Polythiophene Semiconductors

Lucas LA, DeLongchamp DM, Vogel BM, Lin EK, Fasolka MJ, Fischer DA, McCulloch I, Heeney M, Jabbour GE (2007) Combinatorial screening of the effect of temperature on the micro structure and mobility of a high performance polythiophene semiconductor. Appl Phys Lett 90 012112... 

Dannetun P, Boman M, Stafstrom S, Salaneck WR, Lazzaroni R, Fredriksson C, Bredas JL, Zamboni R, Taliani C (1993) The chemical and electronic structure of the interface between aluminum and polythiophene semiconductors. J Chem Phys 99(l) 664-672 Ahn H, Whitten JE (2003) Vapor-deposition of aluminum on thiophene-terminated self-assembled monolayers on gold. J Phys Chem B 107(27) 6565-6572 Fisher GL, Flooper A, Opila RL, Jung DR, Allara DL, Winograd N (1999) The interaction between vapor-deposited A1 atoms and methylester-terminated self-assembled monolayers studied by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and infrared reflectance spectroscopy. J Electron Spectrosc Relat Phenom 98-99 139-148... 

Stable polythiophene semiconductors 523 incorporating thieno[2,3-3]thiophene ring system were synthesized (Scheme 67) <2005JA1078>. 

Stable polythiophene semiconductors 237 incorporating the thieno[2,3-fc]thiophene ring system were synthesized by Stille coupling of 5,5 -dibromo-4,4 -dialkyl-2,2 -bithiophene 235 with thieno[2,3-fc]thiophene-2,5-diylbis(trimethystannane) 236 (Scheme 48). The polymers 237 described showed both good charge carrier mobility and stability to ambient air and light [62],... 

Wu Y, Liu P, Ong BS, Srikumar T, Zhao N, Botton G, Zhu S. (2005) Controlled orientation of liquid-crystalline polythiophene semiconductors for high-performance organic thin-film transistors. Appl Phys Lett 86 142102. 

Heeney, M. et al.. Stable polythiophene semiconductors incorporating thieno 2,3-b... 

Heeney, M., C. Bailey, K. Genevicius, M. Shkunov, D. Sparrowe, S. Tierney, and I. McCulloch. 2005. Stable polythiophene semiconductors incorporating thieno[2,3-b]thiophene. JAm Chem Soc 127 1078-1079. 

R. J. Kline, D. M. DeLongchamp, D. A. Fischer, E. K. Lin, M. Heeney, I. McCulloch and M. F. Toney. Significant dependence of morphology and charge carrier mobility on substrate surface chemistry in high performance polythiophene semiconductor films. Appl. Phys. Lett. 90(6), 062117/1-062117/3 (2007). 

A. Facchetti, M.-H. Yoon, C. L. Stem, H. E. Katz, T. J. Marks, Building blocks for n-type organic electronics regiochemicaUy modulated inversion of majority carrier sign in perfluoroarene-modified polythiophene semiconductors, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 42, 3900-3903 (2003). 

Figure 17.8 Transfer characteristics of bottom-gate, bottom-contact OFET device with (a) P3FIT and (b) pBTTT semiconductor on continuous exposure to ambient, unfiltered air (c) pBTTT on continuous exposure to filtered, low humidity ( 4 % RFi) air. Reprinted with permission from M. Fieeney, C. Bailey, K. Cenevicius, M. Shkunov, D. Sparrowe, S. Tierney and i. McCulloch, Stable polythiophene semiconductors incorporating thieno[2,3-b]thiophene. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 1078-1079 (2005). Copyright 2005 American Chemical Society...

P. Dannetun, M. Boman, S. Stafstrom, W. R. Salaneck, R. Lazzaroni, C. Fredriksson, J. L. Bredas. R. Zamboni, and C. Taliani, The chemical and electronic structure of the interface between aluminum and polythiophene semiconductors, J. Chem. Phys. 99 664 (1993). 

Heeney M, Bailey C, Genevicius K, Shknnov M, Spanowe D, Tierney S, McCulloch I (2005) Stable polythiophene semiconductors incorporating thiraio[2,3-h]thiophene. J Am Chem Soc 127 1078-1079... 

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