Multiblock polymers: Panacea or Pandora's box?

FS Bates, MA Hillmyer, TP Lodge, CM Bates… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Advances in synthetic polymer chemistry have unleashed seemingly unlimited strategies for
producing block polymers with arbitrary numbers (n) and types (k) of unique sequences of …

Recent advances in high performance donor-acceptor polymers for organic photovoltaics

S Holliday, Y Li, CK Luscombe - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Organic photovoltaic cells made with semiconducting polymers remain one of the most
promising technologies for low-cost solar energy due to their compatibility with roll-to-roll …

Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)

AD Jenkins, P Kratochvíl, RFT Stepto… - Pure and applied …, 1996 - degruyter.com
The clear and unambiguous definition of basic terms in a field of science has special
significance. Subsequent nomenclature must refer back to these basic terms, and the utmost …

Conjugated polymers–Problems and promises

Z Qiu, BAG Hammer, K Müllen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Conjugated polymers (CPs) are unique in their synthetic challenges to tailor their chemical,
electronic, and processing properties while identifying significant structure-to-property …

C–H arylation reaction: atom efficient and greener syntheses of π-conjugated small molecules and macromolecules for organic electronic materials

K Okamoto, J Zhang, JB Housekeeper… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
π-Conjugated small molecules, oligomers, and macromolecules are being used in the
fabrication of a wide variety of organic electronic devices such as organic field-effect …

Design strategies for organic semiconductors beyond the molecular formula

ZB Henson, K Müllen, GC Bazan - Nature chemistry, 2012 - nature.com
Organic semiconducting materials based on polymers and molecular systems containing an
electronically delocalized structure are the basis of emerging optoelectronic technologies …

Influence of Backbone Fluorination in Regioregular Poly (3-alkyl-4-fluoro) thiophenes

Z Fei, P Boufflet, S Wood, J Wade… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report two strategies toward the synthesis of 3-alkyl-4-fluorothiophenes containing
straight (hexyl and octyl) and branched (2-ethylhexyl) alkyl groups. We demonstrate that …

The development of conjugated polymers as the cornerstone of organic electronics

RM Pankow, BC Thompson - Polymer, 2020 - Elsevier
The expansion of the field of organic electronics has hinged upon structural and
fundamental developments in the field of conjugated polymers. Conjugated polymers allow …

Poly (3-hexylthiophene): synthetic methodologies and properties in bulk heterojunction solar cells

A Marrocchi, D Lanari, A Facchetti… - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) remains of significant importance as a prototypical
benchmark hole conductor material in Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs). In this review we …

Cross‐Dehydrogenative Coupling Polymerization via C− H Activation for the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers

B Chakraborty, CK Luscombe - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their versatile (opto) electronic properties, conjugated polymers have found
application in several organic electronic devices. Cross‐coupling reactions such as Stille …