How the substituents in corannulene and sumanene derivatives alter their molecular assemblings and charge transport properties?—A theoretical study with a dimer model

The substituent effects on the structures, intermolecular interactions and charge transport properties of a series of corannulene and sumanene derivatives were investigated by DFT method. The intermolecular interaction energy and the potential energy surface of the dimers were also calculated and analyzed in detail, which showed several local energy minima and demonstrated the possible dimer structures in experiment. In addition, the reorganization energy, transfer integral, and carrier mobility were explored to measure the charge transport properties of these substituted corannulenes and sumanenes at different configurations for investigating the substituent effects. Our study is closely related to the experiment and previous theoretical investigation and provides a better understanding of the structure‐property relationships for these substituted corannulenes and sumanenes. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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