LIT UPDATE - where we dissect a current science article and why it is important and relevant to the nano-field. 

In this episode, we look into work from Aso-sensei and colleagues from Osaka University, where they found a way to twist their molecules - know as oligothiophenes - in a way to make electrons travel fast!! 

LIT PAPER: Ie, Y., Okamoto, Y., Inoue, T., Seo, T., Ohto, T., Yamada, R., Tada, H.,  & Aso, Y. (2020). Improving Intramolecular Hopping Charge  Transport via Periodical Segmentation of π-Conjugation in a Molecule. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 

Other sources: 

White paper: Organic Electronics for a Better Tomorrow: Innovation, Accessibility, Sustainability Chemical Sciences and Society Summit (CS3) San Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 2012 

Electrons hop to it on twisted molecular wires (Nanowerk News) Published December  29, 2020.  Accessed January 17, 2021

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