title: Indacenodithiophene semiconducting polymers for high-performance, air-stable transistors.
abstract: High-performance, solution-processed transistors fabricated from semiconducting polymers containing indacenodithiohene repeat units are described. The bridging functions on the backbone contribute to suppressing large-scale crystallization in thin films. However, charge carrier mobilities of up to 1 cm(2)/(V s) for a benzothiadiazole copolymer were reported and, coupled with both ambient stability and long-wavelength absorption, make this family of polymers particularly attractive for application in next-generation organic optoelectronics.
authors.affiliation: Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK. weimin.zhang@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Weimin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gysel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGehee
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salleo
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.forename: Shahid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Anthopoulos
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heeney
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: McCulloch
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012666:Semiconductors; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D013876:Thiophenes