{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Ghosh C"],"funding":["Ministry of Education","Ministry of SMEs and Startups","Science and Engineering Research Board","National Research Foundation of Korea"],"pagination":["2703-2711"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12692735"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Polymers of higher rylene dyes remain largely unexplored despite their promising photophysical properties, due to the synthetic challenges and poor solubility, in contrast to their well-studied lower homologs, perylene and naphthalene derivatives. In this study, we report the first synthesis of terrylene-based regioregular and regioirregular homopolymers, namely <i>rr</i>-Polyterrylene and <i>ri</i>-Polyterrylene, respectively. Selective bromination of our previously synthesized 7,8-bis(hexadecyloxy)terrylene (TER-C16) furnished the corresponding dibromoterrylene. Then, Ni(0)-mediated Yamamoto homocoupling reaction produced the first soluble terrylene-based homopolymers. Both polymers achieved high solubility, high thermal stability, alongside very high molecular weight. Owing to these pro"],"journal":["Chemical science"],"pubmed_title":["Polyterrylenes: synthesis and regioregularity effect on p-type charge transport and deep-red light photodetection in OFETs."],"pmcid":["PMC12692735"],"funding_grant_id":["2023R1A2C3007715","RS-2024-00398065","RS-2025-25460624","SRG/2019/000922"],"pubmed_authors":["Jitendra Talreja A","Scherf U","Samanta SK","Ghosh C","Park H","Chung M","Oh JH"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Polyterrylenes: synthesis and regioregularity effect on p-type charge transport and deep-red light photodetection in OFETs.","description":"Polymers of higher rylene dyes remain largely unexplored despite their promising photophysical properties, due to the synthetic challenges and poor solubility, in contrast to their well-studied lower homologs, perylene and naphthalene derivatives. In this study, we report the first synthesis of terrylene-based regioregular and regioirregular homopolymers, namely <i>rr</i>-Polyterrylene and <i>ri</i>-Polyterrylene, respectively. Selective bromination of our previously synthesized 7,8-bis(hexadecyloxy)terrylene (TER-C16) furnished the corresponding dibromoterrylene. Then, Ni(0)-mediated Yamamoto homocoupling reaction produced the first soluble terrylene-based homopolymers. Both polymers achieved high solubility, high thermal stability, alongside very high molecular weight. Owing to these pro","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Feb","modification":"2026-06-15T06:25:56.05Z","creation":"2026-06-15T03:09:03.341Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12692735","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41383452"],"doi":["10.1039/d5sc06452j"]}}