π-Conjugated polymers have been extensively investigated as active components in organic electronic devices and molecular electronics. They have been used in the fabrication of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) or lasers,  organic field-effect transistors (OFETs),  integrated circuits and organic solar cells (OSCs).  Additionally, monodisperse π-conjugated oligomers and dendrimers   have received in recent years a great deal of attention given that they are excellent model compounds for the corresponding polydisperse polymers which include chain length distributions, defects and interruptions of the conjugated chains. Conjugated oligomers have been of major importance for establishing structure–property relationships and extrapolations to the polymer have been established by monitoring how different properties depend on the chain length which is the so-called oligomeric approach.

Publications:

 Functional π-conjugated polymers

• Acidic triggering of reversible electrochemical activity in a pyrenetetraone-based 2D polymer, Polymer, 212, 123273 (2021).
• Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants through conjugated poly(azomethine) networks based on terthiophene–naphthalimide assemblies, RSC Advances, 11, 2701 (2021).
• EDOT-Based Copolymers with Pendant Anthraquinone Units: Analysis of Their Optoelectronic Properties within the Double-Cable Context J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 9899 (2014)
• Highly efficient solution-processed white organic light-amitting diodes based on novel copolymer single layer Synth. Met.  161, 2580 (2012)
• Synthesis, electropolymerization and characterization of a cross-linked PEDOT derivative Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 4944  (2012) 
• Click”-modification of a functionalized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) soluble in organic solvents Chem. Commun. 48, 2677 (2012)
• Synthesis, electropolymerization and characterization of a cross-linked PEDOT derivative Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 4944  (2012) 
• Electropolymerization of naphthaleneamidinemonoimide-modified poly(thiophene) Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.  13, 16513 (2011)  
• Efficient postpolymerization functionalization of conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) via “Click”-reaction Tetrahedron 67, 1114 (2011)          
• Synthesis of Conjugated Fluorene-alt-Thiophene Polymers with Pendant Perylenediimide Units, J. Org. Chem., 75, 5099 (2010)
• Synthesis and tunable emission of novel polyfluorene co-polymers with 1,8-naphthalimide pendant groups and application in a single layer-single componet white emitting divice Eur. Polym. J., 46, 1778 (2010)     
• Synthesis, Electropolymerization and Oxidation Kinetics of an Anthraquinone-Functionalized PEDOT, Electrochimica Acta, 55, 1535 (2010)
• Electrochemical Synthesis of PEDOT Derivatives Bearing Imidazolium-Ionic Liquid Moieties, J. Polym. Sci. Pol. Chem.  47, 3010 (2009)
• Specific recognition of a nucleobase-functionalized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) in aqueous media, Tetrahedron Lett. 50, 4154 (2009)
• Energy Transfer in Poly(fluorene-alt-phenylene) with Perylenediimide Pendant Groups, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 16668 (2008)
• Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Conjugated Polymers with Pendant 9,10-Anthraquinone Units. J. Phys. Chem. B  112, 4953 (2008)
• Click”-functionalization of conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT) . Chem. Commun.1320 (2008)
• Functionalized 3,4-Ethylenedithiathiophenes (EDTTs) as Building Blocks for Poly (3,4-Ethylenedithiathiophene) (PEDTT) Derivatives. Tetrahedron Lett. 49, 2056 (2008)
• An Ambipolar Peryleneamidine Monoimide-Fused Polythiophene with Narrow Band Gap. Org. Lett.  9, 2171 (2007)
• Energy and Electron Transfer in Poly(fluorene-alt-phenylene) Bearing Perylenediimides as Pendant Electron Acceptor Groups. Macromolecules 40, 2760(2007)
• Long Lived Photoinduced Charges in Donor-Acceptor Anthraquinone Substituted Thiophene Copolymers. J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 5351(2006)     
• Synthesis and Electropolymerization of a Perylenebisimide--Functionalized 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) Derivative. Org. Lett.  7, 2345 (2005)
• Donor-Acceptor polythiophene copolymers with tunable acceptor content for photoelectric conversion devices. J. Mater. Chem., 14, 67 (2004)
• Synthesis of Soluble Donor-Acceptor Double-Cable Polymers Based on Polythiophene and Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCAQ). Org. Lett.., 5, 1669 (2003) 

 

π-conjugated oligomers

• Oligothiophene-Naphthalimide Hybrids Connected through Rigid and Conjugated Linkers in Organic Electronics: An Overview, Mater. 2, 222 (2021).
• Conformational Control of the Electronic Properties of an α-β Terthiophene: Lessons from a Precursor Towards Dendritic Hyperbranched Oligo- and Poly-Thiophenes ChemPhysChem, 13, 3893 (2012).      
• Oligothiophene-functionalized naphthalimides and perylene imides: design, synthesis and applications Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 8717  (2012)        
• Recent advances in the design, synthesis and study of covalent conjugated oligomer-C₆₀ ensembles, Collect Czech. Chem. Commun. 74, 857   (2009)
• Synthesis of a π-conjugated oligomer-fullerene dyad through a versatile [6,6]diphenylmethanofullerene carboxylic acid, Tetrahedron 65, 540 (2009)
• Electronic Communication through p-Conjugated Wires in Covalently Linked Porphyrin/C₆₀ Ensembles, Chem. Eur. J. 11, 267 (2005)
• Exceptionally Small Attenuation Factors in Molecular Wires, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,126, 5340 (2004)
• π-Conjugated electroactive oligomers: Energy and Electron Transducing Systems. J.Phys. Chem. A 108, 455 (2004)
• Molecular Engineering of C₆₀-Based Conjugated Oligomer Ensembles: Modulating the Competition between Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer Processes. J. Org. Chem., 67, 1141 (2002)

 

π-conjugated dendrimers

• Full-solution processed blue organic light emitting device based on a fluorescent 1,3,5-tristyrylbenzene stilbenoid small molecule, J. Appl. Phys.  105, 044510 (2009)
• A convergent synthesis of (diphenylvinyl)benzene (DPVB) star shaped compounds with tunable redox, photo- and electroluminescent properties J. Mater. Chem  17, 4274 (2007)        
• Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of donor-acceptor phenylazomethine dendrimers 46, 8861 (2005), Tetrahedron Lett.  46, 8861 (2005)
• Synthesis and Photoluminescent Properties of 1,1’-Binaphthyl-Based Chiral Phenylenevinylene Dendrimers. J. Org. Chem., 68, 3178 (2003)
• Rigid Dendritic Donor-Acceptor Ensembles: Control over Energy and Electron Transduction.   J.Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 10875 (2002)