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Photodimerization of a 1D Ladder Polymer through Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Transformation Has an Effect on Electrical Conductivity

Islam S., Datta J., Maity S. et al. · Crystal Growth and Design · 2019 · 4057-4062

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4synthesis routes
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95results
6claims and caveats

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Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

The FTO/compound 1/Al diode has better Schottky-device parameters than the compound 2 device, with higher rectification ratio, lower barrier height, and much lower series resistance.

Caveat: Only dark ambient J-V data are reported in the main article; raw data and reproducibility statistics are not provided.

p004 / article p.4060 · Results and Discussion - Electrical Studies · Table 1 · Linked to 6 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

The loss of pi...pi stacking interactions after photodimerisation significantly reduces electrical conductivity in the compound 2 device relative to compound 1.

Caveat: Device thickness and effective device area were not reported in the main text.

p004 / article p.4060 · Results and Discussion - Electrical Studies · Tables 1-2 · Linked to 3 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

Solid-state SCSC [2 + 2] photodimerisation converts compound 1 to compound 2 and removes adjacent-chain pi...pi stacking interactions among p-brba ligands.

Caveat: CIF files were not supplied locally; SI PDF structure tables and figures were read.

p003 / article p.4059 · Results and Discussion - Structural Descriptions · Figure 2 · Linked to 5 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

DFT band gaps of 3.52 eV for compound 1 and 3.77 eV for compound 2 follow the experimental conductivity trend, with the lower-gap compound 1 being more conductive.

Caveat: DFT method details are limited to Gaussian 09/B3LYP/LanL2DZ/TDDFT/GaussSum; no computational coordinates or raw output files were supplied.

p005 / article p.4061 · Results and Discussion - Theoretical Studies · Figure 4 · Linked to 4 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

The devices show three J-V regimes: Ohmic conduction at low voltage, SCLC governed by shallow traps in the intermediate regime, and a higher-voltage SCLC-related region influenced by exponential trap distributions.

Caveat: Mechanistic assignment is based on curve-shape analysis; dielectric constants are supported by SI capacitance data, but raw J-V and capacitance data are not supplied.

p004 / article p.4060 · Results and Discussion - Electrical Studies · Figure 3d,e; Table 2 · Linked to 6 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High

Frequency-dependent capacitance measurements provide relative permittivities of 2.4 for compound 1 and 1.2 for compound 2, which are used in the SCLC/Mott-Gurney charge-transport analysis.

Caveat: The relative permittivity numbers are text-reported; the saturated capacitance plateaux are only visually estimated from Figure S9.

SI pp011-012 · Frequency Dependent Capacitance Measurements · Figure S9; eq S1 · Linked to 4 structured results

Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
Compound 1, [Cd(bpe)(p-brba)2]n[Cd(bpe)(p-brba)2]n; empirical formula C26H18Br2CdN2O4Cd(II) centres; dinuclear [Cd2(mu2-O2CC)2] secondary building units · 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (bpe) and para-bromobenzoate (p-brba)1D · PristineTriclinic P-1 1D ladder coordination polymer; adjacent chains aggregate by Br...pi and pi...pi interactions to form a 3D supramolecular architecture.p001 / article p.4057 · Abstract; Introduction
Compound 2, [Cd(rctt-tpcb)1/2(p-brba)2]n[Cd(rctt-tpcb)1/2(p-brba)2]n; empirical formula C26H18Br2CdN2O4Cd(II) centres retained after SCSC photodimerisation · rctt-tetrakis(4-pyridyl)cyclobutane (rctt-tpcb) generated from bpe, plus para-bromobenzoate (p-brba)1D · DerivedPhotodimerised 1D coordination polymer obtained by SCSC [2 + 2] cycloaddition of compound 1; adjacent-chain pi...pi stacking among p-brba ligands is destroyed.p001-p002 / article pp.4057-4058 · Abstract; Introduction · Figure 1

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SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
Compound 1 capacitance/permittivity pellet or film sampleresearch_0302__mat__mat_1_cd_bpe_pbrbaPellet · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkFrequency-dependent capacitance measurement; saturated capacitance used to derive relative permittivity.effective contact area 7.056 x 10^-6 m2 reported for capacitance measurement · approximately 10 um film thickness reported in SI capacitance sectionSI p012 · Frequency Dependent Capacitance Measurements · Figure S9
Computational model of compound 1research_0302__mat__mat_1_cd_bpe_pbrbaModel · Model System · ModelGaussian 09 DFT-B3LYP/LanL2DZ model used for electronic structure calculations.p002 / article p.4058 · Experimental Section - Theoretical Calculation · Figure 4
FTO/compound 1/Al Schottky dioderesearch_0302__mat__mat_1_cd_bpe_pbrbaThin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkCompound 1 dispersed in DMF at 4 mg/uL, spin coated onto FTO glass at 800 rpm for 2 min, vacuum dried, then Al deposited by vacuum coating.fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass with aluminium top electrodep002 / article p.4058 · Experimental Section - Device Fabrication and Characterization · Figure 3; Tables 1-2
Compound 1 colourless block crystalsresearch_0302__mat__mat_1_cd_bpe_pbrbaSingle Crystal · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkSlow-diffusion product kept in the dark; colourless block-shaped crystals obtained after one week.p002 / article p.4058 · Experimental Section - Syntheses of Compounds
Compound 2 capacitance/permittivity pellet or film sampleresearch_0302__mat__mat_2_cd_tpcb_pbrbaPellet · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkFrequency-dependent capacitance measurement; saturated capacitance used to derive relative permittivity.effective contact area 7.056 x 10^-6 m2 reported for capacitance measurement · approximately 10 um film thickness reported in SI capacitance sectionSI p012 · Frequency Dependent Capacitance Measurements · Figure S9
Computational model of compound 2research_0302__mat__mat_2_cd_tpcb_pbrbaModel · Model System · ModelGaussian 09 DFT-B3LYP/LanL2DZ model used for electronic structure calculations.p002 / article p.4058 · Experimental Section - Theoretical Calculation · Figure 4
FTO/compound 2/Al Schottky dioderesearch_0302__mat__mat_2_cd_tpcb_pbrbaThin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkCompound 2 dispersed in DMF at 4 mg/uL, spin coated onto FTO glass at 800 rpm for 2 min, vacuum dried, then Al deposited by vacuum coating.fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass with aluminium top electrodep002 / article p.4058 · Experimental Section - Device Fabrication and Characterization · Figure 3; Tables 1-2
Compound 2 light yellow photodimerised block crystalsresearch_0302__mat__mat_2_cd_tpcb_pbrbaSingle Crystal · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkLight yellow block crystals obtained by UV irradiation of compound 1 crystals for 30 min.p002 / article p.4058 · Experimental Section - Syntheses of Compounds