11月7日午前11時より、有機エレクトロニクス研究センター(10号館)4階会議室にて、第48回 有機エレクトロニクス研究センター講演会を開催しました。
今回は、アメリカ、ワシントン州にあるワシントン大学からChristine Luscombe准教授をお招きし、「Controlling semiconducting polymer architectures for organic photovoltaic devices」という題で講演をしていただきました。
講演会には、30名を超える研究者、学生が参加し、盛況のうちの終了しました。
 当日の会場の様子 |  Christine Luscombe, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department and Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle |
第48回 有機エレクトロニクス研究センター講演会について（11月7日）
日時 | 11月7日（木） 午前11時00分～12時30分 |
会場 | 有機エレクトロニクス研究センター(10号館)4階 会議室 |
講師 | Christine Luscombe, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department and Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle |
演題 | "Controlling semiconducting polymer architectures for organic photovoltaic devices" |
The ability of chemists to design and synthesize π-conjugated organic polymers with
precise control over the molecular weight with narrow polydispersities remains one of the keys to using polymeric materials in electronic and photonic devices. Being able to synthesize well-defined block copolymers, star shaped polymers and surface grafted polymers will expand the structural library of semiconducting polymers which will allow us to obtain a more in-depth knowledge of the relationship between the structure-property relationship of semiconducting polymers. Extensive research for nonlinear polymers has been conducted to prepare multifunctional molecular architectures with higher dimensionalities such as star-shaped, disk-like, and hyperbranched polymers. Their intrinsic compact structures and globular shape predetermine their unique properties in comparison with linear polymers, such as low viscosity and high solubility. In this talk, the synthetic advances that have been made in creating star and hyperbranched semiconducting polymers will be discussed.
