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Watching Bonds Move in a Large Antiaromatic Ring
Chem 2019
In antiaromatic molecules, single and double bonds interconvert via a process called bond-shift valence tautomerization, which is often …
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Watching Bonds Move in a Large Antiaromatic Ring
Band Structures of Periodic Porphyrin Nanostructures
J. Phys. Chem. C 2018
Recent progress in the synthesis of π-conjugated porphyrin arrays of different shapes and dimensionalities motivates us to examine the …
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Band Structures of Periodic Porphyrin Nanostructures
A Semiconducting Conjugated Radical Polymer: Ambipolar Redox Activity and Faraday Effect
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018
Investigations of magnetism in electronically coupled polyradicals have largely focused on applications in photonic and magnetic …
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A Semiconducting Conjugated Radical Polymer: Ambipolar Redox Activity and Faraday Effect
Insights into Magneto-Optics of Helical Conjugated Polymers
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018
Materials with magneto-optic (MO) properties have enabled critical fiber-optic applications and highly sensitive magnetic field …
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Insights into Magneto-Optics of Helical Conjugated Polymers
Template-Directed Synthesis of a Conjugated Zinc Porphyrin Nanoball
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018
We report the template-directed synthesis of a π-conjugated 14-porphyrin nanoball. This structure consists of two intersecting …
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Template-Directed Synthesis of a Conjugated Zinc Porphyrin Nanoball
Detection of a weak ring current in a nonaromatic porphyrin nanoring using magnetic circular dichroism
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017
We compare the absorption and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra of a series of porphyrin oligomers – dimer, tetramer, and …
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Detection of a weak ring current in a nonaromatic porphyrin nanoring using magnetic circular dichroism
Electronic Delocalization in the Radical Cations of Porphyrin Oligomer Molecular Wires
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017
The radical cations of a family of π-conjugated porphyrin arrays have been investigated: linear chains of N = 1–6 porphyrins, a …
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Electronic Delocalization in the Radical Cations of Porphyrin Oligomer Molecular Wires
Quantifying the exchange coupling in linear copper porphyrin oligomers
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017
Linear π-conjugated porphyrin oligomers are of significant current interest due to their potential applications as molecular wires. In …
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Quantifying the exchange coupling in linear copper porphyrin oligomers
Constructive quantum interference in a bis-copper six-porphyrin nanoring
Nat Commun 2017
Quantum interference in charge transport is attracting interest with applications in nanoelectronics and quantum computing. Here, the …
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Constructive quantum interference in a bis-copper six-porphyrin nanoring
Aromatic and antiaromatic ring currents in a molecular nanoring
Nature 2017
Aromatic and antiaromatic molecules—which have delocalized circuits of [4n + 2] or [4n] electrons, respectively—exhibit ring currents …
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Aromatic and antiaromatic ring currents in a molecular nanoring