5,11-Conjugation-extended low-bandgap anthradithiophene-containing polymer exhibiting enhanced thin-film order and field-effect mobility

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jul 25;48(58):7286-8. doi: 10.1039/c2cc32473c. Epub 2012 Jun 15.

Abstract

Anthradithiophene was incorporated in a polymer structure by extending its conjugation from the 5,11-positions, through in situ desilylation followed by acetylenic coupling with a dibromo-monomer. The resulting polymer showed largely redshifted order in a thin film as well as order in thin film, forming lamellar structures out of the substrate plane. As a result, it exhibits field-effect hole mobilities, on the order of 0.1 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), a ten to hundred-fold improvement as compared to previous acene-containing polymers.