High-Density Polymer Films for Organic Electronics**************

高性能聚合物，使便携式和低成本的电子设备的能源效率的操作，是目前的研究热点。1-材料公司，位于Dorval（QC）的共轭半导体聚合物合成领域的公司领导者对探索聚合物密度在确定采用这种聚合物作为其活性（半导体）层的器件中的电性能效率方面所起的作用感兴趣。特别是，他们的设备不允许对他们合成的共轭半导体聚合物进行任何电表征。这个Engage研究项目汇集了材料物理/设备工程（Orgiu研究所，国家科学研究所）和聚合物合成化学（1-Material Inc.）的专家。创造一个前所未有的机会，产生新的知识，开发有机电子聚合物。Orgiu教授领导的团队将制备不同密度的聚合物薄膜并对其进行电学表征，并将密度和电学性能与1-Material建议的化学设计相关联。该Engage项目对加拿大的两个主要好处是：（i）提高加拿大公司的知识，以增加加拿大制造电子相关部门的商业机会和国际竞争力;（ii）培训学术界和工业界都非常需要的HQP，他们可以对未来的工业需求做出明智的决定。印刷和薄膜电子产品的市场目前约为22亿美元，预计到2021年将增加到442.5亿美元。重要的是，加拿大要在国际一级发挥关键作用，走在便携式聚合物薄膜电子产品材料生产的前列。

High performance polymers, enabling the energy-efficient operation of portable and low-cost electronic devices, are intensively investigated nowadays. 1-Material Inc., a company leader in the synthesis of conjugated semiconductor polymers, based in Dorval (QC), is interested in exploring the role played by the polymer density in determining the efficiency of electrical performances in devices that employ such polymers as their active (semiconductor) layer. In particular, their facilities do not allow to carry out any electrical characterization of the conjugated semiconductor polymers they synthesize. This Engage research project brings together experts in materials physics/device engineering (Orgiu research workgroup, at Institut national de la recherche scientifique) and in polymer synthetic chemistry (1-Material Inc.) to create an unprecedented opportunity to generate new knowledge to develop polymers for organic electronics. The team led by Prof. Orgiu will prepare and electrically characterize polymer films of different density, and correlate density and electrical performance with the chemical design suggested by 1-Material. The two key benefits to Canada of this Engage project are: (i) advancing the knowledge of Canadian companies to increase business opportunities and international competitiveness of the Canadian manufacturing electronics-related sector and (ii) training of HQP who will be in high demand from both academia and industry and who can make educated decisions on future industrial needs. The market for printed and thin-film electronics is at present of about $2.2 billions, expected to increase to $44.25 billions by 2021. It is important for Canada to be a key player at the international level, to be at the forefront in the production of materials for portable polymer-based thin-film electronics.****