π-CONJUGATED OLIGOMERS IN SUPRAMOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND THEIR OPTOELECTRONIC FUNCTIONS

Functional organic molecular materials and conjugated oligomers or polymers now allow the low-cost fabrication of thin films for insertion into new generations of electronic and optoelectronic devices. The performance of these devices relies on the understanding and optimization of several complementary processes. Our goal is to discuss the relationship between the molecular stacking structures and their optoelectronic properties that are of importance in all these areas. The concept of intermolecular interaction should be taken here in the special sense that is inter-dipole coupling. Specifically, we will address the impact of inter-dipole interaction between adjacent molecules in aggregate state on the solid-state emission properties.     

Preparation of supramolecular assembled films of fullerene C60 on the aqueous solution of water-soluble azocalixarene

A convenient procedure was developed to prepare an ultra-thin film of supermolecules of a spherical fullerene C₆₀ and water-soluble azocalix[6]arene. The C₆₀ molecule is so hydrophobic that it easily forms a three-dimensional aggregate on the water surface. When C₆₀ molecules were spread on an aqueous solution of water-soluble azocalixarene that acts as a host for C₆₀, the hydrophobic C₆₀ was captured in the cavity of the host molecule at the boundary of two phases and formed amphiphilic supermolecules. The supermolecules assembled spontaneously into ultra-thin films over 1-cm wide. The monolayer-like film could be transferred onto a solid support by the Langmuir–Blodgett technique or the inverse Langmuir–Schaefer technique. The morphology and the transferability of the supramolecular assembled films were examined by changing the host molecules, the initial density of C₆₀ on the water surface, the subphase temperature and the metal ions in the subphase.