Abstract:
A material substituted with a group of formula (I): wherein: Ar1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; Sp1 represents a first spacer group; n1 is 0 or 1; m1 is 1 if n1 is 0 and m1 is at least 1 if n1 is 1; R1 independently in each occurrence is H or a substituent, with the proviso that at least one R1 is a group R11 selected from: alkyl comprising a tertiary carbon atom directly bound to a carbon atom of the cyclobutene ring of formula (I); branched alkyl wherein a secondary or tertiary carbon atom of the branched alkyl is spaced from a carbon atom of the cyclobutene ring of formula (I) by at least one —CH2— group; and alkyl comprising a cyclic alkyl group; or with the proviso that at least two R1 groups are linked to form a ring.
Abstract:
A composition comprising a first material substituted with at least one group of formula (I) and a second material substituted with at least one group selected from groups of formulae (IIa) and (IIb): wherein: Sp1 and Sp2 are spacer groups; NB independently in each occurrence is a norbornene group that may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; n1 and n2 are 0 or 1; m1 is 1 if n1 is 0 and m1 is at least 1 if n1 is 1; m2 is 1 if n2 is 0 and m2 is at least 1 if n2 is 1; Ar1 represents an aryl or heteroaryl group; R1 independently in each occurrence is H or a substituent; and * represents a point of attachment to the first or second material. The composition may be used to form a layer of an organic electronic device, for example the hole-transporting layer of an organic light-emitting device.
Abstract:
Tetracenothiophene derivatives are disclosed, which comprise alkoxy-C-alkyne solubilising groups at transversal positions of the tetracenothiophene unit. These compounds enable preferential molecular stacking and a high field effect mobility and at the same time show improved solubility as compared to known benzothiophene- and pentacene-based materials. In addition, organic thin films comprising these derivatives, their use in electronic devices and components, such as organic thin film transistors, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of iodinated compounds of formula (I): (Formula (I)) wherein R1 is the same or different in each occurrence and is a substituent; m independently in each occurrence is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and X independently in each occurrence is NR2, PR2, —CR22—, —SiR22, O or S wherein R2 is the same or different in each occurrence and is a substituent.
Abstract:
A polymer comprising a fluorescent light-emitting repeating unit comprising a group of formula ED-EA wherein ED is an electron-donating unit; EA is an electron-accepting unit; and a band gap EgCT of a charge-transfer state formed from the electron-donating unit and the electron-accepting unit is smaller than the bandgap of either the electron-accepting unit EgEA or that of the electron-donating unit EgED.
Abstract:
A blend for preparing a semiconducting layer an organic electronic device comprises a polymer, a first non-polymeric semiconductor, a second non-polymeric semiconductor and a third non-polymeric semiconductor. The blend enables higher concentration solutions of semiconductor and a broader solution processing window as compared to blends comprising one polymer and one non-polymeric semiconductor. For example, a blend comprising F8-TFB and three different substituted benzothiophene derivatives shows three-fold higher average saturation mobility in OTFTs as compared to a blend of one polymer and one of these benzo thiophene derivatives and consistent peak saturation mobilities after drying at 60° C., 80° C. and 100° C. even after a 2 minute delay.
Abstract:
A copolymer comprising a repeat unit of Formula (I) and at least one further repeat unit: Formula (I) wherein: wherein: Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently selected from aryl and heteroaryl, each of which is independently unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; each R is independently a substituent; each n is independently 0, 1 or 2; each m is independently 0, 1, 2 or 3, and at least one of the repeat units of the polymer is a partially conjugating repeat unit.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a semiconducting layer of an organic electronic device comprising: (i) depositing said semiconducting layer from a solution comprising a polymeric semiconductor, a non-polymeric semiconductor, a first aromatic solvent and a second aromatic solvent, wherein said second aromatic solvent has a boiling point that is at least 15° C. higher than the boiling point of said first aromatic solvent; and (ii) heating said deposited layer to evaporate said solvent, wherein said first aromatic solvent is of formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from C1-6 alkyl and OC1-6 alkyl; and R2 and R3 are each independently selected from H and CC1-6 alkyl.
Abstract:
A compound of formula (I): wherein R1 in each occurrence is independently H or a substituent; R2 in each occurrence is independently a substituent; p in each occurrence is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 and Y is a ligand, with the proviso that at least one R1 is a substituent or at least one p is at least 1.
Abstract:
A metal complex is provided represented by Formula (1): wherein M represents a prescribed metal atom; RP1, RP2, RP3, RP4, RP5, and RP6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a prescribed group, wherein RP1 and RP2 may be bonded together to form a ring structure, RP2 and RP3 may be bonded together to form a ring structure, and RP3 and RP4 may be bonded together to form a ring structure, provided that at least one of RP1, RP2, RP3, and RP4 is a dendron and at least one of RP5 and RP6 is an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; m is an integer of 1 to 3 and n is an integer of 0 to 2, wherein m+n is 2 or 3; and a moiety represented by Formula (2) represents a bidentate ligand: wherein Rx and Ry each independently represent a prescribed atom.