Novel low band gap polymers based on pyrrolo[32d:45d’]bisthiazole PBTz and thienylenevinylene TV For Organic Electronic Applications

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Novel low band gap polymers based on pyrrolo[3,2-d:4,5-d′]bisthiazole (PBTz) and thienylenevinylene (TV) For Organic Electronic Applications Dhananjaya Patra?,1 Hassan S. Bazzi,1 Lei Fang¬2 and Mohammed Al-Hashimi1 1Department of Chemistry, Texas AM Bradley, D. D. C.; Brown, A. R.; Marks, R. N.; Mackay, K.; Friend, R. H.; Burn, P. L.; Holmes, A. B. Nature, 1990, 347, 539. 2. Sekitani, T.; Zschieschang, U.; Klauk, H.; Someya, T. Nat. Mater.,2010, 9, 1015.3. Zhao, W.; Li, S.; Yao, H.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, Y.; Yang, B.; Hou, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 7148. 4. Li, N.; Baran, D.; Forberich, K.; Machui, F.; Ameri, T.; Turbiez, M.; Carrasco-O., M.; Drees, M.; Facchetti, A.; Krebse, F.C.; Brabec, C. J. Energy Environ. Sci., 2013, 6, 3407. 5. Kim, J.; Lim, B.; Baeg, K. J.; Noh, Y. Y.; Khim, D.; Jeong, H. G.; Yun, J. M.; Kim, D. Y. Chem. Mater.,2011, 23, 4663. 6. Fu, B. Y.; Baltazar, J.; Hu, Z. K.; Chien, A. T.; Kumar, S.; Henderson, C. L.; Collard, D. M.; Reichmanis, E. Chem. Mater.,2012, 24, 4123 7.Al-Hashimi, M.; Han, Y.; Smith, J.; Bazzi, H. S.; Alqaradawi, S. Y. A.; Watkins, S. E.; Anthopoulos, T. D.; Heeney, M. Chem. Sci.,2016, 7, 1093. 8. Al-Hashimi, M.; Baklar, M. A.; Colleaux, F.; Watkins, S. E.; Anthopoulos, T. D.; Stingelin, N.; Heeney, M. Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 5194. 9. Patra, D.; Lee, J.; Lee, J.; Sredojevic, D. N.; White, A.J.P.; Bazzi, H. S.; Brothers, E. N.; Heeney, M.; Fang, L.; Yoon. M.-H.; Al-Hashimi, M. J. Mater. Chem. C., 2017, 5, 2247.