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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 3342-3346Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00862j
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- National Basic Research Program [2013CB834502]
- Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of NSFC [211210004]
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We report a supramolecular strategy to promote and stabilize the formation of naphthalenediimide (NDI) radical anions. The LUMO and HOMO energy of NDI are lowered significantly by introducing cucurbit[7] uril (CB[7]) to each side of a designed NDI molecule through supramolecular complexation. This promotes efficiently the photo-induced electron transfer process between NDI and bromide anions in aqueous solution. The resulting NDI supramolecular radical anions are of outstanding stability. They are even stable in aqueous solution at higher temperatures of 40 degrees C and 60 degrees C. It is anticipated that this supramolecular strategy may provide a facile method for stabilizing radicals towards the development of novel materials with spin-based properties and optical properties in the visible and near-infrared regions.
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