Perylene bisimide dyes as versatile building blocks for functional supramolecular architectures.

Frank Würthner

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) , 1564, (2004)

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Abstract

Perylene bisimide dyes and their organization into supramolecular architectures through hydrogen-bonding, metal ion coordination and pi-pi-stacking is discussed; further self-assembly leading to nano- and meso-scopic structures and liquid-crystalline compounds is also addressed.