This review highlights advances in dicyanovinyl-decorated tetraphenylethylenes, from molecular design to bio-applications, with emphasis on structure-dependent mechanisms for activatable detection, tracking and control of cellular processes.
Crystal packing and optoelectronic properties of DCV- and TCV-functionalized oligothiophenes are governed by molecular design and key intra/intermolecular interactions such as CN⋯S contacts and rare syn S⋯S conformations.
The dual modification of MXene hybridization and cut-off voltage adjustment endows MoS2/Ti3C2Tx with enhanced reaction kinetics and satisfactory electrochemical performance.
Molecular donor–acceptor dyads D11–D18 using S,N-heteropentacenes SN5′ and fullerenic acceptors were synthesized and applied in solution-processed single-material organic solar cells reaching power conversion efficiencies of up to 2.8%.
Different processing conditions lead to a range of molecular packing motifs for films of a novel organic semiconductor, which enables tuning of the optical frequency dielectric constant.