Hiroko Yamada

A systematic series of ITO electrodes modified chemically with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of porphyrins and porphyrin-fullerene dyads have been designed to provide valuable insight into the development of artificial photosynthetic devices. First the ITO and gold electrodes modified chemically with SAMs of porphyrins with a spacer of the same number of atoms were prepared to compare the effects of energy transfer (EN) quenching of the porphyrin excited singlet states by the two electrodes.

A novel alpha-diketone precursor of pentacene, 6,13-dihydro-6,13-ethanopentacene-15,16-dione, was prepared and converted successfully to pentacene in 74 % yield by photolysis of the precursor in toluene: Irradiation of the diketone solution in toluene with light of 460 nm under an Ar atmosphere caused the solution to change from yellow to fluorescent orange-pink within a few minutes, after which, purple precipitates appeared. After 35 min, the solution changed to colorless and the purple precipi

Solution processable organic semiconducting small molecules are desirable for the manufacture of low-cost, large-area electronic products on flexible substrates. This article provides an overview of recent progress in OFETs based on solution processable small molecules that can be converted to insoluble organic semiconducting materials on films by thermal or photochemical removal of leaving groups after fabrication of the film.

Novel bisimide-fused acenes were synthesized via bismuth triflate mediated double-cyclization reaction of acid chlorides and isocyanates. Their optical and electrical properties revealed significantly smaller HOMO-LUMO gaps compared with those of their parent acenes. Fabricated OFET based on tetracene bisimide showed n-type OFET outputs.

The metal-free and meso-free [14]triphyrin(2.1.1) compound was successfully prepared based on the intramolecular McMurry coupling reaction of diformyl-tripyrrane in 16% yield, and was converted to the bowl-shaped Mn(I)(TriP)(CO)(3) and Re(I)(TriP)(CO)(3).

Porphyrin–fullerene linked systems (see Figure), which form self-assembled monolayers on ITO electrodes, exhibit enhanced photocurrent generation: This is due to a two-step electron transfer protocol—first intramolecularly from 1P to C60, then intermolecularly from the resulting C60• – to the electron carriers.

The synthesis of [14]triphyrin(2.1.1) compounds is described. In contrast with conventional subporphyrins, which consistently contain a central boron atom, free-base heteroaromatic compounds can be formed. A modified Lindsey method was used to prepare a range of different [14]triphyrins(2.1.1) in yields of up to 35% based on the reaction of diethylpyrrole (1a) and fused pyrroles of bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene (BCOD) (2a-e) and dihydroethanonaphthalene (4a) with various aryl aldehydes. The concentrat

Herein, triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) from near-infrared (NIR, 785 nm) to visible (yellow, centered at 570 nm) regions has been demonstrated in the binary solid of condensed chromophores. Microparticles of the binary solid comprising rubrene as a matrix (emitter) and π-extended Pd-porphyrin as a dopant (sensitizer) in a mole ratio of 1000:1 were obtained by solution casting. Excitation intensity dependence and quantum yield (QY) of the upconverted emission were characterized

Linearly pi-expanded novel tetraanthroporphyrins with and without aromatic rings at the meso-positions were prepared quantitatively for the first time from the corresponding precursors by a retro-Diels-Alder reaction.