Issue 24, 2018

Polymerization of acrylates based on n-type organic semiconductors using 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.

Graphical abstract: Polymerization of acrylates based on n-type organic semiconductors using Cu(0)-RDRP

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 May 2018
Accepted
17 May 2018
First published
18 May 2018

Polym. Chem., 2018,9, 3359-3367

Polymerization of acrylates based on n-type organic semiconductors using Cu(0)-RDRP

C. M. Tonge, E. R. Sauvé, N. R. Paisley, J. E. Heyes and Z. M. Hudson, Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 3359 DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00670A

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