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Conjugated, conductive polymers are the key component in the development of flexible displays, low-cost, large-scale displays, and thin-film transistors. [1] However, ever since the seminal discovery of the conductive nature of ("doped") polyacetylene by Heeger, McDiarmid, Shirakawa, and coworkers, the processing of conductive polymers into devices has been a critical issue. [2][3][4][5][6][7] The rigid conjugated polymer backbone results in very low solubilities in organic solvents and thermal properties that prohibit thermoplastic processing. These drawbacks can be overcome to some extent by introducing substituents as side chains, which, however, also alters the electronic properties and often requires additional synthetic effort. [1] Polyacetylene itself is still considered unprocessable. [4][5][6][7][8] Grafting to other polymers has been reported to result in processable materials. [9][10][11] We report a different approach, namely, the synthesis of aqueous dispersions of submicron polyacetylene particles by catalytic polymerization in emulsion. Such dispersions are suited for processing by printing techniques, as exemplified by the generation of a polyacetylene-based functio

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Author

Johannes Huber; Stefan Mecking

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0044-8249)

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Chemistry (Physical Sciences)