High-performance air-stable organic field-effect transistors: isoindigo-based conjugated polymers.

Two conjugated polymers, IIDDT and IIDT, based on an isoindigo core were developed for organic field-effect transisitors. Investigation of their field-effect performance indicated that IIDDT exhibited air-stable mobility up to 0.79 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), which is quite high among polymer FET materials.

Rigid linear and star-shaped pi-conjugated 2,2':6',2"-terpyridine ligands with blue emission.

A series of rigid linear and star-shaped pi-conjugated 2,2':6',2"-terpyridine derivatives with the C-C single-, double-, and triple-bond linkages have been developed through the Suzuki, the Sonogashira, and the Wittig reactions. Such large rigid ligands exhibit strong blue emission in dilute solutions. [structure: see text]