title: Fluorescent thiophene-based materials and their outlook for emissive applications.
abstract: Although thiophene-based materials are among the most widely studied conjugated materials for a number of technological applications, most discussions of emissive conjugated materials have focused on other systems, primarily due to the lower emission quantum yields of thiophene-based systems. Over the last decade, however, this has begun to change with the development of new highly emissive thiophene-based materials. In this review, we provide an overview of fluorescent thiophene-based materials and their applications, highlighting in particular the various methods employed to achieve highly emissive materials, as well as a variety of reported applications including fluorescent biomarkers and organic light emitting diodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, NDSU Dept. 2735, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA. seth.rasmussen@ndsu.edu.
authors.forename: Seth C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Sean J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Evenson
authors.forename: Casey B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: McCausland