Facilitated synthesis of functional oligothiophenes for application in thin film devices and live cell imaging

摘要

This paper describes recent developments in the synthesis of ultrapure functional oligothiophene-based materials taking advantage of enabling techniques such as microwave/ultrasound irradiation and chitosan-supported palladium catalysts. Examples showing how ultrapure oligothiophenes self-organize in order to optimize charge transport in thin film devices and fluorescence emission inside living cells are reported.