Printable electronics: From living synthesis of conducting polymers to high mobility transistors

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Richard D. McCullough, rm5g@andrew.cmu.edu, Dean, Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Regioregular, head-to-tail coupled, block copolymers of thiophenes and other polymers can drive a self-assembly in polythiophenes at the nanoscale through polymer phase-separation. These new polymers have allowed us to create not only highly conductive polymers, but also printable transistors with high mobilities. Living synthesis of regioregular polythiophenes has been discovered through new mechanistic insights to the reaction chemistry, that ultimately leads to enhanced device performance.
 

Herman Mark Scholar Award Symposium
8:30 AM-11:55 AM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 Westin Boston Waterfront -- Grand Ballroom C, Oral

Division of Polymer Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007