Polymerization of acrylates based on n-type organic semiconductors using Cu(0)-RDRP. Issue 24 (30th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tonge, Christopher M.; Sauvé, Ethan R.; Paisley, Nathan R.; Heyes, Jordan E.; Hudson, Zachary M.
• Is Part Of: Polymer chemistry. Volume 9:Issue 24(2018)
• Page Start: 3359
• Page End: 3367
• Publication Date: 2018-05-30
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1039/c8py00670a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-9954

Abstract

Abstract : Three acrylic monomers have been prepared based on organic semiconductor motifs commonly used as n-type materials in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) and polymerized by Cu(0)-RDRP. Abstract : Three acrylic monomers have been prepared based on organic semiconductor motifs commonly used as n-type materials in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs). Facile room-temperature polymerizations were developed for these materials based on Cu(0) reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP), providing polymers with polydispersities as low as 1.14 at conversions up to 97%. Under these conditions, these materials display first-order polymerization kinetics up to high conversions of 92–97%. The optical, electrochemical and thermal properties for each of these n-type materials are also described. These methods provide a simple and inexpensive route to well-defined polymeric n-type organic semiconductors with potential applications in organic electronic devices.