Ambipolarity in benzobisthiadiazole-based donor-acceptor conjugated polymers

Jonathan D Yuen; Rajeev Kumar; Dante Zakhidov; Jason Seifter; Bogyu Lim; Alan J Heeger; Fred Wudl

doi:10.1002/adma.201101134

Ambipolarity in benzobisthiadiazole-based donor-acceptor conjugated polymers

Adv Mater. 2011 Sep 1;23(33):3780-5. doi: 10.1002/adma.201101134. Epub 2011 Jul 18.

Authors

Jonathan D Yuen¹, Rajeev Kumar, Dante Zakhidov, Jason Seifter, Bogyu Lim, Alan J Heeger, Fred Wudl

Affiliation

¹ Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.

PMID: 21766347
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201101134

Abstract

A family of four new DA polymers, in which the acceptor moiety benzobisthiadiazole was paired with four different donor moieties, has been synthesized. Surpri-singly, all members of the family exhibit balanced ambipolar behavior, despite polymer to polymer mobilities varying from 10(-4) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) to 10(-1) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1). Applications in single component CMOS integrated circuits are envisioned.

Keywords: (organic) field-effect transistors; charge transport; conjugated polymers; donor-acceptor systems; structure-property relationships.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.