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Woo CH, Thompson BC, Kim BJ, Toney MF, Fréchet JMJ. The influence of poly(3-hexylthiophene) regioregularity on fullerene-composite solar cell performance. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 130:16324-9. [PMID: 18998653 DOI: 10.1021/ja806493n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 377] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A comparison of three samples of poly(3-hexylthiophene) having regioregularities of 86, 90, and 96% is used to elucidate the effect of regioregularity on polymer-fullerene-composite solar cell performance. It is observed that polymer samples with lower regioregularity are capable of generating fullerene composites that exhibit superior thermal stability. The enhanced thermal stability of the composites is attributed to a lower driving force for polymer crystallization in the less regioregular polymer samples, which is supported with two-dimensional grazing incidence X-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry measurements. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that all three polymer samples are capable of generating solar cells with equivalent peak efficiencies of approximately 4% in blends with [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester. While it may be non-intuitive that polymers with lower regioregularity can exhibit higher efficiencies, it is observed that the charge-carrier mobility of the three polymers is on the same order of magnitude (10(-4) cm2 V(-1) s(-1)) when measured from the space-charge-limited current, suggesting that highly regioregular and crystalline polythiophenes are not required in order to effectively transport charges in polymer solar cells. Overall, these results suggest a design principle for semicrystalline conjugated polymers in fullerene-composite solar cells in which crystallization-driven phase separation can be dramatically suppressed via the introduction of a controlled amount of disorder into the polymer backbone.
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- Claire H Woo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Miyanishi S, Tajima K, Hashimoto K. Morphological Stabilization of Polymer Photovoltaic Cells by Using Cross-Linkable Poly(3-(5-hexenyl)thiophene). Macromolecules 2009. [DOI: 10.1021/ma802839a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shoji Miyanishi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, and HASHIMOTO Light Energy Conversion Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, and HASHIMOTO Light Energy Conversion Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, and HASHIMOTO Light Energy Conversion Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo, Japan
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Brinkmann M, Rannou P. Molecular Weight Dependence of Chain Packing and Semicrystalline Structure in Oriented Films of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Revealed by High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy. Macromolecules 2009. [DOI: 10.1021/ma8023415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Martin Brinkmann
- Institut Charles Sadron, 23 Rue du Loess, 67083 Strasbourg, France, and Laboratoire d’Electronique Moléculaire, Organique et Hybride, UMR5819-SPrAM (CEA/CNRS/Univ. J. FOURIER-Grenoble I), INAC, CEA-Grenoble, 17 Rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Institut Charles Sadron, 23 Rue du Loess, 67083 Strasbourg, France, and Laboratoire d’Electronique Moléculaire, Organique et Hybride, UMR5819-SPrAM (CEA/CNRS/Univ. J. FOURIER-Grenoble I), INAC, CEA-Grenoble, 17 Rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Sudha Devi L, Al-Suti MK, Zhang N, Teat SJ, Male L, Sparkes HA, Raithby PR, Khan MS, Köhler A. Synthesis and Comparison of the Optical Properties of Platinum(II) Poly-ynes with Fused and Non-Fused Oligothiophenes. Macromolecules 2009. [DOI: 10.1021/ma802399a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Lekshmi Sudha Devi
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K., Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, The STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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Lee JU, Cirpan A, Emrick T, Russell TP, Jo WH. Synthesis and photophysical property of well-defined donor–acceptor diblock copolymer based on regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b813368a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Biniek L, Chochos CL, Leclerc N, Hadziioannou G, Kallitsis JK, Bechara R, Lévêque P, Heiser T. A [3,2-b]thienothiophene-alt-benzothiadiazole copolymer for photovoltaic applications: design, synthesis, material characterization and device performances. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b819177h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kong H, Chung DS, Kang IN, Park JH, Park MJ, Jung IH, Park CE, Shim HK. New selenophene-based semiconducting copolymers for high performance organic thin-film transistors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b823082j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Stefopoulos AA, Chochos CL, Bokias G, Kallitsis JK. The role of intrachain and interchain interactions of regioregular poly(3-octylthiophene) chains on the optical properties of a new amphiphilic conjugated random copolymer in solution. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:11103-11110. [PMID: 18729389 DOI: 10.1021/la801178m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The synthesis of a random copolymer through free radical copolymerization of a properly vinyl monofunctionalized regioregular poly(3-octylthiophene) (rrP3OT) macromonomer and N,N'-dimethylacrylamide (DMAM) is presented. The optical properties of the copolymer in water and in several organic solvents of varying polarity, as well as in THF/water and THF/methanol mixtures, were explored using UV-vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy. It is demonstrated that the rrP3OT chains adopt a coil conformation in solvents such as tetrahydrofuran (THF) and chloroform with the appearance of the absorption and emission maxima at 439 and 565 nm, respectively. On the contrary, the rrP3OT chains are organized on a single chain packing form (intrachain interactions) in polar solvents such as ethanol and methanol, as it is verified with the observation of the characteristic three vibronic features of the absorption spectra of the copolymer with maxima at 513, 550, and 603 nm and emission maxima at 560 nm. However, when water is used as solvent, the rrP3OT chains self-assemble into a stacklike structure due to the increased interchain interactions, as confirmed by the different aggregation process of the rrP3OT chains in the THF/water mixture, the broader absorption spectrum in water compared to those recorded in ethanol and methanol, and the 80 nm red-shifted emission maximum, centered at 640 nm.
