Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives

Poly(pentafulvalene)s: One-Dimensional Conjugated Hydrocarbons toward Stable and Narrow-Bandgap Polyenes

Polyacetylene is the archetypal narrow-bandgap conjugated polymer, yet its high-lying HOMO renders it air-sensitive, and aromatic alternatives sacrifice the small bandgap inherent to a polyene backbone. Here we show that embedding the polyene in a dibenzopentafulvalene (DBF) fram...

Force-driven single-molecule transformations through tip-mediated stabilization of transition states

Abstract Mechanochemistry uses mechanical forces to drive chemical transformations, offering an energy-efficient alternative to traditional thermal, optical, or electrical reaction pathways. At the single-molecule scale, controlling structural changes with mechanical stimuli is f...