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Carlo Spartaco Casari
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2021
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Physics
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Graphdiynes (GDYs) as two-dimensional carbon structures based on sp2 hybridized aromatic rings connected by sp-hybridized acetylenic linear links are gathering an increasing popularity, both for their peculiar properties and for the promising applications. In these materials, structural features affect the degree of pi-electron conjugation resulting in different electronic, optical and vibrational properties. In particular, how topology, connectivity between sp and sp2 domains and system size are related with the final properties is fundamental to understand structure-property relationships and to tailor the properties by proper structure design. By using a computational approach based on density functional theory calculations, we here investigate structure-property relations in a class of 1D and 2D GDY molecular fragments as building block models of extended structures. By analysing how the structure can modulate the pi-electron conjugation in these systems, HOMO-LUMO gap is found to depend on the peculiar topology and connections between linear sp domains and aromatic units. A topological indicator is computed, showing a trend with the gap and with the frequency of the main vibrational mode occurring in Raman spectra. Our findings can contribute to guide the molecular design of new GDY-based sp-sp2 carbon materials, aiming at tuning their properties by precise control of the structure.
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