Effects of alkyl chain positioning on conjugated polymer microstructure and field-effect mobilities

Bob C. Schroeder; Christian B. Nielsen; Paul Westacott; Jeremy Smith; Stephan Rossbauer; Thomas D. Anthopoulos; Natalie Stingelin; Iain McCulloch

doi:10.1557/mrc.2015.49

Effects of alkyl chain positioning on conjugated polymer microstructure and field-effect mobilities

Bob C. Schroeder, Christian B. Nielsen, Paul Westacott, Jeremy Smith, Stephan Rossbauer, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Natalie Stingelin, Iain McCulloch

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Solubilizing alkyl chains play a crucial role in the design of semiconducting polymers because they define the materials solubility and processability as well as both the crystallinity and solid-state microstructure. In this paper, we present a scarcely explored design approach by attaching the alkyl side chains on one side (cis-) or on both sides (trans-) of the conjugated backbone. We further investigate the effects of this structural modification on the solid-state properties of the polymers and on the charge-carrier mobilities in organic thin-film transistors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	435-440
Number of pages	6
Journal	MRS Communications
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2015.49
State	Published - Jul 13 2015
Externally published	Yes

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