Determination of the Attenuation Factor () in Hybrid Covalent/Non-Covalent Molecular Wires

Abstract

We have established for the first time the molecular wire behaviour in a new set of hybrid covalent/supramolecular porphyrinfullerene structures, in which hydrogen-bond interactions and pphenylene oligomers of different length act as highly efficient molecular wires exhibiting a remarkably low attenuation factor ( = 0.07 ± 0.01 Å1 ).