Air-stable photoconductive films formed from perylene bisimide gelators

Emily R. Draper; James J . Walsh; Tom O. McDonald; Martijn A. Zwijnenburg; Petra J. Cameron; Alexander J. Cowan; D. J. Adams

doi:10.1039/c4tc00744a

Air-stable photoconductive films formed from perylene bisimide gelators

Emily R. Draper, James J . Walsh, Tom O. McDonald, Martijn A. Zwijnenburg, Petra J. Cameron, Alexander J. Cowan, D. J. Adams

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

86 Citations (SciVal)

167 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

We show that amino acid-PBIs can form one-dimensional structures at high pH and then gels at low pH. Both the dried solutions and dried gels are photoconductive. Interestingly, photoconductivity of these materials requires that the incident light has a wavelength shorter than 400 nm, in stark contrast with the absorption maxima of the PBIs. The photoconductivity correlates with the formation of the perylene radical anion, which is unusually highly stable in air for many hours. This journal is

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5570-5575
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume	2
Issue number	28
Early online date	28 May 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc00744a
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2014

Access to Document

10.1039/c4tc00744a

Published versionFinal published version, 498 KBLicence: CC BY

Cite this

@article{181abb0ee2674202838f482335a349e6,

title = "Air-stable photoconductive films formed from perylene bisimide gelators",

abstract = "We show that amino acid-PBIs can form one-dimensional structures at high pH and then gels at low pH. Both the dried solutions and dried gels are photoconductive. Interestingly, photoconductivity of these materials requires that the incident light has a wavelength shorter than 400 nm, in stark contrast with the absorption maxima of the PBIs. The photoconductivity correlates with the formation of the perylene radical anion, which is unusually highly stable in air for many hours. This journal is",

author = "Draper, {Emily R.} and Walsh, {James J .} and McDonald, {Tom O.} and Zwijnenburg, {Martijn A.} and Cameron, {Petra J.} and Cowan, {Alexander J.} and Adams, {D. J.}",

year = "2014",

month = jul,

day = "28",

doi = "10.1039/c4tc00744a",

language = "English",

volume = "2",

pages = "5570--5575",

journal = "Journal of Materials Chemistry C",

issn = "2050-7526",

publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",

number = "28",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Air-stable photoconductive films formed from perylene bisimide gelators

AU - Draper, Emily R.

AU - Walsh, James J .

AU - McDonald, Tom O.

AU - Zwijnenburg, Martijn A.

AU - Cameron, Petra J.

AU - Cowan, Alexander J.

AU - Adams, D. J.

PY - 2014/7/28

Y1 - 2014/7/28

N2 - We show that amino acid-PBIs can form one-dimensional structures at high pH and then gels at low pH. Both the dried solutions and dried gels are photoconductive. Interestingly, photoconductivity of these materials requires that the incident light has a wavelength shorter than 400 nm, in stark contrast with the absorption maxima of the PBIs. The photoconductivity correlates with the formation of the perylene radical anion, which is unusually highly stable in air for many hours. This journal is

AB - We show that amino acid-PBIs can form one-dimensional structures at high pH and then gels at low pH. Both the dried solutions and dried gels are photoconductive. Interestingly, photoconductivity of these materials requires that the incident light has a wavelength shorter than 400 nm, in stark contrast with the absorption maxima of the PBIs. The photoconductivity correlates with the formation of the perylene radical anion, which is unusually highly stable in air for many hours. This journal is

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903466453&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4tc00744a

U2 - 10.1039/c4tc00744a

DO - 10.1039/c4tc00744a

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84903466453

SN - 2050-7526

VL - 2

SP - 5570

EP - 5575

JO - Journal of Materials Chemistry C

JF - Journal of Materials Chemistry C

IS - 28

ER -

Air-stable photoconductive films formed from perylene bisimide gelators

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this