Oligomers and Polymers Based on Pentacene Building Blocks

Abstract

Functionalized pentacene derivatives continue to provide unique materials for organic semiconductor applications. Although oligomers and polymers based on pentacene building blocks remain quite rare, recent synthetic achievements have provided a number of examples with varied structural motifs. This review highlights recent work in this area and, when possible, contrasts the properties of defined-length pentacene oligomers to those of mono- and polymeric systems.

Keywords

• pentacene
• oligomer
• polymer
• oligoacene
• polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
• semiconductor