Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-25-2022
Abstract
A chiral dimer of an organic semiconductor was assembled from octaniline (octamer of polyaniline) conjugated to DNA. Facile reconfiguration between the monomer and dimer of octaniline–DNA was achieved. The geometry of the dimer and the exciton coupling between octaniline molecules in the assembly was studied both experimentally and theoretically. The octaniline dimer was readily switched between different electronic states by protonic doping and exhibited a Davydov splitting comparable to those previously reported for DNA–dye systems employing dyes with strong transition dipoles. This approach provides a possible platform for studying the fundamental properties of organic semiconductors with DNA-templated assemblies, which serve as candidates for artificial light-harvesting systems and excitonic devices.
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Publication Information
Wang, Xiao; Sha, Ruojie; Knowlton, William B.; Seeman, Nadrian C.; Canary, James W.; and Yurke, Bernard. (2022). "Exciton Delocalization in a DNA-Templated Organic Semiconductor Dimer Assembly". ACS Nano, 16(1), 1301-1307. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c09143