The utilization of conjugated polymers as active materials in organic electronic devices is severely restricted by the synthetic procedures used to prepare such polymers. For the most part, conjugated polymers are prepared via Migita-Stille and Miyaura-Suzuki cross-coupling techniques, which require expensive or toxic organometallic intermediates. Direct (hetero)arylation polymerization (DHAP) makes accessible the synthesis of such materials through palladium-catalysed C-H activation, thereby avoiding many of the setbacks of other polymerization techniques. This reaction has been improved greatly over the last few years and has been alread used to prepare some of the most highly-performing organic electronic materials reported in the literature. Moreover, it can lead to novel, nearly defect-free conjugated polymers. In this lecture, we will present recent advances towards the preparation of water-soluble, seld-doped conducting polymers and their utilization in printed electronic devices.

Direct (hetero)arylation polymerization: New tool for organic electronics

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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