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Synthesis of Rigid π Organic Molecular Architectures and Their Applications in Single-Molecule Measurement

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Large polycyclic π-system compounds such as higher phenacenes, fused azulenes, and pyrrole-containing compounds such as porphyrinoids and cyclopyrroles were prepared to measure their physical and electric properties by scanning tunneling microscope.

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This work was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Molecular Architectonics: Orchestration of Single Molecules for Novel Functions” (25110003) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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  3. Division of Material Science, Advanced Research Support Center, Ehime University, 2-5 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, 790-8577, Japan

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Uno, H., Nakae, T., Okujima, T., Mori, S. (2017). Synthesis of Rigid π Organic Molecular Architectures and Their Applications in Single-Molecule Measurement. In: Ogawa, T. (eds) Molecular Architectonics. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57096-9_18

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