Functionalized Poly(phenylene ether) with high thermal stability as flexible dielectrics and substrates for organic field-effect transistors

Extensive research efforts are devoted into seeking the thermally and mechanically durable dielectric materials for flexible electronics. In this work, a series of sulfonylated poly (phenylene ether)s (PPEs) were synthesized and served as gate dielectrics in the flexible OFET devices with crosslinked poly (2-allyl-6-methylphenol-co-2,6-dimethylphenol) (APPE) as substrate. The chemical structure, thermal, morphology, and dielectric properties...