Novel thiophene-based architectures and topologies

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Peter Bauerle, peter.baeuerle@chemie.uni-ulm.de, Abteilung Organische Chemie II, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Conjugated oligo- and polyheterocycles represent an important class of compounds in the field of organic materials and have successfully been used as active components in organic electronic devices, such as field effect transistors (FET) and logic circuits, light emitting diodes (LED) and full-colour displays, solar cells or in molecular electronics.

On the basis of oligo- and polythiophenes, we are currently synthesizing and characterizing novel semiconducting nanoarchitectures and topologies from 1D linear to 3D dendritic. Their functionalization, novel synthesis methods, their self-assembling properties and applications in organic solar cells will be discussed.