Hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) derivatives: from synthesis to molecular design, self-organization and device applications

Transfer-Free Synthesis of Doped and Patterned Graphene Films

(2015) Qi-Qi Zhuo et al.   ACS Nano

Carbazole Dendrimers as Solution-Processable Thermally Activated Delayed-Fluorescence Materials

(2015) Ken Albrecht et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organic Semiconductors Based on [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene Substructure

(2014) Kazuo Takimiya et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Unconventional, Chemically Stable, and Soluble Two-Dimensional Angular Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: From Molecular Design to Device Applications

(2014) Lei Zhang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Multiphoton Excited Fluorescent Materials for Frequency Upconversion Emission and Fluorescent Probes

(2014) Lei Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hole injection enhancement of a single-walled carbon nanotube anode using an organic charge-generation layer

(2014) Hyunbok Lee et al.   CARBON

Redox-active conjugated microporous polymers: a new organic platform for highly efficient energy storage

(2014) Fei Xu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Self-Directed Orientation of Molecular Columns Based on n-Type Hexaazatrinaphthylenes (HATNAs) for Electron Transport

(2014) Xu-Ying Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Self-Assembly of Chiral Propeller-like Supermolecules with Unusual “Sergeants-and-Soldiers” and “Majority-Rules” Effects

(2014) Bo Nie et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Photoinitiators based on a phenazine scaffold: High performance systems upon near-UV or visible LED (385, 395 and 405 nm) irradiations

(2014) Mohamad-Ali Tehfe et al.   POLYMER

Influence of the peripheral alkyl chains length on the mesomorphic properties of electron acceptor π-extended HAT derivatives

(2014) Rafael Juárez et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

A polypyridyl-pyrene based off-on Cd2+ fluorescent sensor for aqueous phase analysis and living cell imaging

(2014) Le-Le Yang et al.   TALANTA

A highly selective chemosensor for the detection of Cu2+ through the formation of coordination polymer

(2014) Xiang Zhang et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

8.4% efficient fullerene-free organic solar cells exploiting long-range exciton energy transfer

(2014) Kjell Cnops et al.   Nature Communications

Extremely Low Operating Voltage Green Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Devices

(2013) Hisahiro Sasabe et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: A Decade of Organic/Polymeric Photovoltaic Research

(2013) Letian Dou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: Recent Advances in n-Type and Ambipolar Organic Field-Effect Transistors

(2013) Yan Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Understanding the Mechanism of Operation

(2013) Alan J. Heeger   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: Key Points for High-Mobility Organic Field-Effect Transistors

(2013) Huanli Dong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Molecular Claw: A Dynamic Cavitand Host

(2013) Keith Hermann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Large N-Heteroacenes: New Tricks for Very Old Dogs?

(2013) Uwe H. F. Bunz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Comparative studies on the inorganic and organic p-type dopants in organic light-emitting diodes with enhanced hole injection

(2013) Chun-Hong Gao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Organic magnetoresistance in ambipolar field-effect transistors

(2013) Song-Toan Pham et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Organic field-effect transistor sensors: a tutorial review

(2013) Luisa Torsi et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Heteroarenes as high performance organic semiconductors

(2013) Wei Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Supramolecular Chemistry and Self-Assembly in Organic Materials Design

(2013) Samuel I. Stupp et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Hexaazatrinaphthylenes with Different Twists

(2013) Sunil Choudhary et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Towards sustainable and versatile energy storage devices: an overview of organic electrode materials

(2013) Zhiping Song et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Facile Synthesis of Graphene/Metal Nanoparticle Composites via Self-Catalysis Reduction at Room Temperature

(2013) Qiqi Zhuo et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The Impact of Local Work Function Variations on Fermi Level Pinning of Organic Semiconductors

(2013) Stefanie Winkler et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Different Nature of the Interactions between Anions and HAT(CN)6: From Reversible Anion−π Complexes to Irreversible Electron-Transfer Processes (HAT(CN)6 = 1,4,5,8,9,12-Hexaazatriphenylene)

(2013) Gemma Aragay et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nonlinear optics in daily life

(2013) Elsa Garmire   OPTICS EXPRESS

High-performance inverted top-emitting green electrophosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes with a modified top Ag anode

(2013) Ehsan Najafabadi et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Solution-processed hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile as a universal hole-injection layer for organic light-emitting diodes

(2013) Hao-Wu Lin et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Color stable phosphorescent white organic light-emitting diodes with double emissive layer structure

