Chemical Science of [pi]-Electron Systems

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Dibenzopentalenes and Related Compounds....Pages 3-15
Synthesis of a Porphyrin-Fused π-Electron System....Pages 17-36
Higher-Order π-Electron Systems Based on Helicene Molecules....Pages 37-46
Planar Cyclooctatetraenes and Related Ring Systems: Antiaromaticity and Applications....Pages 47-67
Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Solid-State Optical Properties of Substituted Tetracenes....Pages 69-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Chiral Sumanene, Triazasumanene, and Related Buckybowls....Pages 91-106
Heteroatom-Containing Sumanene....Pages 107-116
Open-Cage Fullerene Derivatives: Synthesis, Reactions, and Encapsulation of a Small Molecule....Pages 117-131
Endohedral Metallofullerenes: From Chemical Reactivity to Material Performance....Pages 133-153
Tuning Physical Properties and Structures of π-Electron System Formed by Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Selected Chiralities....Pages 155-175
Recent Progress on the Chemical Reactions of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 177-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Novel π-Conjugated Systems Based on N-Confused Porphyrinoids....Pages 201-221
Heteroatom-Modified Porphyrinoids....Pages 223-241
Synthesis of Novel Porphyrinoids from Dipyrrins....Pages 243-255
Möbius Aromatic and Antiaromatic Expanded Porphyrins....Pages 257-272
Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Phthalocyanines as Functional Chromophores....Pages 273-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Localized Singlet 1,3-Diradicals....Pages 295-314
Unique Orbital Interactions in the Ground and Electronically Excited States of Biradicals Brought about by the Existence of “Twisted π-Space”....Pages 315-322
Recent Progress in Stable High-Spin Molecules Based on Nitroxide Radicals....Pages 323-335
Organic Chemistry of Graphene Framework....Pages 337-360
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Boron-Containing π-Electron Systems....Pages 363-377
Doubly Bonded Silicon Compounds Showing Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Transitions....Pages 379-391
π-Conjugated Disilenes and Tetrasilacyclobutadiene....Pages 393-402
Tin-Containing π-Electron Systems....Pages 403-420
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Supramolecular Structures and Photoelectronic Properties of π-Complexes Composed of Self-Assembling Cyclic Porphyrin Dimers and Fullerenes....Pages 423-442
Sequence Control of π-Electron Systems....Pages 443-456
Integrated π-Electron Systems on Artificial Cell Membranes....Pages 457-474
Supramolecular Porphyrin Nanorods for Light Energy Conversion....Pages 475-491
Metal Nanoparticle/Porphyrinoid Hybrids....Pages 493-508
Front Matter....Pages 509-509
Control of Chiral π-Space in Highly Organized π-Conjugated Polymer Nanotube Composites and Their Functions....Pages 511-527
Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Functions of π-Electron Donor–Acceptor Supramolecular Complexes....Pages 529-543
Fused π-Electron Systems Containing Group 15 Elements and Their Application to Organic Electronics....Pages 545-557
Fullerene Derivatives for Organic Solar Cells....Pages 559-573
Efficient Organic Devices Based on π-Electron Systems: Comparative Study of Fullerene Derivatives Blended with a High Efficiency Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based Polymer for Organic Photovoltaic Applications....Pages 575-588
Solution-Processed Organic Thin-Film Transistors....Pages 589-604
Unveiling Charge Carrier Transport in π-Conjugated Molecular Wire on Micro- and Macroscopic Scales....Pages 605-620
STM Characterization of π-Electron Systems....Pages 621-634
Light Amplification in Low-Dimensional Crystals of Thiophene/Phenylene Co-oligomer Derivatives....Pages 635-654
Front Matter....Pages 655-655
Electron Transfer Pathway Analysis in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center....Pages 657-673
Spectroscopic Analysis of the Redox Reactions of π-Conjugated Cofactors in Photosynthetic Reaction Center....Pages 675-694
Front Matter....Pages 655-655
Protein-Controlled Isomerization in Rhodopsins....Pages 695-713
Novel Functions of π-Electron Systems in a Heme-DNA Complex....Pages 715-730
Increasing the Hole Transfer Rate Through DNA by Chemical Modification....Pages 731-750
Theoretical Calculations of Excitation Energy Transfer....Pages 751-760
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