Synthesis of aromatic belts with embedded thiophene structures, which manifest significant optoelectronic and conductive properties, has not yet been achieved. Herein, we report the synthesis of thiophene-fused aromatic belts (thiophene belts) via one-step sulfur cross-linking reaction of partially fluorinated cycloparaphenylenes. Their structural features, including unidirectional columnar stacking with high dipole moment in crystals, two-dimensional layer assembly on metal surfaces, and photophysical properties, such as long-lifetime phosphorescence, are uncovered. These distinctive features of the thiophene belts should inspire a range of applications such as optoelectronic devices and polar materials.
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