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Semiconductor Cocrystals Based on Boron: Generated Electrical Response with π‑Rich Aromatic Molecules
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Semiconductor Cocrystals Based on Boron: Generated Electrical Response with π‑Rich Aromatic Molecules

Kamal K Ray, Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado, Hugo Morales-Rojas, Herbert Höpfl, Leonard R MacGillivray and Alexei V Tivanski
Crystal growth & design, Vol.20(1), pp.3-8
01/02/2020
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00953

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Abstract

Cocrystallization of a nonconductive, boron-based host with aromatic guests generates conductive cocrystals. Carrier mobilities of the cocrystals with either pyrene or tetrathiafulvalene were measured using conducting probe atomic force microscopy. The incorporation of the π-electron-rich aromatic guests results in electrically conductive cocrystals. The cocrystal with tetrathiafulvalene as a guest shows an approximately seven times higher charge carrier mobility than the cocrystal with pyrene.

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