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Pentacene Organic Semi-Conductors with Small Homo-LUMO Gaps

One third of all energy costs worldwide are associated with lighting. Conventional lighting is inefficient and utilizes environmental toxins such as heavy metals. Organic semiconductors offer an alternative path to safe, low-cost, broad spectrum energy efficient lighting via the construction of organic light emitting devices. Pentacene and its derivatives are considered benchmark organic semiconductors because of their small HOMO-LUMO gaps and high charge carrier mobility. I have synthesized and characterized several pentacene derivatives as well as their precursors.

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