Análogos tiofénicos del TCNQ: Estudio teórico de las propiedades estructurales y electrónicas.

La Tesis Doctoral presenta une studio detallado de las propiedades estructurales y electrónicas de varias familias de análogos tiofénicos del TCNQ mediante la utilización de cálculos químico-cuánticos. Los sistemas estudiados son las moléculas de TCNE, TCNQ, tiofeno-TCNQ y distintos derivados de este último obtenidos por modificación de la estructura del espaciador tiofénico. Las estrategias utilizadas para modificar dicha estructura han sido: (i) extensión del sistema  del anillo de tiofeno por fusión de anillos aromáticos, dando lugar a las moléculas de isotianafteno-TCNQ y su análogo de pirazina, o por introducción de grupos vinílicos; (ii) extensión lineal del esqueleto conjugad…

Independent tuning of electronic levels in pentacene by site-specific substitution.

Oligophenylenevinylenes in Spatially Confined Nanochannels: Monitoring Intermolecular Interactions by UV/Vis and Raman Spectroscopy

Perhydrotriphenylene-based channel-forming inclusion compounds (ICs) and thin films made of polyphenylenevinylene (PPV)-type oligomers with terminal alkoxy groups are investigated and compared in a combined experimental and theoretical approach. Interchromophore interactions and host-guest interactions are elucidated by UV/Vis and Raman spectroscopy. The impact of the local environment of the chromophore on the optical and photophysical properties is discussed in light of quantum-chemical calculations. In stark contrast to thin films where preferential side-by-side orientation leads to quenching of photoluminescence (PL) via non-emissive traps, the ICs are found to be attractive materials f…

Spectroscopic signatures for planar equilibrium geometries in methyl-substituted oligothiophenes

In recent studies it was demonstrated that temperature-dependent optical spectroscopy is a valuable tool for revealing the differences in the geometries of flexible molecules like oligothiophenes (OTs) in the ground (S0) and first excited (S1) electronic states, by examining the symmetry relations between the absorption and emission spectra: while at low temperature the spectra show mirror symmetry, pointing to planar geometries in S0 and S1, the symmetry relation breaks down at ambient temperature due to thermal population of torsional modes. In the present joint spectroscopic and theoretical study, we demonstrate that this behavior is also observed for di- and tetramethyl-substituted OTs,…