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US 8,044,212 B2Granted
Reconfigurable molecules and molecular switches, sensors, and dyes employing the same
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsZhang-Lin Zhou, Zhiyong Li
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Abstract
Various embodiment of the present invention are directed to organic molecules that are reconfigurable under application of an external electric field. One organic molecule embodiment of the present invention has the structure: where L1X1 and L2X2 are optional connector groups, A represents an electron acceptor group, D represents an electron donor group, R and R′ represent spacer molecules, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 represent atoms and hydrocarbons.
Claims7
A molecule having a structure:
- where L1X1 and L2X2 are connectors, A represents an electron acceptor, D represents an electron donor, R and R′ represent spacer molecules, and R1, R3, R5, R7, and R8 represent hydrogen atoms and hydrocarbons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.