A nanoscale jigsaw-puzzle approach to large π-conjugated systems

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 6764-6767

  Gao, Xingfa ^a   Zhang, Shengbai B ^a   Zhao, Yuliang ^b,c   Nagase, Shigeru ^d  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clar model; Conjugated systems; Density functional calculations; Doping

Indexed keywords

CLAR MODEL; CONJUGATED MATERIALS; CONJUGATED SYSTEMS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DOPING; NANO SCALE;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 77956574995     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201002617     Document Type: Article

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