Molecular design for tuning electronic structure of π-conjugated polymers containing fused dithienobenzimidazole units

Polymer ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Takagi ◽  
Tomoharu Kuroda ◽  
Masanori Sakaida ◽  
Hyuma Masu
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Molecular Design

Electronic structure studies of conducting polymers by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
J. Fink
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Electron Acceptors ◽  
Electron Donors ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
New Class ◽  
Electrical Conductivities ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

Conducting polymers comprises a new class of materials achieving electrical conductivities which rival those of the best metals. The parent compounds (conjugated polymers) are quasi-one-dimensional semiconductors. These polymers can be doped by electron acceptors or electron donors. The prototype of these materials is polyacetylene (PA). There are various other conjugated polymers such as polyparaphenylene, polyphenylenevinylene, polypoyrrole or polythiophene. The doped systems, i.e. the conducting polymers, have intersting potential technological applications such as replacement of conventional metals in electronic shielding and antistatic equipment, rechargable batteries, and flexible light emitting diodes.Although these systems have been investigated almost 20 years, the electronic structure of the doped metallic systems is not clear and even the reason for the gap in undoped semiconducting systems is under discussion.

Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Conjugated Polymers: Control of Colour and Efficiency

1992 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul L. Burn ◽  
A. B. Holmes ◽  
A. Kraft ◽  
A. R. Brown ◽  
D. D. C. Bradley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Transport Layer ◽  
Electron Transport Layer ◽  
Metal Contacts ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Lithographic Patterning ◽  
Energy Gaps

ABSTRACTStudies of the effect of different electrode combinations on the device characteristics of simple three layer light-emitting diodes (LEDs) prepared with poly(ρ-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) as the emissive layer sandwiched between two metal contacts have shown that it is generally more difficult to inject electrons than holes. In order to improve the efficiency of such devices it is, therefore, necessary to develop methods to enhance the injection of electrons and we illustrate here one example where we have successfully achieved this by the introduction of a further, electron transport, layer. The result is an eight fold increase in efficiency over our best three layer PPV devices. The efficiency is also dependent on the details of the polymer electronic structure and using a family of copolymers we have been able to produce enhancements in efficiency to values of up to 30 times that of the corresponding PPV devices. Variations in the polymer electronic structure also affect the colour of emission and the same family of copolymers allow control of emission colour from blue/green to orange/red. Supramolecular control of the copolymer electronic structure can be achieved by lithographic patterning and we show that it is possible to produce regions within a single polymer film that possess different π-π* energy gaps.

Structurally-modified subphthalocyanines: molecular design towards realization of expected properties from the electronic structure and structural features of subphthalocyanine

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (53) ◽  
pp. 6949-6966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soji Shimizu ◽  
Nagao Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Molecular Design ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Feature Article ◽  
System 2

This feature article summarizes recent contributions of the authors in the synthesis of structurally-modified subphthalocyanines, which covers (1) modification of the conjugated system, (2) core-modification, and (3) exterior-modification.

Electronic Structure and Optical Response of Electroluminescent Conjugated Polymers

1997 ◽  
Vol 488 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Bredas ◽  
J. Cornil ◽  
D. Beljonne ◽  
D. A. Dos Santos ◽  
Z. Shuaiv ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Quantum Chemical Calculations ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yield ◽  
Remarkable Agreement

AbstractIn this contribution, we investigate by means of correlated quantum-chemical calculations the influence of intermolecular interactions on the absorption and emission properties of conjugated chains. Various strategies are suggested to avoid a substantial decrease in fluorescence quantum yield in condensed media. Finally, the reliability of our theoretical approach is validated by showing the remarkable agreement obtained between the experimental data and the calculated optical properties of clusters formed by sexithienyl molecules.

Electronic structure of some conjugated polymers for electron transport

2001 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Birgerson ◽  
N. Johansson ◽  
A. Pohl ◽  
M. Lögdlund ◽  
Y. Tsukahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Electron Transport ◽  
Conjugated Polymers
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