Development of a robust and versatile new synthetic method for organic electronics

自成立以来，半导体聚合物领域发展迅速，这要归功于Stille、Suzuki、Kumada和Negishi开发的聚合程序。在快速增长的有机电子设备市场中，不断开发新的程序以提高制造商可用材料的质量。拉瓦尔大学的Mario Leclerc研究小组开发了这样一种工艺，提供了更高的产率、更少的合成步骤和更高的最终材料纯度。这种名为DHAP的程序已经提交了专利申请。该项目旨在确认它可以是多才多艺的，并且仍然以非常可重复性和坚固的方式提供卓越质量的聚合物。申请的资金为一年124,966美元。将聘请一名经验丰富的博士后，以及一名兼职研究助理。一家专业公司在5月和6月进行了一项市场调查。它的结论是，有一个有趣的市场需求，可以创建一家初创公司来满足这些需求。调查甚至发现，有三家公司明确表示有兴趣在未来购买这家最终初创企业的半导体有机材料。学术界的两封信表达了对最终创办一家初创企业的支持。然而，目前的项目侧重于程序的多功能性和展示稳定的产品质量，必须首先执行，然后才能在坚实的基础上开始商业化。拉瓦尔大学的大学商业化公司SOVAR参与了这个项目，并将向莱克勒克教授提供其多学科团队，以确保这个竞争前发展项目的成功。

Since its beginning, the field of semiconducting polymers has evolved at a fast pace; thanks to polymerization procedures developed by Stille, Suzuki, Kumada and Negishi. New procedures are continuously developed to improve the quality of the materials available to manufacturers in the rapidly growing market of organic electronic devices. Such a procedure, offering the advantages of higher yields, fewer synthetic steps and better purity of the final material, has been developed in Mario Leclerc research group at Université Laval. Patent applications have been filed for this procedure called DHAP. This project aims at confirming that it can be versatile and still provide, in a very reproducible and robust manner, polymers of exceptional quality. The funding requested is 124 966 $ over one year. An experienced postdoc will be hired, as well as a part-time research assistant. A market survey was conducted in May and June by a specialized firm. It concluded that there was an interesting market demand and that a start-up company could be created to fulfill these needs. The survey even found three companies clearly expressing interest in buying semiconducting organic materials from the eventual start-up in the future. Two letters from academia express support for the eventual launch a start-up. However, the present project focusing on the versatility of the procedure and the demonstration of a stable product quality must first be executed before commercialisation can begin on solid ground. SOVAR, the university commercialisation company for Université Laval, is involved in the present project and will make its multidisciplinary team available to Prof. Leclerc to ensure the success of this pre-competitive development project.