TY - JOUR A1 - Zen, Achmad A1 - Bilge, Askin A1 - Galbrecht, Frank A1 - Alle, Ronald A1 - Meerholz, Klaus A1 - Grenzer, Jörg A1 - Neher, Dieter A1 - Scherf, Ullrich A1 - Farrell, Tony T1 - Solution processable organic field-effect transistors utilizing an alpha,alpha '-dihexylpentathiophene- based swivel cruciform Y1 - 2006 UR - http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja0573357 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/Ja0573357 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nehls, B. S. A1 - Fuldner, S. A1 - Preis, E. A1 - Farrell, Tony A1 - Scherf, Ullrich T1 - Microwave-assisted synthesis of 1,5-and 2,6-linked naphthylene-based ladder polymers N2 - 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 Y1 - 2005 SN - 0024-9297 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Galbrecht, Frank A1 - Yang, X. H. A1 - Nehls, B. S. A1 - Neher, Dieter A1 - Farrell, Tony A1 - Scherf, Ullrich T1 - Semiconducting polyfluorenes with electrophosphorescent on-chain platinum-salen chromophores N2 - The synthesis of statistical fluorene-type copolymers with on-chain Pt-salen phosphorescent units and their use in electrophosphorescent OLEDs is reported Y1 - 2005 SN - 1359-7345 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Asawapirom, Udom A1 - Bulut, F. A1 - Farrell, Tony A1 - Gadermaier, C. A1 - Gamerith, S. A1 - Güntner, Roland A1 - Kietzke, Thomas A1 - Patil, S. A1 - Piok, T. A1 - Montenegro, Rivelino V. D. A1 - Stiller, Burkhard A1 - Tiersch, Brigitte A1 - Landfester, Katharina A1 - List, E. J. W. A1 - Neher, Dieter A1 - Torres, C. S. A1 - Scherf, Ullrich T1 - Materials for polymer electronics applications semiconducting polymer thin films and nanoparticles N2 - The paper presents two different approaches to nanostructured semiconducting polymer materials: (i) the generation of aqueous semiconducting polymer dispersions (semiconducting polymer nanospheres SPNs) and their processing into dense films and layers, and (ii) the synthesis of novel semiconducting polyfluorene-block-polyaniline (PF-b-PANI) block copolymers composed of conjugated blocks of different redox potentials which form nanosized morphologies in the solid state Y1 - 2004 SN - 1022-1360 ER -