Conjugated Polymers for Organic Electronics
Design and Synthesis

Presents a complete guide to the design of conjugated polymers for use in efficient organic electronic devices.

Andrew Grimsdale (Author), Paul Dastoor (Author)

9781107008168, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 April 2024

278 pages, 166 b/w illus.
24.9 x 17.5 x 2 cm, 0.66 kg

Focusing on how conjugated polymers can be designed and made for use in efficient organic electronic devices, this book covers the tools for future development of more environmentally and economically friendly devices. Including examples of interdisciplinary science, it exemplifies how chemists and physicists work together to enable the design and synthesis of high-performance material in devices, allowing polymer-based electronic devices to become viable commercial products. It provides the main classes of conjugated polymers and their applications in organic electronic devices such as transistors, light-emitting diodes, and solar cells, making this a comprehensive introduction. This complete guide includes the methods for making conjugated polymers, the properties and specific structures that make them suitable for use, and how their synthesis can be optimised to improve device performance. Written by experts in the field, this is the ideal guide for researchers and practitioners across materials science, physics, chemistry, and electrical engineering.

1. Introduction
2. Polyacetylenes
3. Poly(arylene vinylene)s
4. Poly(arylene ethynylenes)s
5. Poly(phenylene)s
6. Polyfluorenes and related polymers
7. Polythiophenes
8. Other arylene based polymers
9. Hyperbranched polymers and dendrimers
10. Polymers with molecular-like chromophores
11. Polymers for Phosphorescent LEDs
12. Polymers for white-emitting PLEDs
13. Polymers for other luminescent devices
14. Conclusion and outlook.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]