@article {43315, title = {Supramolecular interaction facilitated small molecule films for organic field effect transistors}, journal = {Polymer Chemistry}, volume = {3}, year = {2012}, month = {APR}, pages = {1641-1646}, abstract = {Metalloporphyrins and metal free porphyrins have been explored as active materials in field effect transistors. Amorphous forms of these porphyrins are preferred over their crystalline analogue due to the ease of solution processability. To achieve solution processability, a metalloporphyrin was anchored on a vinyl polymer by taking advantage of the supramolecular interaction between the metal and the pyridine moiety of the polymer. Non covalent bonding was preferred because it provides an opportunity to better manipulate the polymer{\textquoteright}s properties compared to its covalent bonding analogue. The binding between the porphyrin and the polymer was optimised in solution and the supramolecular complex was spun on various substrates to form thin films. The porphyrin was found to be uniformly distributed throughout the polymer films contrary to the existing approaches, wherein small molecule phase segregates in the polymer film. Field effect transistors were fabricated using the porphyrin-polymer complex and the device parameters were measured at atmospheric condition. The devices annealed at 80 degrees C showed hole carrier mobility of 2.0 x 10(-4) cm(2) V-1 s(-1) with charge trapping at the dielectric semiconductor interface. Furthermore, the high carrier mobility observed at low temperature annealing makes this supramolecular complex an attractive candidate to explore in flexible substrates.}, doi = {10.1039/c2py20146a}, author = {Arulkashmir, Arulraj and Mahale, Rajashree Y. and Dharmapurikar, Satej S. and Jangid, Manoj K. and Krishnamoorthy, Kothandam} } @article {43788, title = {Synthesis of amphiphilic isoindigo co-polymers for organic field effect transistors: A comparative study}, journal = {Journal of the apllied polymer science}, volume = {134}, year = {2017}, month = {NOV}, chapter = {45461}, abstract = {

In this work, the amphiphilic isoindigo (am-iInd) based conjugated polymers namely poly(am-iInd-DT) and poly(am-iInd-TT) and their regular counterpart poly(reg-iInd-DT) and poly(reg-iInd-TT) were synthesized to compare their opto-electronic and charge transport properties. They were used to fabricate organic field effect transistors. Charge transport properties in conjugated polymers depend upon intermolecular interaction which is strongly affected by the nature of side chains. The amphiphilic nature of the conjugated polymers has little impact on the charge transport properties. The charge carrier mobility of amphiphilic conjugated polymers was comparable with the regular polymers except poly(reg-iInd-DT) which can be correlated by X-ray diffraction and thin film morphology. (c) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017, 134, 45461.

}, keywords = {Alkyl, Applications; Conducting polymers; Copolymers; Optical and Photovoltaic applications, conjugated polymers, High-performance, mobility, Packaging, Semicondoctors, Side-chains, Solar-cells, Thin-film Transformer}, issn = {0021-8995}, doi = {10.1002/app.45461}, author = {Dharmapurikar, Satej S. and Arulkashmir, Arulraj and Mahale, Rajashree Y. and Chini, Mrinmoy Kumar} } @article {47345, title = {Significance of secondary forces toward improving the charge carrier mobility of Isoindigo based conjugated small molecules}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, volume = {774}, year = {2021}, month = {JUL}, pages = {138621}, type = {Article}, abstract = {

The charge carrier mobility of conjugated small molecules (CSMs) depends on the intermolecular interactions and morphology. Herein, we report the synthesis of CSMs having different side chains. Hydrogen bonding, lipophilic imbalance and van der Waals interactions are imparted through the asymmetric substitution of Isoindigo. The secondary forces impact thin film morphology, and charge carrier mobility. The CSMs having van der Waals interaction further shows higher charge carrier mobility as a function of improved morphology, and increased temperature. The highest mobility of 0.15 cm2/Vs has been achieved for CSMs with van der Waals interaction.

}, keywords = {Conjugated small molecules, Isoindigo, mobility, OFET, Secondary force}, issn = {0009-2614}, doi = {10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138621}, author = {Dharmapurikar, Satej S. and Kashmir, Arulraj Arul and Kumari, Tanya and Kalalawe, Virbhadra and Kanetkar, Maruti and Chini, Mrinmoy Kumar} }