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Wu PT, Kim FS, Champion RD, Jenekhe SA. Conjugated Donor−Acceptor Copolymer Semiconductors. Synthesis, Optical Properties, Electrochemistry, and Field-Effect Carrier Mobility of Pyridopyrazine-Based Copolymers. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma801348b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pei-Tzu Wu
- Departments of Chemical Engineering and of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering and of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering and of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering and of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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Bao Q, Li J, Li CM, Dong ZL, Lu Z, Qin F, Gong C, Guo J. Direct Observation and Analysis of Annealing-Induced Microstructure at Interface and Its Effect on Performance Improvement of Organic Thin Film Transistors. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:12270-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp804988h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Qiaoliang Bao
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Center for Advanced Bionanosystems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Center for Advanced Bionanosystems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Center for Advanced Bionanosystems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Center for Advanced Bionanosystems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Center for Advanced Bionanosystems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Center for Advanced Bionanosystems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Center for Advanced Bionanosystems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Center for Advanced Bionanosystems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Urien M, Erothu H, Cloutet E, Hiorns RC, Vignau L, Cramail H. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Based Block Copolymers Prepared by “Click” Chemistry. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma800659a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Mathieu Urien
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO), CNRS (UMR 5629), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16 avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France, and Laboratoire de l’Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), CNRS (UMR 5218), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16, avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO), CNRS (UMR 5629), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16 avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France, and Laboratoire de l’Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), CNRS (UMR 5218), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16, avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO), CNRS (UMR 5629), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16 avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France, and Laboratoire de l’Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), CNRS (UMR 5218), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16, avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO), CNRS (UMR 5629), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16 avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France, and Laboratoire de l’Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), CNRS (UMR 5218), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16, avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO), CNRS (UMR 5629), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16 avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France, and Laboratoire de l’Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), CNRS (UMR 5218), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16, avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO), CNRS (UMR 5629), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16 avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France, and Laboratoire de l’Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), CNRS (UMR 5218), ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux, 16, avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac, France
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Joshi S, Grigorian S, Pietsch U, Pingel P, Zen A, Neher D, Scherf U. Thickness Dependence of the Crystalline Structure and Hole Mobility in Thin Films of Low Molecular Weight Poly(3-hexylthiophene). Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma702802x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Siddharth Joshi
- Solid State Physics, University of Siegen, Walter Flex Strasse 3, D-57068, Siegen, Germany; Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A∗STAR, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602; and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Str. 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, University of Siegen, Walter Flex Strasse 3, D-57068, Siegen, Germany; Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A∗STAR, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602; and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Str. 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, University of Siegen, Walter Flex Strasse 3, D-57068, Siegen, Germany; Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A∗STAR, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602; and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Str. 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, University of Siegen, Walter Flex Strasse 3, D-57068, Siegen, Germany; Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A∗STAR, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602; and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Str. 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, University of Siegen, Walter Flex Strasse 3, D-57068, Siegen, Germany; Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A∗STAR, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602; and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Str. 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, University of Siegen, Walter Flex Strasse 3, D-57068, Siegen, Germany; Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A∗STAR, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602; and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Str. 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, University of Siegen, Walter Flex Strasse 3, D-57068, Siegen, Germany; Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A∗STAR, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602; and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Str. 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
