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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Worrall, Northwich, GB;
Martin Heeney, Southampton, GB;
Steven Tierney, Southampton, GB;
Louise Diane Farrand, Blandford Forum, GB;
Mark Giles, Southampton, GB;
Marcus Thompson, Fordingbridge, GB;
Maxim Shkunov, Southampton, GB;
David Sparrowe, Bournemouth, GB;
Iain McCulloch, Kings Somborne, GB;
Assignee:
Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung, Darmstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/932 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/932 ;
Abstract
Conjugated mono-, oligo- and polymers of benzo[b]thiophene and bisbenzo[b]thiophene are useful as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors, electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices.