Project Significance:
The dyes have the potential to miniaturize light detectors and sensors. Organic field-effect transistors can also be made from the dyes.
Results Achieved:
Several infra-red absorbing dyes were successfully synthesized. Their molecular geometry and electronic transitions were investigated by density functional theory.
The results have been published in Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 4245-4247.
Some new dyes have been synthesized and their electronic properties are investigated by DFT. New thermodynamic calculations will also be performed on these molecules to explain their stability.