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Yazawa K, Inoue Y, Yamamoto T, Asakawa N. Dynamic Structure of Regioregulated Poly(alkylthiophene)s. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:11580-5. [DOI: 10.1021/jp801972a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Koji Yazawa
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan; Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan; and Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan; Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan; and Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan; Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan; and Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan; Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan; and Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Layered self-organized structures on poly(3-octylthiophene) thin films studied by scanning probe microscopy. Eur Polym J 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lu G, Usta H, Risko C, Wang L, Facchetti A, Ratner MA, Marks TJ. Synthesis, Characterization, and Transistor Response of Semiconducting Silole Polymers with Substantial Hole Mobility and Air Stability. Experiment and Theory. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:7670-85. [DOI: 10.1021/ja800424m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 323] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gang Lu
- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Allard S, Forster M, Souharce B, Thiem H, Scherf U. Organic Semiconductors for Solution-Processable Field-Effect Transistors (OFETs). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008; 47:4070-98. [PMID: 18357603 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 718] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Sybille Allard
- FB C-Makromolekulare Chemie und Institut für Polymertechnologie, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaussstrasse 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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Allard S, Forster M, Souharce B, Thiem H, Scherf U. Organische Halbleiter für aus Lösung prozessierbare Feldeffekttransistoren. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200701920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lu, Li, Yang. Morphology and Crystalline Transition of Poly(3-butylthiophene) Associated with Its Polymorphic Modifications. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma7026512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Str. 5625, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Str. 5625, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Str. 5625, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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De Girolamo J, Reiss P, Zagorska M, De Bettignies R, Bailly S, Mevellec JY, Lefrant S, Travers JP, Pron A. Layer-by-layer assembled composite films of side-functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) and CdSe nanocrystals: electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical and photovoltaic properties. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2008; 10:4027-35. [DOI: 10.1039/b803029d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ma W, Kim JY, Lee K, Heeger AJ. Effect of the Molecular Weight of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) on the Morphology and Performance of Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. Macromol Rapid Commun 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.200700280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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O'Neil KD, Shaw B, Semenikhin OA. On the Origin of Mesoscopic Inhomogeneity of Conducting Polymers. J Phys Chem B 2007; 111:9253-69. [PMID: 17637051 DOI: 10.1021/jp071564t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The mesoscopic inhomogeneity of conducting polymer films obtained by electropolymerization and spin-coating was studied using Kelvin probe force microscopy (KFM) and current-sensing atomic-force microscopy (CS-AFM). A well-pronounced correlation was established between the polymer morphology, on the one hand, and its local work function (which is related to the polymer oxidation degree) as well as polymer conductivity, on the other. The most conducting regions were associated with the tops of the polymer grains and showed Ohmic behavior. They were surrounded first by semiconducting and then by insulating polymer. The conductivity of the grain periphery could be lower by as much as 2 orders of magnitude. The grain cores also showed consistently higher values of the local work function as compared to the grain periphery. This fact suggested that the grain cores were more oxidized and/or more ordered as compared to the grain periphery, which is in good agreement with the local conductivity data. More uniform morphology corresponded to less variability in the other properties of the polymer. A model is proposed that relates the observed inhomogeneity to preferential deposition of polymer molecules with higher molecular weight at the early stages of the polymer phase formation. The polymer deposition in either electropolymerization or various solution-casting techniques involves the nucleation of a new phase from a solution containing polymer fractions of different molecular weights. The driving force of the nucleation process depends on the solubility of the polymer fractions, which decreases with an increase in the molecular weight. This gives rise to preferential deposition of more crystalline, higher molecular weight polymer at the early stages of the polymer deposition to form the cores of the polymer grains. The fractions with lower molecular weights are deposited later and form less ordered/less conducting grain periphery. On the basis of this model, we conclude that, to ensure the formation of materials with low inhomogeneity and high quality, one should use the starting polymer with as narrow molecular weight distribution as possible. Yet another possibility is to use solvents which would reduce the differences in the solubilities of polymer fractions with different molecular weight.
