Oriented Conducting Polymers: Solution Processing and Characterization

本提案概述了一个跨学科的计划，旨在解决新材料中的一个重要的具体问题：通过溶液处理实现高取向半导体和金属聚合物。该计划包括以下组成部分：(I)可溶性共轭聚合物和相容聚合物共混物的合成，（II）半导体和金属聚合物和聚合物共混物的溶液加工，（III）导电聚合物溶液加工中具体问题的理论研究，以及（IV）高取向导电聚合物和聚合物共混物的表征，以及加工它们的聚合物溶液的表征。该材料研究小组汇集了跨学科的人才和专业知识，形成了一个连贯的计划，通过溶液处理来解决高取向半导体和金属聚合物的制备和表征问题。

This proposal outlines an interdisciplinary program designed and constructed to attack an important specific problem in new materials: the achievement of higly oriented semiconducting and metallic polymers through solution processing. The program includes the following components: (I) Synthesis of Soluble Conjugated Polymers and Compatible Polymer Blends, (II) Solution Processing of Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers and of Polymer Blends, (III) Theoretical Studies of Specific Problems Underlying the Solution Processing of Conducting Polymers, and (IV) Characterization of the Highly Oriented Conducting Polymers and Polymer Blends, and Characterization of the Polymer Solutions from which they are processed. This Materials Research Group brings together an interdisciplinary set of talents and expertise to form a coherent program to attack the problem of the preparation and characterization of highly oriented semiconducting and metallic polymers through solution processing.