DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS

This first systematic compilation of synthesis methods for different classes of conjugated polymers describes well-tested and reproducible procedures, thus saving time, money and chemicals.

Each chapter presents the latest methods for a specific class of polymers with a particular emphasis on the design aspects for opto-electronic applications. In this concise and pratically oriented manner, readers are introduced to the strategies of influencing and controlling the polymer properties with respect to their use in the desired device.

This style of presentation quickly helps researchers in their daily lab work and prevents them from reinventing the wheel over and over again.

Mario Leclerc was awarded a PhD in chemistry from Universite Laval, Quebec City, Canada, in 1987, under the guidance of Prof. R.E. Prud'homme. After a short post-doctoral stay at INRS-Energie et Materiaux near Montreal with Professor L.H. Dao, he joined the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, in Mainz, Germany, as a post-doctoral fellow in the research group of Prof. Dr. G. Wegner. In 1989, he accepted a position of Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Universite de Montreal. He returned to Universite Laval in 1998 where, since 2001, he holds the Canada Research Chair on Electroactive and Photoactive Polymers. His current research activities include the synthesis and charcterization of new conjugated oligomers and polymers for applications in micro-and nano-electronics, electro-optics, genomics, and proteomics.
Jean-francois Morin is Assistant Professor at Universite Laval in the Department of Chemistry. After his PhD in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Mario Leclerc, he went to the Tour group at Rice University in Houston, USA, as a post-doctoral research fellow and worked on the development of self-propelled nanomachines on surfaces. In 2006 he moved back to Laval where his current research activities include the synthesis and characterization of organic nanotubes, nanoscale machinery, n-type organic materials and rotaxane-based nanomaterials for surface modification.