Solution processable hydrogen-bonded perylene bisimide assemblies organizing into lamellar architectures

Abstract

A ditopic melamine bearing perylene bisimides with swallow-tail alkyl chains can be dissolved in organic solvents by mixing with complementary hydrogen-bonding barbiturate or cyanurate, forming solution processable supramolecular assemblies. Upon spin-coating the assemblies, highly organized lamellar architectures are formed with thermal annealing, which act as electron transporting layers in organic field effect transistors.