Electrochemical syntheses and doping properties of poly(3,3′-dialkylsulfanyl-2,2′-bithiophene)s: novel materials which exhibit facile n- and p-dopability

Abstract

Novel and stable electroactive polymer films which can undergo facile electrochemical p- and n-doping are successfully prepared for the first time from the electrochemical polymerization of symmetrical 3,3′-dialkylsulfanyl-2,2′-bithiophenes with long pendant chains.

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