Foreword by Professor Fred Wudl Preface
List of Contributors
Volume One: Synthesis and Theory
1 Functional oligothiophene-based materials: nanoarchitectures and applications
Amaresh Mishra, Chang-Qi Ma, José L. Segura and Peter Bäuerle
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Functionalized oligothiophenes
1.3 Fused thiophenes
1.4 Macrocyclic thiophenes
1.5 Dendritic and hyperbranched oligothiophenes
1.6 Conclusions and prospects
Acknowledgments
References
2 Synthesis, characterization and properties of regioregular polythiophene-based materials
Paul C. Ewbank, Mihaela C. Stefan, Geneviève Sauvé and Richard D. McCullough
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Consequences of regiochemistry
2.3 Synthesis of regioregular polythiophenes
2.4 Purification and fractionation
2.5 Molecular characterization
2.6 Solid-state studies
2.7 Block copolymers containing regioregular polythiophenes
2.8 Conclusions
References
3 Fused oligothiophenes
Peter J. Skabara
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Synthesis and molecular properties of fused oligothiophenes
3.3 Conclusion
References
4 Thiophene-S,S-dioxides as a class of electron-deficient materials for electronics and photonics
Giovanna Barbarella and Manuela Melucci
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Electrochemical and photoluminescence properties
4.3 Application in devices
4.4 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
5 Synthesis and properties of oligo- and polythiophenes containing transition metals
Michael O. Wolf
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Transition metal-containing oligothiophenes
5.3 Electropolymerization and properties of polymers
5.4 Conclusion and outlook
References
6 Selenophenes as hetero-analogues of thiophene-based materials
Tetsuo Otsubo and Kazuo Takimiya
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Selenophene-based conducting materials
6.3 Selenophene-based electroactive materials
6.4 Selenophene-based OFET materials
6.5 Conclusion
References
7 Energy gaps and their control in thiophene-based polymers and oligomers
Miklos Kertesz, Shujiang Yang and Yonghui Tian
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Oligomer vs PBC calculations of the bandgap
7.3 Gap and connectivity
7.4 Bandgap affected by an aromatic vs quinonoid valence tautomerism
7.5 Is a small bandgap thiophene polymer attainable?
7.6 Gaps of ladder-like PThs
7.7 Substitutions and other factors influencing the gap
7.8 Conclusion
Acknowledgment
References
8 Theoretical studies on thiophene-containing compounds
Sanjio S. Zade and Michael Bendikov
8.1 Introduction
8.2 HOMO-LUMO gap and bandgap calculations
8.3 Nature of charge carriers
8.4 Effect of substitutions on different properties
8.5 Twisting (inter-ring deviation from planarity) in oligo- and polythiophene
8.6 IR and Raman spectra
8.7 UV-Vis spectra
8.8 Quinoid oligothiophene
8.9 Cyclic oligothiophene
8.10 New compounds with tailor-made properties
8.11 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Volume Two: Properties and Applications
9 Electrochemistry of oligothiophenes and polythiophenes
Philippe Blanchard, Antonio Cravino and Eric Levillain
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Electrochemistry
9.3 Spectroelectrochemistry
9.4 Conclusion
References
10 Novel photonic responses from low-dimensional crystals of thiophene/phenylene oligomers
Hisao Yanagi, Fumio Sasa
