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Title: | The synthesis of liquid crystalline materials for organic semiconductor device applications | ||||||
Author: | Dixon, Mark S. |
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0000 0004 2679 3598
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Awarding Body: | University of Hull | ||||||
Current Institution: | University of Hull | ||||||
Date of Award: | 2009 | ||||||
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This research is based on the synthesis and evaluation of novel photo- and chemically-reactive, liquid crystalline monomers (reactive mesogens) with improved charge-transporting properties. Low-molar-mass (LMM) liquid crystalline monomers, based on a series of substituted dibenzothiophenes, thiophenes, [2,2']-bithiophenes, thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes, benzo-2,1,3-thiadiazoles and fluorenes have been synthesised. These materials incorporate photo-polymerisable (non-conjugated diene and methacrylate) and chemically-polymerisable (oxetane) end-groups, attached by aliphatic spacer units of varying length to an aromatic core. These photo- and chemically-polymerisable end-groups are situated at the peripheries of the molecular structure, allowing the potential fabrication of multi-layer, organic semiconductor devices due to the insoluble, cross-linked polymer network obtained after polymerisation of the analogous reactive mesogens (RMs).
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Supervisor: | Kelly, S. M. (supervisor) | Sponsor: | EPSRC (sponsor) ; Merck Chemicals Ltd (sponsor) | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.507819 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
Keywords: | Chemistry | ||||||
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