publications

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70. Ori Gidron, Neta Varsano, Linda J. W. Shimon, Gregory Leitus and Michael Bendikov, Study of a Bifuran vs. Bithiophene Unit for the Rational Design of π-conjugated Systems. What Have We Learned? Chem. Comm. 2013, accepted.

69. Ori Gidron, Afshin Dadvand, Emily Wei-Hsin Sun, Insik Chung, Linda J. W. Shimon, Michael Bendikov and Dmitrii F. Perepichka, Oligofuran -Containing Molecules for Organic Electronics, J. Mater. Chem. C 2013, in press. [Read online]

68. Adva Hayoun Barak, Graham de Ruiter, Michal Lahav, Sagar Sharma, Ori Gidron, Guennadi Evmenenko, Pulak Dutta, Michael Bendikov, and Milko E. van der Boom, Coordination-Based Molecular Assemblies of Oligofurans and Oligothiophenes, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, in press.

67. Naama Karton-Lifshin, Lorenzo Albertazzi, Michael Bendikov, Phil S. Baran and Doron Shabat, "Donor-Two-Acceptor" Dye Design: A Distinct Gateway to NIR Fluorescence, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20412. [Read online]

this paper was selected as a research highlight by SYNFACTS 09/13, 0275 [Read online]

66. Dennis Sheberla, Snehangshu Patra, Sagar Sharma, Tatyana Bendikov, Yana Sheynin and Michael Bendikov, Controlling Pt nanoparticle formation through Se--Pt interactions on the electrode surface, Chem. Comm. 2012, 48, 6776. [Read online] Selected for a Cover Page

65. Cristina Capel Ferrón, M. Carmen Ruiz Delgado, Ori Gidron, Sagar Sharma, Dennis Sheberla, Yana Sheynin, Michael Bendikov, Juan T. López Navarrete and Víctor Hernández, α-Oligofurans show a sizeable extent of π-conjugation as probed by Raman spectroscopy, Chem. Comm. 2012, 48, 6732. [Read online]

64. Ori Gidron and Michael Bendikov, Reactivity Long Conjugated Systems - Selectivity of Diels-Alder Cycloaddition in Oligofurans, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 502. [Read online]

63. Sanjio S. Zade and Michael Bendikov, Reactivity of Acenes: Mechanisms and Dependence on Acene Length, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2012, 25, 452. [Read online] Selected for a Cover Page

62. Elena Poverenov, Yana Sheynin, Natalia Zamoshchik, Asit Patra, Gregory Leitus, Igor Perepichka, and Michael Bendikov, Flat Conjugated Polymers with a Relatively Low HOMO Energy Level and Band Gap, J. Mater.Chem. 2012, 22, 14645. [Read online]

61. Asit Patra and Michael Bendikov, Selenium and Tellurium Containing Organic Polymers and Oligomers, Organic Selenium and Tellurium Compounds, Volume 3. PATAI's Chemistry of the Functional Groups, Rappoport, Z., Ed., Wiley, Chichester, 2012. [Read online]

60. Sanjio S. Zade, Natalia Zamoshchik, A. Ravikumar Reddy, Galit Fridman-Marueli, Dennis Sheberla and Michael Bendikov, Dimerization of Acenes. Products and Mechanism. Theory Predicts Acene Based Polymers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 113, 10803. [Read online]

59. Ori Gidron, Afshin Dadvand, Yana Sheynin, Michael Bendikov, and Dmitrii F. Perepichka, Towards "Green" Electronic Materials. a-Oligofurans as Semiconductors, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 1976. [Read online]
Selected for a Cover Page

58. Asit Patra, Yair H. Wijsboom, Gregory Leitus, and Michael Bendikov, Tuning the Band Gap of Low-Band-Gap Polyselenophenes and Polythiophenes: The Effect of the Heteroatom, Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 896 (special issue on "π-Functional Materials”). [Read online]

57. Yair H. Wijsboom, Yana Sheynin, Asit Patra, Natalia Zamoshchik, Ran Vardimon, Gregory Leitus, Michael Bendikov, Tuning of Electronic Properties and Rigidity in PEDOT Analogs, J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 1368. [Read online]

56. Sanjio S. Zade, Natalia Zamoshchik, Michael Bendikov, From Short Conjugated Oligomers to Conjugated Polymers. Lessons from Studies on Long Conjugated Oligomers, Acc. Chem. Res. 2011, 44, 14.[Read online]

55. Sanjio S. Zade, Michael Bendikov, Heptacene and Beyond: The Longest Characterized Acenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4012.[Read online]

54. Elena Poverenov, Mao Li, Arkady Bitler, Michael Bendikov, Major Effect of Electropolymerization Solvent on Morphology and Electrochromic Properties of PEDOT Films, Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 4019. [Read online]

53. Ori Gidron, Yael Diskin-Posner, Michael Bendikov, α-Oligofurans, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2148. [Read online]

this paper was selected as a research highlight by Chemical & Engineering News, 2010, 88 (issue 7, February 15), 45 [Read online]
by SYNFACTS 05/10, 0536 [Read online]
and by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5443, "α-Oligofurans: Molecules without a Twist" [Read online]

52. Asit Patra and Michael Bendikov, Polyselenophenes, J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 422. Invited Feature Article. Inside cover page.[Read online]

51. Sanjio S. Zade, Natalia Zamoshchik and Michael Bendikov, Oligo- and Polyselenophenes: A Theoretical Study, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 8613. [Read online]

50. Yair H. Wijsboom, Asit Patra, Sanjio S. Zade, Yana Sheynin, Mao Li, Linda J. W. Shimon and Michael Bendikov, Controlling Rigidity and Planarity in Conjugated Polymers: Poly(3,4-ethylenedithioselenophene), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5443. [Read online]

this paper was selected for discussion at Synfact 2009, 9, 0982. [Read online]

49. Mao Li, Yana Sheynin, Asit Patra, Michael Bendikov, Tuning the Electrochromic Properties of Poly(alkyl-3,4-ethylenedioxyselenophenes) Having High Contrast Ratio and Coloration Efficiency, Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 2482. [Read online]

48. Sanjio S. Zade, Michael Bendikov,"Theoretical Studies on Thiophene-containing Compounds", in Handbook of Thiophene-Based Material: Applications in Organic Electronics and Photonics, Vol. 1, Eds.: Igor F. Perepichka and Dmitrii F. Perepichka, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2009.

