@article {43651,
	title = {Influence of thermocleavable functionality on organic field-effect transistor performance of small molecules},
	journal = {Chemical Physics Letters},
	volume = {678},
	year = {2017},
	month = {JUN},
	pages = {139-145},
	abstract = {Diketopyrrolopyrrole based donor-acceptor-donor conjugated small molecules using ethylene dioxythiophene as a donor was synthesized. Electron deficient diketopyrrolopyrrole unit was substituted with thermocleavable (tert-butyl acetate) side chains. The thermal treatment of the molecules at 160 degrees C eliminated the tert-butyl ester group results in the formation of corresponding acid. Optical and theoretical studies revealed that the molecules adopted a change in molecular arrangement after thermolysis. The conjugated small molecules possessed p-channel charge transport characteristics in organic field effect transistors. The charge carrier mobility was increased after thermolysis of tert-butyl ester group to 5.07 x 10(-5) cm(2)/Vs. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cplett.2017.04.041},
	author = {Mahale, Rajashree Y. and Dharmapurikar, Satej S. and Chini, Mrinmoy Kumar and Venugopalan, Vijay}
}
