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

半导体聚合物领域从一开始就在快速发展，这要归功于Stille、Suzuki、Kumada和Negishi开发的聚合工艺。不断开发新的程序，以提高在快速增长的有机电子器件市场中制造商可获得的材料的质量。这种方法具有产率更高、合成步骤更少和最终材料纯度更高的优点，已由拉瓦尔大学的Mario Leclerc研究小组开发。已经为这种称为DHAP的程序提交了专利申请。该项目旨在确认它可以是多功能的，并且仍然以非常可重复和稳健的方式提供卓越质量的聚合物。一年所需资金为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。5月和6月，一家专业公司进行了市场调查。它的结论是，有一个有趣的市场需求，可以创建一个初创公司来满足这些需求。调查甚至发现，三家公司明确表示有兴趣在未来从最终初创企业购买半导体有机材料。学术界的两封信表达了对最终启动初创企业的支持。然而，目前的项目侧重于程序的多功能性和稳定的产品质量的证明，必须首先执行商业化之前，可以开始坚实的基础。SOVAR是拉瓦尔大学的大学商业化公司，参与了本项目，并将向Leclerc教授提供其多学科团队，以确保该竞争前开发项目的成功。

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.