A new series of metal-free organic dyes containing pyrene and α-cyanoacrylic acid end groups and thiophene, bithiophene, thienylbenzene or thienylfluorene π-linkers were synthesized and characterized by absorption, emission and electrochemical measurements. Time-dependent density functional theoretical calculations were also performed to unravel the nature of the absorption induced electronic e...

A microporous bithiophene polymer (MBP) stable up to 460 °C was synthesized using bithiophene and biphenyl as building blocks through Suzuki cross-coupling. The as-obtained MBP product exhibits green fluorescence peaked at 530 nm, and most interestingly, a two-photon fluorescence was observable from MBP upon excitation by an 800 nm femtosecond laser.

New catalytically or high pressure activated reactions and routes, including coupling, double bond migration in allylic systems, and various types of cycloaddition and dihydroamination have been used for the synthesis of novel bithiophene derivatives. Thanks to the abovementioned reactions and routes combined with non-catalytic ones, new acetylene, butadiyne, isoxazole, 1,2,3-triazole, pyrrole,...

Side chain and substituent engineering of conjugated polymers are important to their backbone design. Of particular interest here is how side chains and substituents influence the coplanarity of conjugated backbones. Steric hindrance is usually considered as the principal factor influencing the coplanarity. In this study, we used proper first-principle density functional theories to analyze the...

For rapid screening and quantification of an antisera antibody, a nanometer bithiophene-based conductive biolinker can enhanced signal performance and can be used to verify the interaction of an anti-IFN-γ antibody with an IFN-γ protein. The experimental measurements take a generic approach which takes advantage of the functionality of thiophene-based linkers for biosensors. Effects associated ...

The synthesis, electronic spectral, and photophysical properties of a new bithiophene derivative, (2,2′-bithiophene)-3,5,5′-trisulfonic acid, α2-SO3H, were investigated in organic or aqueous soluti...

Here we present a molecular architecture that can reversibly change the geometric conformation of its π-system backbone via irradiation with two different wavelengths. The proposed 'molecular actuator' consists of a photoswitchable azobenzene orthogonally connected to a π-conjugated bithiophene by both direct and aliphatic linker-assisted bonding. Upon exposure to 350 nm light, the trans azoben...

A new 1D coordination polymer comprised of [Mn(III)(6)O(2)(Et-sao)(6)(EtOH)(4)(H(2)O)(2)](2+) units and bithiophene dicarboxylato was synthesized by mixing EtsaoH(2) (salicylaldoxime), H(2)btda (2,2'-bithiophene-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid) and Mn(ClO(4))(2)·6H(2)O in the presence of NEt(4)OH. The crystal structure was determined and consists of Mn(6) clusters bridged by the bithiophene dicarboxylat...

Immobilization of an azobenzene-bithiophene compound on a gold surface leads to self-assembled monolayers with photoswitchable electrical properties.