tetrathiafulvalene

chemical compound

Also known as: TTF

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Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) is an organic compound containing sulfur. It is of interest for its use in creating organic metals and superconductors, which can be applied in technologies like switching elements and light-emitting diodes. The development of plastics that conduct electricity, a field related to TTF's applications, was recognized with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000.1

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organosulfur compound
Sulfides
…heterocyclic sulfur compounds—such as thiophene, tetrathiafulvalene (TTF), and the bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF) cation—as organic metals and superconductors (e.g., for use as switching elements and light-emitting diodes). Indeed, the 2000 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, awarded to American chemists Alan J. Heeger and Alan G. MacDiarmid and Japanese chemist Shirakawa Hideki, recognized the…
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…heterocyclic sulfur compounds—such as thiophene, tetrathiafulvalene (TTF), and the bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF) cation—as organic metals and superconductors (e.g., for use as switching elements and light-emitting diodes). Indeed, the 2000 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, awarded to American chemists Alan J. Heeger and Alan G. MacDiarmid and Japanese chemist Shirakawa Hideki, recognized the…
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