Self-organization of a tetrasubstituted tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) in a silica based hybrid organic-inorganic material

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Feb 21:(4):396-7. doi: 10.1039/b314262k. Epub 2004 Jan 20.

Abstract

A hybrid organic inorganic nanostructured material containing a TTF core substituted by four arms exhibited a high level of both condensation at silicon (96%) and self-organization as evidenced by X-ray diffraction and an unprecedented birefringent behaviour.