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The First Example of a Polythiophene Bearing Fused Tetrathiafulvalene Units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Peter J. Skabara ,
Donna M. Roberts ,
Asim K. Ray ,
Suresh S. Umare ,
Aseel K. Hassan ,
Alexey V. Nabok  and
Klaus Müllen
Peter J. Skabara
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Donna M. Roberts
Affiliation:
Materials Research Institute and the Physical Electronics and Fibre Optics Research Laboratory, School of Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
Asim K. Ray
Affiliation:
Materials Research Institute and the Physical Electronics and Fibre Optics Research Laboratory, School of Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
Suresh S. Umare
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 55128, Germany On leave from the Department of Chemistry, Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur-440011 (MS), India
Aseel K. Hassan
Affiliation:
Materials Research Institute and the Physical Electronics and Fibre Optics Research Laboratory, School of Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
Alexey V. Nabok
Affiliation:
Materials Research Institute and the Physical Electronics and Fibre Optics Research Laboratory, School of Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
Klaus Müllen
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 55128, Germany
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Abstract

The polymerization of a fused 2,5-dibromothieno-TTF derivative by Yamamoto procedures gave a highly electroactive polymer; doping the material with TCNQ increased the conductivity of the polymer by approximately two orders of magnitude.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 665: Symposium C – Electronic, Optical and Optoelectronic Polymers and Oligomers , 2001 , C2.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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