Abstract
A series of novel thiophene-flanked benzodipyrrolidone (BPT)-based alternating copolymers are synthesised, their optical and electrical properties evaluated. The BPT unit promotes a conjugated, planar polymer backbone, with a low bandgap, primarily due to low lying LUMO energy levels. Copolymerisation with thiophene exhibits well balanced ambipolar organic field-effect transistor performance, with electron and hole mobilities 0.1 and 0.2 cm2 V−;1 s−1, respectively. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4565-4567 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 40 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 23 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |