Chemical Science of π-Electron Systems, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015

This book presents the most advanced review available of all aspects of ?-electron systems, including novel structures, new synthetic protocols, chemical and physical properties, spectroscopic and computational insights, molecular engineering, device properties and physiological properties. ?-Electron systems are ubiquitous in nature. Plants convert light energy into chemical energy by photosynthetic processes, in which chlorophylls and other porphyrinoids play an important role. On the one hand, research to learn about photosynthesis from nature has led to understanding of electron and energy transfer processes and to achieving artificial energy conversion systems inspired by nature. On the other hand, recent advances in organic and inorganic chemistry make it possible to construct novel ?-electron systems that had never existed in nature. The authors of this book are from a variety of research fields including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, materials science, and biology, providing a comprehensive overview of ?-electron systems for a broad readership. Not only specialists but also graduate students working in ?-electron systems will find the book of great interest. Throughout, the diverse potential for future fruitful applications of ?-electron systems is revealed to the reader.

Dibenzopentalenes and Related Compounds.- Synthesis of a Porphyrin-fused π-Electron System.- Higher-order π-Electron Systems Based on Helicene Molecules.- Planar Cyclooctatetraenes and Related Ring Systems: Antiaromaticity and Applications.- Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Solid-state Optical Properties of Substituted Tetracenes.- Chiral Sumanene, Triazasumanene, and Related Buckybowls.- Heteroatom-containing Sumanenes.- Open-cage Fullerene Derivatives: Synthesis, Reactions and Encapsulation of a Small Molecule.- Endohedral Metallofullerenes: From Chemical Reactivity to Material Performance.- Tuning Physical Properties and Structures of π-Electron System formed by Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Selected Chiralities.- Recent Progress on the Chemical Reactions of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.- Novel π-Conjugated Systems Based on N-Confused Porphyrinoids.- Heteroatom-modified Porphyrinoids.- Synthesis of Novel Porphyrinoids from Dipyrrins.- Möbius Aromatic and Antiaromatic Expanded Porphyrins.- Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Phthalocyanines as Functional Chromophores.- Localized Singlet 1,3-Diradicals.- Unique Orbital Interactions in the Ground and Electronically Excited States of Biradicals Brought About by the Existence of "Twisted π -Space".- Recent Progress in Stable High-Spin Molecules Based on Nitroxide Radicals.- Organic Chemistry of Graphene Framework.- Boron-Containing π-Electron Systems.- Doubly-Bonded Silicon Compounds Showing Intramolecular Charge Transfer Transitions.- π-Conjugated Disilenes and Tetrasilacyclobutadiene.- Tin-containing π-Electron Systems.- Supramolecular Structures and Photoelectronic Properties of π-Complexes Composed of Self-Assembling Cyclic Porphyrin Dimers and Fullerenes.- Sequence Control of π-Electron Systems.- Integrated π-Electron System on Artificial Cell Membranes.- Supramolecular Porphyrin Nanorods for Light Energy Conversion.- Metal Nano-particle/Porphyrinoid Hybrids.-Control of Chiral π-Space in Highly-Organized π-Conjugated Polymer Nanotube Composites and Their Functions.- Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Functions of π-Electron Donor-Acceptor Supramolecular Complexes.- Fused π-Electron Systems Containing Group 15 Elements and Their Application to Organic Electronics.- Fullerene Derivatives for Organic Solar Cells.- Efficient Organic Devices Based on π-Electron systems: Comparative Study of Fullerene Derivatives Blended with a High Efficiency Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based Polymer for Organic Photovoltaic Applications.- Solution-processed Organic Thin-film Transistors.- Unveiling Charge Carrier Transport in π-Conjugated Molecular Wire on Micro and Macroscopic Scales.- STM Characterization of π-Electron Systems.- Light Amplification in Low-Dimensional Crystals of Thiophene/Phenylene Co-Oligomer Derivatives.- Electron Transfer Pathway Analysis in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center.- Spectroscopic Analysis of the Redox Reactions of π-Conjugated Cofactors in Photosynthetic Reaction Center.- Protein-controlled Isomerization in Rhodopsins.- β-Diketiminates as Redox Non-innocent Supporting Ligands in Coordination Chemistry.- Novel Functions of π-Electron Systems in a Heme-DNA Complex.- Increasing the Hole Transfer Rate through DNA by Chemical Modification.- Theoretical Calculations of Excitation-Energy Transfer.