Granted Patent B2

US 7,932,344 · App. 11/850,965 · Granted Apr 26, 2011

Abstract

Claims (19)

1. A polymer comprising a structure represented by:

wherein each R is independently selected from hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon, and a hetero-containing group;

each M is a conjugated moiety selected from:

and substituted derivatives and combinations thereof;

a represents a number that is at least 1;

b represents a number from 1 to 20;

n represents a number from 2 to 5000;

each X is independently selected from S, Se, O, and NR″, where each R″ is independently selected from hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon, and a hetero-containing group;

each Z is independently one of an optionally substituted hydrocarbon, a hetero-containing group, and a halogen;

d represents a number which is at least 1; and

e represents a number from zero to 2.

2. The polymer of claim 1 , wherein a is 1.

3. The polymer of claim 1 , wherein the polymer is selected from the group consisting of:

and mixtures thereof;

wherein n represents a number of repeat units from 2 to 5000; and

R′″ and R″″ independently are the same or a different substituent, and wherein the substituent is independently selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group and a heteroatom-containing group.

4. The polymer of claim 3 , wherein each R′″ is an alkyl, independently selected from the group consisting of butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl, nonadecynyl, and eicosanyl.

5. The polymer of claim 4 , wherein each R′″ is octadecyl.

6. A device comprising a semiconducting layer, wherein the layer comprises at least 1 volume percent of the polymer of claim 1 .

Assignments (10)