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Driving organic electronics to new heights

Nature Materials volume 23, pages 589–590 (2024)Cite this article

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Modified Suzuki–Miyaura polymerization procedures provide a scalable and reproducible route to regioregular conjugated polymers.

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Fig. 1: Regioregularity of π-conjugated polymers.
Fig. 2: State-of-the-art conjugated polymer used as active layer in organic solar cells.

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Leclerc, M., Beaupré, S. Driving organic electronics to new heights. Nat. Mater. 23, 589–590 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01863-7

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