Controlling self-assembly and charge transport in photo-responsive nanostructured materials

Key Points

• The study aims to explore how fluorination influences self-assembly and charge transport in novel materials.
• Investigated the effects of aromatic core fluorination on polycatenar self-assembly.
• Characterized the resulting mesophase and evaluated charge transport properties.
• Assessed hole mobility in the synthesized materials.
• Discovered a new mesophase formation from fluorinated hockey-stick polycatenars.
• Achieved hole mobility levels reaching up to 10 −2 cm 2 V −1 s −1.
• Demonstrated that fluorination can be used to tune charge transport effectiveness.

Abstract