A light-emitting composition comprising: a light-emitting group and a polymer comprising: a repeat unit of formula Ar.sup.1 wherein Ar.sup.1 is an arylene repeat unit which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; and a repeat unit of formula (I): (I) wherein Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.3 each independently represent a C.sub.6-20 arylene group or a 5-20 membered heteroarylene group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents and CB represents a conjugation-breaking group which does not provide a conjugation path between Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.3; wherein the polymer has a solubility in water or a C.sub.1-8 alcohol at 20° C. of at least 0.1 mg/ml. The composition may be a light-emitting polymer in which the polymer contains the light-emitting group. The light-emitting composition may be part of a particle containing the polymer and a matrix material, e.g. silica. The light-emitting composition may be used in an assay for detection of a target analyte.

There is provided a conductive composite having excellent conductivity and able to form a conductive film with which film loss in a resist layer is low. The conductive composite of the present invention includes a conductive polymer and a surfactant. When a critical micelle concentration of the surfactant is less than 0.1% by mass, a content of the surfactant is 5 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the conductive polymer. In addition, when the critical micelle concentration of the surfactant is 0.1% by mass or more, the content of the surfactant is more than 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the conductive polymer.

A polymer comprising

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The present disclosure provides a non-fullerene acceptor polymer, which includes a structure represented by formula (I). Formula (I) is defined as in the specification. The non-fullerene acceptor polymer has an electron donating unit and an electron attracting end group. The non-fullerene acceptor polymer uses phenyl or its derivatives as the linker to form the polymer.

An organic semiconductor device is revealed. The organic semiconductor device includes a first electrode, an electron transport layer, an active layer, a hole transport layer, and a second electrode. The active layer includes an electron donor and at least one electron acceptor. The energy barrier between HOMO level of the electron donor and the energy level of PEDOT:PSS or derivatives in the electron transport layer is less than 0.4 eV. The use of the organic semiconductor device and a formulation of materials for the active layer are also disclosed.

Polymer embodiments comprising nanohoop-containing polymer backbones are described, along with methods of making and using the same. The polymer embodiments exhibit unique radial and linear conjugation and can be used in a variety of devices, such as electronic and/or optoelectronic devices.

The present application relates to a photoactive composition comprising a blend of polymers. The present application further relates to an organic photovoltaic cell or an organic photodetector comprising a photoactive layer consisting of said photoactive composition.

The present invention discloses an organic polymer having an asymmetric structure, a preparation method thereof and a use as a photoelectric material thereof. The organic polymer with an asymmetric structure is obtained by polymerization after performing Stille coupling reaction between an electron-donating unit D and an electron-withdrawing unit A in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst. The compound of the present application has good heat stability, controllable absorption level, and is suitable for the preparation of hole transport materials of high-performance perovskite solar cells with high efficiency, flexibility, good stability and a large area as well as donor materials of organic solar cells.

Irradiating a film of a thiophene polymer that is a pure organic compound with light allows the thiophene polymer film to act as a light absorber and catalyst that produces hydrogen peroxide from water and water-dissolved air (oxygen) at extremely high efficiency, and this film can work in alkaline water in which a film of a general-purpose inexpensive water-oxidizing catalyst, which is used as a counter electrode, is active. Provided is an environmentally compatible and simple method for producing hydrogen peroxide at extremely high efficiency, including combining a film of a catalyst for light absorption and oxygen reduction that consists of a thiophene polymer with a catalyst for water oxidation, immersing the combination in alkaline water, and irradiating the light-absorbing oxygen reduction catalyst film with light.

An interpenetrating network (IPN) polymer membrane material includes a soft polyurethane interspersed with a crosslinked conducting polymer. The material can be reversibly “switched” between its oxidized and reduced states by the application of a small voltage, ˜1 to 4 volts, thus modulating its diffusivity.