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A new class of small band gap organic polymer conductors

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Polysquaraines and polycroconaines have been synthesized. They form a new class of polymers with a small band gap, down to 0.5 eV. The small gap arises from the regular alternation of strong donor and acceptor-like moieties in a conjugated backbone.

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  1. Philips Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 80000, 5600 JA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    E. E. Havinga

  2. Syncom b.v., Nyenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands

    W. ten Hoeve & H. Wynberg

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Havinga, E.E., ten Hoeve, W. & Wynberg, H. A new class of small band gap organic polymer conductors. Polymer Bulletin 29, 119–126 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00558045

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