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Researchers developed high-performance stretchable semiconducting polymers by engineering backbone torsion. This approach enhances mechanical stretchability without sacrificing charge carrier mobility, paving the way for advanced wearable electronics.

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  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Organic Electronics

Background:

  • Stretchable electronics require materials balancing mechanical flexibility and electrical performance.
  • Existing polymer semiconductors face a trade-off between stretchability and charge carrier mobility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design semiconducting polymers with enhanced stretchability and maintained charge transport properties.
  • To explore backbone torsion engineering as a strategy to overcome the stretchability-performance trade-off.

Main Methods:

  • Incorporation of nonplanar, rigid 5,11-bis(2-octyldodecyl)-2,8-di(thiophen-2-yl)-5,11-dihydroindolo[3,2-b]carbazole (TICZ) units into conjugated polymer backbones.
  • Controlled induction of backbone twisting through varying modification ratios of TICZ units.
  • Fabrication and characterization of stretchable transistors based on the designed polymers.

Main Results:

  • Backbone twisting effectively suppressed polymer aggregation and reduced crystallinity, leading to enhanced mechanical stretchability (120% crack onset strain).
  • Maintained conjugated polymer backbone ensured excellent charge transport properties, with mobility of 0.7 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹.
  • Stretchable transistors demonstrated stable charge carrier mobility under 100% tensile strain and exceptional cyclic mechanical stability.

Conclusions:

  • Backbone torsion engineering is a pivotal design strategy for high-performance stretchable semiconducting polymers.
  • The developed polymers offer a promising solution for advanced skin-like wearable electronic devices.
  • This approach successfully breaks the trade-off between stretchability and charge carrier mobility in polymer semiconductors.