Handbook of Thiophene-Based Materials Applications in Organic Electronics and Photonics, 2 Volume Set

by Perepichka, Igor F.; Perepichka, Dmitrii F.

• ISBN13: 9780470057322
• ISBN10: 0470057327
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-17
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This essential resource consists of a series of critical reviews written by leading scientists, summarising the progress in the field of conjugated thiophene materials. It is an application-oriented book, giving a chemists' point of view on the state-of-art and perspectives of the field. While presenting a comprehensive coverage of thiophene-based materials and related applications, the aim is to show how the rational molecular design of materials can bring a new breadth to known device applications or even aid the development of novel application concepts. The main topics covered include synthetic methodologies to thiophene-based materials (including the chemistry of thiophene, preparation of oligomers and polymerisation approaches) and the structure and physical properties of oligo- and polythiophenes (discussion of structural effects on electronic and optical properties). Part of the book is devoted to the optical and semiconducting properties of conjugated thiophene materials for electronics and photonics, and the role of thiophene-based materials in nanotechnology.

Author Biography

Dr. Igor F. Perepichka is a senior research associate in the chemistry department of Durham University (UK), working with Professor Martin Bryce on self-organised nanostructures as part of the European Science Foundation programme. He was educated at Donetstsk Polytechnic and completed his PhD in organic chemistry in the Institute of Physical Organic and Coal Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, where he started his career as an engineer and was later promoted to senior research scientist in 1989. Dr. Perepichka has been a Humboldt Fellow at Wuerzburg University, a visiting scientist at CNRS in Angers and an invited professor at Angers University.
Professor Dmitrii F. Perepichkais an assistant professor in the department of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal (Canada). He was educated at Donetsk State University (Ukraine) and completed his PhD in organic chemistry at the Ukraine National Academy of Science in the Ukraine in 1999. He spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher with Professor Martin Bryce and then from 2001 to 2003 he worked in the lab of Professor Fred Wudl at UCLA, working on a number of projects including the synthesis of conjugated polymers and the functionalisation of carbon nanotubes. His main research interests are materials chemistry, organic synthesis, molecular electronics, surface and nanoscience.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor

Preface

List of Contributors

Synthesis and Theory

Functional oligothiophene-based materials: nanoarchitectures and applications

Introduction

Functionalized oligothiophenes

Fused thiophenes

Macrocyclic thiophenes

Dendritic and hyperbranched oligothiophenes

Conclusions and prospects

Acknowledgments

References

Synthesis, characterization and properties of regioregular polythiophene-based materials

Introduction

Consequences of regiochemistry

Synthesis of regioregular polythiophenes

Purification and fractionation

Molecular characterization

Solid-state studies

Block copolymers containing regioregular polythiophenes

Conclusions

References

Fused oligothiophenes

Introduction

Synthesis and molecular properties of fused oligothiophenes

Conclusion

References

Thiophene-S,S-dioxides as a class of electron-deficient materials for electronics and photonics

Introduction

Electrochemical and photoluminescence properties

Application in devices

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Synthesis and properties of oligo- and polythiophenes containing transition metals

Introduction

Transition metal-containing oligothiophenes

Electropolymerization and properties of polymers

Conclusion and outlook

References

Selenophenes as hetero-analogues of thiophene-based materials

Introduction

Selenophene-based conducting materials

Selenophene-based electroactive materials

Selenophene-based OFET materials

Conclusion

References

Energy gaps and their control in thiophene-based polymers and oligomers

Introduction

Oligomer vs PBC calculations of the bandgap

Gap and connectivity

Bandgap affected by an aromatic vs quinonoid valence tautomerism

Is a small bandgap thiophene polymer attainable?

Gaps of ladder-like PThs

Substitutions and other factors influencing the gap

Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

Theoretical studies on thiophene-containing compounds

Introduction

HOMOLUMO gap and bandgap calculations

Nature of charge carriers

Effect of substitutions on different properties

Twisting (inter-ring deviation from planarity) in oligo- and polythiophene

IR and Raman spectra

UVVis spectra

Quinoid oligothiophene

Cyclic oligothiophene

New compounds with tailor-made properties

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Properties and Applications

Electrochemistry of oligothiophenes and polythiophenes

Introduction

Electrochemistry

Spectroelectrochemistry

Conclusion

References

Novel photonic responses from low-dimensional crystals of thiophene/phenylene oligomers

Introduction

Low-dimensional crystals of thiophene/phenylene co-oligomers

Amplified spontaneous emission

Stimulated resonance Raman scattering

Pulse-shaped emission with time delay

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Novel electronic and photonic properties of thiophene-based oligomers

Introduction

Materials and molecular alignments: thin films and crystals

Charge transport: FET device applications

Photonic features: laser oscillation

Implications of the optoelectronic data of the crystals

Conclusion and future prospects

Acknowledgments

References

Liquid crystalline and electroresponsive polythiophenes

Introduction

Synthesis and properties of LC polythiophene derivatives

FLC Polythiophene derivatives

Acknowledgments

References

Self-assembly of thiophene-based materials: a scanning tunneling microscopy perspective

Introduction

STM studies of thiophene-based materials

Conclusions and perspectives

References

PEDOT properties and technical relevance

Introduction

Synthesis

Properties

Processing

Uses

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Polythiophenes as active electrode materials for electrochemical capacitors

Introduction

Electrochemical capacitors

Polythiophene derivatives

Types of electrochemical capacitors

Performance and prototypes

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Electroactive oligothiophenes and polythiophenes for organic field effect transistors

Introduction

Field effect transistors

Thiophene-based oligomers for OFETs

Thiophene-based polymers for OFETs

Conclusions and outlook

References

Thienothiophene-containing polymers for field effect transistor applications

Introduction to organic electronics

Organic field effect transistors

Organic semiconductors

Thienothiophene polymers

Conclusion

References

Photovoltaics based on thiophene polymers: a short overview

Introduction

Processing at higher levels

Thermal processing to alter morphology

Solvent vapor treatment to alter morphology

Thermocleavage

Other methods to control morphology

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Thiophene-based materials for electroluminescent applications

Introduction

General synthetic routes to PTs

Thiophene homopolymers

Thiophene oligomers

Copolymers of thiophenes with other conjugated moieties

Oligomers and polymers with thiophene-S,S-dioxide moiety

Thiophene materials for unconventional and advanced electroluminescent applications

Conclusions

Abbreviations

References

Thiophene-based electrochromic materials

Electrochromism and electrochromics

Electrochromism in polythiophene derivatives

Organic versus inorganic

Electrochromics in applications

Conclusion

References

Photoresponsive thiophene-based molecules and materials

Introduction

Photochromism in single crystals

Photochromism in amorphous films

Photochromism in polymers

Photochromism on metal surfaces

New architectures

Conclusion

References

Chemical and biological sensors based on polythiophenes

Introduction

Different types of polythiophenes for chemical and biological sensors

Chemical sensors

Biological sensors

Conclusions

References

Index

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