Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and its derivatives have been intensively investigated for conducting materials for more than 30 years.As π-electron donors,TTF and its derivatives can be reversibly transformed into the respective TTF.+ and TTF2+.Due to its reversible feature,the TTF unit has been widely employed as the building block for switchable systems.In recent years studies of conducting nanostructures of TTF derivatives have received more and more attention.One simple way to prepare nano-structures is through the gelation processes.In this review,we have discussed recent progress in stimuli-responsive gels and conducting nanostructures based on TTF-based gelators.
Porphyrins are abundant in nature. They have been frequently employed as building blocks in the construction of nanoarchitectures and functional supramolecular systems. Recently, a series of novel porphyrin molecules including small molecules and polymers have been originally designed and synthesized with the aim of producing nanostructures with controllable-growth and materials with high-performance. Literature coverage is through 2004-2012. This review gives a full summary of related studies in our group.
