Bifuran-imide: a stable furan building unit for organic electronics. Issue 44 (15th August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mulay, Sandip V.; Bogoslavky, Benny; Galanti, Idan; Galun, Ehud; Gidron, Ori
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 6:Issue 44(2018)
• Page Start: 11951
• Page End: 11955
• Publication Date: 2018-08-15
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Optical materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Electronics -- Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c8tc02908c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-7526

Abstract

Abstract : A new family of furan-containing materials exhibit high ambient stability while retaining strong fluorescence and quinoid character. Abstract : Oligo- and polyfurans hold many advantages over their thiophene analogues, yet their low environmental stability greatly limits their applications. In this work, we introduce a new building unit, bifuran-imide (BFI), which displays many of the advantageous properties observed for oligofurans, such as strong fluorescence, high solubility, significant quinoid character, and planarity, while also being significantly more stable (both thermally and photochemically) than parent oligofurans. Oligomers and polymers containing BFI show good solid state packing, strong fluorescence, and solubility, which makes them ideal candidates for active materials in organic electronics.