Chatir Elarbi, Boggio-Pasqua Martial, Loiseau Frederique, Philouze Christian, Royal Guy, Cobo Saioa
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000, Grenoble, France.
LCPQ UMR 5626, CNRS et Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France.
Chemistry. 2022 Feb 1;28(7):e202103755. doi: 10.1002/chem.202103755. Epub 2021 Dec 21.
A phenanthrene unit has been functionalized by several methylthiophene units in order to bring it a photochromic behavior. These compounds were characterized by NMR, absorption and emission spectroscopies, theoretical calculations as well as cyclic voltammetry. The association of a phenanthrene group with a photochromic center could open the door to a new generation of organic field-effect transistors.