An 11 nm molecular wire that switches electrochemically between an insulating and a fully conjugated conducting state

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ol052252g

Molecular wires consisting of oligothiophenes and oligothiophenylethynes, ranging in length from 2 to 11 nm, are synthesized and examined by spectroscopy and electrochemistry. UV spectroscopy shows that the longest wires are not fully conjugated, but twis