Conductance Control in Stabilized Carotenoid Wires

Abstract

Tunable carots: Construction of the stable carotenoid wires with a specific conductance value is possible by the attachment of phenyl groups to the polyene chain to overcome the in vitro instability of natural carotenoids, the perfect molecular wires utilized in various biological processes. Diverse electronic natures of the substituents on the phenyl groups provide the carotenoids with tunable conductance (see figure). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.