Functional Organic Materials: Syntheses, Strategies and Applications

Copyright © 2007 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

Functional Organic Materials: Syntheses, Strategies and Applications

Editor(s): Thomas J. J. Müller, Uwe H. F. Bunz

Published Online: 16 JAN 2007

Print ISBN: 9783527313020

Online ISBN: 9783527610266

DOI: 10.1002/9783527610266

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This timely overview of the syntheses for functional pi-systems focuses on target molecules that have shown interesting properties as materials or models in physics, biology and chemistry. The unique concept allows readers to select the right synthetic strategy for success, making it invaluable for a number of industrial applications.
A "must have" for everyone working in this new and rapidly expanding field.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages I–XX)

  2. Part I: 3-D Carbon-rich π-Systems – Nanotubes and Segments

    1. Chapter 1

      Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes (pages 1–57)

      Andreas Hirsch and Otto Vostrowsky

    2. Chapter 2

      Cyclophenacene Cut Out of Fullerene (pages 59–80)

      Yutaka Matsuo and Eiichi Nakamura

  3. Part II: Strategic Advances in Chromophore and Materials Synthesis

    1. Chapter 3

      Cruciform π-Conjugated Oligomers (pages 81–118)

      Frank Galbrecht, Torsten W. Bünnagel, Askin Bilge, Ullrich Scherf and Tony Farrell

    2. Chapter 4

      Design of π-Conjugated Systems Using Organophosphorus Building Blocks (pages 119–177)

      Philip W. Dyer and Régis Réau

    3. Chapter 5

      Diversity-oriented Synthesis of Chromophores by Combinatorial Strategies and Multi-component Reactions (pages 179–223)

      Thomas J. J. Müller

    4. Chapter 6

      High-yield Synthesis of Shape-persistent Phenylene–Ethynylene Macrocycles (pages 225–260)

      Sigurd Höger

    5. Chapter 7

      Functional Materials via Multiple Noncovalent Interactions (pages 261–292)

      Joseph R. Carlisle and Marcus Weck

  4. Part III: Molecular Muscles, Switches and Electronics

    1. Chapter 8

      Molecular Motors and Muscles (pages 293–327)

      Sourav Saha and J. Fraser Stoddart

    2. Chapter 9

      Diarylethene as a Photoswitching Unit of Intramolecular Magnetic Interaction (pages 329–351)

      Kenji Matsuda and Masahiro Irie

    3. Chapter 10

      Thiol End-capped Molecules for Molecular Electronics: Synthetic Methods, Molecular Junctions and Structure–Property Relationships (pages 353–392)

      Kasper Nørgaard, Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen and Thomas Bjørnholm

    4. Chapter 11

      Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials (pages 393–437)

      Stephen Barlow and Seth R. Marder

  5. Part IV: Electronic Interaction and Structure

    1. Chapter 12

      Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes in Synthetically Modified DNA (pages 439–464)

      Hans-Achim Wagenknecht

    2. Chapter 13

      Electron Transfer of π-Functional Systems and Applications (pages 465–510)

      Shunichi Fukuzumi

    3. Chapter 14

      Induced π-Stacking in Acenes (pages 511–545)

      John E. Anthony

    4. Chapter 15

      Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Chiral Conjugated Materials (pages 547–581)

      Andrzej Rajca and Makoto Miyasaka

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      Index (pages 583–592)

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