Roles of Flexible Chains in Organic Semiconducting Materials

• Published in: Chemistry of materials Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 594 - 603
• Main Authors: Lei, Ting, Wang, Jie-Yu, Pei, Jian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 14.01.2014
• Subjects: organic semiconducting materials; organic materials; alkyl chain effect; flexible chain effect

In the past couple of years, remarkable progress has been made in solution-processable organic semiconducting materials for optoelectronics. The development of novel π-conjugated backbones has always been the central issue in this field. In contrast, flexible side chains are less developed and usual...