Synthesis and characterization of a novel polymer based on anthracene moiety for organic thin film transistor |
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| Authors: | Yinam Li Tae‐Hoon Kim Qinghua Zhao Euh‐Kyung Kim Seung‐Hon Han Yun‐Hi Kim Jin Jang Soon‐Ki Kwon |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660‐701, Korea;2. Department of Chemistry and RINS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660‐701, Korea;3. Department of Physics, KyungHee University, Seoul 130‐301, Korea |
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| Abstract: | We have designed and synthesized a new polymer, which could be used in the organic thin film transistor (OTFT). Poly[2,6‐bis(3′‐dodecythiophene‐2′‐yl)anthracene] (PDTAn), which is composed with anthracene moiety and dodecyl alkyl thiophene, was synthesized by oxidative polymerization using iron (III) chloride. The mole ratio of FeCl3 and monomer (4.2:1), keeping low temperature during the initiation reaction, amount of solvent, and dropping order were very important for oxidative polymerization without crosslinking. The molecular weight of the polymer (Mw) was measured to be 40,000 with 2.85 of polydispersity index by GPC. The physical and optical properties of the polymer were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. A field‐effect mobility of 1.1 × 10?4 cm2 V?1 S?1, a current on/off ratio of 105, and the Vth at ?15.2 V had been obtained for OTFTs using this polymer semiconductor by solution coating. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 5115–5122, 2008 |
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| Keywords: | anthracene fluorescence functionalization of polymers mobility OTFT oxidative polymerization synthesis thiophene |
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