5,11-Conjugation-extended low-bandgap anthradithiophene-containing polymer exhibiting enhanced thin-film order and field-effect mobility.
Anthradithiophene was incorporated in a polymer structure by extending its conjugation from the 5,11-positions, through in situ desilylation followed by acetylenic coupling with a dibromo-monomer. The resulting polymer showed largely redshifted order in a thin film as well as order in thin film, forming lamellar structures out of the substrate plane. As a result, it exhibits field-effect hole mobilities, on the order of 0.1 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), a ten to hundred-fold improvement as compared to previous acene-containing polymers.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5025, USA.
Ying
Y
Jiang
Jianguo
J
Mei
Alexander L
AL
Ayzner
Michael F
MF
Toney
Zhenan
Z
Bao