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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Llc, Marlborough, MA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Elissei Iagodkine, Marlborough, MA (US);
George L. Athens, Freeland, MI (US);
Enrique Daniel Gomez, State College, PA (US);
Brandon Howard Smith, State College, PA (US);
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Midland, MI (US);
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC, Marlborough, MA (US);
THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a regioregular polyalkylthiophene and/or a regioregular poly[2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene]; and a metallocene; where the metallocene is present in an amount of greater than 75 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition; where the charge mobility is increased by a factor of 3 or more over compositions having 50 wt % of ferrocene or less with the remainder being a regioregular polyalkylthiophene and/or a regioregular poly[2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene]. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing a thin film comprising dissolving a regioregular polyalkylthiophene and/or a regioregular poly[2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene] in a solvent to form a solution; dissolving a metallocene in the solution; where the metallocene is present in an amount of 75 wt % or greater based on the total weight of the ferrocene and the regioregular polyalkylthiophene and/or the regioregular poly[2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene]; disposing the solution on a substrate; and annealing the substrate.