Non-covalent planarizing interactions yield highly ordered and thermotropic liquid crystalline conjugated polymers
Sina Sabury, Zhuang Xu, Shamil Saiev, Daniel W. Davies, Anna M. Österholm, Joshua M. Rinehart, M. Mirhosseini, Benedict Tong, Sanggyun Kim, Juan‐Pablo Correa‐Baena, Veaceslav Coropceanu, Oana D. Jurchescu, Jean‐Luc Brédas, Ying Diao, John R. Reynolds
Abstract
along with a remarkable device yield of 100% in an organic field-effect transistor (OFET) configuration. This molecular design approach to obtain highly ordered conjugated polymers in the solid state affords a deeper understanding of how intramolecular interactions and repeat-unit symmetry impact liquid crystallinity, solution aggregation, solution to solid-state transformation, solid-state morphology, and ultimately device applications.
Topics & Concepts
Thermotropic crystalConjugated systemCrystallinityMaterials scienceLiquid crystallinePolymerYield (engineering)Covalent bondLiquid crystalCrystallographyPolymer chemistryChemical engineeringOrganic chemistryChemistryComposite materialOptoelectronicsEngineeringLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions