Harvesting energy directly from sunlight using photovoltaic technology is considered as
being one of the most important ways to address growing global energy needs using a …

The electronic properties of linear π-conjugated systems (LCSs) have acquired a growing
importance in many areas of modern chemistry and physics of condensed matter. At the …

It has been about 40 years since the field of organic conducting polymers was ignited by the
demonstration of metallic conductivity in polyacetylene. A retrospective view of this research …

A series of novel monomers and polymers containing aromatic-donor and o-quinoid-
acceptor units was prepared, and the relationship between their spectral and …

Abstract 2, 1, 3‐Benzothiadiazole (BTD) is one of the most important nuclei used in the
chemistry of photoluminescent compounds and applicable for light technology. The …

Conventional semiconducting polymer synthesis typically involves transition metal-mediated
coupling reactions that link aromatic units with single bonds along the backbone. Rotation …

The recent and rapid enhancement in power conversion efficiencies of organic-based, bulk-
heterojunction solar cells has been a consequence of both improved materials design and …

Combining a strong donor, tris (dodecyloxy) phenyl)-dithieno [3, 2-b: 2′, 3′-d] pyrrole, with
a strong acceptor, 4, 8-dithien-2-yl-2λ4δ2-benzo [1, 2-c; 4, 5-c′] bis [1, 2, 5] thiadiazole, has …

A series of highly extensive quinoidal oligothiophenes carrying a dicyanomethylene group
at both terminal positions is synthesized. As the quinoidal structures extend, they have …

π-Conjugated polymers composed of quinoidal or proquinoidal building blocks represent an
intriguing class of macromolecules in terms of both fundamental research and practical …