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- Patent Title: Electronic devices comprising an organic conductor and semiconductor as well as an intermediate buffer layer made of a crosslinked polymer
- Patent Title (中): 包含有机导体和半导体的电子器件以及由交联聚合物制成的中间缓冲层
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Application No.: US10570372Application Date: 2004-09-04
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Publication No.: US07901766B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: David Christoph Müller , Nina Riegel , Frank Meyer , René Scheurich , Aurélie Falcou , Klaus Meerholz
- Applicant: David Christoph Müller , Nina Riegel , Frank Meyer , René Scheurich , Aurélie Falcou , Klaus Meerholz
- Applicant Address: DE Darmstadt
- Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
- Current Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Darmstadt
- Agency: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP
- Priority: DE10340711 20030904
- International Application: PCT/EP2004/009903 WO 20040904
- International Announcement: WO2005/024971 WO 20050317
- Main IPC: B32B27/06
- IPC: B32B27/06 ; B32B27/26 ; B32B33/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to electronic devices whose electronic properties can surprisingly be improved to a significant degree by inserting at least one crosslinkable polymeric buffer layer, preferably a cationically crosslinkable polymeric buffer layer, between the conductive doped polymer and the organic semiconductor layer. Particularly good properties are obtained with a buffer layer in which crosslinking is thermally induced, i.e. by raising the temperature to 50 to 250° C. Alternatively, crosslinking can be radiation-induced by adding a photoacid. Moreover, such a buffer layer can be advantageously applied by means of printing techniques, especially inkjet printing, as the ideal temperature for the thermal treatment is independent of the glass transition temperature of the material. This avoids having to rely on material that has a low molecular weight, making it possible to apply the layer by means of printing techniques. The next layer (the organic semiconductor layer) can also be applied with the aid of different printing techniques, particularly inkjet printing, because the buffer layer is rendered insoluble by the crosslinking process, thus preventing the buffer layer from solubilizing thereafter.
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