Basf Se Corporation

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation

Clap Co., Ltd.

Ciba-geigy Corporation

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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Leland Stanford Junior University

Datalase Limited

UniversitÉ Libre De Bruxelles

Pascal Hayoz

Marta Fonrodona Turon

Daniel Kaelblein

Natalia Chebotareva

Jean-Charles Flores

Margherita Fontana

Mathias Düggeli

Olivier Frederic Aebischer

Iain Mcculloch

Beat Schmidhalter

Vien V Toan

Mathieu G R Turbiez

Olivier Frédéric Aebischer

Stephan Ilg

Mathias Duggeli

Mahmoud Zaher Eteish

David G Leppard

Andreas Valet

Gerhard Rytz

Mathias Dueggeli

Marian Lanz

Dieter Reinehr

Patrice Bujard

Jean-Luc Birbaum

Georges Metzger

Ian J Fletcher

Thomas Bolle

Norbert Wurms

Hu Chen

Thomas Ehlis

Hitoshi Yamato

Hans Jürg Kirner

Frank Bienewald

Bernd Lamatsch

Thomas Weitz

Daniel Tomasz Gryko

Jean-Luc Budry

Marek Grzybowski

J&uuml;rgen Kaschig

Michael Hurhangee

Wan Yue

Astrid-Caroline Knall

Thomas Sch&auml;fer

Weimin Zhang

Zhimin Hao

Ramanathan Ravichandran

Zhenan Bao

Mervin Gale Wood

Jean-Pierre Wolf

Clemens Auschra

Urs Lehmann

Philippe Bugnon

Peter Murer

Thomas Schäfer

Thomas Schaefer

Klemens Mathauer

Toshikage Asakura

Revathi Iyengar

Tyler A Stevenson

Andreas Mühlebach

Roger Meuwly

Allan Francis Cunningham

Stephan Burkhardt

Christophe Bulliard

Stefan Müller

Walter L Renz

Wolfgang Peter

Michael Ackerman

Hans Juerg Kirner

Sabin-Lucian Suraru

Hung-Yang Chen

Bernd Tieke

Jürgen Kaschig

Frank Würthner

Laurent Michau

Carsten Schellenberg

Kamalesh Pai Fondekar

Christian Schregenberger

Ting Lei

Martin Elbs

Matheiu G R Turbiez

Oliver Frederic Aebischer

Nkechinyerem Onwubiko

Marta Fondrodona Turon

Mathieu G R Turbioz

Iain Meager

Andreas Muehlebach

Bob Schroeder

Ying-Chih Lai

Erich Nyfeler

Jens Möller

Huiliang Wang

Mathieu Turbiez

Oliver Frédéric Aebischer

Hans Jurg Kirner

Attila Latika

Delphine Kimpel

Haichang Zhang

John Francis Oswald

Joseph Suhadonlik

The present invention provides compounds comprising at least one unit of formula (1) or (1') as well as a process for the preparation of the compounds, intermediates of this process, electronic devices comprising the compounds, and the use of the compounds as semiconducting materials.

Indaceno derivatives as organic semiconductors

Polymers comprising at least one unit of formulae   

Thieno-indeno-monomers and polymers

The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula&#x2014;[Ar]&#x2014;[Ar]&#x2014;[Ar]&#x2014;Y(R)(R)&#x2014;[Ar]&#x2014;[Ar]&#x2014;[Ar]&#x2014; (I), wherein &#x3b3; is a bivalent heterocyclic group, or ring system, which may optionally be substituted, Ar, ArAr, Ar, Arand Arare independently of each other a C-Carylen group, which can optionally be substituted, or a C-Cheteroarylen group, which can optionally be, Formula (1), substituted; at least one of R1 and R2 is a group of formula (II); and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially in organic photovoltaics and photodiodes, or in a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention can have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics and photodiodes. 

Semiconductors

Disclosed herein are polymers comprising at least one unit of formulae (1a)-(1f): 

Compounds of formula (I) and polymers comprising at least a structure of formula (II), wherein Tor Tare independently of each other a group of Formula (III), Formula (iv) Q, Q, Q, Q, Qor Qare independently of each other O, S or NR. 

Semiconducting polymer

Polymers comprising at least one unit of formula 1 and compounds of the formula 1' wherein, in formulae 1 and 1&#x2032; n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 X is at each occurrence selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se or Te, Q is at each occurrence selected from the group consisting of C, Si or Ge R is at each occurrence selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C-alkyl, C-alkenyl, C-alkynyl, C-cycloalkyl, C-aryl, R, R, R* are at each occurrence independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C-alkyl, C-alkenyl, C-alkynyl, C-cycloalkyl, C-aryl, 5 to 20 membered hetero-aryl, OR, OC(O)&#x2014;R, C(O)&#x2014;OR, C(O)&#x2014;R, NR, NR&#x2014;C(O)R, C(O)&#x2014;NRR, N[C(O)R][C(O)R], SR, halogen, CN, SiRRRand OH, Land Lare independently from each other and at each occurrence selected from the group consisting of C-arylene, 5 to 30 membered heteroarylene. 

Naphthoindacenodithiophenes and polymers

Polymers comprising at least one unit of formula (1) and their use as semiconducting materials. 

Benzothienothiophene isoindigo polymers

Polymers containing a repeating unit of the formula &#x2014;[Ar&#x2014;Y&#x2014;Ar']&#x2014; (V), and compounds of formula R&#x2014;Ar&#x2014;Y&#x2014;Ar&#x2032;&#x2014;R(I), where Y is a group of formula and organic devices containing the polymers. The polymers and compounds have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers and compounds are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics and photodiodes.

Polymers and compounds based on dipyrrolo[1,2-B:1',2'-G][2,6]naphthyridine-5,11-dione

The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula I, or III and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially an organic field effect transistor (OFET), or a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors.

Diketopyrrolopyrrole polymers for use in organic field effect transistors

Polymers containing at least one unit of formula wherein

Thienothiophene-isoindigo

Provided is a process for preparing a composition comprising semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes, a semiconducting polymer and solvent A (composition A), which process comprises the step of separating composition A from a composition comprising semiconducting and metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes, the semiconducting polymer and solvent B (composition B), wherein the semiconducting polymer has a band gap in the range of 0.5 to 1.8 eV and solvent A and B comprise an aromatic or a heteroaromatic solvent, composition A itself, a process for forming an electronic device, which process comprises the step of forming a layer by applying composition A to a precursor of the electronic device, as well as the electronic device obtainable by this process.

Sorting of carbon nanotubes

The present invention relates to polymers comprising one or more (repeating) unit(s) of the formula (I) which are characterized in that Arand Arare independently of each other are an annulated (aromatic) heterocyclic ring system, containing at least one thiophene ring, which may be optionally substituted by one, or more groups, and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially in organic photovoltaics (solar cells) and photodiodes, or in a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics (solar cells) and photodiodes. 

Diketopyrrolopyrrole polymers for use in organic semiconductor devices

The present invention provides an electronic component or device comprising a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein said component or device further comprising an organic semiconducting (OSC) material that is provided between the source and drain electrode, wherein the OSC material comprises (a) a polymer represented by formula: (I), and (b) a compound of formula (II). High quality OFETs can be fabricated by the choice of a semiconductor material, which is comprised of a polymer represented by formula I and (b) a compound of formula II. 

Organic field effect transistor

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