# Exploring the chemistry of higher acenes: from synthesis to applications

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2025-08-24T23:55:38.628579Z

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## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sc02422f

## Date published

2025-06-04

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2025-6-25

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## Title

- title: 'Exploring the chemistry of higher acenes: from synthesis to applications'
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: 'This review explores the advancements in the chemistry of higher acenes
    and their derivatives, with a focus on their synthesis, characterization, and  potential
    applications. Historically, higer acenes have presented challenges to study due
    to their inherent instability and reactivity under ambient conditions. However,
    innovative synthetic strategies, including on-surface syntheis and precursor approach,
    have significantly contributed to the ability to synthesize higher acenes even
    at preparative scales while evaluating their magnetic and semiconducting properties.
    Furthermore, ethynylene-bridged acene oligomers and polymers, known for their
    extended -conjugated systems, have shown promise not only as semidoncudting materials
    but also as topological materials. As synthetic methods continue to evolve and
    characterization techniques become more sophisticated, higher acenes offer exciting
    opportunities for progress in the field of organic chemistry and materials science,
    paving the way for advanced applications in organic electronics.  '
  description_type: abstract
  lang: und

## Creator

- name: Hironobu Hayashi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7872-3052
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Hiroko Yamada
  role: author

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organization: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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- subject: higher acene
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- subject: organic semiconductor
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- subject: spintronics
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- subject: organic molecule
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- subject: on-surface synthesis
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- identifier: cc-by-nc-3.0

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## Journal

- title: Chemical Science
  issn: '20416520'
  volume: '16'
  issue: '25'
  start_page: 11204
  end_page: 11231

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- funder_name: Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology
- identifier: JPMJPR21AC
  funder_name: Japan Science and Technology Agency
- identifier: JP24K01576
  funder_name: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- identifier: JP20H05833
  funder_name: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- identifier: JP25K01751
  funder_name: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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