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Chem Soc Rev. 2013 Jun 21;42(12):5119-30. doi: 10.1039/c3cs35519e.

The use of siloxanes, silsesquioxanes, and silicones in organic semiconducting materials.

Chemical Society reviews

Brett A Kamino, Timothy P Bender

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 23549525 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs35519e

Abstract

Optimization of the physical and electronic properties of organic semiconductors is a key step in improving the performance of organic light emitting diodes, organic photovoltaics, organic field effect transistors, and other electronic devices. Separate tuning of the physical and electronic properties of these organic semiconductors can be achieved by the hybridization of organo-silicon structures (silicones, siloxanes, silsesquioxanes) with organic semiconductors. Common chemical means to achieve this hybridization are summarized while a large range of literature examples are covered to demonstrate the range and flexibility of this synthetic strategy.

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