(2013) Young Hoon Son et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Color temperature tunable white organic light-emitting diodes

(2013) Chul Woong Joo et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Enhancement of the power efficiency for p-i-n OLEDs containing organic p-type HAT-CN and n-type LCV materials

(2013) Kwang Seop Lee et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

C2-symmetrical hexaazatriphenylene derivatives as colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescence chemsensors for Zn2+

(2013) Xiao-Hong Zhang et al.   TALANTA

Two hexaazatriphenylene based selective off–on fluorescent chemsensors for cadmium(II)

(2013) Xiao-Hong Zhang et al.   TALANTA

Highly selective recognition of fluoride anion through direct deprotonation of intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded phenolic hydroxyl groups

(2013) Xiang Zhang et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Aligned energy-level design for decreasing operation voltage of tandem white organic light-emitting diodes

(2013) Chih-Hao Chang et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Fusion of perylene bisimides and hexaazatriphenylene into a star-shaped ladder conjugated n-type semiconductor

(2013) Zhenbo Zhao et al.   RSC Advances

Spiro-annulated triarylamine-based hosts incorporating dibenzothiophene for highly efficient single-emitting layer white phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes

(2013) Shou-Cheng Dong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Small single–triplet energy gap bipolar host materials for phosphorescent blue and white organic light emitting diodes

(2013) Young Hoon Son et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Bipolar host materials for high efficiency phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes: tuning the HOMO/LUMO levels without reducing the triplet energy in a linear system

(2013) Lin-Song Cui et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Charge-transfer complexes: new perspectives on an old class of compounds

(2013) Katelyn P. Goetz et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Low-Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Graphene from Toluene on Electropolished Copper Foils

(2012) Bin Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Origin of Enhanced Hole Injection in Inverted Organic Devices with Electron Accepting Interlayer

(2012) Cephas E. Small et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

New Host Material for High-Performance Blue Phosphorescent Organic Electroluminescent Devices

(2012) Jong-Kwan Bin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

From Nanographene and Graphene Nanoribbons to Graphene Sheets: Chemical Synthesis

(2012) Long Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Large-scale synthesis of graphene by the reduction of graphene oxide at room temperature using metal nanoparticles as catalyst

(2012) Qiqi Zhuo et al.   CARBON

Linear and star-shaped naphthalimide-fused pyrazinacenes

(2012) Helena Herrera et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

(2012) Knud Gentz et al.   CHIMIA

Dyes derived from 1,4-naphthoquinone as initiators for radical and cationic photopolymerisation

(2012) Agnieszka Marzena Szymczak et al.   COLORATION TECHNOLOGY

A high performance transparent inverted organic light emitting diode with 1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylenehexacarbonitrile as an organic buffer layer

(2012) Jeong-Hwan Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Ramified Hexaazatriphenylenes: Charge Transfer Contributions to the Octupolar Response

(2012) María Moreno Oliva et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Supramolecular diaryliodonium salt-crown ether complexes as cationic photoinitiators

(2012) James V. Crivello et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Fused π-extended discotic triangular porphyrinoids

(2012) Lena Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF PORPHYRINS AND PHTHALOCYANINES

Self-assembly of conjugated oligomers and polymers at the interface: structure and properties

(2012) Lirong Xu et al.   Nanoscale

Linear and star-shaped pyrazine-containing acene dicarboximides with high electron-affinity

(2012) Jinjun Shao et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Determination of the interface energy level alignment of a doped organic hetero-junction using capacitance–voltage measurements

(2012) Sunghun Lee et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Extremely low driving voltage electrophosphorescent green organic light-emitting diodes based on a host material with small singlet–triplet exchange energy without p- or n-doping layer

(2012) Dongdong Zhang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Large-Size Linear and Star-Shaped Dihydropyrazine Fused Pyrazinacenes

(2012) Chenhua Tong et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Low voltage top-emitting organic light emitting devices by using 1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylene-hexacarbonitrile

(2012) Sang Hee Cho et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Electron mobility in hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile field-effect transistors

(2012) Tobat P.I. Saragi et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Self-assembled triphenylamine-hexaazatriphenylene two-photon absorption dyes

(2012) Tsutomu Ishi-i et al.   TETRAHEDRON

A hexaazatriphenylene-based organogel that responds to silver(I) with high selectivity under aqueous condition

