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ReviewMacromolecular rapid communications2025

Cross-Conjugated Polymer Semiconductors.

Naixin Zhao, Sung Jae Jeon, Yuning Li

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Review in Macromolecular rapid communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Naixin ZhaoDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Sung Jae JeonDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Yuning LiDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3679-8133

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaStrategic Partnership Grants for Networks NETGP 508526-17Strategic Partnership Grants for Networks RGPIN-2022-03835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cross-conjugated polymer semiconductors represent an unconventional yet promising class of materials with distinct structural and electronic characteristics compared to their linear conjugated counterparts. These systems introduce branched π-electron delocalization, enabling unique optical, electronic, and redox behaviors not accessible through traditional conjugated frameworks. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of representative cross-conjugated polymer systems, emphasizing the structure-property relationships and their implications for optoelectronic performance. We highlight recent advances in the design and application of these materials in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), sensors, electrochromic devices, solar cells, and energy storage. While these polymers typically exhibit lower charge carrier mobilities, several notable examples demonstrate that high mobility can be achieved via structural transformation into linearly conjugated systems through electrical, chemical, or tautomerization mechanisms. Overall, cross-conjugated polymers offer significant potential in emerging applications that demand multifunctionality, environmental responsiveness, and tunable redox behavior.

Indexed as

PolymersSemiconductorsMolecular StructureSolar EnergyPolymersconjugation switchingcross‐conjugated polymerscross‐conjugationlinear conjugationorganic electronicsstructure–property relationship

Identifiers

PMID40605093
PMCPMC12447699

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