@article{GalbrechtYangNehlsetal.2005,
  author    = {Galbrecht, Frank and Yang, X. H. and Nehls, B. S. and Neher, Dieter and Farrell, Tony and Scherf, Ullrich},
  title     = {Semiconducting polyfluorenes with electrophosphorescent on-chain platinum-salen chromophores},
  issn      = {1359-7345},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {The synthesis of statistical fluorene-type copolymers with on-chain Pt-salen phosphorescent units and their use in electrophosphorescent OLEDs is reported},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NehlsFuldnerPreisetal.2005,
  author    = {Nehls, B. S. and Fuldner, S. and Preis, E. and Farrell, Tony and Scherf, Ullrich},
  title     = {Microwave-assisted synthesis of 1,5-and 2,6-linked naphthylene-based ladder polymers},
  issn      = {0024-9297},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {A series of novel arylene ladder polymers incorporating conjugated 1,5- and 2,6-naphthylene building blocks were synthesized. The polyketone ladder polymer precursors were prepared via a palladium-mediated Suzuki-type cross- coupling reaction using both conventional and microwave heating. While the 2,6-naphthylene polyketone precursor (2,6- NPK) was accessible from both heating protocols. the 1,5-naphthylene linked polyketones were only accessible via microwave-assisted (uW) procedures. and the polymer 1,5-NLP2 is the first example of a ladder polymer consisting exclusively of alternating six-membered rings prepared from this reaction sequence. The solution optical spectra of the final naphthylene ladder polymers exhibit the characteristic spectral shapes with a steep absorption edge and a vibronic fine structure common to fully rigidified ladder structures. The structural modification of the substitution pattern and the linkage positions at the naphthylene unit allows some tuning of the absorption and emission bands of the ladder polymers. The 2,6-naphthylene derivative exhibits an intense blue photoluminescence, while the two 1,5-naphthylene- linked ladder polymers exhibit a red shift of the 0-0 electronic transitions, leading to a blue-green photoluminescence},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZenNeherSilmyetal.2005,
  author    = {Zen, Achmad and Neher, Dieter and Silmy, Kamel and Hollander, A. and Asawapirom, Udom and Scherf, Ullrich},
  title     = {Improving the performance of organic field effect transistor by optimizing the gate insulator surface},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {The effect of oxygen plasma treatment and/or silanization with hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) on the surface chemistry and the morphology of the SiO2-gate insulator were studied with respect to the performance of organic field effect transistors. Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), it is shown that silanization leads to the growth of a polysiloxane interfacial layer and that longer silanization times increase the thickness of this layer. Most important, silanization reduces the signal from surface contaminations such as oxidized hydrocarbon molecules. In fact, the lowest concentration of these contaminations was found after a combined oxygen plasma/silanization treatment. The results of these investigations were correlated with the characteristic device parameters of polymer field effect transistors with poly(3-hexylthiophene)s as the semiconducting layer. We found that the field effect mobility correlates with the concentration of contaminations as measured by XPS. We, finally, demonstrate that silanization significantly improves the operational stability of the device in air compared to the untreated devices},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZenSaphiannikovaNeheretal.2005,
  author    = {Zen, Achmad and Saphiannikova, Marina and Neher, Dieter and Asawapirom, Udom and Scherf, Ullrich},
  title     = {Comparative study of the field-effect mobility of a copolymer and a binary blend based on poly(3- alkylthiophene)s},
  issn      = {0897-4756},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {The performance of highly soluble regioregular poly[ (3-hexylthiophene)-co-(3-octylthiophetie)] (P3HTOT) as a semiconducting material in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) is presented in comparison to that of the corresponding homopolymers. Transistors made from as-prepared layers of P3HTOT exhibit a mobility of ca. 7 x 10(-3) cm(2) V-1 s(-1), which is comparable to the performance of transistors made from as-prepared poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and almost 6 times larger than the mobility of transistors prepared with poly(3-octylthiophene) (P3OT). On the other hand, the solubility parameter delta(p) of P3HTOT is close to that of the highly soluble P3OT. Moreover, compared to a physical blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and poly(3-octylthiophene), the mobility of P3HTOT devices is almost twice as large and the performance does not degrade upon annealing at elevated temperatures. Therefore, the copolymer approach outlined here may be one promising step toward an optimum balance between a Sufficient processability of the polymers from common organic solvents, a high solid state order, and applicable OFET performances},
  language  = {en}
}