3241-23-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis and characterization of new electron acceptor perylene diimide molecules for photovoltaic applications
Kozma, Erika,Kotowski, Dariusz,Catellani, Marinella,Luzzati, Silvia,Famulari, Antonino,Bertini, Fabio
, p. 329 - 338 (2013/10/21)
Two new perylene diimide molecules, 1, 7-bis(1-naphtyl)-N,N′-bis-(10- nonadecyl)-perylene-3,4,9,10-bis (dicarboximide) PDI-2 and 1,7-bis(5- acenaphtenyl)-N,N′-bis-(10-nonadecyl)-perylene-3,4,9,10-bis(dicarboximide) PDI-3 have been synthesized and used as acceptor components in P3HT/PDI bulk heterojunction solar cells. The introduction of fused aromatic rings into the bay positions of the perylene core creates a stong steric hindrance, twisting the perylene plane with a direct consequence on the π-π intramolecular interactions between the adjacent PDIs. All these features contribute to the reduction of molecular aggregation in the solid state, with a strong influence on the performances of P3HT/PDI photovoltaic devices.
Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of symmetrical two-tailed dendritic tricarboxylato amphiphiles
Sugandhi, Eko W.,Falkinham III, Joseph O.,Gandour, Richard D.
, p. 3842 - 3853 (2008/02/09)
Two series of water-soluble, symmetrical two-tailed homologous dendritic amphiphiles-R2NCONHC((CH2)2COOH)3, 2(n,n), and R2CHNHCONHC((CH2)2COOH)3, 3(n,n), where R = n-CnH2n+1-were synthesized and compared to R″NHCONHC((CH2)2COOH)3, 1(n), R″ = n-CnH2n+1, to determine whether antimicrobial activity was influenced by total or individual alkyl chain lengths, and whether antimicrobial activity depends on hydrophobicity or tail topology (one or two). In a broad screen of 11 microorganisms, 2(n,n) and 3(n,n) generally displayed higher minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) than 1(n) against growth as measured by broth microdilution assays. Chain-length specificity was observed against Candida albicans as 1(16), 2(8,8), and 3(8,8) showed the lowest MIC in their respective series. The one case where two-tailed compounds displayed the lowest MICs-3(10,10), 15 μM; 3(11,11), 7.2 μM; and 3(12,12), 6.9 μM-was against Cryptococcus neoformans.
Donor-σ-Acceptor Molecules Incorporating a Nonadecyl-Swallowtailed Perylenediimide Acceptor
Wescott, Lyle D.,Mattern, Daniell Lewis
, p. 10058 - 10066 (2007/10/03)
Donor-σ-acceptor-lipid molecules were prepared by using perylenetetracarboxylic diimide as the acceptor, starting from perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride. One imide nitrogen was attached to a "swallowtail" lipid (a long alkyl tail connected at midchain), which imparts enough solubility to make the system tractable and provides a lipophilic region suitable for promoting Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer formation. The other imide link was to a donor group (pyrene, ferrocene, tetramethylphenylenediamine, phenyl) through a short alkyl σ bridge. Features of the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of swallowtailed perylenediimides are interpreted as resulting from restricted rotation about the imide C-N bond; the 13C NMR spectra and stereochemistry of these molecules are contrasted with the case of the related bis-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)perylenetetracarboxylic diimide.