(2012) Zhi-Gang Tao et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Graphene production by dissociation of camphor molecules on nickel substrate

(2012) Fotini Ravani et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Magnetoresistive field-effect transistors based on organic donor–acceptor blends

(2012) Thomas Reichert et al.   RSC Advances

Molecular alignment and nanostructure of 1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylene-hexanitrile (HATCN) thin films on organic surfaces

(2012) Hyo Jung Kim et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

The Mechanism of Charge Generation in Charge-Generation Units Composed of p-Doped Hole-Transporting Layer/HATCN/n-Doped Electron-Transporting Layers

(2011) Sunghun Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Supercapacitive Energy Storage and Electric Power Supply Using an Aza-Fused π-Conjugated Microporous Framework

(2011) Yan Kou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ab-initio simulations of deformation potentials and electron mobility in chemically modified graphene and two-dimensional hexagonal boron-nitride

(2011) Samantha Bruzzone et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Tunable Coordinative Assembly of a Disc-Like Molecule and Metal Ions: From Mirospheres to Microtubes and Microrods

(2011) Ze-Yun Xiao et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) versus tri-HAT: The Bigger the Better?

(2011) Rafael Juárez et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Interlayer molecular diffusion and thermodynamic equilibrium in organic heterostructures on a metal electrode

(2011) P. Amsalem et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Improved efficiency of inverted organic solar cells using organic hole collecting interlayer

(2011) Soon Ok Jeon et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Triangular Trinuclear Metal-N4Complexes with High Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction

(2011) Ruili Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Stable and Porous Cross-Linked Polymers for Efficient Photocatalysis

(2011) Zhigang Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct Formation of Wafer Scale Graphene Thin Layers on Insulating Substrates by Chemical Vapor Deposition

(2011) Ching-Yuan Su et al.   NANO LETTERS

Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells with 6.7% efficiency

(2011) Yanming Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Universal energy-level alignment of molecules on metal oxides

(2011) Mark T. Greiner et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Donor-substituted triaryl-1,3,5-triazinanes-2,4,6-triones: octupolar NLO-phores with a remarkable transparency–nonlinearity trade-off

(2011) Gilles Argouarch et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Ultra-high efficiency by multiple emission from stacked organic light-emitting devices

(2011) Takayuki Chiba et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Interfacial charge transfer and charge generation in organic electronic devices

(2011) Toshinori Matsushima et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Hexaazatriphenylene Derivatives with Tunable Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital Levels

(2011) Ming Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Tuning hole-injection barriers at organic/metal interfaces exploiting the orientation of a molecular acceptor interlayer

(2011) J. Niederhausen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Organometallic Photovoltaics: A New and Versatile Approach for Harvesting Solar Energy Using Conjugated Polymetallaynes

(2010) Wai-Yeung Wong et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Heptacene and Beyond: The Longest Characterized Acenes

(2010) Sanjio S. Zade et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The π-Accepting Arene HAT(CN)6 as a Halide Receptor through Charge Transfer: Multisite Anion Interactions and Self-Assembly in Solution and the Solid State

(2010) Helen T. Chifotides et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Insertion of an organic interlayer for hole current enhancement in inverted organic light emitting devices

(2010) Soon Mi Park et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Discotic Liquid Crystals for Opto-Electronic Applications†‡

(2010) Bilal R. Kaafarani   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

One-Dimensional Nanostructures of π-Conjugated Molecular Systems: Assembly, Properties, and Applications from Photovoltaics, Sensors, and Nanophotonics to Nanoelectronics†

(2010) Felix Sunjoo Kim et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Orientational Packing of a Confined Discotic Mesogen in the Columnar Phase

(2010) Wenjun Zheng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

2,4,6-Triamino-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (TATB) and TATB-based formulations—A review

(2010) Veera M. Boddu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Alkyl substituted [6,6]-thienyl-C61-butyric acid methyl esters: easily accessible acceptor materials for bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells

(2010) Huiyu Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and Electrochemical and Theoretical Studies of V-Shaped Donor−Acceptor Hexaazatriphenylene Derivatives for Second Harmonic Generation

(2010) Rafael Juárez et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Expanded π-Electron Systems, Tri(phenanthro)hexaazatriphenylenes and Tri(phenanthrolino)hexaazatriphenylenes, That Are Self-Assembled To Form One-Dimensional Aggregates

