BPTs: Thiophene-flanked benzodipyrrolidone conjugated polymers for ambipolar organic transistors

Joseph W. Rumer; Matthew Levick; Sheng Yao Dai; Rossbauer Stephan; Zhenggang Huang; Biniek Laure; Thomas D. Anthopoulos; James R. Durrant; David J. Procter; Iain Mc Culloch

doi:10.1039/c3cc40811f

BPTs: Thiophene-flanked benzodipyrrolidone conjugated polymers for ambipolar organic transistors

Joseph W. Rumer^*, Matthew Levick, Sheng Yao Dai, Rossbauer Stephan, Zhenggang Huang, Biniek Laure, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, James R. Durrant, David J. Procter, Iain Mc Culloch

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4565-4567
Number of pages	3
Journal	CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume	49
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc40811f
State	Published - Apr 23 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
General Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
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