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- - A new class of bis-urea compounds with perylene bisimide was created and analyzed, confirming the presence of strong hydrogen bonding between urea groups through techniques like (1)H NMR and fluorescence.
- - The study found that these bis-urea compounds exhibit stable and quick photocurrent responses when formed into self-assembled films.
- - Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images revealed that the compounds can self-assemble into well-defined nanoscale rods with consistent diameters, highlighting the effectiveness of hydrogen bonding and pi-pi stacking interactions among perylene rings.
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A class of bis-urea compounds with perylene bisimide was synthesized and characterized successfully. (1)H NMR and fluorescence spectra confirmed that strong hydrogen-bonding interactions between neighboring urea groups were formed. Interestingly, the photocurrent measurement showed that the self-assembled films of bis-urea compounds could produce steady and rapid anodic photocurrent responses. The TEM images indicated that well-defined nanoscale rods with uniform diameter distribution could be fabricated by self-assembly of hydrogen-bonding interactions and pi-pi stacking interactions of perylene rings.
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