Germanium photopatterning via poly(cyclogermapentene)s
William Medroa Del Pino1, Andres A Ferero Pico2, Manisha Gupta2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Dr, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada. erivard@ualberta.ca.
Abstract:
A series of air-stable poly(cyclogermapentene)s were prepared via the dehydrocoupling of 1,1-dihydrocyclogermapentene monomers. Exposure of the resulting polygermanes to UV light led to elimination of organobutadiene from the polymer side chains and deposition of germanium metal. Overall, this study introduces a mild way to obtain patterns of semiconducting Ge for optoelectronic applications.