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- Kevin D O'Neil
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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Li B, Esker AR. Molar mass dependent growth of poly(epsilon-caprolactone) crystals in Langmuir films. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2007; 23:2546-54. [PMID: 17243735 DOI: 10.1021/la062563f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) samples with number average molar masses (Mn) ranging from 3.5 to 36 kg.mol-1 exhibit molar mass dependent nucleation and growth of crystals, crystal morphologies, and melting properties at a temperature of 22.5 degrees C in Langmuir films at the air/water (A/W) interface. At surface area per monomer, A, greater than approximately 0.37 nm2.monomer-1, surface pressure, Pi, and surface elasticity exhibit molar mass independent behavior that is consistent with a semidilute PCL monolayer. In this regime, the scaling exponent indicates that the A/W interface is a good solvent for the liquid-expanded PCL monolayers. Pi-A isotherms show molar mass dependent behavior in the vicinity of the collapse transition, i.e., the supersaturated monolayer state, corresponding to the onset of the nucleation of crystals. Molar mass dependent morphological features for PCL crystals and their subsequent crystal melting are studied by in situ Brewster angle microscopy during hysteresis experiments. The competition between lower segmental mobility and a greater degree of undercooling with increasing molar mass produces a maximum average growth rate at intermediate molar mass. This behavior is analogous to spherulitic growth in bulk PCL melts. The plateau regions in the expansion isotherms represent the melting process, where the polymer chains continuously return to the monolayer state. The magnitude of Pi for the plateau during expansion decreases with increasing molar mass, indicating that the melting process is strongly molar mass dependent.
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- Bingbing Li
- Department of Chemistry (0212), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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Koynov K, Bahtiar A, Ahn T, Cordeiro RM, Hörhold HH, Bubeck C. Molecular Weight Dependence of Chain Orientation and Optical Constants of Thin Films of the Conjugated Polymer MEH-PPV. Macromolecules 2006. [DOI: 10.1021/ma0611164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kaloian Koynov
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany, and Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany, and Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany, and Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany, and Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany, and Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany, and Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Zhu Y, Champion RD, Jenekhe SA. Conjugated Donor−Acceptor Copolymer Semiconductors with Large Intramolecular Charge Transfer: Synthesis, Optical Properties, Electrochemistry, and Field Effect Carrier Mobility of Thienopyrazine-Based Copolymers. Macromolecules 2006. [DOI: 10.1021/ma061861g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 337] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yan Zhu
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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Verilhac JM, Pokrop R, LeBlevennec G, Kulszewicz-Bajer I, Buga K, Zagorska M, Sadki S, Pron A. Molecular Weight Dependent Charge Carrier Mobility in Poly(3,3‘ ‘-dioctyl-2,2‘:5‘,2‘ ‘-terthiophene). J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:13305-9. [PMID: 16821847 DOI: 10.1021/jp0624956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Poly(3,3' '-dioctyl-2,2':5',2' '-terthiophene), a polymer recently used for the fabrication of organic field effect transistors, has been fractionated into five fractions distinctly differing in their molecular weights (Mn), with the goal of determining the influence of the degree of polymerization (DPn) on its principal physicochemical parameters. It has been demonstrated that within the Mn range studied (from 1.5 kDa to 10.5 kDa by SEC), corresponding to DPn from 10 to 38, the polymer band gap steadily decreases with growing molecular weight, which is clearly manifested by an increasing bathochromic shift of the band originating from the pi-pi* transition. The same trend is observed for the HOMO level, determined from the onset of the p-doping in cyclic voltammetry, which shifts from -5.10 eV to -4.90 eV for the lowest and the highest molecular weight fractions, respectively. The most pronounced influence of DPn has been found for the charge carriers' mobility-one of the most important parameters of field effect transistors (FETs) fabricated from this polymer. A fourfold increase in DPn results in an increase of the carriers' mobility by more than 3 orders of magnitude. Comparison of these results with those obtained for fractionated regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) shows a strikingly similar behavior of both polymers with respect to the molecular weight.
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Kokubo H, Sato T, Yamamoto T. Synthesis of New Thiophene-Based π-Conjugated Polymers for Investigation of Molecular Alignment on the Surface of Platinum Plate. Macromolecules 2006. [DOI: 10.1021/ma060254q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hisashi Kokubo
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Zen A, Bilge A, Galbrecht F, Alle R, Meerholz K, Grenzer J, Neher D, Scherf U, Farrell T. Solution Processable Organic Field-Effect Transistors Utilizing an α,α‘-Dihexylpentathiophene-Based Swivel Cruciform. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:3914-5. [PMID: 16551091 DOI: 10.1021/ja0573357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A pentathiophene-based swivel cruciform, which allows rotation between the cruciform arms, was synthesized. Homogeneous microcrystalline films were processed from solution, and field-effect transistors utilizing this dimer gave hole mobilities up to 0.012 cm2/V.s.
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- Achmad Zen
- Institute of Physics, University of Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany
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Pokrop R, Verilhac JM, Gasior A, Wielgus I, Zagorska M, Travers JP, Pron A. Effect of molecular weight on electronic, electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties of poly(3,3″-dioctyl-2,2′∶5′,2″-terthiophene). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1039/b605504d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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