Solution processable hydrogen-bonded perylene bisimide assemblies organizing into lamellar architectures

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Dec 14;47(46):12447-9. doi: 10.1039/c1cc15118e. Epub 2011 Oct 17.

Abstract

A ditopic melamine bearing perylene bisimides with swallow-tail alkyl chains can be dissolved in organic solvents by mixing with complementary hydrogen-bonding barbiturate or cyanurate, forming solution processable supramolecular assemblies. Upon spin-coating the assemblies, highly organized lamellar architectures are formed with thermal annealing, which act as electron transporting layers in organic field effect transistors.