47. Asit Patra, Yair H. Wijsboom, Gregory Leitus, Michael Bendikov, Synthesis, Structure, and Electropolymerization of 3,4-Dimethoxytellurophene: Comparison with Selenium Analogue, Org. Lett. 2009, 11,1487. [Read online]

46. Mao Li, Asit Patra, Yana Sheynin, and Michael Bendikov, Poly(hexylated-3,4-ethylenedioxyselenophene): Novel Highly Stable Organic Electrochromic Material with Very High Coloration Efficiency and Contrast Ratio and a Low-Switching Voltage, Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 1707. [Read online]

45. Natalia Zamoshchik and Michael Bendikov, Doped Conductive Polymers: Modeling of Polythiophene with Explicitly Used Counterions, Adv. Fun. Mater. 2008, 18, 3377. [Read online]

44. Abhimanyu S. Paraskar, A. Ravikumar Reddy, Asit Patra, Yair-Haim Wijsboom, Ori Gidron, Gregory Leitus, Michael Bendikov, Structure of Rubrene - Planar or Twisted? Study of Substituted Rubrenes, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14 ,10639. [Read online]

43. Dmitry Bravo-Zhivotovskii, Roman Dobrovetsky, Dmitry Nemirovsky, Victoria Molev, Michael Bendikov, Gregory Molev, Mark Botoshansky and Yitzhak Apeloig, The Synthesis and Isolation of a Metal-Substituted Bis-Silene, Angew. Chem. 2008, 47, 4343. [Read online]

42. Sanjio S. Zade and Michael Bendikov, Study of Hopping Transport in Long Oligothiophenes and Oligoselenophenes, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 6734-6741. [Read online]

41. Natalia Zamoshchik, Ulrike Salzner and Michael Bendikov, Nature of Charge Carriers in Long Doped Oligothiophenes. The effect of Counterions, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 8408. [Read online]

40. Asit Patra, Yair-Haim Wijsboom, Sanjio S. Zade, Mao Li, Yana Sheynin, Gregory Leitus and Michael Bendikov, Highly Conductive Polyselenophene: Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxyselenophene), J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6734. [Read online]

this paper was selected for"JACS Select" virtual issue 2. [Read online]

39. Wesley Walker, Brittnee Veldman, Ryan Chiechi, Satish Patil, Michael Bendikov, Fred Wudl, Visible-Near Infrared Absorbing, Low Band gap Conjugated Oligomers Based on Cyclopentadieneones, Macromolecules 2008, 41, 7278–7280. [Read online]

38. Asit Patra, Yair H. Wijsboom, Linda J.W. Shimon, Michael Bendikov, Planar [6]Radialenes: Structure, synthesis, and aromaticity of benzotriselenophene and benzotrithiophene, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 2007, 47, 8814-8818. [Read online]

37. Sanjio S. Zade and Michael Bendikov, Theoretical Study of Long Oligothiophene Polycations as a Model for Doped Polythiophene, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 10662-10672. [Read online]

36. Sanjio S. Zade and Michael Bendikov, Twisting of Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers: Case Study of Oligo- and Polythiophene, Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 3688-3700. [Read online]

35. A. Ravikumar Reddy, Galit Fridman-Marueli and Michael Bendikov, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Stability of Acenes: Theoretical Study of Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Addition, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 51-61.[Read online]

34. Sanjio S. Zade and Michael Bendikov, From Oligomers to Polymer: Convergence in the HOMO-LUMO Gaps of Conjugated Oligomers, Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 5243-5246. [Read online]

33. William J. Leigh, Thomas R. Owens, Michael Bendikov, Sanjio S. Zade, and Yitzhak Apeloig, A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Kinetics and Mechanism of the Addition of Alcohols to Electronically Stabilized Silenes: A New Mechanism for the Addition of Alcohols to the Si=C Bond, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10772-10783. [Read online]

32. Sanjio S. Zade and Michael Bendikov,Theoretical Study of Long Oligothiophene Dications: Bipolaron vs. Polaron Pair vs. Triplet State, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 15839-15846. [Read online]

31. Sanjio S. Zade and Michael Bendikov, Cyclic Oligothiophenes: Novel Organic Materials and Models for Polythiophene. A Theoretical Study, J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 2972-2981. [Read online]

30. A. Ravikumar Reddy and Michael Bendikov, Diels-Alder Reaction of Acenes with Singlet and Triplet Oxygen - Theoretical Study of Two-state Reactivity, Chem. Comm. 2006, 1179-1181. [Read online]

29. Nissan Ashkenazi, Sanjio S. Zade, Yoffi Segall, Yishai Karton, and Michael Bendikov, Selective Site Controlled Nucleophilic Attacks in 5-membered Ring Phosphate Esters: Unusual C-O vs. Common P-O Bond Cleavage, Chem. Comm. 2005, 5879-5881. [Read online]