Since the discovery of highly conducting polyacetylene by Shirakawa, MacDiarmid, and
Heeger1 in 1977, π-conjugated systems have attracted much attention as futuristic materials …

The award of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 to Professors Alan Heeger, Alan
MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa for their discovery that “doped” polyacetylene can …

One of the most important objectives in materials, chemical, and physical sciences is the
creation of large conjugated macrocycles with well‐defined shapes, since such molecules …

Harvesting energy directly from sunlight using photovoltaic cells (PCs) is a very important
way to address growing global energy needs with a renewable resource while minimizing …

In this contribution we review the motivations for, and recent advances in, new gate dielectric
materials for incorporation into organic thin‐film transistors (OTFTs) for organic electronics …

Polythiophenes are one of the most important classes of conjugated polymers, with a wide
range of applications, such as conducting films, electrochromics, and field‐effect transistors …

The remarkable development of organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) has led to their
emerging use in active matrix flat-panel displays, radio frequency identification cards, and …

Carbazole‐based oligomeric and polymeric materials have been studied for almost 25 years
for their unique electrical, electrochemical and optical properties. Interestingly, carbazole …

Conjugated polymers combine the interesting optical and electrical properties of metals with
the processing advantages and mechanical properties of traditional synthetic polymers. With …

New advances offer flexible, low-cost fabrication methods for light-emitting materials,
particularly in display technologies. As researchers continue to develop novel applications …