(2010) Tsutomu Ishi-i et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Layer Growth, Thermal Stability, and Desorption Behavior of Hexaaza-triphenylene-hexacarbonitrile on Ag(111)

(2010) P. Frank et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Band Alignment at Anode/Organic Interfaces for Highly Efficient Simplified Blue-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

(2010) Zhiwei Liu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a Persistent Nonacene Derivative

(2010) Irvinder Kaur et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Construction of Microbelts through the Coassembly of a Disclike Molecule and Primary Alkyl Ammoniums: A Noncovalent Strategy to Mimic Covalently Bonded π-Core Alkyl Chain Structure

(2010) Ze-Yun Xiao et al.   LANGMUIR

Experimental evidence for the functional relevance of anion–π interactions

(2010) Ryan E. Dawson et al.   Nature Chemistry

Smectic liquid crystals based on hexaazatriphenylene: potential organic n-type semiconductor

(2010) Baoxiang Gao et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Structural templating of multiple polycrystalline layers in organic photovoltaic cells

(2010) Brian E. Lassiter et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

The role of energy level matching in organic solar cells—Hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile as transparent electron transport material

(2010) Christiane Falkenberg et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Organic interlayer for high power efficiency in organic light-emitting diodes

(2010) Sang Eok Jang et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Synthesis of polyphilic hexaazatrinaphthylenes and mesomorphic properties

(2010) Ming-Che Yeh et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Electron Transport in Single Molecules: From Benzene to Graphene

(2009) F. Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Microcontact Printing: Limitations and Achievements

(2009) András Perl et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Conjugated Microporous Polymers

(2009) Andrew I. Cooper   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Low voltage efficient simple p-i-n type electrophosphorescent green organic light-emitting devices

(2009) Sun Young Kim et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Layer growth and desorption kinetics of a discoid molecular acceptor on Au(111)

(2009) Paul Frank et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Discotic nematic liquid crystals: science and technology

(2009) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Rational Design, Synthesis, and Optical Properties of Film-Forming, Near-Infrared Absorbing, and Fluorescent Chromophores with Multidonors and Large Heterocyclic Acceptors

(2009) Min Luo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Template sol–gel synthesis of mesostructured silica composites using metal complexes bearing amphiphilic side chains: immobilization of a polymeric Pt complex formed by a metallophilic interaction

(2009) Wataru Otani et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

New insights into the structure and reduction of graphite oxide

(2009) Wei Gao et al.   Nature Chemistry

The spectroelectrochemical, magnetic, and structural characterization of reduced hexaazatriphenylenehexacarbonitrile, HAT(CN)6

(2009) Joseph R. Gallegos et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Starburst substituted hexaazatriphenylene compounds: synthesis, photophysical and electrochemical properties

(2009) Baoxiang Gao et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Efficient hole injection by doping of hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile in hole transport layer

(2009) Kyoung Soo Yook et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Gold work function reduction by 2.2eV with an air-stable molecular donor layer

(2008) B. Bröker et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Anion–arene adducts: C–H hydrogen bonding, anion–π interaction, and carbon bonding motifs

(2008) Benjamin P. Hay et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Multiphoton Absorbing Materials:  Molecular Designs, Characterizations, and Applications

(2008) Guang S. He et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Anion receptor chemistry: highlights from 2007

(2008) Claudia Caltagirone et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Anion Recognitions via Cocrystallizations with Organic π-Acids in the Efficient Self-Assembly of Nanoscopic One-Dimensional Molecular Chains (Wires)

(2008) Bing Han et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Charge recombination in distributed heterostructures of semiconductor discotic and polymeric materials.

(2008) Jenny Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Quasi-epitaxy of a Tris(thieno)hexaazatriphenylene Derivative Adsorbed on Ag(110): Structural and Electronic Properties Probed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

(2008) Eric Salomon et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

“Soft” Metallic Contact to Isolated C60Molecules

(2008) Hendrik Glowatzki et al.   NANO LETTERS

Building better batteries

(2008) M. Armand et al.   NATURE

Photoemission studies of interfaces between a tris(thieno)hexaazatriphenylene derivative and metals

(2008) Eric Salomon et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Substrate-dependent electronic structure of an organic heterojunction

(2008) Wei Zhao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Tandem Organic Light-Emitting Diode using Hexaazatriphenylene Hexacarbonitrile in the Intermediate Connector

(2007) L. S. Liao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Larger Acenes: Versatile Organic Semiconductors

(2007) John E. Anthony   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION