Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly

LR MacFarlane, H Shaikh… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The development of π-conjugated polymers has provided a gateway to a variety of new
functional organic materials reminiscent of inorganic semiconductors. Nanoparticles based …

Transformation of step-growth polymerization into living chain-growth polymerization

T Yokozawa, Y Ohta - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conventional condensation polymerization proceeds in a stepgrowth polymerization
manner, and it was thought that “living” condensation polymerization was essentially …

Living radical polymerization by the RAFT process–a third update

G Moad, E Rizzardo, SH Thang - Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
This paper provides a third update to the review of reversible deactivation radical
polymerization (RDRP) achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC (= S) SR) by a …

C–H arylation reaction: atom efficient and greener syntheses of π-conjugated small molecules and macromolecules for organic electronic materials

K Okamoto, J Zhang, JB Housekeeper… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
π-Conjugated small molecules, oligomers, and macromolecules are being used in the
fabrication of a wide variety of organic electronic devices such as organic field-effect …

Donor–acceptor semiconducting polymers for organic solar cells

RS Kularatne, HD Magurudeniya… - Journal of Polymer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the synthesis and photovoltaic performance of donor–acceptor (D–A)
semiconducting polymers that have been reported during the last decade. 9, 9‐Dialkyl‐2, 7 …

A mixed-ligand strategy to modulate P3HT regioregularity for high-efficiency solar cells

Y Liu, K Xian, X Zhang, M Gao, Y Shi, K Zhou… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sustainable synthesis of polythiophenes (eg, P3HT) is highly desired for the development of
low-cost organic solar cells. Regulating the regioregularity of P3HT is a promising way to …

Simple polythiophene solar cells approaching 10% efficiency via carbon chain length modulation of poly (3-alkylthiophene)

Y Liu, K Xian, R Gui, K Zhou, J Liu, M Gao… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Poly (3-alkylthiophene) s are the most extensively studied polymeric materials in organic
and hybrid solar cells due to the unique advantages of extremely low cost in material …

Organic semiconductors for biological sensing

J Borges-González, CJ Kousseff… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we provide an overview of conjugated organic semiconductors and their
applications in biological sensing with a primary focus on the role of the organic …

Conjugated polymer synthesis via catalyst-transfer polycondensation (CTP): mechanism, scope, and applications

ZJ Bryan, AJ McNeil - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
The recent discovery of a living, controlled chain-growth method for synthesizing π-
conjugated polymers has ignited the field and led to the development of many new …

A rational design of highly controlled Suzuki–Miyaura catalyst-transfer polycondensation for precision synthesis of polythiophenes and their block copolymers …

KB Seo, IH Lee, J Lee, I Choi… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a highly efficient Suzuki–Miyaura catalyst-transfer polycondensation
(SCTP) of 3-alkylthiophenes using bench-stable but highly active Buchwald …